Of course she knows that there were other Enterprises before hers. However...and this is a good point...The fact that the Ent D has a D on the end doen't mean there have been only 5 enterprises in Starfleet or the Federation...it only means that there have been 4 before it with the registry of 1701. It's the fact that the plaque says "5th starship to bear the name" that throws a curve in it.

I like the idea of post Federation interests being represented by a unique domestically operated agency, such as UESPA. One thing is for absolute certain, the Pre-E must either be destroyed, decommissioned or integrated into a purely non-Starfleet/Federation role by 2161. We must all surely agree on that. And for some reason it will be another 80-some years before another ship named Enterprise is commissioned.

No it doesn't. It missed the space shuttle for one (or the carrier), and at least one other (I can't remember for the life of me. Is it the old schooner?)

"And we all know this by now, but is there a working theory to explain our way round this? (perhaps they should release the special edition with an inserted graphic showing the Akiraprise)..."

The obvious way around it is not to change anything, because it doesn't show all the previous ships named Enterprise. Even Decker only says "All those ships were called Enterprise", not "This is every Enterprise that has ever existed. EVER!"

I have screen caps if you want to see it....

"The obvious way around it is not to change anything, because it doesn't show all the previous ships named Enterprise. Even Decker only says "All those ships were called Enterprise", not "This is every Enterprise that has ever existed. EVER!"

"Granted, but in reality you'd expect them to show the first Starfleet ship named Enterprise, which from what we can gather will have an important and exciting role to play over the next seven years."

You'd also expect whoever did the wall sculptures of the Enterprise-B and C in the observation lounge to make them actually look like the ships did.

"Granted, but in reality you'd expect them to show the first Starfleet ship named Enterprise..."

They did. Not to mention that the display itself was onboard the first Starfleet ship named Enterprise.

This is something that I wrote quite quickly - if it oversteps the bounds of this thread then by all means remove it, but I figure it's acceptably short.

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He turned the model over in his hand, inspecting the details.
"So this is the new Galaxy-class starship, huh?"
"Just about. ASDB's still working out a few details, but that, my friend is the starship for the next century.
"Does it really have to be this big?"
The older engineer looked at his colleague with a mix of disdain and amusement.
"You're an idiot, you know that?" His own response was of mock anger, which quickly faded to a bemused smile that matched the other's.
The elder continued, "They decided that volume was more important than the best possible profile. And they still managed to achieve a damn good maximum warp.
"But it could be even faster if the profile was more streamlined."
"And keep the same volume?" It was a challenge to the younger engineer's impetuousness who, rather miraculously, was actually left speechless for a few seconds.
"I bet you…" He paused trying to think of something to bet. "I bet you we could." The other engineer regarded him for a moment, debating whether to carry on the conversation or not.
"Well, its too late now." He said finally. "They've already started building the prototype."
He had given up arguing the point, and went back to inspecting the model. He noticed something interesting about the model. "Hey, you realize that this model says Enterprise on it? NCC-1701…D."
"Yeah, they're going to make one of the Galaxy's into the next Enterprise."
"Which one?"
"Second or third probably. Depends on how well the prototype works."
"How much you want to bet that this one's going to be destroyed by Klingons too?"
The older engineer rolled his eyes, to which the younger man continued more forcefully
"Four Starfleet starships all named Enterprise. All destroyed by Klingons."
"Now that's not true. The C was destroyed by Romulans."
"But she was defending Klingons. Klingons were involved anyway. Don't tell me its any coincidence. And wasn't Earth Fleet Enterprise destroyed by Klingons too?"
"Beats the hell out of me. I'm too rusty on my pre-Federation history."
"If I were the captain of the Big E-D, I'd run at the first sign of a Klingon ship."
"And that, my friend, is exactly why you are not a starship captain."

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BTW: Just before I posted this, I changed 'UESPA' to 'Earthfleet' in the story because of the teaser. My supposition is that after Fed Starfleet was created the Earth Stafleet became generally known as the Earth fleet to avoid confusion.

[ August 11, 2001: Message edited by: Stingray ]