quote:Originally posted by Spike: 1.) Captain to 1 Pip Admiral 2.) 1 Pip Admiral to 2 Pip Admiral 3.) 2 Pip Admiral to 3 Pip Admiral
Uh, "One Pip Admiral?" What's that?
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The new Valiant doesn't have the same registry as her predecessor.
The new Nova can't be the prototype of the Nova-class because the Equinox and the Rhode Island both have lower registries.
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quote:Originally posted by Spike: The new Nova can't be the prototype of the Nova-class because the Equinox and the Rhode Island both have lower registries.
We've seen it happen before, so it's still possible. It's at least in the right range for the prototype. Construction could've been delayed causing its sister ships to be launched ahead of Nova.
USS Constellation is a lower number than USS Constitution.
quote:USS Constellation is a lower number than USS Constitution.
Because she got her registry from people who knew nothing about registries.
Just another mistake of the Starfleet Bureau for Ship Painting. Like Brittain, Jenolin, and NX-59650.
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All you have to do is say that the Nova was the defiant testbed and underwnet refit to nova specs thus getting a higher reg that its sister ships.
like 2368 defiant testbed is started 2269 2 aditional frames are started as defiant class the defiant receave an change in design before complesion of the 2 space frames 2270 the nova testbed is started under the old defiant testbed 2271 the Rhode Island and ??? is comm. under nova class before the nova is Comm. 2272 Nova is finnaly comm. under nova specs. after its defiant testbed refit and given a reg.
Just an idea
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The prem. NX-59650 also could fall under this idea like the stargazer. She was given a Reg for Comm but found defective and refitted but with old hall number when she was stollen
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Or maybe the reg numbers don't really indicate ship chronology? *gets shot*
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It was a "battle" group. You have a Galaxy, an Excelsior and other stuff that could fight the Romulans. So, a small Nova-class planetary explorer (you know, max. warp 8, small crew, not enough firepower to destroy a Pakled freighter), what would you do with such a ship? If I was in charge of the battle group, I'd send them home. No real use in a battle, but others would have to protect it because it's so vulnerable. Same reason why you wouldn't use an Oberth in such a fleet. Nova has to be a new ship.
EDIT: Here's the old image.
>Intrepid, Valiant, Galaxy, Aries, Nova, Hood, Archer, right? Did they really write Aires instead of Aries?
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Good points, but you forget that starfleet is run by the very same folks that sent the Bonestall- an Oberth class- out to die...er...fight the Borg at Wolf 359! The Nova could have really good sensors and mabye (likely) they were building a tachyon web to detect the Scimitar. 1.) Locate bad guy (s) 2.) Let capital ships engage enemy. 3.) Get the fuck out of town when the Scimitar destroys the entire "battle group".
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As Picard pointed out several times, he's an explorer, as such is his ship. We just see phasers and torpeedos more then scanners because... scanners are boring.
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