SpookingDaniel wrote:
IIRC, Mike Okuda didn't have a thing to do with STII.
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He might have possessed background information that you and I don't have. I'm sure he can correct me if I'm wrong. Quite frankly, if anyone has that Starlog pic I referenced, you'd be able to tell right away that they're cargo containers as seen in TMP.
*EDIT* Here's a pic I found from a trading card (sorry it's so small):
http://www.wixiban.com/images/roddenberry/11-16.jpg
Compare this pic to the pic from my previous post. You can clearly see the clamps on the tops of the containers, and the port in front where a workbee would go.
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And more to the point, why would they go back to the Bontany Bay and fit the seatbelts/cargo straps from that ship to an Enterprise cargo container?
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So that Chekov could conveniently find something with the ship's name written on it?
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The Botany Bay was designed with detachable cargo modules. I always assumed it was one of them.
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Was it ever canonically stated that that wrap-around piece underneath that submarine hull were cargo containers?