nx class vessels
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It was because the NX class was vulnerable to the Romulans' new weapon which allowed them to take control of enemy vessels by remote. The Romulans destroyed three NX'es due to this very reason.
I personally found the whole concept of that Romulan telepresence thing silly, and since I initially came up with all this before Kobayashi Maru even, I just decided to keep going with this for my fan project.
Also, who likes the new secondary hull being unveiled next year?
In my mind the new secondary hull necessitates a larger crew, say about four hundred.
Also, who likes the new secondary hull being unveiled next year?
In my mind the new secondary hull necessitates a larger crew, say about four hundred.
But then wouldn't they have named the NX-class ships after the U.S. Navy's first ships instead? Or the NX's predecessors?
Hey, don't blame me; I didn't come up with that silly class-naming system for ENTERPRISE
No, but it just doesn't make sense to me.
No, but in a multi-national Earth Starfleet, the names should be multi-national. AIRC they have been, perhaps with an American bias (for obvious reasons) but avoiding the obvious outliers like NX-?? United States.
Besides, on the subject of navies the US Navy copied its entire uniform FROM the Royal Navy. The RN originated Navy Blue and cuff ranks.
Besides, on the subject of navies the US Navy copied its entire uniform FROM the Royal Navy. The RN originated Navy Blue and cuff ranks.
In the service of United Earth where humanity has moved past the nation-state period? It's silly and Star Trek is all about moving past nation-states.
In the 2150's United Earth is the Government of Earth, period. The US, if it exists, is now a subdivision of United Earth. It's now just a state, region or province.
In the 2150's United Earth is the Government of Earth, period. The US, if it exists, is now a subdivision of United Earth. It's now just a state, region or province.
Actually everything I've read in the novels suggests that United Earth is a confederation. Individual nations are still for the most part responsible for their own affairs. Hence in "Eleven Hours Out", FEMA, the American federal agency responded to the attack on what was referred to as the American city of San Francisco.
In the story, the Mayor of San Francisco requested that Sacramento and DC declare San Francisco a state and Federal disaster area.
Also, the Governor of California, the Prime Minister of United Earth and the President of the United States toured the city.
In the story, the Mayor of San Francisco requested that Sacramento and DC declare San Francisco a state and Federal disaster area.
Also, the Governor of California, the Prime Minister of United Earth and the President of the United States toured the city.
Which doesn't mean United Earth is a confederation. In fact, the ENT novel The Good That Men Do specifically describes United Earth as a "global federated government" -- meaning, it practices federalism. It's a federation, not a confederation.
In any event, there's nothing wrong with naming a United Earth ship the United States, but one would imagine that in order to be fair, the United Earth Starfleet would also have to have a ship of similar value named after every single country. Even if we assume that by the 2150s, there are only half as many countries that are members of United Earth as are independent countries today, you'd still be left with over 100 ships -- and all indications are that the United Earth Starfleet's fleet just isn't that big.
So I think the sensible thing to do would be for the U.E. Starfleet to avoid naming its ships after any one of United Earth's various constituent countries.
That tiny pod, justifying a crew increase of a factor of five?
I suppose they could all stand sideways...
The authors have mainly kept Earth Starfleet's ship names as generic as possible without sounding like they raided an encyclopedia. Names like Intrepid and Enterprise translate well anyway.
Other than establishing that United Earth exists and has a parliamentary government form, we know precious little about how it works. But I imagine that there has been some consolidation of roles along the lines of every other planetary government we see.
We also don't know exactly what the allocation of powers is like in United Earth.
On another note, after the NY Class, how about the NZ Class, consisting of the Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch?
Other than establishing that United Earth exists and has a parliamentary government form, we know precious little about how it works. But I imagine that there has been some consolidation of roles along the lines of every other planetary government we see.
We also don't know exactly what the allocation of powers is like in United Earth.
On another note, after the NY Class, how about the NZ Class, consisting of the Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch?
As long as we dont get to the OK Class diplomatic vessels.
Well the next class would be the OA class. All of the officers would wear red robes, have green skin and recharge the warp core with an oath every 24 hours.
