The uniform Spock borrows from the Franklin vaguely evokes the jumpsuit design of the uniforms on Enterprise, as does the flashback footage showing Edison and his crew. Scotty also says that MACO was disbanded after the Federation was formed, saying that “we’re not a military organization.” This can be taken as a vague reference to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in which David Marcus says that the “scientists have always been pawns of the military” to which his mother, Carol Marcus, protests saying that “Star Fleet has kept the peace…” Riker (left) from TNG in "MACO" gear in the final 'Enterprise' episode "These are the Voyages." Travis(center/right) is wearing 22nd century Starfleet gear The latter is a reference to both the brief appearance of the Romulans in Enterprise but also is a reference to crew members talking about the Romulan War in the original episode “Balance of Terror.” As Edison fights Kirk in the climax of Beyond he mentions the war agains the Xindi and the Romulans. In the third season of Enterprise MACO is depicted to be an army-style organization that serves alongside Star Fleet during their war with the alien baddies, the Xindi.
There’s a little bit of timeline stuff that is wonky here, but through the dialogue, we’re lead to believe that Captain Edison was a member of MACO and fought against the Xindi. Edison who alive during the formation of the Federation in 2161. Before mutating into the evil Krall, it is revealed Idris Elba’s character was actually a Star Fleet Captain named Balthazar M.
The design of this ship is similar enough to the “Enterprise” on the show Enterprise because its from around the same time period. A major plot-point in Beyond deals with the Enterprise crew discovering the long-lost early Star Fleet ship, the U.S.S.
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