Quantum superposition.
Quantum superposition.
This.
This is why I don't like this retcon of SNW calling the Enterprise the flagship when it wasn't in TOS.
From "Amok Time"
KOMACK [on monitor]: You will proceed to Altair Six as ordered. You have your orders. Starfleet out.
MCCOY: Well, that's that.
KIRK: No, it's not. I know the Altair situation. We would be one of three starships. Very impressive, very diplomatic, but it's simply not that vital.
The Enterprise was just one of the ships in the fleet. It wasn't any better nor worse than the rest. It simply was more fortunate than some of the others.
It was TNG that first stated the Enterprise was the flag ship, and used the term incorrectly at that. A flagship is any ship in the fleet where the flag officer (an admiral) is commanding the fleet from.
TNG uses the term flagship the same way a hotel or some other business uses the term. A core product, store, broadcast station, etc... that is the largest location, sells the most product, or is the most prestigious example of what the company provides.
I suppose the language could have changed by then.
Because it's not politically correct.
For quite a few years 'anything goes' has been the way to be. Pay attention to the news
OK, but at the Enterpriseis a marriot centre on wheels -- a flying cruise ship by 20th century standards -- that seams reasonable.
Part of the Federation's propaganda and presentation that Starfleet isn't the military. Playing to their audience. Eating their cake and having it too. Probably many Starfleet brass and politicians wanted to keep the idea/concept of a flagship yet wanting to distance themselves from anything that detrscted from this 24th century mindset that military is a dirty word.
So it's really a luxury cruise ship but with large powerful guns that can be deployed if necessary. Got it.
I think it's more an evolution of the role of the USS Mount Whitney and USS Blue Ridge, the Sixth and Seventh Fleet flagships. It's not difficult to see an eventuality in which a flag captain leads those ships' diplomatic and port calls.
Combined with Jacques Cousteau's ship boat the Calypso with enough firepower to glass a city.
I see you understand.
After rewatching TNG again, it seems that the E-D's main mission is Diplomatic and Exploration but it is also understood that she is wolf in sheeps clothing. Few other ships can match her speed, firepower, etc.
Picard and the Federation live by TR's "Speak softly but carry a large stick".
And when the Federation worlds heard "Faith of the Heart" was going to be the new anthem, they started leaving.
this scene will now have a totally different soundtrack
That's why the Federation flag only has 6 stars in it.
I wish they'd done the scene with gravity plating messed up after years of minimal maintenance, so it took an unbearably long time for the flag to unfurl and someone just finally tugged it the rest of the wayAnd when the Federation worlds heard "Faith of the Heart" was going to be the new anthem, they started leaving.
That's why the Federation flag only has 6 stars in it.
And give it the 'Picard Maneuver' tug at the end.
this scene will now have a totally different soundtrack
I thought they were opening a new Subaru dealership.And when the Federation worlds heard "Faith of the Heart" was going to be the new anthem, they started leaving.
That's why the Federation flag only has 6 stars in it.
Well, well, well. I'm not the only one to think that
I'm not going to lie it actually kind of works.
this scene will now have a totally different soundtrack
Well, they DO sell the CrossTrek
I think the Jem'Hadar never really needed Ketracel White to be loyal to the Founders. I think the Vorta were telling the Founders that the Jem'Hadar were not as loyal as they thought they were, so had them addicted.
The Jem'Hadar have shown themselves to be more loyal than the Vorta. For example, in "THE SHIP", the entire compliment of Jem'Hadar killed themselves because they failed in saving the dying Founder. The Vorta, didn't.
Keevan in "ROCKS AND SHOALS": he let himself be a prisoner rather than use the kill switch they are implanted with. The Jem'Hadar fought to thei dying breath rather than be sedated and taken prisoner.
I think the Vorta are overall less loyal than the Jem'Hadar.
The Jem'Hadar have shown themselves to be more loyal than the Vorta. For example, in "THE SHIP", the entire compliment of Jem'Hadar killed themselves because they failed in saving the dying Founder. The Vorta, didn't.
Keevan in "ROCKS AND SHOALS": he let himself be a prisoner rather than use the kill switch they are implanted with. The Jem'Hadar fought to thei dying breath rather than be sedated and taken prisoner.
I think the Vorta are overall less loyal than the Jem'Hadar.
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