Starship Edsel: An Improvised Star Trek Parody Tickets

Starship Edsel: A Star Trek Parody following one of the most embarrassing vessels in Starfleet.

The Edsel is a cruiser, Edsel class (the only one), largely regarded as a failure in ship design. Somehow, serious flaws in architecture and engineering were not caught until the prototype ship was completed. From its launch, it has been plagued with mechanical and operational problems that have played havoc with its fitness and combat-readiness, to the point where it became the butt of jokes throughout Starfleet.

Soon it had become a dumping ground for personnel who were considered too disruptive or incompetent for front-line service, but who had not done anything sufficiently egregious to warrant being discharged. Eventually, Starfleet Command sent down an order to retire the embarrassing vessel, to the relief of all involved. But it was not to be. At the last moment, the Federation Council countermanded the directive: a political use had been found for the vessel. The Edsel's new continuing mission:

• To stay in permanent parking orbit around the vacation planet of Atlantis
• To deal with vapid and overbearing VIPs
• To boldly give tours of an "Authentic Federation Starship"!