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Warp Five 73: The Fleet That Was Few and Far Between
Episode 73

Warp Five 73: The Fleet That Was Few and Far Between

Warp Five: A Star Trek Enterprise Podcast · TFM

July 3, 20151h 36m

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Show Notes

It all began with a just handful of ships.

Enterprise had the unique opportunity, as the prequel series, to introduce many of the origins of basic Star Trek canon; how M-Class was derived from the Vulcan word Minshara (with regard to classifying planets suitable for humanoid life), the first use of photon(ic) torpedoes, at times hinting of creating the Prime Directive, and of course the first Starship named Enterprise. And possibly most important, Enterprise sheds light on the proud, yet trepidatious birth of the first Human fleet that comprised all of the United Earth Space Probe Agency's (UESPA) scientific exploration and planetary defense vessels.

For those of you who have watched or are currently watching Enterprise, you may not realize that in certain episodes, you truly see the limited reach and scope of Starfleet's ships of the line - in the mid 22nd century, they were likely a little less than a dozen ships in total. So, in this episode, we'll be exploring the origins of the first ships of Earth's Starfleet and the United Earth Space Probe Agency; how and why they were necessary and their service status while Archer and the crew of the NX-01 were pushing Warp Five into deep space.

Hosts

Norman C. Lao and Will Nguyen

Guest

Jeffrey Harlan

Editor Matthew Rushing

Executive Producers Norman C. Lao, Matthew Rushing and Christopher Jones

Associate Producers Floyd Dorsey and Mike Morrison

Production Manager

Richard Marquez

Content Manager

Will Nguyen

Chapters

Intro and Welcome Boomers! (00:01:22)

We Love Starships (00:02:13)

Credit Where Credit is Due! (00:03:33)

How Large is Starfleet in 2151? (00:05:28)

Evolving from The Phoenix (00:13:52)

The Warp Delta (00:15:30)

Will's Intrepid Love for a Design (00:23:08)

Budgeting for a Full Starfleet (00:39:23)

The Big Sister Ship (00:44:05)

By the Numbers (00:53:37)

Closing and Thanks For Listening (01:23:14)

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