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USS Franklin – the Swarm Killer

Carnac | August 11, 2020 June 21, 2020 | Independent Ship , Ships

Just in time for Swarm Sunday, it’s my review of the USS Franklin.

What the Franklin Is Good At?

“Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made. What’s a Sun-Dial in the shade!” – Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1750

The Franklin is great at killing swarms. That’s what it’s talent is. Its ship ability is “Sabotage,” which gives it an enormous damage ability when fighting swarm ships. This bonus starts off at 5,000% and tops out at 60,000% at level 45.

This is going to be a tremendous advantage when you’re trying to complete your Swarm Sunday events: Threat From Beyond, and Threat From Beyond – Heroic!

These have some good rewards. They give out tritanium, tritanium tokens, uncommon ore, uncommon gas, and rare crystal, and at the highest level of each event Khan and Mara shards. (If you complete these events during a Daily Recruiting event, you’ll get points for the Khan and Mara shards.)

Also, your daily swarm events, which give you milestone points, biominerals , frequency modulators and repair speed ups.

What It’s Not So Good At

Everything else. Maybe if you set it up with a lawnmower blade attachment, it could mow your lawn.

But I’ve Got Other Ships that Can Kill Swarm

You probably do. The rub is in repair costs. So I did a side-by-side comparison. I took my Tier 5 B’Rel , which is amazing at killing hostiles, and sent it out to kill swarm. Then I took my Tier 8 Franklin out, crewed the same, and went to the same systems (Frysta) to kill level 32 swarm. I made sure to avoid any damaged swarm, this is after all, for SCIENCE! (click for 80s reference)

As you can see, the Franklin was able to kill about 40% more swarm and do it much more efficiently when you look at the repair costs and the repair time.

So you CAN kill swarm with ships other than the Franklin, you’re just going to kill less of them, and do so at a greater cost.

The chart below is a good base for what level your Franklin should be able to defeat. But the better your crew and research, the higher level swarm you’ll be able to take out.

How Do I Improve My Franklin?

The Franklin doesn’t come out of the box killing level 35 swarm. It’s going to take a lot of “ Frequency Modulators ” to upgrade your Franklin. Unless you spend a good deal of money on these, you’re going to grind them out. You can get them in three ways – by killing swarm, through alliance event rewards, and by completing your swarm dailies.

Even with these swarm dailies, it’s going to take you a long, long time to fully upgrade your Franklin.

It’s worth it in the end, but I won’t lie to you – it’s a grind.

Crewing Your Franklin

The crew always matters in Star Trek Fleet Command, but probably in no other area more than with the Franklin. Since the ship already does an enormous amount of damage to swarm ships, you’re going to want to focus your crew on damage mitigation.

So the ideal swarm crew is Pike , Moreau , and T’Laan. Pike’s captain’s ability will increase the effectiveness of the officer abilities of the other two. Moreau decreases the armor-piercing, shield piercing, and accuracy of hostiles. T’Laan decreases the weapon damage from kinetic weapons.

Also, be sure to max your below decks crew.

If you don’t have them, you can use Cadet Uhura as your captain, with Cadet McCoy (or Cadet Kirk ) and T’Laan as your crew.

Ship-Specific Research

There is Franklin-specific research!

You’ll find it in the Galaxy tab. The good part is that most of these upgrades won’t cost you any materials at all. The bad part is that they do cost what most players will consider an obscene amount of dilithium. These are great researches to save for research spending events.

Keep in mind that these upgrades only apply when you’re using the Franklin.

• Swarm Weakpoints – Weapon damage is increased. This starts at 1,000% at level one and goes up to 30,000% at level 10.
• Swarm Targeting – Accuracy is increased against swarm hostiles, ranging from 10% at level 1 to 120% at level 10
• Swarm Jammer – Dodge of swarm ship is reduced. It’s 20% at level one and tops off at 50% at level 10.
• Swarm Fortification – Your ship’s armor is increased, from 10% at level 1 to 120% at level 10.

Also, it’s an Explorer, so all of your Explorer tech is going to make your Franklin better.

How You Get the Franklin?

It takes 90 blueprints to construct the Franklin. You’ll also need a level 17 shipyard.

The cheapest way to get the Franklin is by completing the periodically held Franklin events – you could get 45 blueprints by completing a mining and a hostile hunting event. The problem is that these events aren’t offered very often. To my knowledge, they’ve been offered twice. And I have two Franklins (not that I particularly recommend you going out of your way constructing a second one.)

They are also made available for purchase from time to time.

The Franklin entered the Star Trek universe in Star Trek: Beyond . It was the ship that Kirk and company used to defeat the swarm.

It was Starfleet’s first warp 4 ship, launched before the NX-01 Enterprise, which was the first warp 5 ship. Originally launched under the command of Captain Balthazar Edison ( who should be in the game ), before crashing on Altamid .

Bring the USS Franklin Home!

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James Tiberius Kirk was the original benchmark for all Starfleet captains. Throughout the USS Enterprise's original five-year mission, he could be relied upon to fight injustice, make tough calls under pressure, and take a torn shirt in his stride. 

When we were introduced to Jean-Luc Picard two decades later, his refined, diplomatic approach contrasted with Kirk's man-of-action persona, yet they (along with fellow commanding officers Benjamin Sisko, Kathryn Janeway and Jonathan Archer) have one big thing in common – they're brilliant at their jobs. 

If they're the best of the best, however, they raise an uncomfortable truth about Starfleet – in order for them to appear exceptional, other commanding officers must be average or even downright awful. 

"Star Trek: Picard"'s action-averse, rule-abiding Liam Shaw is simply the latest in a long line of Starfleet captains for whom boldly going where no one has gone before looks like the wrong choice of career. Luckily for them, it's also clear the long-running franchise wouldn't be the same if every occupant of the big chair was a superstar.

Spoilers below for Star Trek Picard Season 3 - if you're not caught up, warp on out of here.

The Enterprise didn't run into many other Starfleet vessels in the original series, so the most notable commanding officer guest star was Commodore Matt Decker in 'The Doomsday Machine.' Decker's actions undoubtedly put the Enterprise in danger, but seeing as he was suffering from shock after losing his entire crew, his obsession with destroying the so-called planet killer probably owed more to severe mental trauma than any unsuitability for the role. 

By the time the "Star Trek" movies rolled around, Kirk had been promoted to admiral. He still found ways to ditch the day job and gallop around the cosmos, of course, meaning his shadow continued to loom over everyone else who ever commanded a vessel – even when he stole the Enterprise in "The Search for Spock."

Despite breaking enough rules to get himself thrown out of Starfleet – it would take the audacious, time-travelling rescue of a pair of humpback whales to save his career – Kirk remained the most capable CO in the movie by some distance. The USS Excelsior's Captain Styles, for example, oozed arrogance and entitlement as he sat on the bridge brandishing a swagger stick, utterly convinced of his prototype ship's technological superiority.

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But while Styles simply ended up with egg on his face after Mr Scott’s sabotage left the Excelsior floundering outside Spacedock, Captain Esteban's ineptitude resulted in the deaths of everyone on board the USS Grissom. You can forgive Esteban's cautious, by-the-book approach to exploring the Genesis planet – who knew what might be down there? – but when a Klingon Bird-of-Prey decloaked in the ship's rear-view mirror, it would be reasonable to expect a little more from your commanding officer than an order to "stand by for evasive." Stand by ? What would it take for him to initiate appropriate maneuvers? When was he planning on activating shields? 

Admittedly, not even the Klingon gunner intended to blow the ship to smithereens, but this was truly terrible captaincy. At least when Kirk got caught with his "breeches down" in "The Wrath of Khan", he had the presence of mind to shift to yellow alert.

Fast forward to James T's final voyage in "Star Trek: Generations" and the new Enterprise-B found itself afflicted by a particularly ineffectual captain. While on one level you have to feel for John Harriman – living up to fellow Enterprise captains Kirk, Picard, Archer and even the Enterprise-C’s Rachel Garrett, from classic "The Next Generation" episode "Yesterday’s Enterprise" was always going to be a tall order – he had the air of a man who'd been promoted way beyond his ability. Indeed, after he'd diverted his ship's maiden voyage to answer a distress call, the only thing he didn't hesitate about was allowing to Kirk take charge. 

Following a job interview like that, Harriman wouldn't even be trusted to carry out the second-contact missions that are the specialty of Carol Freeman and the USS Cerritos in "Lower Decks."

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And while it’s worth noting that he was responsible for getting Troi to belatedly wear a proper Starfleet uniform – her constant flaunting of the Enterprise dress code never really made sense – his departure must have felt like a massive relief to everyone on board.

But even serving under Jellico would have felt like a walk in the holodeck-generated park compared to sharing a bridge with more recent occupants of the big chair. 

Although Starfleet admirals have had a long history of getting caught up in high-level conspiracies (see "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" and "Star Trek: Insurrection"), captains had generally proved much less susceptible to the dark side. 

That all changed in the Kelvin timeline when "Star Trek Beyond"'s chief bad guy Krall turned out to be one Balthazar M. Edison, a former captain of the USS Franklin who'd become so disillusioned with the Federation that he set out to destroy it. Then, back in the prime timeline, we eventually came to realise that original "Discovery" captain Gabriel Lorca was actually an evil doppelganger from the Mirror Universe's Terran Empire. 

By the end of Picard, we learn that Liam Shaw wasn't so bad after all. Yes, he lacked Kirk's willingness to fly into battle, Picard's management skills, and – seeing as prejudice prevented him addressing Seven of Nine by her preferred name – was arguably an HR disciplinary waiting to happen. 

But he was also utterly devoted to his ship, protective of his crew and 100 per cent his own man – while a lesser captain might get caught up in the hype surrounding Riker and Picard, Shaw steadfastly sticks to his guns. He wasn't often flashy or charismatic, but sometimes a safe pair of hands is exactly what you need on the bridge of a starship.

If you're caught up and watched Star Trek Picard episode 9 "Võx" , then you'll know that Shaw proves himself a hero in the end, sacrificing himself to save Picard. It's a great send-off that shows how the character grew throughout the season, but – in a franchise where heroes have often been too good to be true – I think Shaw should be celebrated as much for his failings as his eventual redemption.

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Star trek beyond remembers the importance of scott bakula’s enterprise show.

Star Trek: Enterprise and Scott Bakula's Captain Archer played a key role in the motivations of Idris Elba's Star Trek Beyond villain, Krall.

A major plot point from the J.J. Abrams produced Star Trek Beyond movie honors the legacy of Scott Bakula's Star Trek: Enterprise series. The cancelation of Enterprise signalled the end of Star Trek on TV for over a decade, with the torch being handed on to a multi-million dollar movie franchise headed up by Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk. Taking place in an alternate reality created by the destruction of the USS Kelvin, Star Trek (2009) hit the reset button on the entire canon, with the notable exception being the events depicted in Star Trek: Enterprise seasons 1 to 4.

In J.J. Abrams' Star Trek universe, the historic adventures of Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and the crew of the Enterprise NX-01 still took place between 2151 and 2161. It was only when Nero (Eric Bana) traveled back in time and destroyed the USS Kelvin in 2233 that the timeline diverged from existing Star Trek canon. This meant that Star Trek: Enterprise could conceivably be referenced in Star Trek 's Kelvin Timeline movies , which is exactly what happened in Star Trek Beyond .

Star Trek Beyond Makes Star Trek: Enterprise Important In J.J. Abrams’ Kelvin Timeline

In Star Trek Beyond , the USS Enterprise is destroyed over the planet Altamid, leaving the crew at the mercy of the fearsome tyrant Krall (Idris Elba). Over the course of the movie, it's revealed that Krall is actually the mutated form of a vengeful Starfleet officer called Captain Balthazar M. Edison. Explaining his motivations to Kirk, Krall name-checks the Federation's devastating wars with both the Xindi and the Romulan Star Empire. Although Star Trek Enterprise was canceled before it could tackle the Romulan War, it did portray the full horror of the Xindi's attempted genocide against Humanity. Having endured these losses, Krall was sickened by the peaceful, tolerant vision of the Federation.

As Star Trek: Enterprise ended with the foundation of the United Federation of Planets, Star Trek Beyond is, therefore, a stealth Enterprise sequel . When the vengeful Krall sought to destroy the Federation, the crew of the USS Enterprise used his old ship, the USS Franklin, an NX-class ship from the Enterprise era, to save the day. It was fitting that Captain Jonathan Archer's successor, Captain James T. Kirk, used a starship from the early days of the Federation to guarantee its future.

How Star Trek: Enterprise Has Been Remembered In Star Trek on Paramount Plus

There have been several references to Star Trek: Enterprise in the new Paramount+ era, going all the way back to Star Trek: Discovery season 1. Its Mirror Universe arc was essentially a direct sequel to the Enterprise 2-parter, "In A Mirror, Darkly", as Commander Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) sought classified information on Captain Archer's experiences in the dark dimension. More recently, a rousing speech during Star Trek: Picard 's Frontier Day honored Enterprise , reflecting on its role in establishing the very Federation that Krall so despised.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has also built on canon established by Enterprise , expanding on the Illyrians, a species for whom genetic augmentation is a key part of their culture. Strange New Worlds ' Number One (Rebecca Romijn) was revealed to be an Illyrian, and fought a Starfleet court to keep her position in the institution. During her trial she referenced the motto "Ad Astra per Aspera", which was stitched on to the sleeves on Captain Archer and his crew in the Star Trek: Enterprise finale. Where once it was seen to be the show that killed the franchise, the new Trek shows continue the work done by Star Trek Beyond to ensure that Captain Archer and the Enterprise NX-01 remain a core part of Star Trek history.

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The USS Franklin Is A Nod To 'Star Trek' Fans

I don't want to alarm you, but a key member of the USS Enterprise crew bites the dust in Star Trek Beyond . It's a terrifying, devastating blow to Captain Kirk, Spock, and the rest of our beloved crew — and it's also shown in the trailers. Yes, the chaotic destruction of the Starship Enterprise hits the crew where it hurts, and puts all their lives in jeopardy in Star Trek Beyond . It also leaves the crew stranded on an Altamid, a non Federation planet, with no way off. To quote Captain Kirk, "How are we gonna get out of this one?" Luckily, the crew stumbles upon the USS Franklin, one of the first Federation ships ever to fly. The ship is treated with great reverence by the crew, which might cause some to wonder, what exactly is the USS Franklin in Star Trek Beyond and where have we seen it before?

By the time the Enterprise crew finds the Franklin, it's not really a ship anymore, at least not a functioning one. In Beyond , however, Scotty reveals that the ship was actually one of the first of the Federation — one of the first ships to go Warp 4. Trekkies (or Trekkers, depending on your preference) might recognize the Franklin, though it's origins are a bit murky. Hardcore fans have been debating what reference, if any, the Franklin is making to Star Trek movies and shows that came before.

Given Scotty's awe over the ship, it seems like the USS Franklin has some meaning in the greater Star Trek universe. However, the Franklin isn't actually a ship we've seen before. When it was first revealed, the Franklin drew comparisons to the NX-01 model , previously seen in the 2001-2005 series Enterprise . However, in Enterprise , the ships used could reach Warp 5, which means that the Franklin was made sometime before the events of Enterprise . But, if the Franklin isn't an NX-01, then what is it?

According to this thread on Reddit , fans are accepting the Franklin as some kind of early NX model prototype intended as a nice nod to Enterprise , continuity and altered timelines be damned. Aside from the historical context provided by Scotty, nothing else on the ship makes any references to Enterprise or the Original Series, suggesting that it really is just a fun wink to fans and nothing more.

Regardless of the history of the Franklin, it's nice to see our crew on a brand new ship, even if that ship is really old and falling apart.

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Hidden References, Cameos, and Easter Eggs from ‘Star Trek Beyond’

| July 30, 2016 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 128 comments so far

Star Trek Beyond has been out for over a week, so now it’s time to talk about all the cool little winks, nods, and less than obvious “Easter eggs” in the film. There were many really great homages to past Trek in Beyond . For great coverage of the homages, we highly recommend friend of TrekMovie Laurie Ulster’s post on Screen Rant , she did a great job. Our version then, will focus on smaller and less obvious or more real-world (rather than in-universe) nods, cameos, etc.

Michael Giacchino worked some homages to TOS and TOS-movies into his score:

• When Kirk and Chekov are in Jaylah’s trap there’s a small refrain that sounds like the “Shore Leave” music from TOS.
• As the Enterprise arrives at Altamid, there are sort of haunting space chimes, that are very reminiscent of a TMP score track titled “Games.”

Calling the Beastie Boys “classical music” is both a Futurama reference and a long running joke in Sci-Fi in general to call contemporary pop music “classical music.”

Famous Names

The Franklin was lost in the Gagarin Radiation Belt – This is a double reference, it was mentioned in the ENT episode “Strange New World”, and it is named after Yuri Gagarin, first man in space.

The USS Franklin ‘s registry number is NX-326, Leonard Nimoy’s birthday is March 26th or (3/26), it was confirmed by production staff that this was another way in which Beyond  pays tribute to him.

The bridge escape pods were named Kelvin Pods in the movie because of the sacrifice of George Kirk on the bridge of the USS Kelvin  as seen in Star Trek (2009) . It also bears a resemblance to the all purpose spacedock “Work Bee” units first seen in  Star Trek: The Motion Picture .

A nod to Captain Picard’s old ship can be overheard as the crew disembarks on to the Yorktown , the USS Stargazer NCC-2893 is called out over the starbase’s communication system.

The USS Franklin is named for Frank Lin, Justin Lin’s father. The dedication plaque even has a tiny space between the “Frank” and “lin” as a way to signify the namesake.

Other fun bits

Kirk tells Spock to “skip to the end” a reference to Simon Pegg’s Spaced .

When Bones comes into the officer’s lounge he finds Kirk drinking Saurian Brandy, a long running favorite adult beverage of choice in Trek series.

The ephemera control panel on the USS Franklin. John Cho tweeted this picture recently. Trek production staff have often had fun with the tiny labels on control panels which are never going to seen up close.

Scotty discusses the various theories about the Franklin ‘s disappearance, he mentions a “giant green space hand”, which is a reference to the TOS episode “Who Mourns for Adonais?” But did you catch that during the end credits a giant green hand appears after all the cast names and crew, right when the names Paramount Pictures and Skydance come up on screen? From the left, the giant hand quickly fills screen and dissolves. The hand is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment.

The giant green space hand is more easily seen on the home video release.

Justin Lin’s son is the green boy that the camera whizzes past but pauses on briefly, on the Yorktown

Greg Grunberg plays Commander Finnegan, the name is a call back to Finnegan from “Shore Leave.” Grunberg is a life-long friend of JJ Abrams and pops up in pretty much every show or movie JJ is involved with. Grunberg was also the angry voice of Kirk’s step-father when the young Kirk took his classic car out for a joyride in Star Trek (2009) .

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, plays the alien Starfleet officer who calibrates the universal translator for Kalara’s language.

Bucket list. Cast, crew and Justin Lin @trailingjohnson were amazing. #StarTrekBeyond https://t.co/VJ95D8pQeK — Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) July 20, 2016

Screenwriter Doug Jung appears as Ben (Sulu’s husband).

Danny Pudi from cult sitcom  Community along with Fast and Furious alum Kim Kold, are two of the aliens that intimidate Scotty after he crashes on Altamid.

We’re sure there’s even more, so feel free to add to the list in the comments.

Remember for this version, we purposefully skipped listing the homages, because Laurie did a great job covering them here:

http://screenrant.com/retro-references-star-trek-beyond/

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I also considered Commodore Paris to be a reference to Tom Paris on Voyager

Yep, I thought she was a distinguished ancestor of out Tom.

So did I……

Carlo Angelotti , Trainer of FC Bayern Munich has a cameo on Yorktown as medical doctor as well. He is friends with Zoe Saldana !

@Stefan_Str

Think you’ll find it is ‘Ancelotti’….

Any who, I did hear about that but completely forgot about! Did he get into shot??

Chekov ‘s “little old lady from Leningrad” who invented Scotch is from TOS “Trouble With Tribbles”

Yes, caught that one – made me smile!

“Little old lady from Russia” don’t you mean? Leningrad is no more. The city is now known by its original name, St Petersburg.

You missed Fiona Vroom, Lolani from STC.

Also, I could have sworn that the Vulcan giving Spock the bad new is Jeffrey Tambor. Could be wrong….

When the swarm first appears on the Enterprise screens, its formation appears to be identical to the “space lips” from Spock’s journey into V’ger in ST:TMP.

Chekov that comments that scotch was “inwented” by a little old lady from Russia (trouble with tribbles)

Kelvin is originally a reference to JJ’s grandfather.

Hhmmmm…Any chance that theory could be absolute BS and that the Kelvin is actually named after the freaking scientist?

There was a USS Kelvin in TOS

No, both the Kelvin and its Captain (Roboue?) were named after family members of JJ Abrams and Roberto Orci. Of course the name Kelvin also fits Star Trek tradition, by being also the name of a well knwon sciencetist, and the basic temperature scale used on earth.

There are at least 3 Voyager references I can remember.

Commodore Paris Scotty not wanting McCoy & Spock spliced together (Tuvix) McCoy says ‘feels like my innards (or insides) feel like they’ve been in a barn dance. This one is a stretch but there was somewhat of a barn dance in Caretaker.

Didn’t catch any DS9 Easter Eggs, there was a 3 nacelled ship near Enterprise at Yorktown, maybe that was the Saratoga or Defiant.

Actually the McCoy Spock spliced together line was a reference to McCoy being the keeper of Spock’s Katra in Star Trek III.

I just went by the transporter accident in that episode & what might have happened since the one on Franklin wasn’t safe for bio transport.

My first thought went to “Tuvix” as well where the characters actually were spliced together. Spock and McCoy weren’t spliced together in TSFS. McCoy was no more than storage spage for Spock’s consciousness.

Speaking of musical cues, right before the Enterprise arrives at Yorktown at the beginning of the movie, the chord progression is very reminiscent of James Horner’s “Star Trek III” score when that Enterprise arrives at space dock.

Yep, I heard that as well.

I find it interesting that kirk had no romantic interests in this film… perhaps carol broke his heart before she left the ship.

Or perhaps he has figured out that shipboard romances between the C.O. and subordinates are (a) inappropriate; (b) probably against regs, for very good reasons; and (c) downright dumb. (A and B are also my main objections to the Spock/Uhura pairing, but I digress.) Also, the general pace of the film didn’t leave much room to introduce, develop, and get rid of the Space-Bimbo-of-the-Week.

lol. did not keep Chekhov from it though

NOPE Just as well Kirk did not appear to have a love interest, lest she automatically be labelled “Space-Bimbo-of-the-Week”. Charming – NOT…:(

Also bear in mind what Kirk said to Jaylah after it was confirmed that she could go to Starfleet Academy. He said that there were a lot of rules, but that she did not need to follow all of them…

Was following your feminist logic until your concluded with term bimbo.

Kirk never let regulations get in the way of shipboard romance

“Kirk never let regulations get in the way of shipboard romance”

Such as when?

@TallguyToo numerous to mention.

I love everything you said. And, “Space-Bimbo-of-the-Week.” Very appropriate. Considering everything that’s gone before…

I don’t think anyone mentioned that, in ST:Beyond, Kirk mentions the Saurian brandy they got on Thasis. Thasis was where the picked up “Charlie X” in TOS, LOL!

I thought that’s what I heard but I hadn’t seen it anywhere else

Isn’t the music blasted at the aliens the same music blaring over the corvette speakers as the young Kirk drives it to it’s demise in the opening scene of ST2009? Kirk smirks and says “good choice”…

I think you are right on that one

100%. JJ apparently is a big Beastie Boys fan, and this is the same from his car stealing scene in the first reboot movie.

I give the film 3 of 5 stars. It was not epic, more episodically reminiscent of a tv script. In a nutshell it was SW Meets Fast & Furious using Trek characters.

ABSOLUTELY! ! !

I think you need to join the meeting across the road,,guest speaker ,george lucas

Yeah I think the production Staff are all there taking notes for Star Trek 4

Hardcore Star Trek fans seem to prefer the movie being reminiscent of an episode. Just goes to show you can’t please all the people all the time.

“I ripped my shirt again” that was a nice reference to Treks first season where Kirk’s shirt was ripped several times.

Ok Film, the parts were better than the whole I thought. #3 of the new ones in my book.

Ok so clearly the new ship created at the end with the registry 1701-A is a throw back to what happened at the ebd if STIV:TVH

Every day I come to the internet to see if finally I will have the chance to see her schematics! The new ship seems to be the jjprise minus all the features I disliked the most about the ‘original’ jjprise!! Did anyone else notice this? Surely I’m not the only one who is acutely observant of changes in starship design…

I think the new 1701-A REALLY overcompensated for the previous flimsy nacelle pylons, but overall a spectacular design.

Agreed with your observations. The weird thing is….I didn’t realize how used to the JJprise I’d gotten until I saw her being torn apart. I realized I’m actually gonna miss that ship. Still…..can’t wait to see the new one in action, she’s a beaut!

Ooh yes. It is rad. Reducing the pushed forward deflector dish and removing the flimsy and curved nacelle pylons is an amazing move.

Knowing that the jj-prise was going down in this film I was super keen to see where the next ship called ‘Enterprise’ would go in terms of design… I did not expect to see it in this film though! I agree, I have seriously warmed to the jj-prise since I saw it for the first time. I look to it with love now; initially it disgusted me.

This film was full of surprises. The new ‘A’, and the photo of the original crew were awesome touches ^^

I’m going to see it for a 4th time :D

If I am being pedantic, I think the pylons could meet the nacelles halfway down, instead if at the leading edge

I’m with you. I hated the original hot-rod JJprise, and while I haven’t seen a lot of the JJprise-A, from what I have seen I think I can live with it.

As far as I know the Franklin is named after Justin Lins father, Frank Lin

It’s interesting that knowing that, one can see the extra space between the K and L on the dedication plaque than between the other letters.

It says that in the story above.

Did anyone think that the Yorktown’s design was reminiscent of Larry Niven’s Ringworld?

No not at all and it’s not

I saw another hidden Easter egg/ cameo/ homage story on YouTube for Beyond that says because it’s the 50th anniversary there were 50 new alien species sprinkled throughout the movie. I did notice quite a few in background scenes of the Yorktown especially.

Wouldn’t it be great if they released each of the 50 new alien races ( as well as the other BEYOND figures ) as high end action figures ( instead of those ghastly funko-pop travesties )?

Out of the 3 Kelvin-timeline movies, Beyond screams out for new toys, but alas it seems that in space no can hear you scream…

McCoy saying “In a pigs eye” is a reference to “Amok Time”.

-Karl Urban’s unbuttoned shirt and necklace in the party scene are a tribute to McCoy’s civilian look from the beginning of TMP. -Chris Pine’s hair is now close to the same color and parted on the same side as TOS Kirk’s, complete with little forehead flip when it gets roughed up. -Justin Lin’s son’s alien look was inspired by Yoda. He gave them a description of what he wanted, and then later admitted he’d just wanted to be Yoda. -The pantsless alien crew member is named Kevin. Kevin Riley, is that alternate-universe you?? -Bones’ line ‘In a pig’s eye!’ comes directly from the TOS episode ‘Amok Time’.

What pantsless aliens?

In the party scene, the little tiny guy walking with Keenser. Kirk says “Hey, Keenser. Kevin, see you’re still not wearing pants,” or something to that effect.

Wow. Totally missed that!

Even weirder “Kevin” appears to be one of the Teenaxians they beamed up with Kirk (since they were on him) from the failed diplomatic mission at the beginning.

“Justin Lin’s son’s alien look was inspired by Yoda” Who was that? Pantsless alien crew?

I wonder if the design of Yorktown looks like DS9 on purpose. That might be an Easter egg. And the drinking scene between Bones and Kirk is very similar to the scene between Pike and Boyce from the Cage.

They don’t look anything alike, other than that are both designed to look like space stations

Looking at some other sites today, anyone know why in the UK version, Joe Taslim’s ( Manas/Anderson Le ) image does not appear next to Eddison in the “Case Closed” scene near the end of the film? Instead he’s replaced by another actor with a shaven head.

Lydia Wilson’s Jessica Wolfe ( Kalara ) remains intact to Eddison’s right in the holo-display, but Joe Taslim is definitely missing in the version I’ve seen at the cinema.

These are great, thanks. I especially love the significance of NX-326, and the Stargazer cameo which I totally missed. The “Shore Leave” theme and the Goldsmith and Horner cues were all very cool — glad they’re on the soundtrack! There’s also a Yorktown shot where we see the Enterprise through interior windows, very similar to a shot in Star Trek III.

Eager to see Beyond again and catch the floating hand in the credits. When Scotty said that, it was all I could do to not scream!

Shot of Enterprise entering space doors at Yorktown very reminiscent of Enterprise entering Spacedock in STIII

I thought the three glass toast between kirk and mcoy with chechovs brandy was in honour of Leonard nimoy

Wow. I assumed that was for George Kirk, but you know what they say when you assume…

Yeah pretty sure it was intended to be for Kirk’s dad

I like to imagine that in-universe it was primarily for Kirk’s dad, but also a little for Admiral Pike, who was like a dad to him too. Leonard got lots of other tribute through the movie.

And while they didn’t realize it at the filming… for Anton

He probably did it in the other two films, but my son pointed out that Karl Urban wears a pinkie ring, just as DeForest Kelley used to (it was his mother’s wedding ring and when Roddenberry told him to ditch the ring, Kelley told him “no ring, no DeForest”).

That’s a fine bit of DeForest trivia there, never heard that. Right on –

The sound design of the saucer breaking atmosphere as the ship passes by the screen you can hear a sound reference to the Enterprise of Star Trek 4 TVH as the ship goes to Warp.

McCoy’s hand held medical tricorder used to scan a drained corpse aboard the Enterprise has that heart pump sound effect as heard back in the 60’s when life readings were given in “sick bay”.

Scotty beams McCoy and Spock individually citing concerns that the Transporter technology was so outdated that the two (Spock/McCoy) could be spliced together. I thought this was a reference to McCoy holding Spock’s Marbles and the previous 3rd movie.

Yeah, when Kirk walks around, the sound of the rocks under his shoe sounds just like the sounds of Kirk walking on the Genisis planet in the Search for Spock.

Thats a bit cruel, some people are reaching, yes.

can you elaborate?.

Did anyone else notice that many of the computer sounds in Yorktown’s control room we’re from TNG/VOY and I think even from the later TOS movies? I’ll have to confirm this for sure when I get the blu-ray!

Yes even on the bridge of the ENT, definate TNG era “hail” effect

Nice reference to saurian brand, even down to a similar bottle… but they got it wrong mentioning that it was illegal. Romulan Ale was the illegal stuff Bones had brought in from across the Neutral Zone. Saurian Brandy was everywhere.

Kirk’s birthday seemed to be influenced from Wrath of Khan. His toast to “absent friends” was identical to Kirks toast with Uhura, Sulu and Chekov in Trek 3, just before Sarek arrives. McCoy’s toast to good eyesight and a head full of hair also seemed to be influenced Kirk’s eye problems in Trek 2.

Some sounds aboard the Franklin were TOS sound effects.

The transporter pads were now MUCH easier to stand on. lol Flat and ringed, like those in TOS. The awkward spheres are, thankfully, gone.

Kirk mentions assembling an away team…wrong for the era, should’ve been “landing party”.

McCoy mentions med-bay, should be sick-bay…but he did this in earlier films too.

One glaring iconic omission, Spock, has yet to use a tricorder…hope they slip that in somewhere, next time.

I thought the toast to “good eyesight and a full head of hair” was not only a reference to the birthday scene in “Wrath of Khan…” “For patients your age, I usually recommend Retinax…” We all know how Kirk felt about those glasses! But I also thought it was an in-joke referencing the long standing rumor about Shatner and bad toupees.

Not bad, jabbing at both the actor and his character in one line!

Also thought the hair/eyesight line might be a polite little dig at Picard.

If you watch the distance to impact during the USS Franklin’s freefall, the last distance is 1967, which is the year of the Adonais/Green Hand episode, plus 4 or 5 other episodes that together look like the inspiration for this movie.

In TNG Technical Manuals it suggests that the Prime Universe NCC-1701 A was originally the USS Yorktown renamed. This contradicts the wildly non-canonical Mr. Scott’s Guide to the Enterprise which says that the NCC-1701-A was originally the USS TiHo, which was built from the keel up to be a transwarp test-bed.

Uh… no. The Kelvin Pods do not look like TMP’s pods.

Not sure if this has been mentioned , but if memory serves wasn’t Yorktown Gene’s second choice for names of the Enterprise?

previous Trek (movies/tv)

-Spock Primes death – Nimoy/Trek II

-saucer separation/destruction of the Ent with the saucer crashing on a rocky planet – Generations/Trek III

-Enterprise A – Trek IV

-‘absent friends’ scene* – Trek III/Nemesis (*no doubt a nod to the passing of Nimoy but the camera also seems to linger on Chekov)

-Yorktown – Roddenerrys original name for the Enterprise (also the Ent-A in Trek IV was originally the USS Yorktown)

-Yorktowns observation lounge with window showing Enterprise’s arrival – Trek III

-Scotty saying Spock and Bones could have merged in transporter – Trek III

-spock going through old spocks possessions in front of refracted mirror – Trek II (the refracted mirror in spocks quarters)

-crew using the enemys ship – Trek III

-Franklin crashing in water – Trek IV

-Villain marooned on inhospitable planet for decades out for revenge – Trek II (also a khan like villain out for revenge 5th time in a row – IX, X, XI, XII)

-kirk bones birthday scene ‘heres to perfect eyesight..and a full head of hair’ – Trek II (glasses/alcohol) and shatners ‘hair’ (also the scene was a call back to Pike/Boyce ‘bartender’ scene in The Cage)

-Kralls fountain of youth/rejuvenation thing – Insurrection

-cloaked Federation ship on alien world – Insurrection

-Enterprise being invaded/phaser fights in corridors – Nemesis/First Contact

-NX ship/uniforms/Maco/reference to Xindi & Romulan wars – Enterprise

-Scotty in the torpedo – STID (it actually looks like it might be a leftover from Khans torpedos)

-McCoys medallion – TMP

-rocky planet vistas – TOS (both pilots showing rocky planet matte painting backdrops)

-‘Episodic’/’Shirt ripped again’ – TOS

-day 966 – TOS (Sept 1966)

-Chekov’s russian inventions – TOS

-brandy from Thasus – TOS (Charlie X)

-Chekov and the green girl – TOS (Gamesters of Triskelion)

-Greg Grunberg/Commander Finnegan – TOS (Shore Leave)

-the opening of what we think are large aliens who turn out to be tiny aliens – TOS (Corbomite Manoeuvre/Catspaw)

-Captain gone mad/villainous after being marooned/losing crew – TOS (The Omega Glory/Doomsday Machine/Whom Gods Destroy)

-‘giant green space hand’ (also appears in the end credits) – TOS (Who Mourns For Adonis? – which was also recently referenced in XMen:Apocalypse)

-Doomsday Machine in end credits – TOS (Doomsday Machine)

-Genesis planet in end credits – Trek III

-Spock/bones stranded together – TOS (All Our Yesterdays)

-conflicted Kirk wrestling with the notion of taking desk job/Admiralty – Treks I-IV

-the opening was somewhat similar to the Klingon Courtroom scene – Trek VI

-Kirk washing his face in his bathroom – Picard at the start of First Contact

-Commodore Paris – Voyager

-announcement for “USS Stargazer” at Yorktown – TNG (The Battle)

-Enterprise A rapid building – looked like it inspired by this famous cutaway poster http://i.imgur.com/iIwfC.jpg

-‘Sabotage’/Kelvin pods – ST09

-score during the nebula sequence – TMP (similar to entering V’Ger music)

-Kirk v Krall fight music – TOS (Amok Time fight music)

-Demora – Generations

-Gay Sulu – George Takei

-The mass swarm of smaller ships – Voyager (The Swarm)

-Franklin registry NX 326 – Leonard Nimoys birthday (March 26)

other SF movies:

-uncovering old footage on derelict revealing the twist – Event Horizon, Sunshine, Planet of the Apes remake -the remnants of the crew of the crashed space ship on a distant planet becoming the basis for a war years later – Planet of the Apes remake -long lost space captain gone ‘space-mad’ trying to kill crew – Sunshine, Interstellar -igniting the fuel tank on the crashed ship to defeat the villain/using the past/future technology to destroy his army – Planet of the Apes remake -strangely alluring ass kicking alien woman – Fifth Element, Avatar -little white floating things bouncing in the air in the alien forest – Avatar -the sprawling Syd Mead style space station – Interstellar, Elysium -music destroying the attacking aliens – Mars Attacks -‘skip to the end’ – Spaced -at end villain appears to have conflicted conscience/looks to be turning good before reverting back to evil – Star Wars The Force Awakens -the death star schematic on the Yorktown – Star Wars

Am I the only one that noticed Krall call Kirk “My Old Friend” A direct reference to Kahn from Star Trek !! the wrath of Kahn?

I’ve seen that posted a bit, but do not think it’s accurate. I don’t think Krall was referring to Kirk as “my old friend,” instead, I think he was referring to the U.S.S. Franklin, the starship that had been under his command, as his old friend. It was one of the subtle hints as to whom Krull really would turn out to be.

However, the use of the line itself is definitely an homage to Khan.

U.S.S. Franklin is who I thought was “my old friend”.

From “Wrath of Khan” and forward, including the Kelvin timeline, we all know that photon torpedoes are actually physical devices, the black cylinders from the original timeline or the white casings used in “Into Darkness” the one Scotty uses to escape the Enterprise in “Beyond.”

However, did anyone notice how, in “Beyond,” when a torpedo was fired and would pass into view from behind, all you could see was a bright white animated blob that was nearly identical to how the photon torpedoes were depicted in “The Original Series.” The sound effect from firing the torpedoes was almost identical as well. This is most evident when Scotty is shot into space in one, as the torpedo is launched and then tracked as it heads towards the planet. I thought that was nice homage to the original effects…

Star Trek is clearly in the wrong hands. JJ and his uncreative friends have refreshed the look (something that is partly due to the huge increase in the budgets for these movies) but have either chosen or are simply incapable of writing their own material. Instead of “rebooting” the original, they should have taken Star Strek 100 years further into the future after TNG. These guys are either simply bad at what they do or are not true Star Trek fans, thus their comfort with messing with the originals. Perhaps it’s both.

Of course, you’re wrong, but that’s ok.

Of course. It is. God forbid we create as opposed to re-create Johnny boy. Enjoy the blue ray.

No way to your suggestion. I want me Kirk, Spock et al. Not enough is known about their prime timeline, let alone this new Kelvin timeline. And I am a true Star Trek fan, because I say so…:)

My favourite was seeing Sybok when The Beastie Boys were playing. I heard a voice say “I couldn’t help but notice your pain………”

Didn’t see anything about the name Yorktown, which was the first name choice for the Enterprise

Footage of the original crew of the USS Frank Linn. They are wearing ENT era uniforms.

You can also see a shuttle approaching in the background that looks like the ones used on Star Trek Enterprise.

Yeah I recognised the enterprise uniforms by their collars and shoulder badges. They seemed a little different though – couldn’t make out if they had the department-coloured shoulder piping like the tv ones? I was wondering if they reused the actual tv uniforms or whether they’d been made especially for this feature.

I think it’s Chris Pine assistant, the woman who is alongside Anton Yelchin, in one of the last scenes where Kirk makes a homage to absent friends.

I have no idea if the others who were in that scene are linked to the others actors, too.

Go back and look at the Dedication Plaque for the USS Franklin. Did you guys notice how it says, “To boldly go where no MAN has gone before.”?? A clear nod to the TOS verses the more inclusive language since the TNG.

Love the nod to the original TOS version, but still a little too “self-aware” for my tastes.

I might be imagining it, but I’m pretty sure the Teenaxi were inspired by the Gorons from The Legend Of Zelda series. They look damn near identical, and they curl up into a ball and roll around.

Kirks toast at his birthday part at the end where he say “to absent friends” is a reference to ST:III

Without knowing the connection to Justin Lin, I thought that the USS Franklin was a reference to the crew member that helped Scotty rig the transporter to keep his pattern alive for almost 75 years in TNG:Relics

I’ll have to go back and see it again but I could have sworn that I heard a quick music queue from the DS9 theme when we first saw Yorktown Station.

Hmm. I did note the Next Generation font used for the end credits. I also noticed James Kirk was listed in the credits for the VFX, I think it was. The hexagonal mirror panels in the tube where the Enterprise-A was being built were the same from the dry dock in The Motion Picture. Um…Scotty in a tube, putting cables together, just like in the original series. Although, that was what usually saved the ship in the TV series. Not this time. There was an alarm sound taken from the Enterprise-E when Yorktown was being attacked. McCoy may have made a subtle reference to ‘Q’, but I’m not sure if ‘Q’ counts as an anomaly. The Giant green hand nebula actually made me chuckle once I noticed what it was.

So, is the audience supposed to believe that Kelvin timeline crew are the same physical counterparts as prime timeline crew? Pine looks more like Shatner in the new film, but Anton Yelchin looks nothing like Walter Koenig, nor does Simon Pegg resemble James Doohan. Can someone explain this to me?

Joke answer: Sadly, none of the cast were dedicated enough to undergo plastic surgery to turn themselves into exact duplicates of the original actors.

Real answer: It’s called “suspension of disbelief.”

I recognised the klaxon sound as Greg Grunberg ordered red alert on Yorktown. It’s the same sound as the klaxon on the Scimitar when the Remans realised Picard and Data had escaped. I’m also fairly sure it was used on Voyager a few times.

I believe that Greg Grunberg is a good friend of JJ Abrams.

If I’m not mistaken, Yorktown was the name Roddenberry originally intended to be the starship name until he changed it to Enterprise. Can’t remember where I heard that one…it was a long time ago.

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Saturday 30 January 2016

Star trek beyond's uss franklin.

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It's the most TOS-styled ship so far, I give them that. But still it's also not really very creative or stand out very much.

Looks like Eaglemoss is soliciting their USS Franklin NCC-1743 model already. It's a larger-sized special at the corresponding increased price. The model # is EM-STSP07.

I'm going to assume the registry is some placeholder since it's associated with the RPG Franklin , but who knows.

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The naval rank of captain was common in Earth militaries and was used by the United States Navy branch of the United States military and was comparable to the infantry rank of colonel . In the Earth Starfleet, and later the Federation , it was represented by four collar pips .

By the mid- 22nd century , captain was a senior line officer rank of most space services and usually given to the commanding officers of starships. This naval rank was equivalent to the Romulan Star Empire 's commander grade, the Cardassian Union 's title of gul and the Ferengi Alliance 's quasi-military DaiMon title.

A senior captain given a large degree of responsibility or administrative assignment was sometimes given the title of fleet captain .

The rank of captain could also be held by non-command personnel, especially on ships with a number of veteran and senior officers whose experience had warranted advancement to the rank of captain but without command of a starship. Such was the case on the USS Enterprise -A , where the senior staff consisted of no less than three captains: the commanding officer ( James T. Kirk ), the first officer ( Spock ), and the chief engineer ( Montgomery Scott ). ( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ) Captain Scott had previously held his rank of captain while chief engineer of the USS Excelsior , where he was known as the " captain of engineering ". ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )

The rank of captain could also be held by staff officers, such as Phillipa Louvois , a Judge Advocate General sector officer in 2365 . ( TNG : " The Measure Of A Man ") Although most Starfleet Captains were in the command division, the rank was obtainable in both the sciences and operations division , as the rank was held by Captain Krasnovsky in 2267 and Captain Worf in 2401. ( TOS : " Court Martial "; PIC : " The Last Generation ")

Tryla Scott was said to have achieved the rank of captain faster than anyone in Starfleet history as of 2364 . ( TNG : " Conspiracy ")

In the 2360s , K'Vada , Kargan , Korris , Kurn , Larg , and Tel-Peh were captains in the Klingon Defense Force . ( TNG : " Heart of Glory ", " Redemption II "; DS9 : " Dramatis Personae ") In the 2150s , Vorok was a captain in the Klingon Imperial Fleet . ( ENT : " Unexpected ")

Captain was a title typically held by commanders of merchant vessels and sometimes service craft. In 2367 , Wesley Crusher remarked in a bemused manner that Dirgo was claiming to hold the rank of captain while serving as the master of the mining shuttle Nenebek . To this, Dirgo sternly told Crusher that yes, indeed, his rank was that of captain in comparison to Crusher's rank of ensign . ( TNG : " Final Mission ")

When Lieutenant Commander Data was asked in 2368 by Timothy why he wasn't captain of the Enterprise- D, Data explained that " My service experience does not yet warrant such a position. " ( TNG : " Hero Worship ")

Some known Starfleet captains included:

• Captain Jonathan Archer of Enterprise NX-01
• Captain Balthazar Edison of USS Franklin
• Captain Richard Robau of the USS Kelvin
• Captain Robert April of the USS Enterprise
• Captain Philippa Georgiou of the USS Shenzhou
• Captain Christopher Pike of the USS Enterprise and USS Discovery
• Captain Gabriel Lorca of the USS Buran
• Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise and USS Enterprise -A
• Captain Hikaru Sulu of the USS Excelsior
• Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Stargazer , USS Enterprise -D , and USS Enterprise -E
• Captain Phillipa Louvois of the Judge Advocate General's office
• Captain Benjamin Sisko of Deep Space 9
• Captain Kathryn Janeway of the USS Voyager
• Captain William T. Riker of the USS Titan and USS Zheng He
• Captain Carol Freeman of the USS Cerritos
• Captain Saru of the USS Discovery
• Captain Michael Burnham of the USS Discovery
• Captain Chakotay of the USS Protostar
• Captain Worf
• Captain Cristóbal Rios of the USS Stargazer
• Captain Liam Shaw of the USS Titan -A
• Captain Tuvok
• Captain Seven of Nine of the USS Enterprise -G

The Starfleet of the alternate reality established in 2233 by the temporal incursion of the Romulan Nero had the following noteworthy captains :

• Captain Frank Abbott of the USS Bradbury
• Captain Christopher Pike of the USS Enterprise

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Background information [ ].

The lead characters in Star Trek productions have traditionally been Starfleet captains. In the broadcast television era, these characters were (in production order) James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ), Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ), Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ), and Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ; the only difference when listed chronologically being that Captain Archer was before the other four captains). This format was the intention from the very first episode of Star Trek , " The Cage ", wherein Captain Christopher Pike is established as the lead character. At first, the only exception to the captain-as-series-lead practice was when Sisko was portrayed as a commander during the first three seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , however in the streaming era, this has become much more common: for example, in Star Trek: Discovery , Captains Philippa Georgiou , Gabriel Lorca , Christopher Pike, and later Saru serve as secondary characters to series lead Michael Burnham , who only becomes a captain herself at the end of the third season after a long story arc. Similarly, Star Trek: Picard follows retired Admiral Jean-Luc Picard, while Star Trek: Lower Decks follows a group of ensigns .

Regarding the challenge of following the legacy of so many extremely well-established series lead characters who had been Starfleet captains, Discovery Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman commented, " It's incredibly difficult to follow the amazing Starfleet captains that have already been created and beloved by so many. Every single one of them in different ways have been rendered so beautifully and so specifically that they're all tough acts to follow, but I'm sure that, when each one was being conceived, that the creators of those particular captains were scared about, you know, matching the one that had come before. " ("Discovering Discovery : The Concepts and Casting of Star Trek: Discovery ", DIS Season 1 DVD and Blu-ray special features)

The actors who have appeared in lead roles as Star Trek captains on broadcast television have been extremely varied. Jonathan Frakes remarked, " The five captains are so distinctive because of the five actors that play them, obviously. Patrick [Stewart] was cast against type, coming after Bill [Shatner]. Avery [Brooks], quite obviously, was cast against type, coming after Patrick. It was smart to bring Kate [Mulgrew] in, as a woman, and then Scott [Bakula] had an entire charm of his own. I think [...] whether it was planned or not, it was a very successful endeavor. " ( The Captains )

The Bajoran Militia , which also used army rank names, has been referred to by the Star Trek Encyclopedia as having a captain grade, with an insignia seen in episodes on officers subordinate to Major Kira Nerys , although they were never referred to by that rank on screen.

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• Captain at Wikipedia
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