Fuzzy Question from the Shatnverse

[Technobuilder]

I don't have more specific details unfortunately or I could of located the information myself, but I was wondering if there were some folks here who'd read the Shatnerverse novels that might refresh my memory.

I've only read The Return through Preserver, and that more than a decade ago at this point....

What was the name/class of the Magically magical starship that appears somewhere along the way that was either run by Super-Secret Starfleet or Section 31 or something.

I remember the description of the ship's Captain's ready room to be very white and futuristic.

The ship itself was a well kept secret and the class didn't officially exist.


Anyways, if anyone could help me out I'd be grateful.

If I'm remembering the Shatnerverse part wrong, I appologize, but I'd still like to figure out more about this ship I only vaguely half-remember.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Re: Fuzzy Question from the Shatnerverse

It's been ages so it's fuzzy for me too, but I don't think they never had class names. The 3 ships themselves were named, but I can't remember them. Outside, the ships looked like "melted Starfleet ships" - totally smooth and without details. The ships' interior appearence kept changing - there were holographic emmiters on all decks and some crew appeared to be holograms (see spoiler). I vaguely recall talk of floating holographic screens on the bridge a la Countdown.

The secret group was called Project Sign.

Spoiler: the reason everything was holographic

The crew were really sapient plants, and the people we saw were their holographic avatars

 

[DarkHorizon]

I'm pretty sure it was the Heisenberg. I'll have a quick search and double-check.

ETA: Yep, and there was also the Schrodinger and the Pauli. The Heisenberg was described as Leviathan-class.

 

[captcalhoun]

i don't remember anything about sapient plants, i thought the crews were just holograms and that was it.

 

[F. King Daniel]

^I guess it may not have been the entire crew, but the captain (or was it commodore?) was the one constant in her ever-changing ready room.

 

[Captain Robert April]

I seem to recall a Defiant class that was painted all black, but not this shapeshifting setup y'all are talking about...

 

[captcalhoun]

the Heisenberg and her sister ships were in the Mirror Universe trilogy. the black Defiant was in the first trilogy.

 

[Technobuilder]

Thanks for coming through guys, It was the Heisenberg, the Schrodinger, and the Pauli.

I don't remember the part about a Sentient Plant, but I'm not opposed to the idea. I remember enjoying the concept on Farscape well enough, and I'm surprised it hasn't been used more in trek.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I seem to recall a Defiant class that was painted all black, but not this shapeshifting setup y'all are talking about...

That was the Monitor in The Return. She was rechristened as the Enterprise for the mission to the Borg homeworld.

 

[TiberiusMaximus]

^I guess it may not have been the entire crew, but the captain (or was it commodore?) was the one constant in her ever-changing ready room.

That semi 'reveal' was one thing I really enjoyed about the Shatner books.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I don't remember anything about sentient plants either...but it has been a while since I last read the series.

 

[captcalhoun]

i'm pretty sure he's making a flying leap conclusion the size of the Grand Canyon.

 

[F. King Daniel]

From Preserver...

"An old woman? A strong woman? The young horseback rider on Mars? The person you are now?"

Radisson smiled enigmatically.

"I see you've all been sharing your stories, but you haven't been paying attention."

She stepped closer. Kirk could feel her presence as he looked up into her wise, dark eyes.

"You've all seen me as I really am. Not all of us were put here by Galen's ancestral species, Captain. And not all life is as you know it."

For a moment, he stared more closely at the plant. But then he put the thought from his mind. It just wasn't possible.

He caught Radisson smiling at him, as if she knew what he was thinking.

 

[JoeZhang]

Also in Dark Victory:

Captain Hu-Lin Radisson was watering a vividly green plant. The exuberantly healthy plant, with lush, dark green leaves embroidered in pale green spirals, was the same height as the captain, no more than a meter and half.

The Captain remarks the whole ship is outfitted with holo-emitters and changes the appearance of her office:

Wonderingly, Kirk saw that where the captain's desk had been was now a stone-and-ceramic countertop, still covered with Starfleet padds and a captain's terminal.

The green plant was still with them as well.

 

[JoeZhang]

Also in Preserver when Riker meets Radisson:

"Pull up a rock, Commander."

Riker looked over his shoulder and saw a cluster of black boulders a few meters away. To one side of them, a vividly green plant rose up out of the red desert, its slender stalk wreathed in broad leaves veined with pale-green spirals that reminded Riker of the arms of an opening wormhole. The lone plant in the desert, combined with the overhead membrane, led Riker to guess that Radisson's program re-created one of the great homestead ranches of the Martian frontier days.

Also

She walked over to what Riker assumed was a desk, whose white base appeared to have grown seamlessly from the floor, or from the deck if this was indeed Radisson's ship, the Heisenberg.

To one side of the desk, Riker recognized the green plant from the Martian simulation. The copper watering can was still beside it.

 

[Technobuilder]

Okay, I'm sold!

Good memory guys.

 

[captcalhoun]

i'm not. she might just incoporate her plant into her simulations.

 

[JoeZhang]

i'm not. she might just incoporate her plant into her simulations.

Yes and that's why the authors mention it multiple times across books.

The characters are told that they have seen her in her true form, and yet the humanoid the characters meet is different in each encounter, the only constant is the plant.

Maybe you need a cover with a plant holding a phaser but it seems pretty clear to the rest of us.

 

[kkozoriz1]

Maybe she's the copper watering can.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

"Libido, this is where we’re going to have a problem. You see, where I come from we don’t kiss, we pollinate . . . . We wait for the bee."
-- Ficus Pandorata, from Quark: All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms, Part 1