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Trip Tucker
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Hello Everyone, I'm new to this sort of thing and I just wanted to try to start a good topic.
Everyone has seen that the registry number on the Prometheus-class U.S.S. Prometheus (my personal fave) is NX-59650. But I found a dedication-plaque at the LCARS Communications Network that states the registry number is NX-74913. The number ON the ship seems rather old, but the number on the plaque seems up-to-date. The plaque number should have been the one seen on the ship.
When I can figure out how to post a pic, I'll send it along.

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The Prometheus's dedication plaque and MSD both have the 70000s registry on them. The old number wasn't terribly difficult to explain away. But these conflicting numbers are a bit more of a problem. I don't think anyone's come up w/ a really good explanation yet. The best I can think of at the moment is that it may have been the 59650-B, or something, and they inexplicably decided to leave off the suffix. This would leave the larger number as the ship's "real", unique registry, while 59650 is its "ceremonial" one.

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Sol System
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Assuming you subscribe to TSN's incredibly arcane theory of registries.

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Mikey T
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The problem can be always explained away by saying the crew working on the Prometheus painted a different registry on the hull as a practical joke...

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Michael Dracon
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We have discussed this before, but since you are new here:

Both the dedication plaque AND the Master Situation Display show the 7xxxx number.

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nx001a
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However the Encyclopedia III states the registration no for the Promehteus is NX-5xxxxx something and not NCC-7xxxxx. I know this creates problems but if the writers of the show ie Michael Okuda state it is the lower number then we have to assume it is the lower number. However the USS prometheus Nebula Class has a higher no which creates problems. Maybe the ship has been in development for years but never given a name but recieved a NX-no at the very start.

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Dax
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It's reasonable to assume that the ridiculous hull rego is a mistake and that NX-74913 is the proper one. Unfortunately the hull rego is so clearly visible in "MiaB" it makes it hard to ignore. There's no simple solution here.

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Aethelwer
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I personally prefer the lower number, just to ruin everyone's theories about registries.

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AndrewR
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So is the name Brittain - in Night Terrors, but everyone maitains that it is indeed Brattain.

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Fabrux
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I say it's the Brittain, because that's what we see on the hull and I live on the Brittain Road

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nx001a: That is exactly the simple solution that I referred to before. However, this 70000s registry throws a bit of a wrench into the metaphorical works. Also, Michael Okuda is not a writer on the show. In fact, he doesn't even work on Voyager.

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nx001a
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Anyway the nx-number does not really matter since it does not determine the when the ship was constructed(not officially anyway). Of course a ship with a NCC-xxx number was built a long time ago but we have seen ships in TNG, DS9 and VOY that has a wide range of numbers from the Fredrickson NCC-4xxx something to the Steamrunners NCC-7xxxx. Hell when the Dauntless came to rescue Voyager it had a registry of NX-001A so NCC does not come in any particular order.

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nx001a
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I am currently doing a new website on starship database and i was wondering should i use the lower or higher the number. Although the higher no makes more sense i will probably stick with the lower one. What does everyone else think?

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Black Knight
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Well, I'm working on my own starship database and I think that I am going to use the 74xxx number.

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Bernd
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nx001a: It's NX-01 A, not NX-001 A.

but you don't have to change your user name