If so I would have liked the "quote" at the bottom of the Orinoco's to say:
"let me sail, let me sail, let the orinoco flow"
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While the idea of Enya tracks surviving into the far future has a pleasing surreality to it, I don't think the Danube class are considered large enough to merit their own dedication plaques. certainly, none are displayed in the cockpit, or the aft lounge. Unless, of course, they have a mirror-finish one hanging above the toilet.
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Right next to the velvet painting of dogs playing poker, Monty?
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I actually e-mailed that very question into the new Trek magazine. This was early on before they stopped answering them. According to the lady, there have never been any on the set. My theory though, is that they're there, we just can't see them. They ARE starships, they DO have their own rego numbers, they DO have their own class. There is no reason they shouldn't have plaques and dedications.
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I'd agree with Aban Rune about all the resons they SHOULD have plaques.
BTW, the Calypso had a plaque? What scene was it shown in? Given that it DIDN'T have a registry number or a class (as far as I know) that seems highly irregular, Dave...
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I'm not sure of the quote since it so tiny and hard to read.
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The Cousteau's plaque was probaby made by Picard himself as a decoration piece. If it's protocol to have a plaque for captain's yachts, it would have to be replaced everytime there's a new captain.
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May I be so bold as to suggest "perpetually"? I think it would fit in nicely, as the whole poem seems to be about things going on forever. Titanic-soundtrack comes to mind.
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The plaque is recreated in the new encyclopedia. I too would guess that the Captain of the ship gets to name the yacht and therefore it would change with every new command.
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Seeing as how runabouts, while starships in the sense of having a registry, are not named when constructed, but rather by whomever is in charge of them, any dedication plaque would seem to fall under the commander's discretion.
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Well, the is really no evidense to suggest that runabouts are always named by the commanders. In fact, I think that's highly unlikely with registered, independant starships. The only time we've seen this is when Sisko named the Rubicon, which I think was a writer's snafu. Could've been special dispensation or something. Maybe command felt bad for Sisko cause he looses so many runabouts...
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On the other hand, it would be efficient to leave small, mass-produced utility vehicles unnamed so that the manufacturer or some Starfleet department wouldn't have to come up with thousands of names. Starfleet would keep track of the ships by the registries alone, and users could name the vehicles as they please (consulting a name database so as to avoid conflicts) or leave them unnamed. A little more disciplined than the naming of shuttles, yet much freer than the naming of big ships which warrant true launch/commissioning ceremonies.
One could draw a connection between the fact that at least one Danube was named by the user and the fact that the Danubes are the only truly thematically named spacecraft in Starfleet service. Perhaps only the ones used by Sisko are consistently named after Earth rivers, thanks to the personal effort of Sisko himself? Considering the Danube backstory as given in the DS9 TM, Sisko could well have been the first user of the type, so he'd have gleaned the river theme from the prototype ship. Other users need not have stuck to it.
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Timo: Your reasoning is perfectly plausible as usual. I just like the idea of all the Danube Classes being named after rivers. If not all Earth rivers, at least 'Federation' rivers. I think it's cool
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