Oregon was a Space Corps spaceship. Although unseen, it has been mentioned in the television series, and used more extensively in the Red Dwarf the Roleplaying Game. The ship was taken over by rabbits.
Mentions
Television Series
It suffered some form of disaster involving unquarantined rabbits, the reason why Space Corps Directives were so strict on the issue. Captain Frank Hollister of Red Dwarf said "a little nibble here, a little nibble there, and the next thing you know we're flying backwards." Captain Hollister mentioned Oregon to Dave Lister when he was trying to get Lister to give up his pet cat Frankenstein. ("The End")
Role-Playing Game
One of the species featured Red Dwarf the Roleplaying Game, the rabbits which overran Oregon have evolved over three million years into Leoprid sapiens, an evolved humanoid species. They have a fascist-like regime and have conquered most of the known Galaxy.
Trivia
- Given that the ship was named after a State of the Northwestern United States of America, it is likely that Oregon was an American ship.
Behind the Scenes
- According to the official Red Dwarf website, the final transmission of the captain of Oregon said, "Bloody hell! There's rabbits everywhere! Parkinson, move that Netherland Dwarf so I can sit down!"[1]
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