NCC-2541 is canonical

[throwback]

I asked three questions, Timo, You failed to answer the questions.

The questions are:
1.) Is there a reason why you are defensive, and now angry, about this subject?
2.) Do you have an emotional investment in approving or disapproving what I and others have seen?
3.) Do you have more information on this pixel measurement?

And, please, watch your language. If a word is censored on network tv, then that word shouldn't be used on a forum.

[Chemahkuu]

I had as good a look at that image as I can, cleaning and brightening it and hell if I can identify one single digit there, it's unreadable.

[Dukhat]

As I said, it's not super-clear, but from what I can make out, it does look like 2541 to me. That's just my opinion, though.

[throwback]

Should have I included a survey, where I asked the reader, do you see NCC-2541? Would this have reduced the acrimony?

[Ar-Pharazon]

I think it has to do with knowing it's supposed to be 2541. It definitely ends with two different digits.

The last digit isn't wide enough at the top to be a 7, so it could really only be a 1. The second to last digit could only be a 4.

It looks like 2541 to me without trying to focus too much.

[Shaw]

I think it helps to see it from a different angle...

... thing is, the Hood was given NCC-42296 as a registry later in TNG. Honestly, I think the main thing they were going for was not seeing anything that looked like NX-2000 in the stock footage.

[Unicron]

^ Was that registry applied to the physical model itself, or just used for a source like the Encyclopedia? Just curiously mainly. It would fit in the somewhat wonky registry system used in TNG.

[Shaw]

To my knowledge, the large Excelsior model only had the following applied to it...

NX-2000, USS Excelsior
NCC-2541, USS Hood
NCC-2000, USS Excelsior
NCC-1701-B, USS Enterprise
NCC-42768, USS Lakota

The Hood's registry first appeared in a graphic in TNG and later in the Encyclopedia.

The model that Jein made had a few registry numbers applied over it's career, though I only have photos of it as the USS Excelsior (NCC-2000), USS Fredrickson (NCC-4211) and USS Excelsior (NCC-2000 put back with missized decals).

[Dukhat]

Shaw wrote:

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To my knowledge, the large Excelsior model only had the following applied to it...

NX-2000, USS Excelsior
NCC-2541, USS Hood
NCC-2000, USS Excelsior
NCC-1701-B, USS Enterprise
NCC-42768, USS Lakota

The Hood's registry first appeared in a graphic in TNG and later in the Encyclopedia.

The model that Jein made had a few registry numbers applied over it's career, though I only have photos of it as the USS Excelsior (NCC-2000), USS Fredrickson (NCC-4211) and USS Excelsior (NCC-2000 put back with missized decals).

There was also the Excelsior class Melbourne in DS9's "Emissary," which would either have been the original studio model or a model kit.

[throwback]

Memory Alpha has an article on the Excelsior-class model.
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Excelsior_class_model

Summary of Uses
The large model was used for the:
* USS Excelsior, NX-2000, 3rd & 4th movies
* USS Hood, NCC-2541, TNG Series
* USS Excelsior, NCC-2000, 6th movie
* USS Melbourne, NCC-62043, "Emissary"

A smaller model, known as the Jein model, was used for the:
* USS Excelsior, NCC-2000, "Flashback"
* USS Fredrickson, NCC-42111, "A Time to Stand"

The USS Hood was given a new registry in "Brothers" where it was listed with other Starfleet starships. (This information could change with the release of the Season 2 Blue Ray Set. There is a list of starships in "The Measure of a Man". I am hoping that some part of it is readable.)

[Dukhat]

throwback wrote:

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Summary of Uses
The large model was used for the:
* USS Excelsior, NX-2000, 3rd & 4th movies
* USS Hood, NCC-2541, TNG Series
* USS Excelsior, NCC-2000, 6th movie
* USS Melbourne, NCC-62043, "Emissary"

Well, as Shaw already stated, the model was also used for the Enterprise-B and the Lakota.

[throwback]

True. The modifications which were meant to be temporarily proved to be anything but, which led to Jein building a new model.

[Longinus]

throwback wrote:

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Should have I included a survey, where I asked the reader, do you see NCC-2541? Would this have reduced the acrimony?

No. You should have asked: "What number, if any, you can see here."

To me it could just as easily be 2391, for example. Without prior knowledge, there is no way to read it clearly.

In any case, why does this matter?

[SicOne]

Longinus wrote:

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No. You should have asked: "What number, if any, you can see here."

To me it could just as easily be 2391, for example. Without prior knowledge, there is no way to read it clearly.

In any case, why does this matter?

It matters because the toy stuffed eagle is gonna claw his eyeballs out while he is sleeping if he doesn't get the registry number right. He just wants you to know what's at stake here.

[throwback]

If I was wittier, there would be a witty comment here.
If i was sarcastic, there would be a sarcastic comment here.
If i knew how to be humorous, there would be a comedic quip here.

<shrug>