So I'm watching the Voyager pilot and as Tom Paris is first being shuttled to join Voyager at DS9, it is aboard a type 6 shuttlecraft marked 1701-D.
Meaning the Enterprise D gets at least a mention in the Voyager pilot albeit much less airtime than it did in the DS9 pilot.
Now I'm wondering what the implications of this are.
Did Paris travel to DS9 aboard the Enterprise? If so, then the Enterprise is somewhere off camera or very nearby in Trek terms. Perhaps right before it leaves to get caught up in the events of Generations.
If the Voyager Pilot takes place after the events of Generations (because I'm not sure. I'm sure someone knows), then is this a shuttle that was salvaged from the Enterprise wreck? And if so, to whom does it belong in this episode and why wasn't it repainted?
Sorry, I seriously never noticed the shuttle before and have never even heard of it in this scene. So my brain is trying to assimilate the revelation.