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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
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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"
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