In S1E14, at the beginning Riker is walking along side Yarr and Worf who are departing to play a game when Riker says “The pride of the Enterprise goes with you!” and the. Gives a reverse 🖖 hand signal. Anyone know what it means?
(Tried attaching a photo but it won’t let me for some reason)
Here’s a link to the photo: https://ibb.co/C7sshPL
It’s a production mistake with no real in-universe explanation
Or… maybe it’s not. Gene Roddenberry was alive and on set for majority of TNG’s season one filming. He would have noticed such a mistake.
That’s a Vulcan gesture that means “Live Long and Prosper”. It’s used both as a greeting and as a farewell
It’s not though. I’ve seen ALL Star Trek series and am pretty well versed so when I saw Riker make that hand sign and it’s the reverse of the Vulcan salute with the thumb tucked in it brought me to post. Even the wiki says the Vulcan salute is palm out, thumb extended.
I’m willing to bet on actor mistake then
@QDidNothingWrong I suspect it’s just a simple case of the actor getting it wrong and no one on set really noticed at the time. It’s definitely not the standard form.
Another fascinating point is it’s not tradition to do the Vulcan salute to a non-Vulcan of which none of the characters on screen were so it’s strange he’d use that salute when not referencing anything Vulcan in the scene.