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[[Mark Twain]] chartered the ''Enterprise'' to take himself and [[Jules Verne]] to view [[Tobias Muldoon]]'s prototype "sub-marine" the [[S.S. Vicuna|S.S. ''Vicuna'']] in action. The [[Enterprise captain|captain]] noted that the voyage cost a "pretty penny". When the ''Vicuna'' developed a fault and sank, Muldoon was also brought aboard the ''Enterprise''. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}  
[[Mark Twain]] chartered the ''Enterprise'' to take himself and [[Jules Verne]] to view [[Tobias Muldoon]]'s prototype "sub-marine" the [[S.S. Vicuna|S.S. ''Vicuna'']] in action. The [[Enterprise captain|captain]] noted that the voyage cost a "pretty penny". When the ''Vicuna'' developed a fault and sank, Muldoon was also brought aboard the ''Enterprise''. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}  
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==Notes==
*The closest ''Enterprise'' operating in this time frame would've been the steamship ''{{w|Enterprise (1861)|Enterprise}}'' that was built in San Francisco in 1861 and operated by the {{w|Hudson's Bay Company}} from 1862 before she was lost a collision with ''{{w|R.P. Rithet (sternwheeler)|R.P. Rithet}}'' in 1885. Mark Twain had also moved to San Francisco in 1864.





Revision as of 06:48, 19 January 2022

This article is about the 19th-century steamboat. For the 23rd-century starship, see USS Enterprise.
The Enterprise is a boat from the Hearts of Steel portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
"Fate protects fools, little children and ships named Enterprise."

The Enterprise is a paddle steamer operating in San Francisco Bay during the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Fiction

Hearts of Steel

Mark Twain chartered the Enterprise to take himself and Jules Verne to view Tobias Muldoon's prototype "sub-marine" the S.S. Vicuna in action. The captain noted that the voyage cost a "pretty penny". When the Vicuna developed a fault and sank, Muldoon was also brought aboard the Enterprise. Hearts of Steel #1

"Strange Visitors" establishes that events identical to those of Hearts of Steel and Infestation 2 occur in the 2005 IDW continuity; however, they happened to Maximal explorers brainwashed by Shockwave into believing they were the Autobots and Decepticons of the Great War.

Notes

  • The closest Enterprise operating in this time frame would've been the steamship Enterprise that was built in San Francisco in 1861 and operated by the Hudson's Bay Company from 1862 before she was lost a collision with R.P. Rithet in 1885. Mark Twain had also moved to San Francisco in 1864.