Captain tycho wrote:Nice little gif there. Whats that star ship at the end, though?
Never named. It was part of the opening credits of ENT, flying over the moon. From EAS :
1) The starship shows up in the opening credits of Enterprise just before the NX-01. The ship can be seen only from behind, but with its old-style rocket engines it is obviously supposed to be less advanced than Enterprise.
2) It has been suggested that this might be supposed to be the SS Valiant (considering that the opening credits shows major breakthroughs in space flight), but any proof is missing. The design was initially often identified as "Moon shuttle". While it is true that the shuttle is seen above the Moon surface, why would it need warp nacelles? It has also been suggested that the engine pods are actually not warp nacelles. But then the ship wouldn't fit into the design lineage at all. Moreover, the existence of large and brightly lit (sublight) engine exhausts leaves no other interpretation than the pods being warp nacelles.