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In a slight tangent, which novel indicates the Enterprise-C was launched in 2332 and was Garrett in command from the beginning?
What happened to the Enterprise-B?
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Or more probably out of superstitious fear. That is the leading reason for not naming new ships after recent deathtraps.
Doesn't really explain the E-E, though. The end of the E-D was ignominious to the extreme, even if nobody died (What does Picard mean with "light casualties"? Were there fatalities?). Why rush to name a new ship after that one, and even hand over command to the klutz that lost the previous one?
Then again, perhaps Starfleet did it precisely for that reason - to try and make people forget that the end of the previous one wasn't all that glorious.
The E-B may have been the opposite case: since the E-A was a Federation-saving success story, it would do a world of good to name the newest white elephant after that one.
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^ Somehow I think most people, upon hearing about the destruction of the D, would recall how it had saved the planet Earth from assimilation four years earlier, rather than dwelling on its ignoble crash landing.
The novelization indicates that there were about two dozen injuries, but that nobody died.
"The klutz" wasn't even on board at the time, having left the ship in command of someone who'd proven himself an able commander repeatedly ("The Best of Both Worlds") and even been offered his own command. I hardly think that Picard can be faulted for the Enterprise's loss.
(Nor Riker, but that one's a lot harder to show in-universe. Did they ever find out about that id-ing the shield frequencies trick the sisters used?)
I have a few thoughts on the subject, some of which have already been published. As for the denouement, well, we'll just have to wait and see...
Ok everyone, prepare for another hefty tome to land on your foot
^ Hey, there's no place like tome...
According to The Best and the Brightest, there was one person who died when he (she? I forget) got left behind in the stardrive section.
Yeah, what he said.ATimson said:
But that's one of them ickle nasty ebooks! And those aren't part of my personal cannon! When will it come out in print?KRAD said:
We actually cover that in The Insolence of Office.
Why is it people pick on ebooks? I guess close minds don't want to give them a chance.ATimson said:
But that's one of them ickle nasty ebooks! And those aren't part of my personal cannon! When will it come out in print?KRAD said:
We actually cover that in The Insolence of Office.
It's not that we pick on eBooks, JWolf, my personal preference is for the feel of the paper in my hand. It's much more personal than staring at a screen. I can read a paper book for hours, but I can't stare at a screen for hours. When they find a way of providing a reader that uses electronic paper, then I'll buy eBooks. Until then, I'll stick with the Dead Tree Society.
Since when is it closed minded to have a preference for how and what you read?
Let's try something...
"Why is it people pick on paper books? I guess closed minds don't want to give them a chance."
And who's to say one side hasn't at least "tried" the other. Not that I think one needs try something to know they won't like it (contrary to popular belief).
When is the next E-B story due out?
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