T'Pol Tales (April 21, 2008)

[Bandit LOAF]

Red Baron has either an especially keen eye for detail or an obscene love of Star Trek... both things we celebrate in these parts! He noticed that multiple weapons from Wing Commander IV appeared during the run of Star TreK: Enterprise. He's provided several examples from "Shadows of P'Jem" which feature the Black Lance and Union of Border Worlds Marine rifles:

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Original update published on April 21, 2008

 

[st3lt3k]

At first I was skeptical but I'm starting to think that Red Baron could be on to something.

 

[maltinator]

Actually the Kilrathi's shipname "Dreadnought" was used again in the Voyager episode in which they tried to stop the lost Marqui's super-missile, wasn't it?

 

[t.c.cgi]

Actually the Kilrathi's shipname "Dreadnought" was used again in the Voyager episode in which they tried to stop the lost Marqui's super-missile, wasn't it?

Dreadnought isn't exclusively Kilrathi. The use of the word to describe big ships that destroy lots of stuff started with the HMS Dreadnought.

 

[maltinator]

But why don't they create their own names instead of copying them from other stuff?

 

[Bandit LOAF]

A dreadnaught is a type of ship, like "aircraft carrier" or "cruiser" -- not a proper noun like "Victory" or "Tiger's Claw".