Enterprise-C in Lit

[The Wormhole]

Regarding Enterprises of times past, I'd just kind of like to hear an explanation as to why Starfleet waited so long between ships C and D. Has that ever been explained? (The C was lost in 2344, but the D didn't come along until 20 years after that.)

Or perhaps they intentionally held up the name Enterprise as a tribute to all the lives lost on the C.

I would guess this. We know that A came out right after Prime was gone, and B came out right after A was decommissioned, and E came out right after D was destroyed/scrapped, but none of those involved the death of most of the crew.

Do we know how long the gap was between B and C? Maybe the immediate replacements are more the exceptions?

(It's been a while, but I recall liking Well of Souls. The only one of the original six Lost Era novels that disappointed me was Deny Thy Father.)

Thing is, I think one of the Lost Era novels mentions the Enterprise B having gone missing. So if Starfleet was okay with naming another ship Enterprise while one was missing, I think they'd be okay naming another ship Enterprise if the current Enterprise were confirmed destroyed.

No, I just assume Starfleet decided the next Enterprise would be a Galaxy class, which the Tech Manual claims were in development for twenty years.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

My recollection is that most of the E-C crew in Enterprise Logs were Tuckerizations of people the author (Bob Greenberger) knew...

My copy of Enterprise Logs is not at hand, but I believe Bob's Enterprise-C crew was the roster of the New York Mets circa 2000.

Okay, now THIS I gotta see.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

My recollection is that most of the E-C crew in Enterprise Logs were Tuckerizations of people the author (Bob Greenberger) knew...

My copy of Enterprise Logs is not at hand, but I believe Bob's Enterprise-C crew was the roster of the New York Mets circa 2000.

Okay, now THIS I gotta see.

And... I was wrong. I'm going to defer to Steve's recollection here. A quick rundown of names on the Memory Beta article turns up no (obvious) Mets at all.

 

[Markonian]

In The Official Starships Collection #46, the Enterprise-B was lost in 2329. The C was launched in 2332.

I found the first half of Well of Souls hard to get through but it picked up and my memories of the novel are fond, in hindsight. I'd love to see another TLE novel with them.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

In The Official Starships Collection #46, the Enterprise-B was lost in 2329. The C was launched in 2332.

And what a beautiful Enterprise-C model we got with that issue! I'm really appreciating this collection; I have them on display in a bookcase in the living room.

I'm looking forward to the ECS Fortunate in the next delivery...

 

[tomswift2002]

I would guess this. We know that A came out right after Prime was gone, and B came out right after A was decommissioned, and E came out right after D was destroyed/scrapped, but none of those involved the death of most of the crew.

Do we know how long the gap was between B and C? Maybe the immediate replacements are more the exceptions?

Also with the A, unlike other Enterprise's, it was the same class of ship as its predecessor (I realize for the movie's budget it made sense to reuse the model, but we've never seen any of the other Enterprise's have two from the same class).

But, when you think of it, some of these Enterprise's have been in service for decades, so the name wouldn't have been available. April-Pike-Kirk's Enterprise was in service for 45 years, while the Enterprise-D (according to the alternate timeline in "All Good Things") could've been in service for 32 years or longer. And I have to wonder if Starfleet was naming them so quick as a political move.

 

[nx1701g]

That, and Harriman and his merry crew aboard the E-B. Trek Lit largely redeemed his character IMO, albeit mostly through resolving his paternal issues... I'd like to see more straight up adventures with the in-between Enterprises.

Mark

I completely agree with that. He's become one of my favorite characters because of it.

 

[Sci]

I find myself wondering if there are other starship name/registry lineages for non-Human wolrds in Starfleet. Like, is there a line of starships named USS Kumari named after Shran's ship? I can see it now: a Constitution-class USS Kumari NCC-1707, an Excelsior-class USS Kumari NCC-1707-A, a New Orleans-class USS Kumari-B, a Galaxy-class USS KumariC, a Prometheus-class USS Kumari-D...

 

[Timo]

...And is there perhaps an alien celebrity named Jama'to, for whom/which the line of letter-sufficed registries is applied, in homophonic parallel with the starships Yamato for which registries are applied in standard fashion?

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Stevil2001]

^ I like both of these ideas. (Nice retcon, Timo!)

The Future Begins does establish that there was a USS Kumari in the 23rd century that Scotty served on early in his career. So it was presumably active in the 2240s or '50s, which might rule it out from being a Constitution. Mann class, maybe?

 

[Markonian]

In "The Tears of Eridanus", there's a lineage of ships named the Kumari, with the latest one being Commander Sulu's IUES Kumari II (AAN-2000).