The reason the Enterprise Fifa 14 Ultimate Team Coins looks so realistic, even though it'sfuturistic, is that there's certainly these trappings of the Navy,said John Tenuto, a sociology professor at Illinois' College ofLake County who studies the production of Star Trek.Although Roddenberry has a sort of progressive view of the future,those military experiences certainly appeared in StarTrek and shaped it. Indeed, naval traditions permeatethe show, from Starfleet's ranking system to the boatswain'swhistle ahead of ship-wide announcements to burying lost crewmen atspace.
Matt Jefferies, the legendary art director who designed theoriginal Enterprise and many of its iconic sets (and theinspiration for JefferiesTubes), was an Air Corps veteran like Roddenberry and togetherthey drew inspiration from the Navy in establishing the new show'sdesign aesthetic. It's not surprising, then, that the city's veryfirst mention in the Trek universe, spotted byeagle-eyed fans of The Original Series, was on a dedicationplaque which says that the Starship Enterprise was constructed in aSan Francisco shipyard just like its nautical predecessors.