[net.startrek] Excelsior "NX" number

djmolny@wnuxb.UUCP (Molny) (07/17/84)

According (I think) to the "Star Fleet Technical Manual", the "NCC-xxxx"
numbering stands for the ship's "Naval Contract Code".  Is this so?  (Do
I remember it right?)  What does the "NX" stand for, "Naval eXperimental"?
("The Great Experiment, Excelsior!")    Ron Heiby.  ihnp4!wnuxa!heiby