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Image= NCC-7100.jpg
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|image = NCC-7100.jpg
 
|Class = {{class|Constellation}}
| Name= Unnamed Model
 
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|Registry = NCC-7100
| Class= {{ShipClass|Constellation}}
 
| Registry= NCC-7100
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|owner = {{Federation}}
| Affiliation= [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]]/[[Starfleet]]
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|operator = [[Starfleet]]
| Status= Destroyed
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|Status = Unknown
| Datestatus= 2371
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|Datestatus = 2371
 
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'''NCC-7100''' was the [[registry number]] on a [[model]] of an unnamed [[Federation]] {{class|Constellation}} [[star cruiser]].
   
 
The model appeared in [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]]'s [[ready room]] aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} throughout its lifetime ({{TNG|Encounter at Farpoint}}; {{film|7}}), although it was briefly replaced by that of a refit {{class|Constitution}} [[heavy cruiser]] at various points in [[2364]]. ({{TNG|The Battle|Hide and Q|Too Short a Season|The Big Goodbye}})
'''NCC-7100''' was the [[registry number]] on a [[model]] of a {{ShipClass|Constellation}} [[starship]].
 
   
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{{bginfo|For further information on the desk top model, see: [[Constellation class model]].}}
The model appeared in [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]]'s [[ready room]] aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} throughout its lifetime ({{TNG|Encounter at Farpoint}}; {{film|7}}), although it was briefly replaced by that of a refit {{ShipClass|Constitution}} starship at various points in [[2364]]. ({{TNG|The Battle}})
 
   
 
{{ConstellationClassStarships}}
:''It is possible that the model did not represent an actual ship, which would explain why no name is present on the hull''.
 
   
== Background ==
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==External link==
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This model was the result of a collaboration between [[Andrew Probert]] and [[Rick Sternbach]], using parts from two commercially-available [[AMT/Ertl]] {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}} kits and detailing from several {{w|anime}} kits for ''{{w|The Super Dimension Fortress Macross}}'', ''{{w|The Super Dimension Century Orguss}}'', ''{{w|Gundam}}'', and ''{{w|Crusher Joe}}''. The largest of these anime model kit detailings were the wings and wing box assemblies of a {{w|VF-1 Valkyrie}} model kit from ''Macross.'' [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sf.scale-models/browse_frm/thread/31e9512ecb8bb189/15ccfbb747308334?lnk=st&q=sternbach+valkyrie&rnum=6#15ccfbb747308334] [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sf.scale-models/browse_frm/thread/85a02adde4fa066b/3c2e76a01e2c4b9a?lnk=st&q=sternbach+valkyrie&rnum=9#3c2e76a01e2c4b9a] [http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/stargazer-kitbash-pictorial].
 
   
 
[[Category:Unnamed Federation starships|70000]]
[[Image:NCC-7100, Man of the people.jpg|thumb|An aft view of the model.]]
 
It first appeared in "Encounter at Farpoint" and, ironically, was absent during the first official appearance of a ''Constellation'' class ship in "The Battle," replaced with a refit ''Constitution'' class ship, as the {{USS|Stargazer}} was originally intended to be a member of that class. Probert and Sternbach later persuaded the producers to build a new miniature for the ''Stargazer'' and the desktop model remained missing for additional episodes as it was needed for reference during the construction of the motion-control model. This later four-foot shooting model used parts tooled from scratch to replicate the model kit parts used in the desktop model, with the exception of the VF-1 Valkyrie parts since equivalent parts were found from a larger-scale kit.
 
 
This starship would still be referred to as the ''Stargazer'' by some members of the writing staff, notably in the script for {{e|Chain of Command, Part I}}.
 
 
The yellow model's registry was accomplished by rearranging the "NCC-1700" registry decal available in the ''Constitution''-class models. In reality, the registry numbers intended for use on the ''Constellation'' type vessels might've been that high, but the number NCC-2893 had already been used on the ship's plaque from the script (although at that time the ship was intended to be a refitted ''Constitution'').
 
 
Portions of the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'', co-written by designers and builders who worked on the model itself, include descriptions of starship [[prototype]] phases when new ships are painted with a yellow overcoat to reveal [[warp field]] stresses. Some fans have interpreted that Picard keeps the model because the starship NCC-7100's test flight was important to him in some way.
 
 
In the opinion of Rick Sternbach on the ''Drex Files'', this starship exists solely as a generic starship model used for decoration. Rick equates this model to plane models used in an officer's office in the United States Air Force.
 
 
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[[Category:Unnamed Federation starships|7100]]
 

Revision as of 21:48, 12 January 2016

NCC-7100 was the registry number on a model of an unnamed Federation Constellation-class star cruiser.

The model appeared in Captain Jean-Luc Picard's ready room aboard the USS Enterprise-D throughout its lifetime (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint"; Star Trek Generations), although it was briefly replaced by that of a refit Constitution-class heavy cruiser at various points in 2364. (TNG: "The Battle", "Hide and Q", "Too Short a Season", "The Big Goodbye")

For further information on the desk top model, see: Constellation class model.

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