DESIGN LINEAGE

	The Galaxy class Enterprise maintains StarfleetÕs tradition of 
honoring the original starship Enterprise. Like her predecessors, this ship 
bears the original Starfleet registry number of that illustrious first Enterprise, 
NCC-1701. In this case, the suffix Ò-DÓ indicates this is the fourth successor 
to the name and number. Few other ships in the Starfleet have been so 
recognized. So significant were the exploits of this original ship and its crew, 
that in 2277 the practice of having a separate insignia for each starship was 
abolished, and the Enterprise emblem was adopted as the official symbol for 
the entire Starfleet.  Æ