Star Trek: Discovery
WARNING : hold back SPOILERS for Star Trek : Discovery , season 5 , sequence 5 , " Mirrors "
Summary
The Mirror Universe ISS Enterprise made a surprising return inStar Trek : Discovery , and the spaceship differs from the USS Enterprise ofStar Trek ’s Prime Timeline in several ways . Previously , the ISS Enterprise made its first and only appearance in the classicStar Trek : The Original Seriesepisode , " Mirror , Mirror,“which saw Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) and some of his crew members travel to the Mirror Universe . The ISS Enterprise was the Mirror Universe ’s doppelganger of the Constitution Class USS Enterprise , andStar Trek : The Original Seriessimply redressed the initiative ’s solidifying to evoke the non-white alternate reality .
InStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , instalment 5 , " Mirrors , " Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) and the USS Discovery continue their hunt for the powerful technology of the Progenitors . Their next hint leads them into a unknown wormhole , where they encounter the ISS Enterprise in a scoop of interdimensional infinite . As Burnham and Cleveland Booker ( David Ajala ) face off against driven couriers Moll ( Eve Harlow ) and L’ak ( Elias Toufexis ) , theyuncover more about thehistory of the ISS Enterprise . Directed by Jen McGowan and written by Johanna Lee and Carlos Cisco , " Mirrors " reveal several differences between the USS Enterprise and her Mirror Universe similitude .
The Starship Enterprise ca-ca a shocking return in Star Trek : Discovery season 5 , but it ’s a version that has n’t been seen since TOS season 2 .
5The ISS Enterprise Used Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Sets
Captain Pike’s Enterprise sets were redressed to be its Mirror Universe counterpart.
To bring the ISS Enterprise to life , Star Trek : Discoverymade exercise ofStar Trek : Strange New Worlds’USS Enterprise set . With different lighting , significant equipment casualty , and some logo for the Terran Empire , Captain Christopher Pike ’s ( Anson Mount ) Enterprise became the ISS Enterprisefirst seen inStar Trek : The Original Series'“Mirror , Mirror . “Discoveryseason 5was filmed in belated 2022 during the gap between filming forStrange New Worldsseasons 2 and 3 , and they made keen function of the bridgework , sick berth , transporter way , and hall set .
Star Trek : Strange New Worldshas also filmed onStar Trek : Discoverysets , such as turning Federatiion headquarters into the chambers for Number One ’s ( Rebecca Romijn ) trial inStrange New Worldsseason 2 , sequence 2 , " Ad Astra Per Aspera . "
ThroughoutStar Trek’slong history , the enfranchisement has found different ways to depict old ship and other circumstance . Star Trek : Deep Space Nine’s"Trials and Tribble - ations , " for example , used footage from the classicTOSepisode " The Trouble With Tribbles"combined with young footage ofDS9’scast . While parts of the original Enterprise bridge solidifying were recreated for " Trials and Tribble - ations , " a full bridge set of a Constitution Class starship was not repair until the two - part Mirror Universe sequence ofStar Trek : endeavor , " In a Mirror , Darkly . "
Star Trek : Picardseason 3 also completely rebuilt a starship bridge stage set , this clip the bridgework of the USS Enterprise - ergocalciferol fromStar Trek : The Next Generation .
4The Plaque On The ISS Enterprise Differs From The USS Enterprise
The passengers on the ISS Enterprise left a plaque telling their story.
As Captain Burnham and Booker explore the ISS go-ahead , they find a plaque on the paries that details some of the abandoned ship starship ’s account . While almost every version of the Enterprise has had a memorial tablet of some kind , they have never given a verbal description of the ship ’s history in this way . Star Trek ’s starship plaques are often in the ground and thus heavy to decipher . They typically give the name of the ship , the date and location where the ship was build up , and sometimes a list of names of real - life production mass who built the lot .
Theplaque on the ISS Enterprisereveals that Mirror Universe Spock made significant reform in the Terran Empire , but was vote out by those who disaccord with him . However , those who believed in his ideals stole the ISS Enterprise and base a manner to the Prime Universe , with help from Mirror Universe Saru ( Doug Jones ) - turns out he’s"Action Saru in any universe . “The crew and refugee aboard this ship likely left the memorial tablet as a manner to portion out the ship ’s floor with whoever happened to find her .
3Refugees Used The ISS Enterprise To Flee The Mirror Universe
The ISS Enterprise became a lifeboat for refugees seeking a better life.
After Spock ’s reform change the way the Terran Empire was run , the Empire was not as well fitted out to hold itself from the Klingon / Cardassian Alliance . This Alliance eventually conquered the Empire , forcing the Terrans and Vulcans into slavery , and violently quashing any attempts at rising . Some maverick , however , negociate to successfully stomach against the Empire , at least long enough to gather a ship full of refugee and miss to the Prime Universe .
The Mirror Universe ’s Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) became the High Chancellor who reformed the Terran Empire but was afterwards assasinated .
While thecrew of the original USS Enterpriseoften helped refugee and others in need , this was not the ship ’s chief purpose . The ISS Enterprise was originally a combat ship used by the Terran Empire , before its gang mutiny and flee the brutal Mirror Universe . For this undoubtedly unsafe journey , the ISS Enterprise became a refugee ship , giving those who had think in Spock ’s reform the chance for a fresh life in a brighter universe .
Star Trek : Discovery returns to the Mirror Universe , which conjure up inquiry about what take place to the Terran Empire ’s Captain Kirk after TOS .
2The ISS Enterprise Survived Until The 32nd Century
No other Enterprise has survived as long as the ISS Enterprise.
After the ISS Enterprise traveled to the Prime Universe , it ended up inside interdimensional place , where it remained undetected for centuries . Although the ship had sustained significant impairment , it was salvageable and able-bodied to be transmit back to Starfleet after Captain Burnham and Book used it to escape through the wormhole . While the engineering on the ISS Enterprise is very outdated , the Federation will in all probability be interested in a twenty-third - century spaceship from the Mirror Universe , especially one as important as the enterprisingness .
By the thirty-second hundred , change of location between the Mirror Universe and the Prime Universe had already"been insufferable for centuries,“according to Captain Burnham .
AsStar Trekhas a riding habit ofdestroying the Starship Enterprise , the ISS Enterprise is probable the longest - live on ship of that name . The original USS Enterprise ( NCC-1701 ) , as command by Captain Pike and Captain Kirk , was destroy in 2285 when Kirk was draw to induct ego - destruct to frustrate a Klingon embarkment company inStar Trek III : The Search for Spock . Several unlike ships have taken the name initiative over the eld , but none have survive for as long as the ISS initiative .
1One Surprising Thing The Mirror Universe Ship & USS Enterprise Have In Common
The Starship Enterprise is a beacon of hope in every universe.
The Mirror Universe ’s ISS Enterprise may have several obtrusive differences from its Prime Universe vis-a-vis , but both ship became a beacon of Leslie Townes Hope for the people on base . Throughout the journeys ofStar Trek : The Original SeriesandStar Trek : Strange New Worlds , the USS Enterprise has come to map hope for numerous peoples and civilization all over the galax . unnumerable lives would have been lost ( and the coltsfoot destroyed multiple multiplication over ) if not forships call endeavour . While the ISS Enterprise make a sight of impairment during its fourth dimension as a Terran warship , in the end , it became a lifeboat for the people who wanted to leave the Mirror Universe .
Star Trek : Discovery has proven that , no matter the universe , the Starship Enterprise remains a lighthouse of Leslie Townes Hope and a spark of lighting in the darkness .
Wanting to get away the ferocity and dark of their own population , the refugees put on the line their lives for a chance at peace treaty and exemption . When Captain Kirk and his crew first visited the ISS endeavour , most of its bunch appendage were just as pitiless as every other Terran . But Kirk direct a chance on Mirror Universe Spock , and while Spock ’s reform ultimately failed , he inspired some Terrans to seek out a better life . If nothing else , Star Trek : Discoveryhas proven that , no matter the world , the Starship Enterprise remains a lighthouse of hope and a arc of spark in the darkness .
fresh episode of Star Trek : Discovery stream Thursdays on Paramount+ .
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