10 Star Trek Quotes That Made Us Trekkies

How could we not? It's the line from the pivotal episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, still considered one of the all-time best. With Yesterday's Enterprise, The Next Generation forged out its place in the franchise, truly becoming its own entity from that point on. And in that sense, the contemporary history of Star Trek, as much as the name Enterprise itself, lies in Picard's prophetic line.

There's a good reason we were all in tears (well, most of us) when the doors to Hangar Bay 12 opened: it's the ships we Trekkies recall just as fondly as the people that populate them. Why else do we collect with such fervour if not because, for us, they are imbued with their own character? In a very real way, our favourite starships are living, breathing things. As Captain Janeway once put it, "As illogical as this might sound, I feel as close to Voyager as I do any other member of my crew."

The name 'Enterprise' is now to be found at the museum, on screen and in the real world, as much as it is to be handed down as a legacy from and to the next generation. In our own lives, as fans, we mirror that process in our collections and by welcoming each new series and its stars. For Trekkies, never forgetting the history of the franchise means forever looking forward to its future.