10 Times Star Trek Reused Ships And Hoped You Wouldn’t Notice

Anyone reusing anything is of course a terrible person who should be called out immediately because

you know, like, we've never ever reused anything for any reason, ever, ever

Basically what we're saying is that sometimes reusing stuff just makes perfect sense

Now, you don't want to like, be all up in somebody's face about it. So, with that in mind, I'm Sean Ferrick for Trek Culture

and here are 10 times Star Trek reused ships and hoped you wouldn't notice

Number 10. Romulan Scout Ship Science Vessel Nerada The Romulan Scout Ship was designed by Rick Sternbach, debuting in the Defector

The design was based on Andrew Probert's earlier Dideradex-class warbird, echoing the green colour scheme, wingspan and forward module

This initial design was more obviously a small support vessel, evidenced by cockpit windows at the front

The next phase would then introduce the Romulan Science Vessel. For this, the studio model was altered with the forward module being changed

and the more obvious cockpit design being removed. At the aft of the ship, a hammerhead-style crescent was added

this time serving as a section similar to the sensor pod on a Nebula-class ship

The ship would then return in favour its sun. This time, the only significant change was to the colour of the ship

Sternbach himself was less than thrilled with the model's continual changes, lamenting that once the designs left his desk, he had no control over what happened to them

When it came to the science vessel, and the Narada specifically, these were quite obviously the same design, a Romulan one, and stood out in the episode

Number 9. Mercenary Ship Miradoran Raider, Toresian Ship The distinctive vessel that debuted in the episode Vortex is perhaps best recognised as Arctis Baran's pirate ship

despite that being its second appearance. The Miradoran Raider Theta-class was designed by Ricardo F. Delgado

and was labelled as an alien concept, or a raptor. The design, striking as it was, inevitably returned. Gambit sees Picard and Riker taken

captive aboard the vessel, which at this point is described as roughly one quarter the length

of the Enterprise D. For this instance, there may actually have been an on-screen explanation as to

the reuse of the design, with Boran commanding a mercenary crew, they may simply have stolen or

paid outright for a Miradoran raider. What is a little harder to explain is the return of the

vessel in the Delta Quadrant. Here it takes the form of a Taurisian ship, making it another reuse

studio model to appear in the episode Favorite Son. The ship saw no adjustments either in outward

design or relative scale to suggest that this was simply a similar shape of ship. At least the

Romulan science ship went through a color change. Number 8, Federation Fighter, Kralor Warship

Jim Martin designed the Federation Fighter for the Deep Space Nine episode The Maquis. It was

built with Star Wars as an inspiration, something Doug Drexler would later joke gave people acid indigestion

The model would return in pre-emptive strike, again used by the Maquis, before they would

make their debut as true Federation vessels in A Time to Stand For these uses having the ship appear with the Maquis and Starfleet suggested that these vessels had simply been co by the terrorist organization so having them play multiple

roles made sense. Slightly more difficult to explain, once again, was their appearance in the Delta Quadrant

In Nightingale, Harry Kim takes command of a Kralor medical ship that bears a striking

resemblance to these small attack ships. The design was altered to give the Nightingale a larger feel, adding decks to the ship's

via multiple lights along with the suggestion of a beefier engine. The ship would return a second

time in Voyager, though this is somewhat excusable. In the Void, an Anari warship bearing the same

configuration is encountered by Voyager, though the Anari had been established as combatants in

a war with the Kralor in the earlier episode. Much like the Klingons and Romulans, who's to say

there weren't some shared ideas between the two? Number 7. Karama Ship, Bajoran Impulse Ship

Antarian ship. The Karama ship was designed by John Eaves for Deep Space Nine in the episode

Starship Down. It was constructed as a physical model and as a CGI model, with the latter returning

several times during the franchise. Despite the Karama being Gamma Quadrant dwellers

their ship turned up in both the Alpha and Delta Quadrants. Shadows and Symbols sees Colonel Kira

form a blockade around the Bajoran moon Dirna, with her fleet containing two such vessels. In

In notes that were excised from the episode, it was suggested that these may in fact have

been Karama ships left behind by the Dominion. The CGI model would then go on to appear in the episode Drive, this time portraying an

Antarian vessel that rendezvous with Voyager. It also appears as an unnamed alien ship in natural law as well

The CGI made its final, to date appearance as a transport vessel in Enterprise, a good

200 years before Starfleet encountered the Karama or the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole

Great minds. Number 6. Grumal Necret Freighter Klingon Cargo Ship. The Grumal Freighter was one of John Eves' first designs upon working for Star Trek

Being a Cardassian design, he took initial inspiration from Rick Sternbach's Galar-class

warships, beginning with a similar forward section. However, the producers weren't too keen on this idea

They wanted the freighter to have a more industrial look. Eves flipped the design, softening the wings from the Galar class and dipped them

The distinctive Cardassian fork was now at the front of the ship, with huge cargo boxes making up the bulk of the core

The bridge was moved to the back of the ship, taking inspiration from real-world oil tankers

The studio model was then built, first appearing in the episode Return to Grace. It would return repainted in the Voyager episode Fair Trade

Later, sons and daughters saw it adapt a final time to become Klingon in nature

It was given another new paint job with new warp engines added to the aft wings

The effects manager for the episode, David Stipes, wasn't too keen on the reuse, adapted

as it was by Tony Miniger. He rationalised the use of the design as though the Klingons had captured these Cardassian freighters as trophies of war Number 5 Klingon D7 Battlecruiser Romulan Battlecruiser The ship that would come to be known as the D class Battlecruiser designed by Matt Jeffries

had a very unusual start in life. It was designed at the urging of AMT models

so that they might have a companion model to market alongside their model kit of the USS Enterprise

As such, it was the reverse of most processes, the toy came first before the ship would fly

Jeffreys recalled that he worked on the design at home as there was neither time nor budget to do so at the studio

After numerous attempts, he based the ship on a manta ray and the ship was almost done

The first shots of the model were done for the episode Elan of Troias, firmly establishing it as a Klingon vessel

However, the model, which had delighted producers for the original series' third season

was quickly inserted wherever possible, including as a Romulan vessel in the Enterprise incident

A scheduling mix-up meant that this new Klingon ship, designed around Klingon people to be marketed as a Klingon battlecruiser, was shown first as a Romulan ship

The remastered versions of the original series fixed this by introducing the ship a little earlier

and giving those seen in the Enterprise incident a more distinctly Romulan pattern underneath

but this was a model that had one of the strangest journeys to screen in the entire franchise

Number 4. Torellian Plague Ship, Katarian Vessel The distinctive Torellian Plague ship that appeared in Haven was one of designer Andrew Probert's favourite projects for the next generation

He recalled that, after the Enterprise itself, this model gave him some of his fondest memories, as it had been a collaboration with Gene Roddenberry himself

Probert had become stuck when it came to the overall design. He knew that he wanted it to be different from the standard engines-at-the-back shape that tended to dominate starships, so he came up with the idea of placing the engines at the front of the ship

He also based his design on Herman Zimmerman's plans for the main bridge, allowing him to build around it

It was Roddenberry who suggested moving the power source to the middle of the ship, which led to the spherical design as seen in the episode

This would be the only appearance of the ship in this configuration. The nose was subsequently altered to sport a more triangular shape, while the hole was removed from the ship's centre, then covered with deck plating

In this shape it returned several more times, including as the Katarian vessel in the game, the Hunter's ship in Captive Pursuit, and the Zalconian ship in Transfigurations

Number 3. Promeleian Battlecruiser, Scrian ship. This particular model is the most unusual on this list, as it wasn't even designed for Star Trek to begin with

It was, in fact, designed by Steve Berg for the 1986 B-movie, Night of the Creeps

In that fact, the model was shown in a single scene, floating over a graveyard, as it would not be presented in full relief, only the ventral side was given any detail

Once filming was completed, David Stipes came into possession of the model. When the script for Booby Trap came through, with precedent of time to design the new ship that was called for, Stipes stepped in and loaned Trek the model

Interestingly while Gregory Jean was normally responsible for building the new ship He and his company were busy working on the hunt for Red October in which Gates McFadden appeared while on her gap year from Star Trek

The production team would significantly alter the model, flipping it so that the ventral

side in the film would serve as the dorsal side in the episode

It would be filmed once again for Deep Space Nine for the episode Sanctuary, serving as

the Scrian ship, with stock footage of this being used as Nagra's shuttle in Sons of Moog

as an unnamed alien ship in The Muse. Number 2. Temerian Deep Space Cruiser Claystron Starship

The ship began its life in the episode Suddenly Human. Rick Sternbach based the design on Coast Guard training ships with two solar powered sails

above and below the vessel. The pointed nose of the ship would end up being the section that lasted for each alteration

First, the ship was given a mild refit to appear as a Kyosean ship in the perfect mate

The heaviest modification came when it was altered to become the Temerian Deep Space Cruiser

which debuted in the episode Darmok. Here, additional nacelle struts were added to the port and starboard with a red hue

This configuration would return in Deep Space Nine as both the Claystron and Tillani vessels

before appearing in Voyager as an imaginary Bothan ship and a Dreyen cruiser as well

After the initial refit to include the nacelles, the model largely remained of the same configuration

with simple changes like the colour of the nacelles, though for its appearance as the Dreyen starship

the nacelles themselves were given a mild change as well. Number 1. Tellarite Cruiser, Zindi Arboreal Cruiser

John Eaves designed the vessel that would appear in Enterprise, used periodically by three different alien species

First, it appeared as the Arconian Destroyer in Dawn. The ship was realised entirely in CGI, which presented Eaves with an opportunity to use null space in its design

Design work for the Romulan Valdor Warbird had included a gap behind the head, so Eves reused the idea for this vessel

The problem with physical models, Eves commented, was that this type of ornamentation could lead to lighting issues

That wasn't a concern on CGI models. As often happened with his designs, Eves then found his Arconian Destroyer returning as the Xindi Arboreal ship

minus the blaster from the underside of the ship, joining the Xindi fleet. The ship would then see an updated colour scheme for its next appearance as the Tellarite ship in Enterprise's fourth season

This seems to be the allegiance that has stuck with the design, as a Tellarite sleeper ship of this configuration was seen in Star Trek Prodigy as well

Now that's everything for our list today folks. Which ships do you think were missed off this list

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