The biggest problem is that at least two TOS episodes got out that didn't agree with the memo on insignia, "The Doomsday Machine" and Roddenberry's own baby, "The Omega Glory." Horse, barn door.
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Yeah, there was a lot of stuff between 1979 and 2005 that tried to align the perception that in TOS there were different insignias for different ships with the single insignia in TMP. Mostly to do with "Hey we just thought the Enterprise was awesome." When it turns out there was never an issue to address.
Now why the "boomerang" went away is another matter.
Well, those two episodes were what the memo was about. Just think, if we had seen any other starship crews in season 3 this could have been a moot point.
Donny, is there a shuttle deck in our (your) future?
True, of course.
Unfortunately, they couldn't put the shit back in the horse, as it were. Justman's memo was clearly ignored throughout the series run. We have commodores and other flag officers with the starburst. You had the Exeter and Constellation with their own insignia, beyond the one used by the Antares' crew in "Charlie, X". Then you had the "fish" logo for the listening posts (like in "Balance of Power" and "Arena"), and in TAS they added the new pointy insignia for the Ariel in "The Eye of the Beholder" and another variant of the arrowhead for the Huron in "The Pirates of Orion". It became more canonical to have different insignias for the different ships throughout the entirety of the TOS/TAS era, and it wasn't until TMP came around that all uniforms once again used the arrowhead, which was retconned as an "homage" to the great things that Enterprise did during her career.
Here are some charts I put together over the years on insignia, both canon and not-so-much:
Here are some charts I put together over the years on insignia, both canon and not-so-much:
I'm rescuing this thread from a fascinating discussion:
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/starship-insignia.289381/
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/starship-insignia.289381/
Of course!
It's been a pain in my ass that I've never finished a complete re-creation of all the TOS Enterprise sets, it being my first, real, true love of Trek. Real life and my own rampant "project ADD" has prevented me thus far from doing so. I really just want to stick with this one project and see it to completion and (possible) release one day (I keep quiet about releasing anything ever due to all the legal stuff going on. I just prefer to call this fan art that's a labor of love and we'll see down the road what will happen)
But yeah, shuttle bay is definitely in the future, barring any unforeseen unfortunate setback.
Just so long as they aren't wire hangers. [/mommie dearest]
You're old.
Assuming this is one of the circle hallways in the saucer, how did you come up with the measurements of the panels and how many degrees they are rotated around the center?
"The Doomsday Machine"If TOS it's a hangar deck, not shuttlebay.
SULU: Mister Spock, someone's opening the shuttlecraft bay doors.
SPOCK: Shut them, Mister Sulu.
SULU: It's too late, sir.
Also, from "Metamorphosis":
SCOTT: We're locked in, Captain. Standard orbit established. Shuttlecraft bay standing by to receive you.
http://www.chakoteya.net/StarTrek/31.htm
It wasn't an anomaly.
And now, your captain will render an ancient Irish favourite.
I'll take you home again Kathleen, across the ocean wild and wide ...
Somebody go find me that Orson Welles clapping thing.And now, your captain will render an ancient Irish favourite.
I'll take you home again Kathleen, across the ocean wild and wide ...
