Re: DVD burn
As for the -M designation, some "one megabyte should be enough for anyone" bureaucrat probably thought that -M was so far off from -B that they'd never really need it. So by the time they blow up the 1701-L (F - L all go within WEEKS of each other. Starfleet command is amazed!) they'll have to designate the next ship the 1701-Mmmmmmmmm.
Brilliant! Why thanks so much!
As has been mentioned, Charlie was "running" the Guardian, so things worked a little differently. Different circumstances, different "rules". As you might have caught, Harriman and Uhura both have kind of an "alternate reality hangover". Wonder what THAT will lead to? Hrmmmm...
The 1701-B is not only still around, but it's one of the first shots of the movie. It's the ship that drops Harriman off at the 1701-M. And then promptly gets called to rescue orphans (along with all of the ships that AREN'T the museum). Hungry, cute orphans. (That's my story, and I stick to it like a tiberian bat.)
As for the -M designation, some "one megabyte should be enough for anyone" bureaucrat probably thought that -M was so far off from -B that they'd never really need it. So by the time they blow up the 1701-L (F - L all go within WEEKS of each other. Starfleet command is amazed!) they'll have to designate the next ship the 1701-Mmmmmmmmm.
If they weren't protected from the change, then they would have disappeared the moment Charlie stepped through the Guardian. But they did not. They were still on the planet after the timeline changed.
