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[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 17 points 5 months ago

Are they actually named those things by their builders, or are the names in English just what the federation calls them, sort of like how NATO has it's own names for a lot of cold war Soviet aircraft that aren't what the Soviets themselves called them?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

The Romulan ship in Balance of Terror literally has a bird painted on it.

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 3 points 5 months ago

ah thats fair, forgot about that. its been since I was a kid that I watched the original tho, was there a reason they looked so much like federation ships then?

[-] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I just assume English is the common language among klingons. It's the reason they can throw out klingon phrases during conversations that you would expect to already be in their native language.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Great question! We know there are BoP-looking ships called the K'Vort and B'rel, as well as some D# names. They vary greatly in size and crew. Bird of Prey is the overarching group name fans use to describe the look, but all of those classes are called BoP in-universe as well. Still, could be the universal translator acting up!

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