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In comparison to the Reliant's bridge stations, displays, etc. they are. To my knowledge, TNG LCARS displays were not in use for ships in the 2XXX to 25XX range of registries. which of course is even higher than the Lantree's reg.
Of course it's quite possible that sometime in, say, the 2340's, the Lantree was upgraded because it was serving a more important function at the time, but then after it was concluded, the ship was relegated to transport duty.
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I don't think even unimportant ships are going to be left with computer interfaces that are 80 years old, especially if they've already got touchpad consoles, whose controls are presumably as easy to update as downloading LCARS Interface 12.3.1 from starfleet.patch.sbase133. Or something.
Incidently, can someone tell me where the Lantree's registry comes from? I can't find it anywhere but the encyclopedia. I realize they probably slapped some new stickers on the model when the pulled the torpedo launcher off, but as far as I can determine it isn't visible onscreen.
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The Stargazer, a relatively important ship, had interfaces from the movie era. And the Xhosa, a relatively unimportant ship, had interfaces from the TOS era.
And yes, the Lantree was relabeled as NCC-1837. You can't see it in the episode, but there's a good picture in the TNG 10th anniversary book.
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Perhaps the bridge module was swapped out 40 years ago which would explain the decor, and the "operating system" has been upgraded progressively as, probably, all ships on active duty are.
The Stargazer had been lost for quite a few years, so naturally, it wouldn't have the most modern interface. The Lantree, though it be old, has been in active service al this time, so it would probably recieve at least minor refits on a regular basis.
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Briefly going back to the Odyssey's bridge, I would not be surprised if they took the Nebbie class Prometheus bridge and redressed that. You replace the center back wall where the Prommie had her plaque with one with displays, you add the E-D like rail, and replace the free-standing stations that flank the captain's chair with two chairs and you have the Odyssey's bridge. The rest of the set would be as it was.
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I dont think any Starfleet vessel in active service would be left with old interfaces though.. i cant imagine the software problems invovled with running a fleet all running different version of an old operating system.
the only times we saw the movie era OS in TNG were ships that had been out of service at least that long. the E-C, Hathaway, Jenol*n and Stargazer all having ME OS because they were old.. ships left in service all had standard LCARS
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I don't think software compatibility would really be a problem. After all, these things are built to talk to ALIEN computers when needed. Surely they can handle backward compatibility with something human and merely 200 years old. Or forward compatibility with something 200 years in the future, for that matter.
If everything else fails, reroute the dataflow through the Universal Translator. And if *that* fails, reverse polarity...
I suppose the Lantree could have suffered internal damage that necessitated giving her more attention than was usually due for ships of her age. Instead of replicating old-style spares (another thing where compatibility no longer matters in the 24th century!), Starfleet just wired in some spare LCARS-style panels.
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