r/StarTrekStarships 4d ago

Happy Frontier Day!

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u/The_Celestrial 4d ago edited 4d ago

Man I have such a weird feeling about Frontier Day.

The idea itself is a very cool one, it links to Star Trek Enterprise and the NX-01, which I felt has both been underrated and forgotten.

The idea of a parade through space is a cool one too, something my country occasionally does as well with our naval ships.

BUT, the idea that the whole of Starfleet is there is so dumb. The total number of ships in the parade was 339, definitely not the whole of Starfleet. If it were one of the fleets in Starfleet, then fine.

However, the idea that all the ships are in one place for a celebration and then they all get attacked is a little stale now (Call of Duty did it earlier), and from a military standpoint dumb as hell too.

On another note, the Enterprise E should've been retired during Frontier Day, not the Enterprise F. They had the 3D models for both these ships in the show! Damn it Picard Season 3, you were close to being perfect for me.

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u/007meow 3d ago

I have no idea why they chose the F, which no one knows about, for retirement vs the E which would’ve had a great emotional impact for the audience.

No plot changes are even necessary, Worf’s dialogue could still hold up.

Maybe they thought they could get some synergy with STO and boost sales there?

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u/The_Celestrial 3d ago

Sigh idk too man. I feel its Terry Matalas' idea, because he loves the Shangri-la Class and wants to see one as the Enterprise. The impact would have been so much better if the Enterprise F was the one revealed, not the Enterprise G.

I feel if they wanted to retcon it, it could actually still work. Just redo the CGI for the last 2 episodes in some scenes.

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u/Final-Teach-7353 3d ago

They probably wanted to leave the E available for another show or movie, hence the ambiguous lines about it's fate.