The Starship enteprise a character?

[Tombfyre]

Do you think that the enterprise is just a setting or is it treated like a character in the series? I believe that its treated more like a character but my fellow IT people here at the office say its just a setting and thats it.

What do you think?

 

[Islander]

That's in concordance with general navy trades. Ask any sailor, their ship was a character with its stories and legends, bad habits, even a soul. This is the flagship, the one with the most legends, the most stories. It defintely IS quite a character.

 

[barnaclelapse]

I would agree with that. Through the writing and especially the characters attitudes towards it The Enterprise very easily became a character as important to the overall scope of the show as any living character.

 

[C.E. Evans]

I think that was definitely true in TOS. With Kirk and Scotty as her biggest fans, the Enterprise was truly a character in her own right, IMO. TNG and ENT surely had their moments, too.

McCoy probably said it best in "Encounter At Farpoint," though...

 

[KimMH]

Enterprise was Kirk's tue love wasn't she? (That and his duty to the crew)