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minus-squareusernamefactorylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoDoes the ringship count? I’m not sure at what point a “spaceship” becomes a “starship”.
minus-squareNielsBohron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI don’t know about in Trek lore, but I think in the real world, when a ship is designed or used to travel from one star system to another, it’s classified as a starship
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoIn ST they definitely use shuttles and runabouts to travel between star systems, but they aren’t called starships.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months ago or used So the X-Wing Luke flies to meet Yoda for the first time (ostensibly in a different star system) was a starship?
minus-squareNielsBohron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI mean, I did specify “in the real world” and that we were taking about ST, but sure, I guess it applies to SW, too.
Does the ringship count? I’m not sure at what point a “spaceship” becomes a “starship”.
I don’t know about in Trek lore, but I think in the real world, when a ship is designed or used to travel from one star system to another, it’s classified as a starship
In ST they definitely use shuttles and runabouts to travel between star systems, but they aren’t called starships.
So the X-Wing Luke flies to meet Yoda for the first time (ostensibly in a different star system) was a starship?
I mean, I did specify “in the real world” and that we were taking about ST, but sure, I guess it applies to SW, too.