The First One
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Destroyed in "The Arsenal of Freedom" (c. 2363), the Wambundu-class starship USS Drake, NCC2-0388 was commanded by Captain Paul Rice.
But there's also a USS Drake that arrived on DS9 in 2372 or 3 in "Apocalypse Rising" with damage and wounded crewmen.
Now, the Encyclopaedia 2 has these as being the same ship, which would appear to be impossible. The reason I bring it up, though, is that the fate of the Drake in "TAoF" always seemed rather vague. A wooden holographic projection of its captain doesn't necessarily mean the ship really was destroyed. . . Thoughts?
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OK, in the ship list, the Drake attacked by Klingons is Andromeda-class, NCC-70956.
Hey, wait...that number ought to be more fuel for the registry number debate, considering this Drake was launched in late first season TNG at the very least...
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And what does that have to do w/ anything? Absolutely nothing! ;-)
Anyway, the Andromeda-class ship may have been sitting half-constructed in a drydock somewhere, and never got launched until after the Drake was destroyed. Therefore, the registry doesn't really conflict w/ anything...
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