quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Maybe the lack of Constitution classes in later years, was because of the Khitomer Accords... maybe the Klingons stipulated an end to the production of the Constitution class... and the Feds relented (cause they had the Excelsiors, and the Ambassadors coming down the production line.
Actually I would have thought that the Khitomer Accords would have produced the opposite effect; Connies in service for longer. With little or no threat from the Klingons, there would be no need to build new warships so production would be scaled back. Then, with increased pressure from the Romulans and Cardassians production of the Excelcior would be increased, rusulting in those with higher reg. numbers.
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quote:ALSO, why didn't the Olympia send out a distress beacon before it crash-landed on the planet!?! Thus the message would have reached them in Season 2.
No it wouldn't. Like the "real time" communication between the Defiant and Capt. Cusack, it would have time-shifted ahead a few years and so would not be received until the time actual communication occured in the episode.
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Wasn't it just the surrounding planet that was phase-shifting her messages? One would assume if a distress beacon was let off before the ship 'entered' the field of the planet then it would have been free to send a 'current time' message.
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Just wondering; is there any evidence for Excelcior class ships (other than NX/NCC-2000) being in service in the 2280s/90s?
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Enterprise-B was 2290's. There are probably a few more examples.
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