Was Enterprise-D always supposed to be Enterprise?

[C.E. Evans]

As far as I know, the Galaxy was NX Galaxy first and eventually got the USS registry.
So NX/USS Galaxy was the first Galaxy class out there.

According to some sources, the ship was USS Galaxy, NCC-70637. If we follow the example of the USS Excelsior, the ship may have initially had a NX registry while her design was still considered experimental and then later given the NCC registry once Starfleet approved the construction of additional Galaxy-class ships.

 

[The Wormhole]

As far as I know, the Galaxy was NX Galaxy first and eventually got the USS registry.
So NX/USS Galaxy was the first Galaxy class out there.

Ships are always named USS Whatever. It's the registry for prototypes that starts of NX and then becomes NCC. For example, the Excelsior was USS Excelsior NX-2000, then became NCC-2000. It was never NX Excelsior. Likewise, the Defiant was USS Defiant NX-74205, not NX Defiant.

 

[Trekker4747]

Yes the "Enterprise" was always supposed to be the Enterprise.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Probably the closest was the Enterprise-D was going to be the Enterprise 7 in an early concept draft (think The Continuing Mission is the book where it was mentioned).

I like Enterprise 7. Has a rather anime nomenclature to it.

 

[Mojochi]

I couldn't imagine anyone even thinking to have an all new crew be aboard some differently named ship, & anyone at that time still thinking it would pass being called Star Trek. The only thing they had to bank the show on was that ship name, & the original creator's stamp of approval.

I like Enterprise 7. Has a rather anime nomenclature to it.

I dunno, kind of reminds me of that Gary 7 show they looked like they were grooming in Assignment Earth, which never really worked for me

 

[Orphalesion]

I like Enterprise 7. Has a rather anime nomenclature to it.

Now I imagine a Star Trek: TNG anime.

The Enterprise can transform into a huge mecha called "Big E". Wesley is the main character who pilots the mecha. Picard is the wise mentor who basically never gets out of his chair. Riker's womanizing is turned up to 11 and he also becomes a big eater. Data would pretty much be data but more bumbling and with a Robot Cat (called D-Cat) as his sidekick. Troi is a magical girl who fights the Borg using the powers of love and empathy contained in the Jewel of Betazed.
And Lwaxana is everybody's Oba-Chan.

They could even rip of Macross and have Troi standing on a platform atop the head of the mecha and sing while Wesley and Big E fight. Then intercut that with random shots of crew being blown up as a result of the fighting.

 

[Dukhat]

I like Enterprise 7. Has a rather anime nomenclature to it.

I have Macross 7 and have rapeatedly tried to watch it, but it’s really nothing more than a vehicle for J-pop music.

 

[JoseNoodles]

Macross 7 was okay, it just didn't need to be 50 episodes long.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

I have Macross 7 and have rapeatedly tried to watch it, but it’s really nothing more than a vehicle for J-pop music.

I couldn't get into Macross 7 despite Max being the captain. I hear Frontier is good. But I lost interest in Macross after Plus. I didn't think anything else would top that one.

 

[JoseNoodles]

Macross Plus was a work of art, the OVA and Movie versions. Frontier is pretty good, maybe what Macross 7 should have been. Macross Delta is okay, but its not an ideal followup to Frontier, it feels like its rehashing stuff from older iterations and the whole girl group idea doesn't do much unless you're an easy to please J-pop fan.

 

[Orphalesion]

I have Macross 7 and have rapeatedly tried to watch it, but it’s really nothing more than a vehicle for J-pop music.

Ah come on, it's at least a little bit funny that (depending on series) use said J-Pop to fight aliens. Or at least have Minmay sing during battle scenes for no apparent reason

 

[Khan Jr]

I know you're not being entirely serious but I think the singing was pretty well justified in original Macross & Robotech. You're got this race of brutal warrior clones who are still human at the fundamental level, and without the emotional comping that people normally learn they're left dumbstruck by the feelings that listening to music brings. I'd contrast it with something like Star Trek Beyond, where the only reason the transmission that blew up the enemy ships was retro music was to try and chase the success of Guardians of the Galaxy.

Anyway, I'll also throw in my props from Macross Plus, it was stupendous.

 

[Orphalesion]

I know you're not being entirely serious but I think the singing was pretty well justified in original Macross & Robotech. You're got this race of brutal warrior clones who are still human at the fundamental level, and without the emotional comping that people normally learn they're left dumbstruck by the feelings that listening to music brings. I'd contrast it with something like Star Trek Beyond, where the only reason the transmission that blew up the enemy ships was retro music was to try and chase the success of Guardians of the Galaxy.

Anyway, I'll also throw in my props from Macross Plus, it was stupendous.

I know ;-) It's just I'm endlessly amused by the final battle where we see cities being bombed into oblivion and people blown up...and then there's Minmay in her little dress singing an uplifting J-pop ballad

And which sequel was it were they fought off invaders with the "Minmay Attack"? (Which was holographic projections of Minmay signing)

Don't get me wrong I quite like Macoross and some of the sequences of her singing again st the backdrop of space and ships fighting are stunning, I'm just very amused by it as well.

 

[Mutai Sho-Rin]

What IS all this stuff an what does it have to do with the Enterprise?

 

[Dukhat]

Well, considering the OP’s question was pretty much answered with the first couple of posts, it’s taken on a new life of its own

(That, or it’s going to get locked soon.)

 

[diankra]

TNG was always going to be about the Enterprise, but which one and how was up for grabs during development.