Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-june Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!edtking From: edtking@uw-june (Ewan David Tempero) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: USS(?) Enterprise Message-ID: <2094@uw-june> Date: Sat, 29-Dec-84 17:04:12 EST Article-I.D.: uw-june.2094 Posted: Sat Dec 29 17:04:12 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 31-Dec-84 01:45:56 EST Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 18 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