Including Gene Roddenberry, and Paramount. GR requested it be done, and Paramount made it policy I don't have a problem with it informing later works. My larger point is that non-canon sources should be viewed as the only interpretation of certain subjects.
Nope. Okuda clearly states, in the Encyclopedia, that it was a conjectural design created by Greg Jein. Greg was not a person in charge. It fact I'd wager he did it on his own time as a fan.
Even if it did, Star Trek is being run by a completely different set of people (well, two completely different sets between TV and movies) than it was in the 90's. They undoubtedly will see the larger Trekverse a little differently.
IIRC Constitution Class was something from the production team and not from licensed material. I think as more fans come into the franchise in a professional capacity a lot of conjecture is brought into canon. Which isn't always a bad thing. With the Daedalus I think its basically the same group of people "promoting" the idea.
It becomes repetitious enough then there is general acceptance. I recall a story that circulated around about Star Wars lore and the midichlorians being something the Jedi just "used to tell people. Well, it turns out that line is actually in a friend of mine's fan film and he gets the biggest kick out of people quoting it as if it was from a book or a (pre-Disney) canon source.
For me back in the day is TOS. The Okudas, Sternbach and Jein "came up" through fandom joining the art department when TNG was on th air. An old buddy of mine did too and joined the art department during TNG via his contact with Mike Okuda at cons. By the time they put together the Encyclopedia and Chronology, yeah they were seasoned pros. But still slipped in some ideas from their fandom days like the Daedalus model.
Was there an early point where "Constellation Class" was substituted for "Constitution Class" back in the day? Either my elementary school aged brain in the late 80s misremembered something, or one of the 70s/80s reference books I read at some formative age got it wrong. Can someone correct my memories?
IIRC, the Stargazer was supposed to be a Constitution but they switched it to Constellation for some reason. That's the only one I know about the two ships.Was there an early point where "Constellation Class" was substituted for "Constitution Class" back in the day? Either my elementary school aged brain in the late 80s misremembered something, or one of the 70s/80s reference books I read at some formative age got it wrong. Can someone correct my memories?
