Cetacian Ops?
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Plecostomus
Commodore
That is one unhappy looking delphine variant.
A dolphin uniform? How would they put them on or remove them? It'd make more sense just to, say, paint the dorsal fin in department colors and have a comm/translator implant near the blowhole.
^^SF about intelligent dolphins has generally given them either cyborg implants or wearable robotic arms with manipulative capacity.
Of course, given future technology, it wouldn't be that hard to develop a purely voice-activated technology base for dolphins to work with. If Picard can say "Tea, Earl Grey, hot," then who needs pushbuttons?
Of course, given future technology, it wouldn't be that hard to develop a purely voice-activated technology base for dolphins to work with. If Picard can say "Tea, Earl Grey, hot," then who needs pushbuttons?
Okay, first of all, credit where credit is due. That room looks like an in-game render of what Andy Probert designed for the now-defunct Trek MMOG for Perpetual Entertainment. Andy's sketch of this area is visible on his homepage here.
With a nod to David Brin
Seriously? Women's training gear with brightly colored crotches? Oy...
And dolphin clothing? What next? Little breechclouts for bottlenoses?
hellsgate
Commodore
Why do orcas always gotta be keepin the dolphin down?
Then it seems I got here just in time.
This one was produced for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. I don't know by whom, nor what the story here is, but apparently *someone* considered putting whales aboard the Refit Enterprise....
This one is by Andrew Probert, sketched for the original Star Trek: Online.
From: "Unseen Enterprise-D interiors"
GodThingFormerly
A Different Kind of Asshole
Then it seems I got here just in time.
This one was produced for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. I don't know by whom, nor what the story here is, but apparently *someone* considered putting whales aboard the Refit Enterprise....
That is an illustration by Ralph McQuarrie for Phil Kaufman's thankfully DOA Planet of the Titans project. I have no idea what it is supposed to represent.
TGT
GodThingFormerly
A Different Kind of Asshole
It and a bunch of other PotT images used to be posted on RalphMcQuarrie.com, but they were all taken down after the release of his book.
TGT
You know I've had the feeling for a long time that Dolphin's "like" us out of their fascination of us (not as a whole species -- just the individuals that come across us) -- Individual humans are similarly fascinated by highly intelligent animals as well. I would assume that just as we see so much of ourselves (our intellect, etc) in them, they probably see so much of themselves in us.
trevanian
Rear Admiral
Then it seems I got here just in time.
This one was produced for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. I don't know by whom, nor what the story here is, but apparently *someone* considered putting whales aboard the Refit Enterprise....
This one is by Andrew Probert, sketched for the original Star Trek: Online.
From: "Unseen Enterprise-D interiors"
The bottom part of the top pic seems to be a scale representation of Stephen Colbert and his testicles.
No no no. That's for STAR TREK IV. MCQuarrie did sketches and renderings for ILM's bid on the film. I mean, seriously, people see a whale in a Trek rendering and they actually can believe it's for TMP?
This one was produced for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. I don't know by whom, nor what the story here is, but apparently *someone* considered putting whales aboard the Refit Enterprise....
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