The *NEW* Enterprise Five-Word Thingy!

was available. Nothing was spared

 

to make Enterprise the most

 

advanced ship in the fleet.

 

All previous Earth starships were

 

built with plywood and bubblegum

 

that was then covered with

 

a thick layer of chocolate

 

and metallic paint. Starfleet designers

 

tried cutting corners back then

 

because the new Warp Five

 

engine drained all financial resources

 

and most other ships were

 

in the same situation they

 

were put together as cheaply

 

as possible given the construction

 

constraints following the downfall of

 

major ship construction contracts owned

 

by Vulcans that did not

 

use the best materials to

 

handle any kind of extra