The similarity of hull paint of La Sirena to Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat guitar is a bit too obvious to be a coincidence.Rather than being illegal in the Federation, Rios's ship may be unaffiliated and may acquire licenses to operate on a case-by-case basis, rather than under a permanent contract. It doesn't become clear what exactly that means in the late 24th century. La Sirena is an unregistered ship, probably unlike other freighters of this type.The ship type can be implied from a statement by the "Red Bolian" in PIC: "Stardust City Rag". The landing gear is visible when the ship takes off again in "Et in Arcadia Ego II". La Sirena first appears in PIC: "The End is the Beginning".La Sirena is a standard type of a small civilian freighter that is capable of planetary landing. This new TOS-R ship bears no resemblance to the J class from Enterprise either. In the remastered (TOS-R) update of "Mudd's Women" the glowing light on the viewscreen was replaced with something that looks much more like a "real" starship with two warp nacelles and a central impulse engine, all with a bright blue glow.Yet, the Class-J ship appeared in "Mudd's Women" as a compact glowing light, as opposed to the rather complex shape of the J class. There is no reason that the so refurbished cargo ships (Y class and J class alike) may not have been in service for another 100 years until the TOS episode. Keene of the Y-class ECS Fortunate talked of having his ship equipped with a new warp drive. Even if it wasn't the author's intention, it has been conjectured that this class of privately owned vessels (from TOS: "Mudd's Women") could be the same as the J class mentioned in ENT: "Fortunate Son" and seen in "Horizon".Nothing is known about this type of cargo ship. Alas, the final ship neither seems to have a name nor a registry number. John Eaves's early sketches of the holoship indeed show a (Starfleet) registry NX-75115. Story-wise it could well be a Starfleet ship, only that it doesn't look like one.
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