The Star Trek franchise features many spacecraft. Various space vessels make up the primary settings of the Star Trek television series, films, and expanded universe; others help advance the franchise
Matt Jefferies' design of the USS Enterprise—featuring a saucer section, engineering hull, and external engine nacelles—established a design schema that influenced the Star Trek franchise's future television and film spin-offs.
The original series' Klingon cruiser design was retained for the first Star Trek film, and the motif of a manta ray-type hull with a bulbous prow influenced the design of Klingon vessels in subsequent films and spin-offs.
Industrial Light & Magic's William George based his USS Excelsior design on what he thought the Enterprise would look like if it were designed by the Japanese. The model retains the distinct hull features of Matt Jefferies' Enterprise. Redresses of the Excelsior model, and later digital versions, were heavily used throughout the franchise.
Star Trek Generations (1994) mainly features one of the original Enterprise-D models Industrial Light & Magic created for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994). The model was rewired and resurfaced for film presentation. Although a more-detailed Enterprise model was created midway through The Next Generation's run, one of the originals was used for the film because it was the only one capable of depicting the saucer section's (foreground) separation from the engineering hull.
The Ferengi are a fictional extraterrestrial species in the American science fiction franchise Star Trek. They were devised in 1987 for the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, played a prominent ro
Three Ferengi in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Price".
Ferengi makeup design and uniform from Star Trek: The Experience
Armin Shimerman (left) played Quark; Max Grodénchik (right) played Rom.
A cosplayer dressed as a Ferengi (left) with another dressed as a Bajoran