Dolphins and Whales were crew mates aboard the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Voyager crew would have eaten them to not have to waste precious energy they needed..... for holodeck adventures
I wonder what color shirt they wear
Also, one of my first star trek memories was a magazine talking about WHERE did they put the whales in Voyage Home because while the ship was big enough to hold them, no room in the schematics of the ship was big enough to hold a whale
Also, one of my first star trek memories was a magazine talking about WHERE did they put the whales in Voyage Home because while the ship was big enough to hold them, no room in the schematics of the ship was big enough to hold a whale
Watching the dolphins would certainly have been more interesting than any episode focused on Riker
Dunno. Seems like fan fiction. It would make sense to use truly alien aquatic life anyways if such an area existed.
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Also listed on Memory Alpha though. 😉
Dolphin
Dolphins were toothed cetaceans native to Earth. Species of dolphin included the bottlenose dolphin and the pink dolphin. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; ENT: "Fight or Flight") During the mid-24th century, Starfleet oceanographer Lieutenant Harry Bernard, Sr. was stationed on Zadar IV with his...
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It was referenced on the TV show in spoken dialogue by a primary character.
Me too. At least that made sense given that they were uplifted and at a human level in terms of intelligence.
I hope the Enterprise wasn't one long experiment to see if baseline dolphins could be crew members.
I'd like to think on one of the lower decks there is a pool bar where the human crew and dolphins can commingle.
Fin Forward.
Next Generation was in production at the same time as A Voyage Home so it was likely just a reference to the movie and one of the million crazy ideas Roddenberry had for TNG that were mercifully toned down. I would love to hear an inside take on it though as I imagine there must've been a great running joke about them.
Would be interesting to see Riker throw on some scuba gear and get his dick literally wet for some dolphin gush
Star Trek one minute:
"We are not soldiers. We are philosphists. Humanitarians ln a mission to explore, to help man figure out what it means to be man. To seek out the unknown in science and astrophysics. Peace, prosperity and questions that make us ask who we are. And where are we going in this universe?"
Star Trek the next minute:
"The fuckin' whales are navigating the ship. The crew has turned into lizards, the robots having sex, the captain's beamed down on his own to fistfight some green people and someone just let the 12 year old drive."
"We are not soldiers. We are philosphists. Humanitarians ln a mission to explore, to help man figure out what it means to be man. To seek out the unknown in science and astrophysics. Peace, prosperity and questions that make us ask who we are. And where are we going in this universe?"
Star Trek the next minute:
"The fuckin' whales are navigating the ship. The crew has turned into lizards, the robots having sex, the captain's beamed down on his own to fistfight some green people and someone just let the 12 year old drive."
So when the Borg took over the Enterprise in First Contact, did they assimilate the dolphins too?
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I had that Technical Manual CD-ROM. It was all too much for me, but it was cool to have. Cool find.
I want to know how this was supposed to work. You know how sometimes on a plane you can't tell that you're banking really hard? Maybe it's like that. Every time a dolphin smashes against one side of the tank you go "Yup, we're turning a sharp left!"
So when the Borg took over the Enterprise in First Contact, did they assimilate the dolphins too?
I don't think we know if the Enterprise E had dolphins and whales on board.
Not as being part of the crew and being supervised by orcas. That is just non sensical. And if you read into this in depth they later edited some comments about seeing the dolphins to seeing the holodeck in the relic episode which leads that the writers were.originally intending the dolphin commented mentioned in the op to be part of the holodeck. It is just an error in screen writing that became fan fiction in the tech manuals.
Uss Titan ship's counselor is from a race that looks like Earth teddy bears. That causes problems because he is from a heavy gravity world and weights like 200 pounds and humans love trying to pick him up
Darwin was dope.TNG couldn't afford a dolphin, but the underwater TNG knockoff could afford a dolphin...
