Well that does seem to be how the Klingon Empire does it.
Starfleet NCC registry numbers - How do they fit? - Also my theory...
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Well that does seem to be how the Klingon Empire does it.
Even Enterprise's art department (who were operating under the belief the NX-01 was supposed to be "Enterprise Class") were surprised when scripts came in identifying the ship as "NX class."
Given the scouts absence of a secondary hull, I would imagine that the internal arrangements of a scout's saucer are considerable different than the interior of a Constitution's saucer.
In this hypothetical situation, the saucers would be designed to be easily compatible with a variety of drive configurations. As for customization, if a "refit" can transform the TOS Enterprise into the TMP Enterprise, I'd think that shuffling the internal arrangement of a particular saucer type wouldn't be that big a deal.
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We know that that's patently false.
Saucer separation has always been a thing. It was first seen on-screen in TNG "Encounter at Farpoint," and the possibility of it was mentioned in TOS "The Apple" ("Discard the warp drive nacelles if you have to, and crack out of there with the main section"). The option of jettisoning nacelles as a remedy to a possible matter/antimatter explosion was mentioned in TOS "The Savage Curtain" ("Disengage nacelles, jettison if possible"). One possibility considered for the climax of TMP was to show saucer separation. The possibility of saucer separation was depicted in tie-in merchandise for the film, such as the blueprints ("PRIMARY/SECONDARY CONNECTION LINE").
The Ents have always been modular.
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture#Saucer_separation
Saucer separation does not resemble a modular system, in the NASA sense.
Star Trek's ships are constructed as one ship; we see a couple of classes in construction.
They are not constructed as separate modules and then attached later on.
There are only a couple of occasions when the production team actually intended modular ships; the mission pods on the 'Miranda class' and 'Nebula class' for example. But, we are each free to imagine things, and develop head canons, if you like the idea, go with it. I personally don't; I think it fits more with less sculpted, more modular ships from other sci-fi franchises, such as Avatar and Interstellar - I personally wouldn't want to see a Galaxy class saucer on a Sovereign class secondary hull for example (but if it ever shows up in future, fair enough).
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I remember seeing a companion book that was for the version of the ship (refitted) that was used for TMP and beyond. One section of the book mentioned that the saucer section could be detached and that it had landing struts.
Could you cite a reference or provide a link to the definition of the NASA sense of modularity?
- There was a lovely technical illustration poster of the Enterprise-A (that came with the AMT ertl model, for the 25th anniversary, I believe?) which also showed the saucer landing struts.
What was the first starship designated "NCC?" 
^ We don't know.
And in DS9, there was a HUGE amount of kitbashing going on (by the time the Dominion War rolled around, Starfleet was basically just throwing starship parts together, hoping it would stick, and sending the resulting ships out to fight), so having it done in TOS would set a precedent.
And in DS9, there was a HUGE amount of kitbashing going on (by the time the Dominion War rolled around, Starfleet was basically just throwing starship parts together, hoping it would stick, and sending the resulting ships out to fight), so having it done in TOS would set a precedent.
I think you're thinking of this: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/...niversary_cutaway_poster_USS_Enterprise-A.jpg
- As Mr. Laser Beam has said: "We don't know". However, the lowest registry seen on screen (just about) is one NCC-42 belonging to the USS Heart of Gold (What was the first starship designated "NCC?"
) - from the TNG episode "Conspiracy".The lowest that has appeared in Trek Lit is, I think, the USS Endeavour's NCC-06, from Christopher L. Bennett's Star Trek Enterprise: Rise of the Federation series.
If we take NCC as Naval Construction Contract maybe the contract was just awarded out of order by whatever procurement office Starfleet has or contracts were awarded to different construction yards by number. So NCC-1701 was awarded to San Francisco Fleet Yards and maybe NCC-1664 was built at Alpha Centauri for example but came later because the 1660's were allocated to that yard.
- As Mr. Laser Beam has said: "We don't know". However, the lowest registry seen on screen (just about) is one NCC-42 belonging to the USS Heart of Gold (
The lowest that has appeared in Trek Lit is, I think, the USS Endeavour's NCC-06, from Christopher L. Bennett's Star Trek Enterprise: Rise of the Federation series.
Sorry for not noticing, but was that ship christened that name because of the Space Shuttle ship that the NX-class ships were named after???
I don't know that one, but the classic STTMP cutaway poster by David Kimble showed the retracted landing gear taking up a full deck-height space in the saucer.
^Yes the companion book I remember seeing showed very big landing gear, not like the ones they showed for Voyager.
