Hey, I never noticed that before....

[locutus101]

If you need an in-universe explanation, you could assume that up until a year or so before the Enterprise's five-year mission began, every starship did have its own emblem. Then Starfleet ordered that every ship use the delta. To make the transition easy, since they didn't have replicators then, they would change at the end of their mission during the refit period. The Enterprise just got hers, so they wore deltas; other Starfleet ships might or might not be using the delta depending on how long they had been on their missions.

That's a very plausible in-universe explanation!

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Yep. I like it!

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Could be, at that.

 

[Tenacity]

If you need an in-universe explanation, you could assume that up until a year or so before the Enterprise's five-year mission began, every starship did have its own emblem.

You'd have to back that up to a point before Chris Pike started his mission, to account for the Enterprise crew having already received their deltas.

From whatever they had before.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

You'd have to back that up to a point before Chris Pike started his mission, to account for the Enterprise crew having already received their deltas.

From whatever they had before.

Unless the fleetwide symbol was based on the Enterprise symbol to start with.

 

[Tenacity]

^ Why would the entire fleet assume the insignia of the Enterprise?

 

[Grendelsbayne]

Because whoever was in charge of the decision liked it.

 

[FormerLurker]

That's what GR had said had happened, after all.

 

[Nerys Myk]

That's what GR had said had happened, after all.

Was it him?

 

[FormerLurker]

Yes, in the novelization of TMP.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

While looking for ST screencaps recently, I came across this one from STIV. Looks like one of the Vulcan extras hadn't quite gotten into character:

http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=44634&fullsize=1

 

[Green]

Either that or he isn't afraid to smile.

 

[Tenacity]

Some Vulcans refuse to bow to societal pressure. Bravo.

 

[erastus25]

While watching The Enemy Within last night I noticed that the cuts to give the illusion that Shatner is in a shot twice are really clean and perfectly placed. I swear there's only a couple frames of static background at a couple spots where they insert them.

I think this was my first time watching in HD and I realized I had never overtly noticed them before while watching in SD. Compared to other shows of the time, like Bewitched, that often used the same tricks, Star Trek REALLY nailed it.

 

[The Old Mixer]

While looking for ST screencaps recently, I came across this one from STIV. Looks like one of the Vulcan extras hadn't quite gotten into character:

http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=44634&fullsize=1

Nah, he's just a Big, Dumb Movie Vulcan.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

I think there was one in Into Darkness as well?

 

[johnnybear]

The insignia of the guys chatting in the bar in Court Martial, has that ever been explained anywhere? Were they crew members being off-loaded while the ship was in orbit or was it a coincidence?
JB

 

[Spock's Barber]

'Turnabout Intruder'...when Kirk/Lester first goes to the bridge, the station to the left of Spock has a blue engineering tunic thrown over the top of the chair, like a crewman just stripped it off and left his area.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Or got raptured?

Seriously, though, I think they wear them over their black undershirts and long pants, so taking them off there isn't going to raise eyebrows. Unless they give demerit points for untidiness.

It looks like it fits pretty well over the chair. Maybe they were covering it up for some reason?

 

[The Old Mixer]

Seriously, though, I think they wear them over their black undershirts and long pants, so taking them off there isn't going to raise eyebrows.

Except for Kirk, who clearly isn't big on the undershirts.