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The '''captain's yacht''' is a large auxiliary [[starship]] built into the design of several [[Federation]] [[starship]] designs including the {{ShipClass|Galaxy}} and {{ShipClass|Sovereign}}. It is docked to the underside of the [[saucer section]]. On the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}}, the name of the [[captain]]'s yacht is the [[Cousteau (yacht)|''Cousteau'']]. ({{film|9}})
 
The '''captain's yacht''' is a large auxiliary [[starship]] built into the design of several [[Federation]] [[starship]] designs including the {{ShipClass|Galaxy}} and {{ShipClass|Sovereign}}. It is docked to the underside of the [[saucer section]]. On the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}}, the name of the [[captain]]'s yacht is the [[Cousteau (yacht)|''Cousteau'']]. ({{film|9}})
   
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== Appendices ==__NOTOC__
== Background information ==
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=== Background information ===
 
Designer [[Andrew Probert]] came up with the concept of the captain's yacht while designing the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}. Although it was never seen in use, it is labeled on the [[master systems display]] screen in [[main engineering]], docked at the bottom of the [[saucer section]] almost directly opposite the main [[bridge]]. Probert suggested possible ways for the yacht to be used during the [[TNG Season 1|first season]], including not showing the yacht but mentioning it in dialogue, but his ideas were rejected. The ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' (page 164) claims that the producers almost used the yacht in {{TNG|Samaritan Snare}}, but decided to use an "[[Sakharov|executive shuttlecraft]]" due to budgetary constraints. According to [[Patrick Stewart]], the yacht would have been called the ''[[Calypso]]''.
 
Designer [[Andrew Probert]] came up with the concept of the captain's yacht while designing the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}. Although it was never seen in use, it is labeled on the [[master systems display]] screen in [[main engineering]], docked at the bottom of the [[saucer section]] almost directly opposite the main [[bridge]]. Probert suggested possible ways for the yacht to be used during the [[TNG Season 1|first season]], including not showing the yacht but mentioning it in dialogue, but his ideas were rejected. The ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' (page 164) claims that the producers almost used the yacht in {{TNG|Samaritan Snare}}, but decided to use an "[[Sakharov|executive shuttlecraft]]" due to budgetary constraints. According to [[Patrick Stewart]], the yacht would have been called the ''[[Calypso]]''.
   
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[[Ronald B. Moore]] notes in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' that naval tradition would insist on calling such a craft the Captain's gig rather than the Captain's yacht.
 
[[Ronald B. Moore]] notes in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' that naval tradition would insist on calling such a craft the Captain's gig rather than the Captain's yacht.
   
==Apocrypha==
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=== Apocrypha ===
 
[[File:Uk story 01.jpg|thumb|{{ShipClass|Constitution}} built-in auxiliary vehicle]]
 
[[File:Uk story 01.jpg|thumb|{{ShipClass|Constitution}} built-in auxiliary vehicle]]
 
In the {{y|1969}} [[First UK Story Arc|UK Comic strip series]], the dome at the bottom of the saucer section of the {{ShipClass|Constitution}} {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} is also seen detaching as a similar auxiliary vehicle.
 
In the {{y|1969}} [[First UK Story Arc|UK Comic strip series]], the dome at the bottom of the saucer section of the {{ShipClass|Constitution}} {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} is also seen detaching as a similar auxiliary vehicle.
   
== External link ==
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=== External link ===
 
* {{NCwiki}}
 
* {{NCwiki}}
 
[[Category:Federation shuttle classes]]
 
   
 
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[[de:Yacht des Captains]]
 
[[fr:Yacht du capitaine]]
 
[[fr:Yacht du capitaine]]
 
[[Category:Federation shuttle classes]]

Revision as of 18:54, 24 July 2011

Calypso

The Calypso, docked on the USS Enterprise-D

Cousteau (yacht)

The Cousteau, departing the USS Enterprise-E

Captain's yacht - interior

A room inside the Cousteau

The captain's yacht is a large auxiliary starship built into the design of several Federation starship designs including the Template:ShipClass and Template:ShipClass. It is docked to the underside of the saucer section. On the USS Enterprise-E, the name of the captain's yacht is the Cousteau. (Star Trek: Insurrection)

Appendices

Background information

Designer Andrew Probert came up with the concept of the captain's yacht while designing the USS Enterprise-D. Although it was never seen in use, it is labeled on the master systems display screen in main engineering, docked at the bottom of the saucer section almost directly opposite the main bridge. Probert suggested possible ways for the yacht to be used during the first season, including not showing the yacht but mentioning it in dialogue, but his ideas were rejected. The Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (page 164) claims that the producers almost used the yacht in TNG: "Samaritan Snare", but decided to use an "executive shuttlecraft" due to budgetary constraints. According to Patrick Stewart, the yacht would have been called the Calypso.

Rick Sternbach designed similar craft into the USS Voyager and the USS Equinox, known as the aeroshuttle and the waverider, respectively. Like on the Enterprise-D, however, these vessels were only depicted on technical schematics and never seen in operation or referred to in dialog.

Ronald B. Moore notes in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual that naval tradition would insist on calling such a craft the Captain's gig rather than the Captain's yacht.

Apocrypha

Uk story 01

Template:ShipClass built-in auxiliary vehicle

In the 1969 UK Comic strip series, the dome at the bottom of the saucer section of the Template:ShipClass USS Enterprise is also seen detaching as a similar auxiliary vehicle.

External link

  • Template:NCwiki