Based on a comment thread featuring @SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip, @steventhedev@lemmy.world, and Sir-Not-Appearing-In-This-Meme
Based on a comment thread featuring @SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip, @steventhedev@lemmy.world, and Sir-Not-Appearing-In-This-Meme
But Klingons and Romulans actually are different. The Monty Python joke is that swallows are migrating birds so the difference between European swallows and African ones isn’t a difference in species or at least individuals but season. They live in summer in Europe and in winter in Africa.
Or am I missing the joke and Romulans and Klingons use the same ships for some reason?
No, it’s referring to a separate non-migratory African swallow species, as indicated by the guard saying “But then of course, African swallows are non-migratory.”
Just that their ships are both referred to as “Bird-of-Prey” thus causing the need for differentiation.
I thought they did use the same ships - I seem to recall reading somewhere that it was because of an alliance at some point, but I don’t remember if that was in a non-canon book.
The real reason was to reduce production costs of course.