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Actually, the ship on the cover of "Restoration" is the Galaxy Class USS Exalibur NCC-26517-A.
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The registry number would seem to be a six-digit one, so it's obviously one of those stupid letter-suffixed regos. The name, though, seems very short - more like Exeter than like Excalibur. Do you mean you have seen a better magnification than the one at PsiPhi?
Do we know, BTW, if the Exeter Shelby was assigned to is supposed to be a Galaxy class ship? The short spoilers at PsiPhi didn't seem to indicate this. Perhaps the Exeter is another refitted Ambassador, given to Shelby because of her experience in operating a ship of that class?
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Is not there one in the TNG novel 'Crossover'?
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"Restoration" is the latest in the New Frontier series. In the previous book, USS Exalibur was destroyed, so now the crew gets a brand new, Galaxy class USS Excalibur NCC-26517-A. In fact, this book has been out for a while now that I think of it. The name is most definatly listed in the book, not sure about the registry though. But it does say -A on the cover picture...
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Hmm. Isn't PAD a good enough writer to know that only the Enterprises with their stupid TV shows and their stupid captains who save the stupid universe get letter suffixes?
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My question is what has the USS Excalibur done that merits an A to the registry. It not like they saved planet/star system/universe (delete when appropiate).
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Well, who knows - perhaps the ship performed heroic feats before Calhoun assumed command? Or perhaps the preceding Excaliburs combined had amassed enough fame to justify a suffix for the next one? There could have been half a dozen Excaliburs before the Galaxy class one was launched (unless the dedication plaque of the canonical Ambassador-class one said this was only the second ship to bear the name - did we ever see the plaque?).
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Unfortunately, it appears that in novels authors can do just about anything. :-) The -A appears in a novel called (I think) Saratoga. The novel is about Sisko and DS9 and in the book a new Saratoga is launched with the -A attached to the rego. Annoying, isn�t it?
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quote:The -A appears in a novel called (I think) Saratoga. The novel is about Sisko and DS9 and in the book a new Saratoga is launched with the -A attached to the rego. Annoying, isn�t it?
This was acceptable IMO. But the Saratoga-Captain in "Saratoga" had another name as the Saratoga-Captain in the novel "Emissary".
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