The First One
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed
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The USS Thunderchild was an Akira-class starship seen in the battle in Star Trek: First Contact. It is also the only ship whose registry is even remotely visible. It appears to say NCC-63549, and this was borne out by the Encyclopaedia 2. However, when the Star Trek Fact Files came out, this number was assigned to another ship while the Thunderchild was NCC-65549.
In this case, I don't think there can be any question: the NCC-63549 registry is correct. We've thought of it as that for 2 and a half years, and to rethink it just because of the Fact Files, probably the least canon of the maybe-canon sources, is ridiculous.
Final Proof. Of course, this could be the other ship, but it's been generally assumed it was the Thunderchild.
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Well to me if the Star Trek Encyclopedia says one thing, but Fact Files something different, I'll believe the Encyclopedia. I admit it isn't flawless, but a far more official source than Fact Files.
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