Bread and Circuses (Star Trek: The Original Series) entertainment. In the episode, Captain Kirk and his companions are forced to fight in gladiatorial games on a planet resembling the Roman Empire, but possessing mid-20th century Earth technology. The Federation starship USS "Enterprise" is on routine patrol when it finds wreckage of the SS "Beagle". The "Beagle" was under the command of Captain R. M. Merik (William Smithers), whom Captain Kirk (William Shatner) knew during his academy days. First Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) traces the path of debris back to a planet in the previously unexplored system 892. The "Enterprise" picks up a 20th-century-style television news broadcast, reporting in
Build the Enterprise Build the Enterprise Build the Enterprise is a project to create a real-life version of the "Starship" Enterprise, the spaceship featured in the science fiction television show Star Trek. The project is detailed on its website, Build the Enterprise, and is spearheaded by an engineer who goes by the name BTE Dan. He cites himself as a systems engineer and electrical engineer who has worked at a Fortune 500 company for the past 30 years. The ship would be able to carry the personnel, supplies and equipment needed for a long journey or colonization of another planet. The website was