Changes: SS Buckaroo Banzai

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The SS Buckaroo Banzai was a Terran BBI-993-type starship that was in service in the mid-22nd century.

In 2137, Captain John Whorfin was the commanding officer of this ship. In that year, the ship was launched from Earth for a mission to Planet 10 (DIM-8). (TNG: "Up The Long Ladder", okudagram)

The name of this ship was mentioned in a list of ships that were launched from Earth, with destinations in or near to the Ficus sector, between the years 2123 and 2190. This list was displayed on Jean-Luc Picard's desk monitor in his ready room aboard the USS Enterprise-D. A legible version of the okudagram first appeared in the reference book, Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission. The list became legible to viewers with the remastered "Up The Long Ladder”.

Buckaroo Banzai, BBI, John Whorfin, and Planet 10 (DIM 8) are in-joke references to 1984's The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension!. While working at 20th Century Fox in the 1980s, Denise Okuda (née Denise Tathwell) was the director of the Buckaroo Banzai Fan Club.

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+|image       = Expeditions from Sol System, 2123–2190 remastered.jpg
-        image=
-|        Name= SS ''Buckaroo Banzai''
+|imagecap    = The SS ''Buckaroo Banzai'' listed on Picard's monitor
-|       Class= [[BBI-993]]
+|Name        = SS ''Buckaroo Banzai''
-| Affiliation= [[Terran]]
+|Class       = [[BBI-993]]
+|Affiliation = [[Terran]]
-|      Status= Active
+|Status      = Active
-|  Datestatus= 2137
+|Datestatus  = 2137
 }}
-The '''SS ''Buckaroo Banzai''''' was a [[Terran]] [[BBI-993]]-type [[starship]] that was in service in the mid-[[22nd century]]. When this starship was launched in [[2137]] from [[Earth]] for a mission to [[Planet 10 (DIM-8)]], the ''Banzai'' was under the command of [[Captain]] [[John Whorfin]].
+The '''SS ''Buckaroo Banzai''''' was a [[Terran]] [[BBI-993]]-type [[starship]] that was in service in the mid-[[22nd century]].
+In [[2137]], [[Captain]] [[John Whorfin]] was the [[commanding officer]] of this ship. In that year, the ship was launched from [[Earth]] for a mission to [[Planet 10 (DIM-8)]]. ({{TNG|Up The Long Ladder}}, ''[[okudagram]]'')
-[[File:Desktop monitor, Earth starships, Up the Long Ladder.jpg|thumb|The SS ''Buckaroo Banzai'' listed on Picard's monitor]]
-This vessel was among the list of ships that appeared on [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]]'s [[desktop monitor]] while he searched for "all Earth deep-space launches from [[2123]] until [[2190]] with destination in or near the [[Ficus sector]]" during an investigation of an [[SOS]] signal discovered in that sector in [[2365]]. This vessel, however, did not fall within the parameters of his search, but was among the ships launched in that timeframe. ({{TNG|Up The Long Ladder}})
-{{bginfo|The name of this ship appeared on an [[okudagram]] that appeared on Picard's desk monitor, and was not verbally referenced on screen. A legible version of the okudagram appeared in the reference book, ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission]]''.|Buckaroo Banzai, BBI, John Whorfin, and Planet 10 (DIM 8) are all references to 1984's ''[[Buckaroo Banzai|The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension!]]'', a frequent subject of okudagram [[in-joke]]s. While working at 20th Century Fox in the 1980s, [[Denise Okuda]] (''née'' Denise Tathwell) was the director of the Buckaroo Banzai Fan Club.}}
+{{bginfo|The name of this ship was mentioned in a list of ships that were launched from [[Earth]], with destinations in or near to the [[Ficus sector]], between the years [[2123]] and [[2190]]. This list was displayed on [[Jean-Luc Picard]]'s desk monitor in his [[ready room]] aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}. A legible version of the okudagram first appeared in the reference book, ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission]]''. The list became legible to viewers with the remastered "Up The Long Ladder”.|Buckaroo Banzai, BBI, John Whorfin, and Planet 10 (DIM 8) are [[in-joke]] references to 1984's ''[[Buckaroo Banzai|The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension!]]''. While working at 20th Century Fox in the 1980s, [[Denise Okuda]] (''née'' Denise Tathwell) was the director of the Buckaroo Banzai Fan Club.}}
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