Were there other Enterprises between the NX-01 and the NCC-1701?
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Earth seemed to have a very important place in bringing the Federation into existence, Riker in one of the movies said without Earth there would be no Federation, maybe that was always the case.
Early Federation starships for decades might have deliberately excluded any Earth naming, for political reasons.
Yes! I've been saying that for years!
I like that idea.
I also like the idea that most Federation starships are named after non-Earth subjects -- it's just that they're always offscreen, away from where we the audience can see them.
According to the Rise of the Federation: Live by the Code novel, Archer himself later canceled a proposal to construct the first Federation starship Enterprise in the mid 2160s, feeling the name should remain in honorable retirement for sometime before being used again.
Yeah but that timeline got killed by the Devidians or some nonsense, so who knows what actually happened now
The Coda trilogy established that the timeline the novels published from about 2000 to 2020 were set in had diverged from the Prime Timeline in 2373, so it's still entirely possible that the events of Rise of the Federation still took place in the Prime Timeline. Future canon could contradict it but that has always been the case with ST novels.
the NX-02 fate reminds me of the Franklin's in Star Trek Beyond. getting trapped out of time.
I always wondered if Archer was still alive when the NCC-1701 was constructed if Rob April sought him out and asked for any advice considering he was stepping into some pretty big shoes.
Well if you go by "In A Mirror Darkly" then that's likely, and he dies like the day after it was launched. And then Star Trek 09 suggests he was still around for a while after to send Scotty to the ice planet. That sounds to me like Nero's incursion kept Archer alive,
I wished they had Archer show up alive, and still can in SNW, looking as Bakula does now with Daniels as his aide. They don't have to say or do anything to explain it, but having Daniels there next to him explains it all to anyone who knows.Well if you go by "In A Mirror Darkly" then that's likely, and he dies like the day after it was launched. And then Star Trek 09 suggests he was still around for a while after to send Scotty to the ice planet. That sounds to me like Nero's incursion kept Archer alive,
Not sure if it has been said, but Strange New Worlds rather definitively established that there were no ships named Enterprise between the NX-01 and the 1701.
As shown in Those Old Scientists, construction began on the Enterprise using a peice of the last ship to carry the name. Which was the NX-01.
As shown in Those Old Scientists, construction began on the Enterprise using a peice of the last ship to carry the name. Which was the NX-01.
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It's probably true for UFP but in regards to independent alien worlds I would love it if in the 80 years gap everybody and their dog named their firstborn starship Enterprise
Yeah, after what the NX-01 did for United Earth, I'm sure it was a very popular name. Much like today, not every Enterprise is an Aircraft Carrier.
Like in the novel Q & A. There's a bit where Picard constantly shifts between various parallel universes, ending up on a lot of very different Enterprises. One is under Klingon control and is called the IKS Qu'. Literally meaning "duty" or "obligation", it's the closest Klingonese translation of the word 'Enterprise'.
Would be pretty nice if there is an actual, canon Klingon vessel with that name!
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I never understood why the Enterprise NX-01 was decommissioned after only ten years. We know it was Refit at least once (to look more like a prototype Constitution class.) but couldn't they have retrofitted it again? Also Do you think it was given the NCC-01 designation following its redesign.
I think in this circumstance it's not about age or ability but purely ceremonial, and I think for this ship it makes sense. These aren't perfect comparisons but the Enterprise CV-6 was decommissioned after 9 years and the space shuttle Enterprise never flew in space and ended up in the Smithsonian by the mid-80s. I usually like it if regular ships do last a long time though normally.
Not true. After the loss of the Enterprise-C there was a nearly 20-year gap until the D was launched.
I foresee two reasons for that. Either Starfleet intentionally retired the name out of respect for the sacrifice of the C's crew, or the Galaxy class was already on the books and Starfleet wanted to wait until one was ready.
Or both.
No, at this point 'NX' is just a class name. It doesn't yet mean 'experimental'.
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