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Proton's rocket ship

Captain Proton's rocket ship

Rocket ship illustration

An illustration of rocket ships

Action figures and a toy rocket ship

Khan's toy figures and rocket ship

A rocket ship was an orbital or interplanetary spacecraft propelled by a rocket that featured in many 20th century science fiction stories. In The Adventures of Captain Proton, the rocket engine was described as a space drive.

The fictional character Captain Proton piloted a rocket ship that was equipped with a destructo beam. (VOY: "Night", "Bride of Chaotica!")

In July 1947, after encountering Quark, Rom, and Nog, Nurse Garland believed that the Ferengi would teach humanity how to build rocket ships to travel into space. (DS9: "Little Green Men")

In 1953, Roy Ritterhouse drew an illustration for the Incredible Tales magazine that showed a Human family being sold several rocket ships. (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")

In 2000, after Shannon O'Donnel described herself as an explorer, Henry Janeway noted that her station wagon didn't resemble a sailing ship. O'Donnel corrected him and said it was, in fact, a rocket ship. (VOY: "11:59")

When Khan was a child at the Noonien-Singh Institute for Cultural Advancement in Toronto, Ontario; he had a toy rocket ship and at least three action figures on the bedpost in his dorm room. (SNW: "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow")

In 2269 on the planet Phylos, the crew of the USS Enterprise saw Phylosian ships, which heavily resembled rocket ships. (TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan")

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