Changes: Balok's pilot vessel

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The pilot vessel used by Balok was a small ship capable of enormous power. It controlled the flagship Fesarius and was equipped with a tractor beam. Other than Balok himself, no crew was necessary.

On stardate 1514.1, the USS Enterprise was forcefully towed by the vessel on a heading to Carpi and could only free itself under great risks. (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver")

The script of "The Corbomite Maneuver" made it clear that Balok's pilot vessel was a section of the Fesarius which detached from that mother ship.

The set for the interior of this craft was built on Desilu Stage 9, and was a redress of the briefing room set. (Information from "The Corbomite Maneuver" call sheets, These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, p. 126) Clint Howard – who, in his childhood, played Balok – approved of the set. He remarked, "A great thing about the set is it was built to my size... and everybody else had to hunch down, which I thought was pretty cool." ("Inside the Roddenberry Vault, Part I", Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault special features) Several walls from this small set were subsequently reused, to represent the M-11 Starbase Club in "Court Martial". (The Star Trek Compendium, 4th ed., p. 46)

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+{{sidebar starship|
-[[Image:Baloks pilotvessel remastered.JPG|thumb|The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} is being towed by Balok's pilot vessel]]
+|       image = Baloks pilot vessel, remastered.jpg
-The '''pilot vessel of [[Balok]]''' was a small ship capable of enormous power. It controlled the [[flagship]] ''[[Fesarius]]'' and was equipped with a [[tractor beam]]. Besides Balok no crew was needed.
+|    caption = Balok's pilot vessel
+|      image2 = Baloks pilot vessel interior.jpg
+|   caption2 = The interior of Balok's pilot vessel
+|        name = Balok's pilot vessel
+| affiliation = [[First Federation]]
+|      status = Active
+|  datestatus = 2266
+}}
+The '''pilot vessel''' used by [[Balok]] was a small ship capable of enormous power. It controlled the [[flagship]] ''[[Fesarius]]'' and was equipped with a [[tractor beam]]. Other than Balok himself, no [[crew]] was necessary.
-On [[Stardate]] 1514.1 the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} was forcefully towed by it and could only free itself under great risks. ({{TOS|The Corbomite Maneuver}})
+On [[stardate]] 1514.1, the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} was forcefully towed by the vessel on a [[heading]] to [[Carpi]] and could only free itself under great risks. ({{TOS|The Corbomite Maneuver}})
-[[Category:Starships]]
+{{bginfo|The script of "The Corbomite Maneuver" made it clear that Balok's pilot vessel was a section of the ''Fesarius'' which detached from that mother ship.|The set for the interior of this craft was built on [[Desilu Stage 9]], and was a redress of the [[briefing room]] set. (''Information from "The Corbomite Maneuver" call sheets'', ''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One]]'', p. 126) [[Clint Howard]] &ndash; who, in his childhood, played Balok &ndash; approved of the set. He remarked, "''A great thing about the set is it was built to my size... and everybody else had to hunch down, which I thought was pretty cool.''" ("Inside the Roddenberry Vault, Part I", ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault]]'' special features) Several walls from this small set were subsequently reused, to represent the [[M-11 Starbase Club]] in {{e|Court Martial}}. (''[[The Star Trek Compendium]]'', 4th ed., p. 46)}}
+[[de:Baloks Schleppschiff]]
+[[fr:Vaisseau pilote de Balok]]
+[[it:Vascello pilota di Balok]]
+[[Category:Unnamed starships]]