Zefram Cockran was the man that invented warp drive in the star trek universe. He did this in the late 21st century i think. In on of the old original star trek episodes he like traveled through time or something I think. I have not watched TOS in such a long time I don't remember exacty.
The way your AV looks is the same as the Auroa thing that had around him.
believe it or not, the gmt or kmt (g/kuomandang) as some know it (former chinese government before the cultural revolution and communist take- over) was used because of the idea of a starfish and it's many arms connecting to the center.
sorry...forgive me, it's a passing comment my chinese civilization teacher mentioned (5000 years of history in 10 weeks.......>_<"). remember i'm a chinese major and it should be easier to forgive me.