Spaceship

Aspaceship,space vehicle, orspace vessel was any type of mannedspacecraft capable oftraveling in space, by the means ofspace normal orwarp speeds. Specifically, a spaceship was capable of achieving or leaving aplanet'sorbit. (ENT: "The Communicator") In theRisan language, the term was translated as "woomar". (ENT: "Two Days and Two Nights")

The term was commonly used during the19th and20th centuries to describe any sort of space vessel. (TNG: "Up The Long Ladder", "Time's Arrow, Part II";VOY: "Future's End, Part II", "Thirty Days";Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

TheEarth-Romulan War, which occurred during the mid-22nd century, was fought, with primitiveatomic weapons and in what was later viewed as primitive space vessels that allowed no quarter, no captives, nor ship-to-ship visual communication. (TOS: "Balance of Terror")

In2254,CaptainChristopher Pike referred to his vessel as the "space vehicleEnterprise" whencontacting theTalosians. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part II")

Later in the23rd century, the term spaceship was generally used to describe non-Starfleet vessels, in which case the termstarship was used. (TOS: "Bread and Circuses") Nevertheless, such Starfleet vessels were described as spaceships, in instances where aculture was not familiar with saidtechnology. (ENT: "Storm Front, Part II";TAS: "One of Our Planets Is Missing";Star Trek: First Contact)

By the24th century, the term "starship" was colloquially used to describe most space vessel types, whereasshuttles would be referred to asauxiliary space vessels. (TNG: "Unnatural Selection")

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