NCC-2000-A?

[captcalhoun]

that's also mentioned in the TNG companion. It was switched from -7 to -G because of the 1701-A in TVH...

 

[trekkerguy]

1701 was far too iconic and just feels like the appropriate match for the Enterprise line.

Only because we're used to it -- because, as viewers of a television show called Star Trek, we saw that ship and its number every week and saw very few other ships whose numbers were even legible. That wouldn't apply to people within the ST universe. Most of them wouldn't be seeing this ship and its number on a weekly basis, and those who did (such as the people in Starfleet receiving the ship's reports) would be seeing plenty of other ships' numbers at the same time. To people in Starfleet, the number NCC-1701 would just be one registry number out of dozens or hundreds, and to people in the general population, it would be an obscure bit of trivia. How many people know the registry number of the battleship Arizona or the bomber Enola Gay? Names can become iconic, but numbers? I don't think so.

So I can understand why ST fans would want to keep the number, but there's no in-universe reason why it would be the subject of any great nostalgia. It's important not to confuse our priorities and perceptions as viewers with those of people within the fictional world itself.

I see your points but raise you this... the fictional world people don't exist so our needs as viewers override.

But, even in-universe, the way things have always been presented I think everything about the Enterpise and her crews is probably iconic, even the registries, with them having saved the Earth, Federation and Universe on so many occasions. May not be, but I think it certainly possible. It's a litte different in our world were the works of real life battleships and such aren't near as fantastical.

 

[Christopher]

^^But surely other starships and their crews have saved Earth or the Federation from time to time. It's just that we focus on a few specific ships and don't see those stories. Heck, we know for a fact that Captain Garth was a legendary, heroic commander in his prime, one whom Kirk looked up to as an idol. Why isn't his ship just as iconic?

 

[trekkerguy]

^^But surely other starships and their crews have saved Earth or the Federation from time to time. It's just that we focus on a few specific ships and don't see those stories. Heck, we know for a fact that Captain Garth was a legendary, heroic commander in his prime, one whom Kirk looked up to as an idol. Why isn't his ship just as iconic?

I certainly agree with you, and I am sure the Calypso will have it's own renown for doing these sorts of things from time to time.

But, as is often referenced in Star Trek, the Enterprise seems to get all the "Easy" assignments. I think as the flagship of the fleet and the front runner when it comes to jumping into odd circumstances, it more than likely has done it far more often and of course has a longer history of doing so.

So the Enterprise ends up having more of a history of this allowing more generations of people to be exposed to it's heroics.

 

[Stevil2001]

Maybe Garth's ship was the original Yamato.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

that's also mentioned in the TNG companion. It was switched from -7 to -G because of the 1701-A in TVH...

Thanks!