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Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Yah, because you could drive it. Þe Enterprise must be staffed, which means being on it is not only a job, but it’s a military job, and let’s be honest: most Trekkie’s are not going to qualify for the post of Captain. Which means you’re going where someone else wants to go, and doing what someone else wants you to do.

Þe Falcon is Freedom.

I’d still rather be on the Enterprise, because I’d prefer to exist in the ST universe than the SW one. But you can never “own” the Enterprise. You only operate it with a vast military support network.

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damnedfurry@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That’s better, lol

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AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’m pretty sure Geordie “owns” The Enterprise D in Picard.

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- Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  When starships are decommissioned, do they just defang them and sell them to commercial interests, as is often the practice in SciFi, or do they scuttle them, as is common practice for combat vessels IRL?
  
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  - AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I dunno what the standard practice is, but Geordie has a museum of fully functional, and apparently armed, ships. At the very least he rebuilt the Enterprise D over the last 20 years, and managed to get her operational from just the bridge with a command crew only.
    
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    Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    I’m sure it’s to make him appear impressive, but I would find it both more believable (resource cost alone) and endearing if the fleet were 1:100 fully functional scale models, like what Tendi and Rutherford were building (which was more like 1:350).
    
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