That Black Ship in Unification

So, did we ever hear what kind of ship the black one at the junk yard was? If not on screen, was there any word from behind-the-scenes?

 

It appears to be a space vehicle of some sort.

 

A image would be nice.

 

Are you referring to the ship that replaced the holding vessel Tripoli when the Zakdorn were beaming stuff to it? It was obviously some sort of pirate ship absconding with the supplies. We never found out who the ship belonged to or who piloted it, because it blew up.

 

The ship is black, and the color of space, your basic space color, is black. How are you supposed to see it?

 

Nigel Tufnel: It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none.

 

Maybe it's the Disaster Area ship from HhGTTG

 

http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/season-5/5x07/unification-part-i-hd-279.jpg

http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/season-5/5x07/unification-part-i-hd-280.jpg

 

...It's the Bajoran transport with all the plastic body kit components money can buy. You get basically zero subspace clearance and constantly scrape your belly at speed bumps, but it looks cool.

Timo Saloniemi

 

You don't like or understand ridiculously low tuning cars either?

 

I was only quoting a source. I can't remember if a star was shown in that scene.

 

Here's the MA entry on it:

http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wi...adrant_starships_(24th_century)#Combat_vessel


And here's the entry on the often-recycled model:

http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Studio_models_(TNG)#Jovis

 

It wouldn't be too difficult to assume that this is one and the same commercially available, old and reliable design overall, with some customers opting for the gadgets that turn this into a large luxury yacht, others going for the pirate look.

Except of course when the ship makes its first appearance as the Husnock vessel... I could buy Kevin Uxbridge using a commercial ship he once saw as the template for this wholly fictional ship (there's no real reason he would have bothered with creating an authentic Husnock vessel!), but why wouldn't our heroes have spotted that curious fact? Or did they, too, assume the Husnock had purchased or captured some of these ancient transports and turned them into mighty battlewagons?

Timo Saloniemi

 

Slightly off-topic, but from that entry:

...in hindsight, that tactic just strikes me as odd that it actually worked. The Galaxy Class is one of the more known Starfleet designs and the most advanced, by that point in the show. its size, tech, and visibility are major reasons for its fame. And yet the Enterprise posed as an abandoned ship -- and the trap was successful! It's the equivalent of finding a shiny state-of-the-art police-marked Dodge Charger in the middle of a junkyard and thinking nothing of it just because the lights were off.

 

In the first edition of Star Trek CCG (Decipher) it was known as a generic "combat vessel." But because it was common, we (anyone who played that game) had dozens and dozens of duplicates lying around.

Take a peek: http://cardguide.wikia.com/wiki/Combat_Vessel_(PL)

 

Yes, U.S.S. plot device number...