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I don't think so. It's been pretty strongly implied that Enterprise is of the NX class, not that the NX stands for experimental. (Though of course the X could mean experimental, but it's still NX class, rather than Superfun class or something.)
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Well... that's the system with Federation starships... We don't know what the system will be with Earth Starfleet ships. Presumably, the NX in the registry is a reference to the Class of the ship. Other Starfleet classes could be other letter combos and have regos like "BE-05".
At this point, I'm assuming that the prototype NX rego system for Fed starships is an homage to the early days of Earth space exploration and the contribution of the NX class to that effort.
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Or we could just resign ourselves to the fact that this is probably just another thing that B&B didn't think through well enough.
Yes, I know that early TOS ship classes were referred to with letters ("J" class and all...), but do you really think B&B knew that? I personally think it's just a coincidence that the letter class system was used in Enterprise.
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Well, seeing as how Enterprise isn't the only ship to be refered to as "letter" class, I'd say no, it isn't a coincidence.
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Where did you ever get the idea that a Hornet was to follow? The only time that has ever happened was in the USN with the Yorktown class carriers. Yorktown CV-5, Enterprise CV-6, Horner CV-8. Wasp CV-7 was a class of its own. She had no sisters.
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IIRC, Mayweather said in "Fortunate Son" that three more NX ships were on the drawing boards. That was in August 2151. I wouldn't expect any more of them until at least two years later. I hope that B&B can restrain themselves...
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I think NX-class is a surprising attempt at continuity with previously known 22nd century ships. Like the DY series or the old J-Class, even the RT & BBI ships listed in the "Up the Long Ladder" display, although I doubt B&B are aware of that one. It's probably just a happy coinsidence. Perhaps all Earth Starfleet classes are N*-class ships, so maybe the Shenendoah's registry is something like NW-09? Maybe the sucessor to the NX will be the NY-class, that is if the Federation Starfleet sticks to that system.
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yes if i see a NCC reg before the advent of the Federation, i think i might cry. i'm just hoping to see the Dauntless on that day...
and the decals, as we have discussed before somewhere, were made in a fanboys basement, and probably not canon at all. the names of future NX ships will of course be left 'open' until they decide to reveal them on the show, or not.
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The idea that NX-01/NCC-01 was the Dauntless was also made in a fanboy's basement.
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quote:Originally posted by The_Tom: The idea that NX-01/NCC-01 was the Dauntless was also made in a fanboy's basement.
Agreed. There is no connection between the fake ship fabricated by Arturis and any real SF ship. And as to why Voyager's people fell for it? Voyager people are stupid.
And yes, the NX designation definitely means something different from later times, or else the Enterprise would be the first Starfleet ship ever built, which it clearly is not. "NX-01" clearly and very sensibly means "The first vessel of the NX-class."
I am completely convinced that ENT's Starfleet is the same organization as we've always known, just in an earlier form. (I'd wager a sizable amount that this is also how the show's writers are looking at it.) Clearly, it does comprise only Earth at present, but it will simply grow to include other UFP members/protectorates as they are founded. As to why it will be the Vulcan Navy that is assimilated into SF and not vice versa, don't ask me. It's just another symptom of the Earth-centric syndrome with which Trek is afflicted.
The switch from exclusive Earth management of SF to Earth-centered UFP management may be used as a device for explaining minor differences in the registry/class scheme, etc, but it is wholly unnecessary to promote the view that ENT's Starfleet is a completely different organization from the familiar UFP Starfleet.
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