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Pirate Bill 03-18-2009 08:12 AM

Sigh fie.

SzczerbiakManiac 03-18-2009 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lashbear (Post 273564)
Hey !! How come the Enterprise is not on that chart ?

The Star Trek image shows various classes of ships. The Enterprise D was a Galaxy Class ship, which most definitely is on that chart.

Ghoulish Delight 03-18-2009 09:39 AM

I was going to say that, but I thought the Intrepid and the Yeager were actual ship names, so I second guessed.

SzczerbiakManiac 03-18-2009 09:57 AM

There are occasions when the class and the name of the ship are the same, but it's not typical.

Moonliner 03-18-2009 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 273609)
I was going to say that, but I thought the Intrepid and the Yeager were actual ship names, so I second guessed.

Intrepid is in fact a ship name and a class. If memory serves starfleet designates the name of the first ship in a new class as the class name.

Ghoulish Delight 03-18-2009 10:13 AM

Wasn't the Enterprise the first Galaxy class?

bewitched 03-18-2009 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 273480)
Eureka is/was good.

I like(d) Eureka!

Jazzman 03-18-2009 10:20 AM

That's called a lead ship and it's a long naval tradition; the first ship of a class also names the class. There are a few exceptions, but that's the general rule.

And here's a similar pic that I've always thought was really cool, too.

Jazzman 03-18-2009 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 273621)
Wasn't the Enterprise the first Galaxy class?

That would be the USS Galaxy (NCC-70637.)

(Yes, I am a total dork...)

Ghoulish Delight 03-18-2009 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by DisneyDaniel (Post 273562)
GD, that was kinda funny. But to geek out a little, the Starship Size Comparison Chart is pretty cool and the first time I've seen such a clear comparison of so many different universes' ships at a glance.

Heh, I didn't ever realize that one was different universes. I just put "star wars" in a Google image search, saw the image with some tie fighters, an imperial transport, and some Calamari Cruisers and didn't look any closer. I did notice that some of the ships looked more...organic than the usual Star Wars universe, but I assumed that they were taken from the newer incarnations (prequels, animated stuff, etc.).


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