the problem is that the ship clearly has two numbers. The hull has one, and the Encyclopedia confirms that number, however the computer displays in that episode lists another, and that is confirmed by the ship's dedication plaque. I prefer to explain this as disinformation. I believe that the Prometheus bears a resemblance to an earlier ship design, and was intentionally painted with the wron hull number to try to disguise how truly revolutionary it was.
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Well it's either that or when the Prometheus was being painted before the shakedown cruise someone decided it would be funny to place the wrong registry on the ship...
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Well, we already know how messed up space scenes are. There's light everywhere, sound in a vacuum, etc. That, and the inconsistency of ship scaling... I think, from now on, I'm going to trust computer displays over space scenes...
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Didn't you just talk about the Enterprise being a three-mile-long purple space cow, Tim? Eh? Eh?
As for the registry, I prefer the lower one just because of all the stubborn people who insist that registries much be chronological.
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Oh, wonderful. I saw one of these at the bookstore yesterday, but figured I could wait until I had a real need to keep track of dates in 2001.
As for the Prometheus, I'm one of those people Frank likes to annoy, but I tend to go with the lower number as well, simply because many bright people spent many weary weeks working out convoluted explanations for it, and I wouldn't want their work to be in vain.
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I asked Okuda about the "Unseen Frontier" book release, and he says he knows nothing about it. He speculates it's a Foundation Imaging project to showcase their unused CGI designs or something - most probably out in winter 2001-02 instead of winter 2000-01. His own stuff, including the "BoBW" and other rarely seen models, is still in preliminary stages, and it's not sure where it will all go. Too bad...
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Well despite the name and registry errors I want this calendar, it will be my first Star Trek one.
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60205 is what I got from the pylon quick-shot when "Waltz" first aired. Later on, Foundation Imaging shots from SFF&M magazine seems to bear that out. It's a lock AFAIC.
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