Facts About the USS Kelvin

Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe' started by Major Chord, May 31, 2009.

  1. Major Chord

    Major Chord Choir Boy Extraordinaire Captain

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    Because the ship is just as much of a character as Cupcake, Pike, or Kirk...

    The USS Kelvin is so badass that it doesn't need a second nacelle.
     
  2. The Wormhole

    The Wormhole Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    The USS Kelvin violates canon and rapes my childhood with its single warp nacelle and its four digit registry with a leading zero.

    You so knew I was going to start that.
     
  3. stonester1

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    The Millenium Falcon made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs? The Kelvin will do it in less than six. You say a parsec is a unit of space rather than time? The Kelvin knows this. Does it anyway.

    Badass.
     
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  4. Proxima

    Proxima Ensign Newbie

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    Robau insisted on a leading zero...

    ...and he got a leading zero.
     
  5. Cyke101

    Cyke101 Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    That's because she needs only one nacelle, and knew that she would birth at least 486 more vessels.
     
  6. barnaclelapse

    barnaclelapse Commodore Commodore

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    The U.S.S. Kelvin has been immortalized in no less than nine hundred and forty-five Bob Dylan songs.

    It's true.
     
  7. Prons

    Prons Lieutenant Red Shirt

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    The USS Kelvin had 800 crew members while TOS Enterprise had 400. That means Kelvin can take on two Enterprises.
     
  8. Admiral Buzzkill

    Admiral Buzzkill Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    The Kelvin was originally the U.S.S. Iowa.
     
  9. barnaclelapse

    barnaclelapse Commodore Commodore

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    Kelvin is Canadian for STOMP YO ASS BITCH! STOMP IT REAL DAMN GOOD!
     
  10. dave_R_treker

    dave_R_treker Captain Captain

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    Hey I've been saying that for sometime now.
     
  11. stonester1

    stonester1 Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    I didn't know the Canadians had a word for that.
     
  12. Dart

    Dart Commodore Commodore

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    The Kelvin does NOT use lube.
     
  13. Major Chord

    Major Chord Choir Boy Extraordinaire Captain

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    The Kelvin's nacelle is bigger than your nacelle. You know it to be true.
     
  14. Mentat Tir

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    The Kelvin's sister ship is named the U.S.S. Hobbes.
     
  15. CuttingEdge100

    CuttingEdge100 Commodore Commodore

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    I don't really have a problem with it having a single nacelle...

    I think it's stupid how big the nacelle is and that it even has windows on it, and a rocket-like engine-exhaust in the back....

    I'm also not fond of the engineering hull being on-top and the nacelle on the bottom. Granted there's no up and down in space, but it looks like an "upside down ship"


    Of course the biggest thing I don't like about the USS Kelvin is the fact that it existed before the Nero's time-travel escapade, and yet despite this it still was much larger than the Constitution-class (I don't know if it's size was specified, but it looked bigger, especially when you look at the shuttlebay and had a crew of eight hundred) which was a more advanced design (wasn't even built yet) which was supposed to have been the largest ship of the era at 289 meters.


    CuttingEdge100
     
  16. Major Chord

    Major Chord Choir Boy Extraordinaire Captain

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    The USS Enterprise allowed the Kelvin to remain bigger than her out of respect for its bad-ass-ness.
     
  17. CuttingEdge100

    CuttingEdge100 Commodore Commodore

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    The Androidian,

    Not a good argument
     
  18. Major Chord

    Major Chord Choir Boy Extraordinaire Captain

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    You do understand that this thread is supposed to be a light hearted thread in the style of the "Facts About Robau" thread, right? Not a thread where you nitpick the movie, or a technical discussion thread.
     
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  19. BrentMc

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    The USS Kelvin is 273.15 better than the USS Celsius!
     
  20. 77sevenseven

    77sevenseven Ensign Red Shirt

    I loved this ship, when I first saw it on the trailor I thought that it had two nacelles. i realised when watching the movie that the top one was the secondary hull. I liked the fact that it looked different however was still identifiable as a startfleet vessel!