Yet, as the ship was never shown on screen (nor did the remastered version of the series allow for retconning the ship into any of the episodes, as was the case with USS Intrepid), either as the ship proper or in any graphical representation, its configuration was never established in canon. However, Jein has included the ship in an effort he made to marry Constitution-class vessels to established registry numberss, citing Republic as an older "Mark VI" sub-class variant. 165) When he embarked on his influential " The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship" article and became aware of the original reference, TOS fan Greg Jein, like many other contemporary fans, proceeded from the assumption that Republic was no longer in service as a "front line" ship, as its registry number was not included on a starship status chart in Commodore Stone's office at Starbase 11 in "Court Martial". Fontana and Robert Justman, who composed a fourteen ship list at the start of its 1967 second season, belonging to the Constitution-class, then still referred to as Starship-class by them and including Republic. Actually, these theories were backed up by production sources such as Star Trek: The Original Series producers D.C. Theories about Republic began early on, with reference works published in the 1960s. Kirk himself stated in the episode " Court Martial" the ship's nomenclature as "United Starship Republic, number 1371". ( TOS: " A Private Little War") Garrovick, therefore, may not have been Republic's captain.Īlthough many reference sources included Republic as a Constitution-class heavy cruiser, its status in canon is, to date, uncertain.
This is also consistent with him saying he was a "young lieutenant" when he visited Neural in 2255. This suggests that Kirk was assigned to Republic as an ensign while he was still in the Academy.
However, multiple mentions in other episodes date Kirk's Academy years from 2252 to 2257. In " Obsession", Kirk says that Captain Garrovick was his commanding officer from the day he left the Starfleet Academy until his death in 2257 while on the USS Farragut, suggesting that Garrovick may have captained the Republic.
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