I know many of the Trekkers out there hate and despise anything related to Star Wars.. but I just came across this video today, and have fallen in serious "love" with this ship..
Devs, please.. make this?? LoL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=904MmOKafiE
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Better?
TL;DR: Legal Issues say No.
Much better
We haven't brought in ships from other games/media as far as I know. Reason is copyright and all that. I love the Falcon too, but I doubt we'll get it.
ACTUALLY... one of the customization options does give the Phantom a forked tail rather than the looped one.
Or even easier they could spin it as a Ferisan diplomat who happened to arrive in on a Slithus around the same time as the Borg and just could not resist the temptation to take a few swipes at it for honor or bragging rights or whatever.
It's what I expected.. buuuuut.. maybe some of the other "suggestions" above could be entertained at some point in time..
Thanks for the reply!
Can they make the Millenium Falcon? No. Some design that could have a similar silhouette? Sure. Legalistic BS makes it complicated if someone else designs it though.
There is no IP loss for a ship that is that generally designed after something. Not legally. Although that doesn't seem to stop anyone these days. Falconer is not IP protected by star wars. Anyone can use it.
Lucasfilm is a Disney subsidiary these days. Disney's legal department watches over them. This is the same crew (in)famous for suing a day care for painting Disney characters on the wall without a license. You think they wouldn't come after Cryptic? Or do you imagine that Perfect World's attorneys could defend STO against charges of trademark violation without costing so much money that closing the game down would be cheaper?
There is a time and a place to make a stand. This ain't it.