I’m amazed that no one else knows it means children under 17 are not admitted on board.
cochrane:
No, Kirk and Pike both referred to the United Space Ship Enterprise in the original series, (TOS: “The Cage”, “The Menagerie, Part I”, “Space Seed”, “The Gamesters of Triskelion”, “Patterns of Force”, “Assignment: Earth”, “Elaan of Troyius”) so it does stand for something, canon-wise.
Alternately, it has also been referred to as the United Star Ship Enterprise, also in-episode (The Squire of Gothos, Court Martial), although this is used less frequently. However, it is still a part of the Star Trek canon.
Bones called it United Space Ship when he first met Khan in Space Seed, though I’ve always thought that United Star Ship sounded better. To me, space ship sounds like what someone would call a interstellar craft in the 1950s and 60s.
Yes, I am aware of when TOS originally aired.
It’s just something to put on your pizza cutter.
Didn’t even make it to post 3, I see.
