All the bios just say is that he was born in Upstate New York, and lived a majority of his life in San Francisco.

The reason I’m asking, is because I came up with an idea to do some sightseeing: visit the birth places of Star Trek characters.

I started to do some research, and discovered that there isn’t a concrete hometown for Captain Archer. Only that he was born in Upstate New York.

So, what city do you think it is? If I were to guess, I would say Syracuse, or Ticonderoga.

  • @[email protected]
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    221 year ago

    We do know that Archer is probably from Utica, or at least not from Albany, given that he’s never seen using the phrase “steamed hams” to refer to hamburgers.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      “Computer: two steamed hams, hot.”

      Computer terminal lights on fire

      Yes I know replicators weren’t available in Archer’s time, but still, it would be a fun scene.

    • @Ensign_Crab
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      11 year ago

      “Good lord, what is happening in there?”

      “Aurora Borealis.”

      “Aurora Borealis? During this shift, on this stardate, in this part of the quadrant, localized entirely within your holodeck simulation of the NX-01?”

      “Yes!”

      “May I see it?”

      “…Computer, end program.”

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    91 year ago

    Ticonderago is a fine ship name anyway, and the space station in Starship Troopers is also called that. You might want to pass by even if you don’t think Archer was born there

    • RHTeebsOP
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      41 year ago

      Absolutely! Tocinderoga has the TOS set replica. I’d love to check it out!

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    51 year ago

    Given Archer’s test pilot background, I’d like to think he was from Hammondsport, the hometown of Glenn Curtiss.

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    31 year ago

    His dad was a scientist developing the Warp 5 engine, so I’d guess somewhere which either has a major STEM university or a research lab. Some options would include: Ithaca- Cornell University Rochester- Rochester Institute of Technology Rome- US Air Force Rome Lab Syracuse - Syracuse University

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    01 year ago

    If you’re going to be visiting a potential birthplace for Archer, I’d have to say he grew up in Watkins Glen, if only because the state park there is beautiful