Identically named ships serving at the same time?

[T'Girl]

^ I figure it's more like when a business has a "flagship" store. It's the flagship of the organization that is the Federation, and not a Starfleet flagship.

 

[Dukhat]

^That wasn't what the OP was saying. He was saying that in "Yesterday's Enterprise," now that the Enterprise-C had been pushed forward into the future, if she was going to become another ship fighting the war, would she be renamed in order to differentiate herself from the Enterprise-D.

If the Ent-C would ever be renamed, it would probably be only to avoid tipping off the Klingons that the ship was from the past.

I'm not quite sure why the Klingons would care about that.

 

[Ithekro]

The Klingons wouldn't care unless that information was useful. Such as being an out of date ship with 22 or so year old equipment, and thus relatively easy prey for the modern Klingons.

 

[Timo]

It would also be hugely important to keep the existence of time travel secret from all adversaries, and especially adversaries who are on the UFP level of technology.

Let's assume for now that the Klingons don't yet have solid proof of time travel happening, as of the early 24th century. If they get that proof (and they would, if their curiosity was piqued by the two Enterprises - their intelligence service appears to be very good), they don't need to know exactly how it happened. They will know that it is doable on UFP/Klingon tech level (or by utilizing a resource available to the UFP, and hence to a daring Klingon in a cloaked ship, too), and they will start looking for a means. And then where will the UFP be? Under the boot of Kahless the Unforgettable himself!

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Then again, didn't Worf once say that the Empire once sent assault teams into the past to change history, and they were never heard from again? Obviously one of two things happened: either that didn't work, or the timelines they created didn't replace the original.

 

[Dukhat]

^ Then again, didn't Worf once say that the Empire once sent assault teams into the past to change history, and they were never heard from again? Obviously one of two things happened: either that didn't work, or the timelines they created didn't replace the original.

I have no recollection whatsoever of Worf saying anything like that. They closest I can recall is when he mentioned that the Empire sent a fleet of ships to the Breen homeworld and were never heard from again.

 

[Timo]

Several novels deal with Klingons trying some time travel of their own (perhaps most famous being Ishmael), and getting their fingers burned badly enough that the tactic is not attempted again. But IIRC canon doesn't show Klingons time-traveling, or even witnessing time travel, except in "Firstborn" where Alexander manages this feat from the future of the TNG POV.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Then again, didn't Worf once say that the Empire once sent assault teams into the past to change history, and they were never heard from again? Obviously one of two things happened: either that didn't work, or the timelines they created didn't replace the original.

I have no recollection whatsoever of Worf saying anything like that. They closest I can recall is when he mentioned that the Empire sent a fleet of ships to the Breen homeworld and were never heard from again.

Maybe it was Martok who said it. I know somebody did.

Edit: Never mind, it wasn't onscreen, it was in a novel (The War of the Prophets).