The Omega Glory - Info about the Enterprise?

[Timo]

The TNG writers did take care to describe the E-D as the Federation flagship, that is, the flagship of the civilian political entity. What role the E-D played within Starfleet was left unspecified...

The ship was described as an "explorer", which may have been a generic expression or then a futuristic designation equally specific to today's "destroyer" or "corvette". She was also shown serving as the kingpin of a fleet or other formation on occasion. But did any flag officer ever unfurl his or her flag aboard? Nechayev just visited the ship, and this doesn't make the E-D a flagship in the formal sense yet. Pressman tried to take direct command of her but failed, yet he was in command of a mission and potentially "broke his flag" for the purpose, assuming Starfleet speaks in such terms and follows such practices.

We also have to consider that future flag officers might make specific ships their "virtual" flagships, what with physical presence being more difficult and virtual being easier than today... Perhaps the E-D was formally the flagship of Admiral Haden in all those Romulan episodes? (Well, probably the worst possible examples of such, considering the comm lag there.)

...Whoops, this wasn't the E-D -specific thread ongoing in that other sub-forum. Regarding Kirk's ship, yeah, I'm sure Starfleet would take great care not to claim that she was their finest flagship and the one every propaganda piece and press release should be about!

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Shawnster]

Also, watch Kirk as they discover Decker. They are looking for Auxiliary Control and that's where Decker is, yet Kirk almost walks past it, only stopping when he notices the person inside, evidently about to pass the room, suggesting he wasn't quite sure where the room should be, which he should have known if the ship was the same class with the same arrangement.

I think that due to the older registry number, the Constellation was refit to bring it up to Constitution specs. The internals probably aren't exact. The Auxiliary Control room could have been in the same general location and maybe Kirk was on his way to the main entrance and just happened to notice Decker because the secondary entrance was open and he saw him. Or maybe the doors were just in a different location.

There could have been internal modifications made during the ship's multi-year mission. Sort of like knocking out a wall in your house to expand the bedroom or kitchen.

In short, I don't believe all the Constitution Class ships were exact duplicates at all, at least on the inside.

I like this theory. Various "canon" sources list the USS Eagle "NCC-956" as a Constitution-class ship. I envision all of the so-called starships with registry numbers below NCC-1700 as originally being Eagle-class, a number of which underwent major refits to bring them up to Constitution class specs.

I never came across this theory until I read it here (I think last year). I always thought the Constellation was another Constitution Class ship, like the Enterprise (not to open that can of worms). However, I now like the idea of her being an older design that has the same familiar overall shape that the Enterprise has.

So, I've started thinking of the Constellation as a Bonaventure Class ship.

 

[Timo]

...Who knows, perhaps the Bonaventure is Archer's Enterprise refitted and renamed? That'd indeed make her the first starship fitted with what one could honestly call a warp drive!

Timo Saloniemi