This version: 19 August 1999
We don't know and we don't care. This particular issue has been ground into the dirt so often, it's about to reach the Earth's core. A person's opinion on the subject is, more often than not, tainted by that person's attraction to a particular series. There is very little objective evidence for comparison, as each captain has been in a different situation. We're all so tired of this question that any poster asking it is opening themselves up for scorn and ridicule.
Voyager. And Enterprise-E would not have any problem with either one. For all the facts and figures, see Bob Mercer's Star Trek Combat document elsewhere in the Companion.
There is an entire newsgroup devoted to this question, but it is not on the STC server. You can find it on Usenet at alt.startrek.vs.starwars
Can't we all just get along? Really. DS9 and B5 are both excellent shows with loyal fans (many watch both series). Whether or not Rick Berman stole the idea for DS9 from B5 or the reverse is immaterial. There's more than enough room in the universe for quality television.
That depends on who you ask. Here's the rough breakdown: in TOS, the stardates were more or less random. Beginning with TNG, the first two digits indicate in which season the episode aired. 41 is the first season of TNG, 47 the last. DS9 begins with 46 and Voyager began in 48. In "The Star Trek Chronology" by Michael and Denise Okuda, the stardate system is broken down to 1,000 units equals one Terran year. The current system began 1 January 2323. For more complete information, consult the "Chronology." For an interesting application of this, see David Trimboli's page at:
http://members.aol.com/dtrimboli/stardate.html
Also see the Stardate FAQ at:
http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/%7Edjc/startrek/stardates/
The real answer is: larger makeup effects budgets. Of course, true fans can't leave well-enough alone and have come up with all kinds of theories to explain the difference:
The Final Word: In the DS9 episode Trials and Tribble-ations, the writers confront this flaw head-on by bringing Worf and the DS9 crew into contact with TOS Klingons. Worf's response to the question is, "It is something we do not discuss with outsiders."
In "The Cage", Captain Pike refers to USS as "United Space Ship". Since that rejected pilot episode, it has been referred to as "United Star Ship". NCC has never officially been explained, but most people accept it as "Naval Construction Contract". The NX before a ship's registry number indicates a "Naval eXperimental" vessel, such as Defiant.
The prop room at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Seriously, folks. This is one of those little (well, big) discrepancies that the creative people don't want us to notice. Voyager needs a shuttle? They've got one. People need to travel from DS9 to Earth in a matter of days (instead of years, as the "official" map would indicate)? They do it. Defiant needs to trash a much larger ship this week when last week it got trashed by a shuttlecraft? It happens. Dramatic license goes a long way, and is, perhaps, overused. But no more so on Star Trek than any other show.
Oh, and before you ask...Yes, someone has been keeping count. See David Henderson's Voyager Shuttle Count page for all the details.
Because if they worked all the time, Mark Okrand would be out of a job.
I've seen various attempts at explaining why Klingons can speak Klingon when they were just speaking English. There's really a very simple explanation. The UT's translate language for the listener, not the speaker. If two Klingons are talking, why would their UT's translate their native tongue? They can understand the language, so no translation is made.
In many cases, of course, the audience hears the conversation in our native tongue due to the UT's present in our televisions. This is why not all Klingon or Ferengi or Cardassian (etc.) conversations are heard in the native language.
At this time, no one knows for sure. Rick Berman has stated he's discussing ideas with senior producers, but has only promised "something we've never seen before." Leaks from Paramount indicate a series based around Starfleet Academy, but it's too early to tell how much is truth and how much deliberate misdirection by Paramount. Indications are for a Fall 2000 or Spring 2001 debut for the series in North America.
Many people want to see Enterprise during the battles with the Dominion. This is only natural; however, there is one thing you must understand: DS9 is its own show. While there were some crossovers early on, while both series were still running, they've pretty much been eliminated now that TNG is doing movies. There are practical reasons for this, but I'll stick to offering some explanations that fit within the reality of Trek...
It is reasonable to suppose that Enterprise required extensive refit and repair following the Borg incursion to the 21st Century. This repair time was probably lengthened due to the nature of the Borg technology and the Federation's wish to study this. At the time that full-scale war broke out with the Dominion, Enterprise was most likely still at Earth. Therefore, it is reasonable to suppose that Enterprise remained as the lead ship for the fleet protecting Earth (mentioned in Favor the Bold). New information (from Star Trek: Insurrection) indicates that Enterprise-E was being used as an FTD delivery vehicle during the war.
The colors and their meanings changed during the years between The Original Series and The Next Generation. In TOS, the colors were:
It was common practice for "expendable" crew members on away teams to be Security crew who wore red shirts. Therefore, the term "redshirt" to refer to the obligatory dying crewmember. In TNG, DS9 and VOY, the colors are:
It is important to note that the Command colors are reserved for officers who are on the command track. While someone in Sciences or Engineering might be in the line of command (such as Spock and Scotty in TOS), these officers were not specifically seeking command posts. (Although, in the case of Spock, he ended up with the rank of Captain anyway.)
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