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    As hardened trivia enthusiasts I'm sure you know what NCC-1701-D is. But do you know what the letters NCC stood for in this context or what the number 1701 represented?

    Question #48306. Asked by gmackematix. (Jun 11 04 6:54 PM)


    Brainyblonde

    Not only the name, but also the associated hull number ("NCC-1701," with an appended serial letter after the first one; "NX-01" for the first ship with the name, in the Star Trek: Enterprise series-X presumably standing for experimental) has been bestowed upon different fictional ships at different times:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Enterprise

    NCC-1701-D
    Jean-Luc Picard (Whole lifespan)
    William Riker (During Borg Crisis)
    Edward Jellico (During Cardassian negotiations)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Enterprise#NCC-1701-D


    Jun 11 04, 11:22 PM
    McGruff

    NCC is an imaginary designation for starships conceived within Star Trek. According to Star Trek chronology, the term was first used in the Original Series. It has been suggested that the prefix "NCC" was used by the creators of Star Trek analogously to the United States Navy's hull classification symbols, and was a combination of a ship prefix "NS" ("Naval Ship"), and the Soviet Union acronym "CCCP" to show that the two countries had to work together to establish Starfleet. Another more popular theory is that it derives from the 'NC' prefix used for United States airplanes - creator Gene Roddenberry and Enterprise designer Matt Jefferies (after whom the "Jeffries tube" was named) were pilots.
    According to non-canonical sources, "NCC" is in reference to the contract required to build a starship and to easily be able to identify parts from ships when salvaged. It is suggested that "NCC" is short for "Naval Construction Contract", this number is imprinted into every part laid into the ship, similar to the imprinting of Naval hull numbers into parts and systems on modern ships, (i.e. CVN-65 is stamped into every part on the USS Enterprise the US aircraft carrier). The idea about an "NX" (Naval eXperimental) ship, when fully commissioned, the ship goes through refit, and becomes an "NCC" ship. Such was the case with the USS Excelisor. When she was built, she was given the number NX-2000. After being commissioned and assigned to Capt. Sulu, her number was changed to NCC-2000.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCC




    Jun 12 04, 5:51 AM


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