Who are the most important characters in all of the Star Trek canon? Is it the brave Starfleet captains? The smart science officers? The scrappy junior officers of the “lower decks”? Or maybe the various alien species in the massive Trek galaxy? The answer could be any or all of these types of characters, but perhaps, the most important characters in all of Star Trek aren’t people, but instead, the ships.
“I do feel very strongly that the ships are characters,” says Thomas Marrone, the art director for the popular MMORPG, Star Trek Online. Along with IDW comic book editor, Heather Antos, Marrone recently talked to Inverse about an epic crossover between starships from Trek comics warping over to become playable ships in Star Trek Online. “There's definitely a personality to every single ship,” Antos tells Inverse. “Every ship has a personality that goes along with it and fits the whole vibe.”
