The T'plana-Hath and other visual references

[Vigilance]

Erm, I hate to nitpick, but what the heck is a 21st century Vulcan scoutship doing on board a late 24th century Romulan vessel???

Maybe its just there as an easter egg for us nerds to find.

Just repeat to yourself "its just a show, I should really just relax".

 

[Nerys Myk]

Erm, I hate to nitpick, but what the heck is a 21st century Vulcan scoutship doing on board a late 24th century Romulan vessel???

What's R2D2 doing on the wall of an Egyptian tomb?

 

[The Wormhole]

Erm, I hate to nitpick, but what the heck is a 21st century Vulcan scoutship doing on board a late 24th century Romulan vessel???

What's R2D2 doing on the wall of an Egyptian tomb?

Star Wars does take place a long time ago...

 

[JarodRussell]

Why are there actually any landing platforms and ships in there?

 

[Nerys Myk]

I assume they might need them for the mining process. Transporting ore and miners back and forth.

 

[Sci]

Erm, I hate to nitpick, but what the heck is a 21st century Vulcan scoutship doing on board a late 24th century Romulan vessel???

It's called an "in-joke." They're made on occasion. For instance, the Millennium Falcon was amongst the Federation starships doing battle with the Borg cube during the Battle of Sector 001 in Star Trek: First Contact. And the original U.S.S. Enterprise has appeared in the far background a number of times in Battlestar Galactica.

Don't take it too seriously. Consider it "non-canon" if you like.

 

[Glacial]

I suspect the hand of John Eaves in all this! He loved peppering stuff in ENT with various little Easter Eggs:

http://johneaves.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/find-waldo/

 

[M'Sharak]

Erm, I hate to nitpick, but what the heck is a 21st century Vulcan scoutship doing on board a late 24th century Romulan vessel???

It's called an "in-joke." They're made on occasion. For instance, the Millennium Falcon was amongst the Federation starships doing battle with the Borg cube during the Battle of Sector 001 in Star Trek: First Contact. And the original U.S.S. Enterprise has appeared in the far background a number of times in Battlestar Galactica.

TNG was full of that sort of thing -- lots of sly visual gags and references to all sorts of things. A partial list may be found here. There were more in DS9 and Voyager.

I suspect the hand of John Eaves in all this! He loved peppering stuff in ENT with various little Easter Eggs:

http://johneaves.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/find-waldo/

I strongly suspect that he wasn't the only "guilty" party.

 

[urbandk]

Maybe the Oberth class is the Gremlin of the 23rd century

 

[Trekker4747]

The T'plana-Hath Vulcan lander from First Contact has indeed made it into the movie as was suspected by many and can be seen on this screenshot:

http://reboot.trekcaps.net/caps/Star_Trek/ariane179254_StarTrek_7402.jpg

(look top middle and bottom left, amongst others)

Other visual references can be seen here:

http://reboot.trekcaps.net/caps/Star_Trek/ariane179254_StarTrek_2543.jpg

Chandra from "Court martial", Komack from "This side of Paradise" and "Amok time", Alice Rawlings - the actress that played Jamie Finney in "Court martial"

http://reboot.trekcaps.net/caps/Star_Trek/ariane179254_StarTrek_1462.jpg

Countless drinks and food from various episodes and movies, like Jestral tea, Mareuvian tea, Prometheus nectar and prune juice (a warrior's drink).

Cool!

And a picture of an Egg McMuffin!

 

[gaghyogi49]

Another funny reference:

The Romulan Narada crew member costumes feature the Romulan logo from Star Trek Nemesis but also the smaller Romulan logo from the FASA Star Trek RPG from way back:

http://startrekauction.blogspot.com/2009/11/more-juliens-star-trek-costume-photos.html

 

[Cyke101]

And the neat thing is, the hangar bay with the Jellyfish and the Vulcan landers was all filmed inside the TARDIS. Wondrous machine, that blue box...

So while looking at a mining ship that has been enhanced by Borg technology, thus turning it into an Octopus that so happens to have a drill that can cut straight into a planet's core and then drop funky liquid that creates a black hole thereby destroying the planet, you're distracted by the presence of a 300 year old scoutship within its hangar?

Mickey: What's a horse doing on a spaceship?
Doctor: Mickey, what is pre-revolutionary France doing on a spaceship? Get a little perspective!