edtking@uw-june (Ewan David Tempero) (12/30/84)
I was watching 'The last battlefield' ( or some such, the one with the ultimate in racial hate. The "half whites" against the "half blacks" ) and I noticed Kirk refer to the Enterprise as the "USS" Enterprise. Now the Lettering on the Enterprise clearly says "NCC" Enterprise so what's the story? And if they are all part of the United Federation of Planets why isn't it "UFP" Enterprise? Sorry if this has been done before but .... Another couple of points. I'm sure the shuttle allegedly stolen from starbase 4 had the lettering NCC 1701 ( going back to previous discussions ) I was ....ah... interested in the 'destruct sequence' used. Wonder what it does, disrupt the mag bottles? Also it seems too easy to duplicate, just record the appropiate people saying their thing and.... Ewan Tempero "Oh no, not again" ...!uw-beaver!uw-june!edtking edtking@washington
alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) (12/30/84)
USS stands for United Space Ship (a takeof on the current Earthly meaning of United States Ship) NCC stands for Navy Contract Code UFP stands for United Federation of Planets
merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) (12/31/84)
> I was watching 'The last battlefield' ( or some such, the one with the > ultimate in racial hate. The "half whites" against the "half blacks" ) > and I noticed Kirk refer to the Enterprise as the "USS" Enterprise. > Now the Lettering on the Enterprise clearly says "NCC" Enterprise so > what's the story? And if they are all part of the United Federation > of Planets why isn't it "UFP" Enterprise? Sorry if this has been > done before but .... > > Ewan Tempero "Oh no, not again" > ...!uw-beaver!uw-june!edtking > edtking@washington Oh yes, again. U.S.S. stands, rather weakly, for "United Star Ship" (compared with an un-united star ship where everyone argues about what to do) I believe the U.S.S. was thrown in as something that present day audiences could relate to. You know, the good ol' U.S. of A out there seeking out brave new worlds. -- "Any other questions, Peter Merchant while I'm right here in the neighborhood?"
msj@gitpyr.UUCP (Mike St. Johns) (01/01/85)
In article <3217@alice.UUCP> alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) writes: >USS stands for United Space Ship (a takeof on the current Earthly > meaning of United States Ship) >NCC stands for Navy Contract Code >UFP stands for United Federation of Planets USS stands for United STAR ship NCC stands for Naval Construction Contract -- Mike St. Johns Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!msj StJohns@MIT-Multics.ARPA (404) 982-0035
pritch@osu-eddie.UUCP (Norman Pritchett) (01/02/85)
> Now the Lettering on the Enterprise clearly says "NCC" Enterprise so > what's the story? In a presentation held at OSU by Gene Roddenbery, he was asked by a member of the audience about why NCC was picked as the prefix for serial numbers on Federation starships. His reply was that he saw it on U.S. Navy ships and it seemed like a neat thing to use. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Norm Pritchett - The Generic Hacker "Let's give it to normie, he'll hack anything" osu-eddie!pritch
john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) (01/02/85)
>From: edtking@uw-june (Ewan David Tempero) >Message-ID: <2094@uw-june> > >... I noticed Kirk refer to the Enterprise as the "USS" Enterprise. >Now the Lettering on the Enterprise clearly says "NCC" Enterprise so >what's the story? And if they are all part of the United Federation >of Planets why isn't it "UFP" Enterprise? Sorry if this has been >done before but .... The ship is called the U.S.S. Enterprise. U.S.S. stands for "United Space Ship" (or, alternately "United Star Ship") The number on the ship is NCC 1701. This stands for "Naval Construction Code". The U.F.P. designation would be interesting, but..... >I was ....ah... interested in the 'destruct sequence' used. Wonder what >it does, disrupt the mag bottles? Also it seems too easy to duplicate, >just record the appropiate people saying their thing and.... The problem of voice recording would seem to be a valid consideration. However, we know from other episodes that the computer is able to recognize a voice duplication and presumably a recording. In "Star Trek III: TSFS", the computer does a retina scan to verify identity. This would be absolute proof as a retina pattern is supposed to be as sure an identifier as fingerprints. -- John Ruschmeyer ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john Monmouth College W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."
dwhitney@uok.UUCP (01/08/85)
..Now the ships marking clearly says "NCC" Enterprise.... No, it does not. It says, "U.S.S. Enterprise", and below that, "NCC-1701". U.S.S. is an acronym for either United Space Ship, which was used frequently by Kirk, and United Star Ship, equally vague but not used as frequently. NCC is for Naval Construction Contract, and the Contract Number for the Enterprise is 1701. The United Federaition of Planets designation was not used on the original vessel; yet, in the drydock sequence of "Star Trek The Motion Picture" a label imbedded in the pinstripe of the secondary hull is labled "United Federation of Planets", as is the aft end of each warp engine nacelle. David Whitney ctvax!uokvax!uok!dwhitney /.
cjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) (01/14/85)
I heard somewhere that the network forced ST to use "USS" rather than a UFP designation. Is this true? -- Cheryl Nemeth All opinions expressed in this article are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Calma Company or my cats. "Life is a series of rude awakenings" R. V. Winkle [Robert Asprin]