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Makes sense, in an in-joke-y way. Weren't a lot of the text screens just plain gibberish, since they knew they wouldn't be legible? They'd have to be updated for HD anyway. Plus, they know that we look for this stuff now...
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I do SO wish to know what the "Joint Excalbian Campaign" was to be.
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Since the episode is actually not playing in the future (or in an possible future) the alien boy had no way to know what the future command of Rike would be.
On the other hand, maybe Riker recalled this incident a few years from this episode and asked Starfleet to remanme his first Ship to USS Titan because of his service record?
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quote:Originally posted by o2: Since the episode is actually not playing in the future (or in an possible future) the alien boy had no way to know what the future command of Riker would be.
Yeah, I caught this too. Barash couldn't see into the future, so how the hell would he have known actual future events like this? Obviously it's just an easter egg and shouldn't be taken seriously.
quote:On the other hand, maybe Riker recalled this incident a few years from this episode and asked Starfleet to remanme his first Ship to USS Titan because of his service record?
I sincerely doubt that. The service record was fake; why would he feel like he needed to follow it in any fashion?
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quote:On the other hand, maybe Riker recalled this incident a few years from this episode and asked Starfleet to remanme his first Ship to USS Titan because of his service record?
I sincerely doubt that. The service record was fake; why would he feel like he needed to follow it in any fashion? [/QB][/QUOTE]
Because Caption Riker realized that USS Titan is really a cool starship name!
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{Nomad} Non sequitur; your facts are uncoordinated. {/Nomad}"
Well, alternatively, "gall-" could come from gallus, in which case we're talking about manly chickens, which... sure, why not?
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In the personal file of 'Commander' MacDuff is his previous post given as USS Orion.
Is this ship name real or fake?
I tend to believe that this ship is indeed a real one, although the file was (of course) a fake. Why? Because no operative would be send on a mission when his false background story could be so easily uncovered.
What do you think?
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quote:Originally posted by o2: Why? Because no operative would be send on a mission when his false background story could be so easily uncovered.
Yes, that's probably true. Considering that Starfleet has such ships as the U.S.S. Elmer Fudd and the U.S.S. Non Sequitor, the U.S.S. Orion is practically blase.
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First I though it is a referece to the Orion Syndicate, but it is more likely that this is refering to the constallation Orion, like the USS Aries.
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I don't think the term "Orion Syndicate" existed at the time. That wasn't until the later seasons of DS9. Plus, why would Starfleet (or the Satarrans, for that matter) name a ship after that? Does Starfleet have a U.S.S. Mafia? It's probably named after the mythological figure (which the constellation is named after).
*EDIT* Were the personnel profiles the original film elements, or were they reconstructed for TNG-R? If the latter, then yes, it might have been an in-joke about the OS, but I'm not sure why.
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Looks like most of them have been reconstructed for this episode. The file of Ensign Ro now has a referece to the USS Wellington.
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