Use As Reference Material
The book was culled for background imagery in the first three Trek films. Elements from the manual that appear on screen include:
- Listings of starship names, adapted for opening-scene backgrounds at the communications outpost in Star Trek: The Motion Picture;
- Starship-class schematics, seen in background bridge displays in the Kobayashi Maru test in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; and
- Enterprise plans, used in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in a monitor display when the seal on Spock's living quarters is broken.
In addition, the manual, along with semi-official blueprints available at the time of the Klingon and Romulan ships, was a major source for the initial designs used for Federation ships for the board game, Star Fleet Battles.
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