List of dedication plaques

Motto taken from the theme song of the TV series Gilligan's Island.

The mate was a mighty sailin' man
The skipper, brave and sure
Five passengers set sail that day

Columbia's dedication plaque was hidden by plastic sheeting in "Home". For "Affliction", conduits were added to Columbia's bridge which obscured most of the plaque.

Two plaques were constructed for Columbia, one with a metallic version of the Columbia assignment patch and one with a color version, though it's unclear which was used on set. The color version was made from black poster board, depicted in Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 1, p. 192, and sold as part of It's A Wrap! sale and auction. [1] The metallic version used raised lettering on masonite, and was also sold through It's A Wrap. [2]

The quote is from Galileo Galilei. [3]

This is the same quote as on the main universe plaque, but in the original Latin.

This plaque has not been seen since its brief appearance in "Yesterday's Enterprise". [4]

According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 1, p. 192, the Enterprise-C was built at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards on Mars.

This version was reported in several newspapers of the time, including the Chicago Tribune. [5]

The dedication plaque was illegible on screen in "The Last Generation ", but shared by Dave Blass on his Twitter feed. [6]

The dedication plaque was illegible on screen in "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow", but shared by Jörg Hillebrand on his Twitter feed. [7]

Wilson Cruz revealed details on the dedication plaque in a behind-the-scenes video on Star Trek Day 2022, where it was partially readable. And while the ship's motto by Williams remained illegible, it was read out loud by Cruz. [8] The names however, remain indiscernible, but it is reasonable to assume that they concern Discovery production staff, thereby adhering to the tradition as established by Michael Okuda at the start of Star Trek: The Next Generation with the plaque for the USS Enterprise-D.

Justin Lin, the film's director, named the starship after his father, Frank Lin. The wider spacing between the 'k' and 'l' on the plaque's "USS Franklin" banner text was an Easter egg (or in-joke) which subtly underscored this. [9] Justin Lin kept a film-used plaque following the end of filming. [10]

An early version of the plaque had originally depicted the Pasteur as a "Hope-class".

The motto is inspired by the ancient version of the Hippocratic Oath: "I swear by Apollo the healer, by Aesculapius, by Health and all the powers of healing, and call to witness all the gods and goddesses that I may keep this Oath and Promise to the best of my ability and judgment…"

Though illegible on screen, the plaque was depicted in Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission (p. 130). The Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 2, p. 139 mistakenly indicates the plaque instead carried the motto: "There will be an answer, let it be."

The plaque also included five columns of names illegible on screen. The motto was from an Almond Joy/Mounds commercial released in 1990. [11]

The names on the dedication plaque are a direct reference to some of the Star Trek: Voyager production crew as well as the cast members at the time of filming the episode

The first draft script of "The Battle" included a line of dialogue in which the text from the Stargazer's dedication plaque was read aloud. The line stated, "U.S.S. Stargazer. Constitution Class. Starfleet Registry NCC 93 C… 'To boldly go where no one has qone before."

The Stargazer dedication plaque was illegible on screen, and according to Doug Drexler, the plaque art had been lost. However, the plaque was found and was used as set decoration in the observation lounge of the USS Stargazer (NCC-82893). A picture of this plaque can be seen in one of Star Trek: Picard production designer Dave Blass tweets ^{tweets (X)} . Michael Okuda commented, in 2009, on the class name:

"The Stargazer dedication plaque did say "Constitution class", but we had already decided to drop that designation, even during preproduction. I asked Ed Charnock, our on-set painter, to mist over the plaque with a little black spray paint, to make it a little harder to read 'Constitution'. There wasn't time (or money) to have the plaque re-made, but the type was so small that it would have been very difficult to read the text on camera, even without the smudge. Also, the set lighting was dark, so I wasn't worried." [12]^(X)

Okuda further commented on the plaque:

"The dedication plaque indicated that the ship was built by 'Federation Space Systems', and gave the ship's motto as 'To bring light into the darkness.' Herb Wright suggested that one." [13]^(X)

The 1995 Star Trek - Reflections of the Future, Phase One trading card set contained a "Gold Registry Plaque" card for the Stargazer.

There was a drawing of the dedication plaque in the Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 1, p. 192. This version of the plaque had been modified, as it identified the Stargazer as a member of the Constellation-class. Furthermore, it was stated on the plaque that the Stargazer was built at the San Francisco Fleet Yards.

The dedication plaque was illegible on screen in "The Star Gazer", but Star Trek: Picard art director Liz Kloczkowski posted a photo of it on her Instagram page and production designer Dave Blass posted a photo of it on his twitter page ^{twitter page (X)} . The plaque was designed by Geoffrey Mandel. A clearly legible view of the plaque was afforded in the Star Trek: Picard - Season Two Blu-ray-special feature: "The USS Stargazer".

Motto inspired by The Beatles song "Let It Be":
"And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be."

The dedication plaque was illegible on screen in "The Next Generation", but shared by Doug Drexler on Facebook. [14]

The quote, an allusion to Peter Pan, was also previously referenced in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Motto inspired by: The Earth is the Cradle of the Mind : but one cannot remain in the cradle forever. – Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky (Pioneer Of Space Flight)

The plaque reads "К. З. ЦИОПКОВСКИЙ", which transliterates to "K. Z. TSIOPKOVSKY" in the Cyrillic alphabet. The correct spelling would be "К. Э. ЦИОЛКОВСКИЙ".

A copy of the plaque was sent to the Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics which is located in Tsiolkovsky's home town, Kaluga, Russia. (The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 15, p. 34)

The Xhosa's dedication plaque was one of many props put of for Auction, and was described as being "...Made with plastic face and backed with PVC. Measures 14.25" × 7.5". From the collection of Doug Drexler." [15]