Originally posted by Lunatic
James Doohan (Scotty) was Canadian, in fact, and also served in the Royal Canadian Artillery. They Trek people just asked him to do different accents and liked his Scottish one. And as for Spock being the first Vulcan in Starfleet, I'm not exactly sure Enterprise is even in Starfleet, I don't even think there was a Federation yet. Either that or the Vulcan chick was assigned there as an exchange from the Vulcan space service or something.
Enterprise IS in Starfleet, just not the Federation Starfleet. Earth's Starfleet was a completely different organization.
And T'Pol ISN'T in Starfleet. She's a Vulcan...on a Starfleet ship. She doesn't hold a Starfleet rank, she's a Sub-Commander. So Spock is still the first Vulcan actually IN Starfleet.
Transporters ARE there, they have been cleared for human use, but nobody actually uses them for that.
basic Replicators ARE there, which can do pastas and drinks and stuff.
The ship can go to Warp 5. From what I understand that gives them a range of 80,000 star systems within a years travel.
They use a hand weapon that is (apparently) plasma based, which is probably the grand grandad of the "modern" phaser, the Phase Pistol.
Shipboard weapon's include laser cannons, torpedo tubes, and plasma cannons. The ship also has no shields, and use some type of armor stuff.
Klingons have ridged heads, it doesn't hurt continuity because Pre-TOS Klingons had ridges. We know "something" happened to the Klingons during TOS to explain why they didn't have ridges.
About Nationalities: Most of the crew is American, from what I see. There is an black man, an asian woman, and a british guy. Also, supposedly there is a recurring charecter of a french woman. We will probably see plenty of others.
Not really a big deal, but the Admiral's Uniform is a weird mix of the Starfleet jumpsuit and a contemporary military uniform. The Admiral in the promo wears a tie!
Uh..I think that's about it. MOST of that has been officially said, some is rumored. But most of the rumors are apparently pretty reliable as when a new one surfaces Berman has an interview confirming it.
[Edited by Ladiesman^ on 08-03-2001 at 13:02]