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7 unusual facts about Starship Enterprise


Aluminum Model Toys

Around 1966, AMT obtained the plastic model rights to Star Trek, and developed a model kit of the Starship Enterprise, beginning a long association between AMT and both science fiction and television.

Cuboctahedron

In the Star Trek episode "By Any Other Name", aliens seize the Enterprise by transforming crew members into inanimate cuboctahedra.

One Step

The lyrics even contain a reference to Star Trek, with the line "sex with you passes by as fast as Starship Enterprise".

Stanley R. Jaffe

Jaffe had earned the ire of fans of the Star Trek franchise for his role in making a last minute stop to a project that would have built an interactive entertainment facility in the likeness of a full scale Starship Enterprise in Las Vegas.

The Cosmic Balance

That said, the first (and closest to a tutorial) scenario in the game re-creates a meeting between Starship Enterprise and USS Reliant, like in the film Wrath of Khan.

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne

It is to this series what the Starship Enterprise is to Star Trek: both as a home base and also as the route to the world of adventure.

VSS Enterprise

The VSS Enterprise's name is an acknowledgement of the USS Enterprise from the Star Trek television series.


Captain's gig

In Star Trek, the craft are referred to as a "Captain's Yacht".

Jefferies tube

The term "Jefferies tube" was originally an inside joke among the original Star Trek production staff, a reference to Original Series art director Matt Jefferies, the man who designed the original starship Enterprise.

Tricia O'Neil

She portrayed the first female captain of an Enterprise-series starship (NCC-1701-C) in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987, syndicated), in the episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" and the Klingon Kurak, in the episode "Suspicions" (1993).


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