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Since its been pretty much confirmed that the Melbourne at Wolf359 was Excelsior Class, we're left with a nameless Proto-Nebula. But we also have the USS Liberator shuttle which has a Reg# suitable for a Nebula Class ship. Anyone seeing a possible link here?
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I think I'm lost. Okay, the USS Melbourne in "The Best of Both Worlds" was a Nebula-class starship right? I mean, NCC-62043 is a Nebula registry and no other Excelsior-class starships go that high.
So along comes "Emissary" a couple years later and the Melbourne becomes an Excelsior-class starship. Which I have listed as on my website.
But the way I read what Capt Sharpe said, it seems now that the Melbourne has always been Excelsior-class (model-wise and on TV).
As for the 4-nacelled Nebula model, I still think it's the Melbourne. Part of my reason is that in "Future Imperfect" the model is on display in Captain Riker's ready room. The little plaque says Melbourne, a ship Riker was offered command of in "The Best of Both Worlds". This tells me that up until "Emissary" that the Melbourne was Nebula-class.
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The proto-Nebula wasn't nameless, it had U.S.S. Melbourne printed right on the saucer. However, to answer Capt. Sharpe's question, I personally don't think there is a link between the damaged shuttle and the proto-Nebula. Even the shuttle's appearance in the episode is still under debate, since the Wolf 359 scene has been analyzed closely for about a year now, and no corresponding shuttle wreckage has been found.
BTW, welcome to the forum, Capt. Sharpe.
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Was there really a name on the Nebula wreck? In the photos displayed on Bernd's page, I can only see the registries (both dorsal and ventral) but no trace of a name anywhere. It almost looks as if no name was painted on - the damage to the saucer isn't extensive enough to have completely eradicated the areas where a name as long as U.S.S. Melbourne would be.
What is clear, though, is that the registry we see on the Nebula wreck is not the registry of the Liberator... So that connection does not work.
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I have two clearer images which, you guess it, I a m not authorized to post. The name "Melbourne" is on the Nebula. However, since we could barely identify the Nebula ship, it seems we have to go aith the excelsior Melbourne.
Personally, I think the destroyed Nebula-class ship is the USS Nebula NCC-60***. This would explain the two additional nacelles.
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