From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: anim8rfsk{at}cox.net
Subject: Re: The alt.tv.star-trek.tos FAQ

In article ,
 Graeme  wrote:

> On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 7:20:53 AM UTC-6, Dani...{at}teranews.com wrote:
> > O.K., I was thinking along the lines of "United Starfleet Ship"!!
> 
> That's not bad.  They might have used that if they'd had the name
"Starfleet" 
> from the very beginning.
> 
> Interesting how they were so hung up on the word "United". 
I know they have 
> to use that to make it fit the USS pattern they're looking for.  But Kirk 
> even uses the term generically in Triskelion ("We're officers on a united 
> space ship").  They're so proud of the fact that something or other is 
> united, but they're not clear what.  I think in the beginning they were 
> thinking in terms of the Earth being united under a one-world government 
> (Sounds thrilling, doesn't it?  One-Size-Fits-All solutions for everyone).  
> In a lot of those early episodes they talk about the Enterprise being 
> specifically "an earth ship".  The concept of a multi-race,
multi star system 
> galactic Federation didn't come until later.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/UUW_emblem.jpg
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6a/a6/9c/6aa69ca1c336c30d657022ce5
b46c42a.jpg
Catwoman: United Underworld? [scoffs] We're about as united as the 
members of the United World Headquarters on Gotham East River! What's 
the matter with you all?!

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