10 Tiny Star Trek Details You Might Have Missed The First Time

10. Enterprise Shuttlepod Cameo - Star Trek Beyond

The Kelvin Universe came into existence roughly around 30 years before the events of Star Trek Beyond, before which there was only the Prime Timeline. That means that history was a single line, rather than two parallel lines, up to this point. The events of Star Trek: Enterprise are therefore canon in both.

There had been several allusions to Enterprise across the trilogy, including Archer's name being dropped in Star Trek 09, Enterprise appearing as a model in Into Darkness, and the MACO unit on the screens in Beyond.

However, when Kirk is reviewing a video from the USS Franklin, there is a family ship that appears on the viewscreen as historical footage plays. Immediately before the group of MACOs are shown, in Enterprise-period uniforms as well, a Shuttlepod identical to those found on the NX-class vessel descends into view.

While the Kelvin films follow a drastically different aesthetic to the Prime timeline once Nero has arrived, this small visual reminder was left in for the audience to know that yes, Enterprise is the glue that holds these two facets of the franchise together, no matter how different they ended up becoming.