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The Ency does contradict the theory because it has a separate entry for the holoship. Why list the holoship separately if it is the Ticonderoga?
The Ency says that "the Ticonderoga reported to the Ba'ku homeworld in 2375 to facilitate the planet becoming a Federation protectorate." This sounds a bit odd to me. The Federation were hardly trying to "protect" the Ba'ku in Insurrection (other than Picard's rebel group). Maybe the Ticonderoga was meant to arrive after the Ent-E left at the end of the movie.
The book "Secrets of ST:Insurrection" has a early sketch of the holoship featuring a more traditional starship look (instead of a box). The thing that grabs my attention is that it has a rego NX-75115. Could this mean that the final holoship has the same rego? It would also mean that the scout can't belong to the holoship.
Anyway, there's my thoughts for the moment.
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In the article in Star Trek: The Magazine, it shows multiple sketches of what the freighter was supposed to be. The 2 sketches that actually look like a starship instead of a brick both have the registry NX-75115.
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I like the idea of the Ticonderoga arriving afterwards. That would explain why we never heard from them. I think I'm also going to stick with the theory that the holoship is a converted freighter (not the Ticonderoga).
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The Ticonderoga might have even supplied the Enterprise with a new warp core outside the Patch. After all, it would take absolutely ages for the E to get to a starbase without warp.
It's a shame the Ent-E doesn't have a spare core like Voyager.
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The novelization seems to use Ticonderoga in that sense: she's supposed to arrive to mop up after the Enterprise has done all the hard work. Then again, the novelization is very different from the actual movie.
I still don't have my video of Insurrection (the 25th is approaching, though), but I hope it will feature at least some of the scenes cut from the theatrical release. The theater version of the ending was far superior to the original version, though - hooray for preview audiences and last-ditch rewrites!
As for Voyager's spare core: perhaps Intrepids in general are supposed to have one, which is why the MSD has one - but the Voyager specifically does not carry one, explaining the instances where plots hinge on just a single core being available. Perhaps Janeway opted to sail out without one, as delivery was delayed? Or then she had to eject before reaching DS9? In any case, the core should have been lost before "Caretaker", where Janeway chooses to repair the primary core even though this risks the whole ship.
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Question about the Delta Flyer. In some of the Voyager episodes, we have seen the cockpit area of the ship. I am not sure if the Ice planet episode where they make it back to the Alpha Quadrant featured Harry Kim in the rear area of the Delta Flyer or not. But my question is does the Delta Flyer only have a cockpit section or it that storage/sleeping area part of the Delta Flyer?
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Also, Ironhorse, just a thought, but you may get more answers to your question if you post your own thread on the topic in the Starships & Tech section. That way everybody can see it and share their wisdom :-)
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