Shran uses a set from a Finnish designer, called “Ultima Thule”. It’s also featured as a world on the show, iirc. (I’m midway through rewatch, but Ultima Thule is definitely a world in the ST universe.)
The name come from ancient times, meaning roughly “Ultimate North”, and referring to various places that no-one can really agree on.
Anyways, the other glass is also Finnish, and also used in ST: Enterprise. Whenever Archer has dinner in his quarters or they’re having cake at Malcolm’s bday, therr these glasses are: https://star-trek.design/glassware/tapio-goblets-by-tapio-wirkkala-for-iittala
(I wonder if this is related to my alcoholism flaring up anytime the episodes with the glasses come up.)
Ultima Thule is a real Kuiper Belt object. The New Horizons probe did a flyby of it a few years ago.
Not any more. It was never an official name. Now it is Arrokoth.
Well, when the centre of civilization was in Rome or Athens or so… those people would’ve thought Finland as far away as we now consider Pluto or something.
I think we could interact with Kuiper Belt. IF we stand unified against the capitalist shitbags. Sorry. Unrelated. But. Also not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTJAe3usECs&list=RDcnBV1FgfRuY&index=5
“Our security is only as strong as our unity.”