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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/...-China-shaped-like-Star-Treks-USS-Enterprise/No idea if it's even real tbh. If it is I want one haha
There's a building in China shaped like Star Trek's USS Enterprise
The resemblance is no accident.
Soo Kim, travel writer
21 MAY 2015 • 12:00AM
Trekkies bored of their annual conventions now have a new place of pilgrimage - the offices of a gaming firm in the obscure Chinese city of Fuzhou.
As these aerial shots show, the exterior of the NetDragon Websoft HQ in the south-eastern province of Fujian bears a striking resemblance to the shape of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise spaceship.
It's no accident. Mashable reports that Liu DeJian, the chairman of the tech firm, is an "uber Trekkie". He sought permission from the CBS broadcasting network in the US to create the $160m homage, which was built between 2008 and 2014 and is the only officially-licensed Star Trek replica building in the world.
The interior features other Star Trek-inspired elements, including automatic sliding gates between the different working areas. There are also 30-foot metal slides on the third floor that allow quick access to the ground level,