What happened to the USS Farragut?

[adm58]

Here is the destroyed Farragut on screen:

Does it say Farragut on the hull?

Yes. Look at it.

 

[nx1701g]

I think it would require a lot of suspension of disbelief to buy that Kirk was the only person in the Federation who realized Nero's ship was above Vulcan.

Well then I think it's time you suspend your disbelief. No one other than Kirk - including a man who's dissertation was on the incident (Pike, and so you can't try to disprove me please review the scenes where Pike talks to Kirk in the bar and Kirk even says that he read Pike's dissertation when he's making his argument) - pieced it together.

 

[urbandk]

Here is what I believe happened. Note that all of this is dependent on the Orion girl being aboard. If she wasn't then I just assume the ship was lost with all hands and really did more harm then good because it's remains got in the way of the Enterprise.

So, the Farragut was part of the first group of ships to warp to Vulcan. However, it was at the back of the first group. When they got to Vulcan all the ships infront of it started getting wasted. The captain decided it wasn't worth it and ordered them to warp out to safety. They did but had sustained so much damage that they only made it to the outskits of the Vulcan system. The ship was adraft and damaged so bad that all communications were down so they couldn't contact anyone. Eventually they got communications back up and were rescued a day or so after the Enterprise blasts the Narada to kingdom come.

Why would that be dependent on the Orion girl being on board?

Ummm, cause if she wasn't then I don't care and the Farragut and its' crew can go down in plasma fire flames for all I care.

Let's hope she was canny enough to make it on an escape pod, I suppose.

 

[T'Paul]

I think it would require a lot of suspension of disbelief to buy that Kirk was the only person in the Federation who realized Nero's ship was above Vulcan.

Well then I think it's time you suspend your disbelief. No one other than Kirk - including a man who's dissertation was on the incident (Pike, and so you can't try to disprove me please review the scenes where Pike talks to Kirk in the bar and Kirk even says that he read Pike's dissertation when he's making his argument) - pieced it together.

Why would I disagree that Pike wrote his dissertation on the incident. It was clearly stated onscreen twice.

 

[nx1701g]

^ Just being thorough.

Well now we have an image and you can make out the name.

 

[T'Paul]

^ I'm sure you'd find a way.

Well now we have an image and you can make out the name.

I don't think so.

 

[adm58]

I think it would require a lot of suspension of disbelief to buy that Kirk was the only person in the Federation who realized Nero's ship was above Vulcan.

I think it takes more suspension of disbelief to buy that Kirk happened to get marooned on the same planet that Spock Prime got marooned on, and wound up in the same random cave as Spock Prime and at the same time. Oh, and Scotty was 14 km down the ice path too. Oh, and Spock remembers the equation to achieve transwarp beaming. Oh, and there's such a thing as beaming. Or warp. Yeah, I never have to suspend my disbelief when watching Star Trek.

 

[Captain Hunter]

Here is the destroyed Farragut on screen:

Does it say Farragut on the hull?

Actually it does say Farragut on the hull.

 

[T'Paul]

Here is the destroyed Farragut on screen:

Does it say Farragut on the hull?

Actually it does say Farragut on the hull.

I see some letters that are similar to Farragut, but how do we know it isn't just a similarly named ship?

 

[nx1701g]

^ Yep. You can clearly make out RRAG beneath the body.

 

[T'Paul]

^ Yep. You can clearly make out RRAG beneath the body.

Exactly.

 

[nx1701g]

On the High Definition image of the trailer you can read FARRAGUT, not that it matters because I'm sure you'd simply ignore it to keep it up.

 

[Trekker4747]

 

[urbandk]

 

[urbandk]

On the High Definition image of the trailer you can read FARRAGUT, not that it matters because I'm sure you'd simply ignore it to keep it up.

OK I think this issue has been resolved to about 250% certainty.

 

[Captain Hunter]

^ Yep. You can clearly make out RRAG beneath the body.

Exactly.

OK you got me. It was the USS Farrag that got destroyed. Starfleet must have run out of names for their ships to have used such a similar one on another ship of the line. I hope the Hoo and the Enterpr made it out as well.

 

[T'Paul]

There is a USS Rhode Island. How do we know there isn't a USS Narragansett?

 

[Squiggy]

There is a USS Rhode Island. How do we know there isn't a USS Narragansett?

It wasn't mentioned. And since your end all be all proof is "on screen evidence", that should be plenty for you. Stop being obtuse.

 

[DangerBoy]

Is it wrong that I have been "lmao" this entire thread?

 

[T'Paul]

There is a USS Rhode Island. How do we know there isn't a USS Narragansett?

It wasn't mentioned.

So if something isn't mentioned in Star Trek that means it can't be added at some point?

Stop being obtuse.