Yorktown was a World War II aircraft carrier, and the original name for Trek’s starship. I can’t imagine the intention was for it to be a lesser ship.
Does Enterpise-A's short tenure make sense?
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Yorktown was a World War II aircraft carrier, and the original name for Trek’s starship. I can’t imagine the intention was for it to be a lesser ship.
The saucer and engineering hull from the TSFS post-explosion model were used separately, so there could've been two Connies at Wolf 359. Or just one that had a really bad day.
The TSFS destroyed saucer was also used for the Olympia in "The Sound of Her Voice," so that's another possibility, though it could just as easily be any round-saucered ship since it's not seen very clearly.
Actually, I think we all just had a brain fart. The ship in Star Trek IV was the Saratoga. Have we ever seen the Yorktown referenced?
Yorktown is also referenced: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(23rd_century)
I guess I always missed the fact that it wasn't just a returning-shot check-in on the previously-established Saratoga.
Vijay Amritraj was instantly recognizable, because of his role in Octopussy. He was sadly underutilized in both the Star Trek and the Bond film.
Because of that, I like to imagine this Yorktown is due to be replaced by a new one, but they simply changed the name of the new build to Enterprise.
Not realizing the Yorktown existed, it was the Saratoga I imagined as a lesser ship.
This is the first time I ever realized that IV checked in on multiple ships. lol.
Well, it is. It's visibly Miranda-class, same as Reliant.
I always felt that the Enterprise-A was decommissioned only because construction of the Enterprise-B had been finished, and they were ready to roll out the new ship. So it was just a matter of politics, not ship longevity times. I think the plan was always to make the next Excelsior class ship the Enterprise-A, but the Whale Probe incident changed those plans prematurely.
I don't remember seeing the ship, just the bridge / damage scenes.
They actually use the model / do exterior shots??
I guess its time I rewatch the movie.
When I was 12, I could quote the first half of the movie line for line along with it lol.
All I could manage was "Wom wom wom wom wom wom *screetch* wom wom wom wom wom", and occasional fly-by warp noises.
We should regroup to make sure we're all on the same page.
The Saratoga is visibly a Miranda class, exteriors seen. Lights flicker, ship drifts as Probe passes by.
The Yorktown we only see from the bridge, with talk of a makeshift solar sail so that the crew might live.
I probably knew that when I was a kid, giving rise to my thought that it was a lesser ship. I truly don't remember seeing it though lol!! And I ABSOLUTELY thought that was the surviving crew of the Saratoga making the makeshift solar sail.
I recorded it onto an audio tape, for road trips, so that helped.
For me it makes sense that the A is an old ship that got renamed as a gift to Kirk while they waited for the proper sequel ship to be built and launched. Us Aussies have had a bunch of our naval ships as renames from other navies so it doesn't worry me renaming an old Starfleet ship, and I kinda liked the idea that the "The Ashes of Eden" had it get renamed once more. It's not what I originally imagined had happened before Generations had come out, where I would have 100% told you the A was a new ship. But I like imagining that all the different theories about the ship happened in different timelines/universes and maybe in one the A was a new ship and continued on past Khitomer without Kirk at the helm.
Even though the Saratoga had a black woman as their Captain, while it's an Indian male with Captain's insignia on his uniform making the report about the solar sail?
Wasn't the implied threat during the Dominion War that the Federation would eventually lose because they couldn't build ships as fast as the Dominion could? (And not replace their personnel as quickly, too.)
There are bound to be fans who can't recognise late 23rd century insignia, especially young fans.
Hell I struggle with TOS braiding all the time.
I don’t remember that ever being stated. I could be wrong, though. It has been over 30 years since DS9.
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