Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site osu-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!osu-eddie!pritch From: pritch@osu-eddie.UUCP (Norman Pritchett) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: USS(?) Enterprise Message-ID: <22@osu-eddie.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Jan-85 22:13:43 EST Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.22 Posted: Tue Jan 1 22:13:43 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Jan-85 03:45:49 EST References: <2094@uw-june> Organization: Ohio State Univ., CIS Dept., Cols, Oh. Lines: 14 > 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