The episode ends with the crew of the USS Discovery receiving a distress call from Starfleet Captain Christopher Pike of the USS Enterprise (Captain James T Kirk's predecessor, no less).

The USS Enterprise made an appearance in the episode’s final scene with a new design to help the original and most famous Star Trek starship fit into the modern aesthetic of Discovery.

As the USS Discovery had been established to be a whopping 2.5 times the size of the TOS Enterprise, the new version would have to scaled up lest it look embarrassingly small flying alongside the ...

In the eye of the Discovery, the Enterprise was likely more seen as a reliable war horse. I imagine it would be like someone with a new Tesla meeting someone with a 1971 Dodge Challenger.

Patient zero of the getting-a-new-letter rule was the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A, in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. The Enterprise preceding 1701-A was just "NCC-1701." ...