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Spoilers The thing in bay 12

Geordi specifically says "engines and nacelles". I took the implication to mean the nacelles (technically an outboard module of any kind on a ship or aircraft, but usually referring to those that contain engines) and their contents (warp coils etc in this case) – I took this as him saying the ship is warp-capable. The stardrive section isn't usually referred to as just "the engines".

It's almost disappointing to me that they just got a working stardrive section and reattached the saucer, rather than it being the work of years to rebuild the ship piece by piece from a variety of sources:

"The nacelles and engines are from the Syracuse. I got the navigational deflector from the Venture and the weapons from the Magellan. Struck lucky with the warp core, after Utopia Planitia was destroyed we ran a full fleet-wide audit and found an original Galaxy-class core in storage, a spare manufactured back during the original production run in the 2350s and 60s when the Enterprise herself was first built. Perfect condition, never been used..."

If it were that easy why wouldn't Starfleet have done it anyway instead of this "cannot be salvaged" nonsense... :rolleyes:

(Also, it would have been a nice tip of the hat if it had been the Challenger rather than the Syracuse in that case.)


It’s a line of dialogue, not a requisitions narrative
 
The Syracuse was in service during TNG. It’s referenced in a Season 7 episode

It can't be the same ship unfortunately. In TNG: "Eye of the Beholder" there's a reference to someone being assigned to the Syracuse on stardate 40276.2, which would have been before the Enterprise-D launched on stardate 41025.5 – when the only Galaxy-class ships in service were the Galaxy herself and possibly the Yamato (the TNG Technical Manual states that the Enterprise was the third Galaxy-class ship made).
 
when the only Galaxy-class ships in service were the Galaxy herself and possibly the Yamato
Based on what? Legitimate question since I have zero knowledge of TNG's timelines beyond real basic stuff.
Yeah, we can't have dialogue filled with pointless technical detail! This is Star Trek for god's sake :vulcan:
I mean, I survived for a while with TOS so maybe a balance would be nice instead of the random bits and bobs of nonsense that plagued later Trek. Just a thought.
 
It can't be the same ship unfortunately. In TNG: "Eye of the Beholder" there's a reference to someone being assigned to the Syracuse on stardate 40276.2, which would have been before the Enterprise-D launched on stardate 41025.5 – when the only Galaxy-class ships in service were the Galaxy herself and possibly the Yamato (the TNG Technical Manual states that the Enterprise was the third Galaxy-class ship made).
None of the technical manuals or guides (Ie Mr Scott’s Guide to the Enterprise) are canon or contain details that constrain the production staff.
 
In terms of specific timing for the scene having Geordi list off all the components would have dragged the timing down.

Enterprise saucer

Syracuse star drive

Enterprise-D reborn
 
I have but one request for The Great Bird of the Galaxy:

For the series finale, please replace the Titan with the Enterprise-D in the animated STAR TREK pre-credits roll.

I’ve been a big fan of this little addition to each of the series ever since it started last year with the premiere episode of SNW. It would tickle me absolutely pink to see NCC-1701-D accorded this bit of franchise honor, even if it is only for one episode.

Come on Paramount+. You’ve done so well this season. Make it so!
 
I wonder what happened to the saucer. Did they set it aside as they didn't need it or something happened to it during the Dominion War?
 
I love that the stardrive is still labelled Syracuse - I was wondering if they had gone to that amount of effort, or just used a standard Enterprise CGI model, so delighted that they did.

Really nice attention to detail!
Did I miss a picture showing it as being still
Marked as Syracuse?
 
Maybe the saucer got blasted in one of the DS9 battles and the wreck was recovered? Like from Chintoka or something
 
Maybe the Captain of the Syracuse got tired of people calling it the fat one so they got rid of the saucer and claimed they lost it in a mission in a nebula.
 
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