The A, The E, CBS and Viacom
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I thought I understood why we don't have these two beautiful ships in game - the rights are owned by Viacom but DB works with CBS, owner of the television shows.
But then how do we have the USS Reliant, Ripped Khan, Drunk Troi et al?
But then how do we have the USS Reliant, Ripped Khan, Drunk Troi et al?
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No wait, we've got David and Saavik and Valeris and Shinzon... Maybe it's just ships, like the actual visual appearance of the A and E are part of the movie rights, but not the stories or characters, something like that. Did the Connie refit ever actually get used, as a model not on a computer screen, in TNG or something? I don't know. It's Q's fault.
How long did it take for folks asking for a Scotty event? An Archer event?
Just because they haven't yet doesn't mean they won't, or that folks should stop asking. Folks have also been asking for an "All Good Things" Triple Nacelle Enterprise for a while as well and there's clearly no rights issues there.
The movie rights split seems to only cover JJTrek and going forward, at least that's what I am speculating.
Adding ships is also a fairly recent thing.. we were with the stock ships for a long time with only an occasional ship with a long time between them. Skirmishes has changed that. Unless we see something catastrophic I think we'll see some of these added before too long. My bet would be E before A just due to the fact that it is more visually distinct.
One other factor to consider is how many times DS9 tops the polls ---- That may have put the Breen and Dominion ships higher on the to do list.. .so TNG folks probably should mobilize more hardcore the next time a poll cycles.
If I remember correctly they wanted the A to always be totally unique and recognisable.
I wonder if this has anything to do with it? Or, it’s simply as other have pointed out and DB just havent made or released them to us yet.
Was the Constitution class wreckage at Wolf 359 Refit or Original?
The only things in the 'prime' timeline that they can't put in the game are a few one-off individual actors who have passed away and the estates have issues with approval of likeness rights - think TOS T'Pau, Charlie X, TOS Harry Mudd, etc.
Good point - that’s the only slightly exception where you see some refit constitution wreckage at Wolf 359.
There’s not a lot of it left either, could have been a different configuration altogether.
youtu.be/kOys0IusW2U
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youtu.be/jLl17YXrAZY
That’s horrendous!
I’m assuming some sort of STO monstrosity.
It's officially canon, until the new Picard show retcons it.
How is it canon?
http://www.startrek.com/article/dev-diary-design-the-next-enterprise
A publicity/marketing article on StarTrek.com does not make something canon. They’ve probably had articles about Star Trek Timelines before and that doesn’t make any of the made up crew by DB canon either (whether you like them or not).
The generally accepted definition of Star Trek canon is that it has to have been shown in TV or film. Computer games, comic books and M.A.S.Hups don’t count.
Star Trek online was the only official platform of the (prime) Star Trek Universe from the cancellation of Enterprise until Discovery (if you consider it prime Universe.) The TV shows were over, the universe lived on in the game. It's 2018, the world doesn't revolve around television anymore. The true definition of "canon" is - is it officially part of the Universe of the intellectual property? And it was referred to directly as canon by Paramount. I'll dig up the articles if you insist, but at the moment I'm a little busy.
No. It's not.
It's widely accepted amongst fans that it is just what is shown on TV and Movies.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_canon
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Canon
The ship also doesn't have an entry on Memory Alpha, but IS on the non-canon Memory Beta.
Also this extract taken from STO's own Wiki: https://sto.gamepedia.com/Canon_in_Star_Trek_Online:
And this interview in 2009 with one of the game developers.
http://www.mtv.com/news/2458736/captain-kirk-not-returning-in-star-trek-online/
Specifically this quote,:
1) Licensed material is not "official" or canonical in any way. Perfect World Entertainment (the STO developer), Pocket Books (publisher of many many Trek novels), IDW comics, Disruptor Beam and other licensees who produce "expanded universe" content (Trek doesn't really have an EU in the same sense that Star Wars did, but I use the term for lack of a better one) have a license to produce Trek content. They have no obligation to be consistent with each other. STO can contradict events that happened in a novel, and the novels can even contradict each other. This was not true of the old Star Wars EU, which had to follow certain rules. Star Trek's licensed material is not canonical. Period. It's not a disputed question.
2) The Youtube video linked above is by a team called "Midnight's Edge," a channel that spreads wildly inaccurate information and laughable conspiracy theories. Perhaps some of you remember when they were insisting Discovery was going to be cancelled before it even premiered, to be replaced by a rumored series about Khan? They've been aggressively pessimistic about Discovery. Midnight's Edge treats rumor as reality and conjecture as fact, sowing pessimism and doubt among fans. They're the Alex Jones of Trek fandom.
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