The First One
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Ooh, cool. . . *has a great time flicking between the two images in different windows* 8)
Remind me - how many actual ships did we see in the ep? I don't recall there being a lot. . .
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The following ships were seen in the episode: USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D USS Excalibur NCC-26517 USS Sutherland NCC-72015 USS Valkyrie NCC-2590 (I am accepting this identification. BTW, I sent a letter to Shadow. He replied that the identification of the Constellation Class ship couldn't be made. Has he gotten a bigger tv?)
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Thing is, the Constellation seen in the exterior VFX sequence was upside-down, and the only other upside-down Constellation was the Valkyrie, and it had labels positioned that way to prove it... If they relabeled and flipped the model at some point, isn't just before it appeared onscreen upside-down a good time?
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As a matter of fact, I did get a larger TV. But I hadn't really checked before...I noticed the registry by accident. Anyway, the last number was definitely a 3.
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A reprint of the Okudagram of the grid was printed in the Star Trek Science Logs (from Pocket about a year ago). If I was home then I could pull out the book and look up the page number.
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I couldn't read any part of the Constellation class registry. The Valkyrie being the most recent labeling, I might accept it was supposed to be the Valkyrie, but strong evidence is missing.
The Aries is between the Hermes and the Enterprise, the Goddard between the Triese and the Hermes.
I don't like the idea that the same ships appear again and again in TNG, while there are thousands of them in DS9.
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The increase in the size of Starfleet is due to the demands placed upon the stories by the writers. The proportions of the Federation and the Starfleet are being exagerrated to the level of unbelievibilty for me. They are almost comical in scope. I chalk this up to the changing nature of the stories being made for Star Trek and a differing perception of the UFP and Starfleet.
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The situation that there's no other starship in sector 001 but the Enterprise is even more comical.
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The First One
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I think the fleet idea is a good explanation of why the same ships reappear in TNG - after all, the E-D wasn't going that far afield. Which also explains why there were at least a dozen ships classes we never saw.
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The Studio model of the Valkyrie (or a copy) was displayed at the Star Trek World Tour in Duesseldorf, Germany. The registry number was NCC-2590.
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Note that the lettering looks as if the bottom was supposed to be the top side, as The_Tom said. This is probably the reason why it was actually displayed upside down in a previous exhibition.
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The Enterprise-nil, -A, and -B were the only starships in the sector. TNG suffered from a permanent lack of ships too, and the the E-D had to do any kind of duty, from medicine courier service to towing. I can't remember a single dialogue like this: "Captain, medicine has to be delivered to Gerratana IV and the Nixian ambassador wants to be ferried to Trinculo VIII." - "Don't worry, there are the USS Dunnowhat and USS Seekaname in this sector, and we can continue with our mission."
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Well, the Federation is supposedly really large...even with thousands of ships, there wouldn't be enough to have several within hours of each other.
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But I hadn't really checked before...I noticed the registry by accident. Anyway, the last number was definitely a 3.
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