What is THE Worst continuity error in Trek history..?!

[HMS Ark Royal]

Scott may have had problems of his own. He was AWOL from his post on Delta Vega.

As he was the senior officer there, he could simply explain it, in the best of Scottish tradition, as authorising himself to leave his position

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Scott may have had problems of his own. He was AWOL from his post on Delta Vega.

I think saving the Earth and inventing a new long-range transporter method would earn him a pass.

 

[BillJ]

I think saving the Earth and inventing a new long-range transporter method would earn him a pass.

But they hadn't saved Earth yet when Kirk took command of the Enterprise.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

But they hadn't saved Earth yet when Kirk took command of the Enterprise.

"Assumed"...

You only "take" command when assigned it by a superior officer or by order of the Admiralty

 

[BillJ]

"Assumed"...

You only "take" command when assigned it by a superior officer or by order of the Admiralty

That lent absolutely zero to the discussion. Thanks!

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

That lent absolutely zero to the discussion. Thanks!

It did - I correct an error you made.

Kirk "assumed" command of Enterprise, but did not "take" command until given an order by Starfleet Command at the end of the movie. Whilst the two terms are used interchangeably by most people, the correct way is as I have just explained. Thanks!

 

[Nerys Myk]

Wasn't Kirk first officer and therefore next in line once Spock was compromised?

 

[Kor]

It did - I correct an error you made.

Kirk "assumed" command of Enterprise, but did not "take" command until given an order by Starfleet Command at the end of the movie. Whilst the two terms are used interchangeably by most people, the correct way is as I have just explained. Thanks!

Semantics may change in the next few centuries. Picard took command of the whole fleet of his own volition in ST:FC: "This is Captain Picard of the Enterprise. I am taking command of the fleet."

The admiralty certainly didn't assign him to be commander of the fleet; he wasn't even supposed to be there in the first place.

Wasn't Kirk first officer and therefore next in line once Spock was compromised?

Yes, per Pike's most recent orders.

Kor

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Yes, per Pike's most recent orders.

Kor

Wasn't Kirk first officer and therefore next in line once Spock was compromised?

Its possible that when Pike did made Kirk First Officer, it wasn't technically possible as Kirk was not yet a commissioned officer - this might be what Spock is trying to find out when Pike interrupts him. However, assuming he was so permitted, Kirk's removal from the ship by Spock constituted a relief from duty and would therefore not have been a member of the ship's company... One could argue that McCoy's method of getting him on the ship left no room or time to enter him as a crewmember.

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To get back on topic...

Several times things in TOS are mentioned as being the hardest thing known to science - contradicted several episode later

 

[Anwar]

How exactly could Kirk have graduated from the Academy as a full Lieutenant? That's the equivalent of an Army Soldier getting commissioned right out of Officer School as a full Captain.

 

[Nyotarules]

Not the worse error but I did cringe at the 'only ten thousand Vulcans left, we are an endangered species'. You mean in the reboot world 100% of all Vulcans lived on the homeworld, no one lived in other parts of the Federation, Vulcans never had colonies in their system? They may not have been as exploratory as humans, colonising all over the galaxy but even if 0.5% were off planet this is still millions of Vulcans.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

How exactly could Kirk have graduated from the Academy as a full Lieutenant? That's the equivalent of an Army Soldier getting commissioned right out of Officer School as a full Captain.

I believe that in the Korean war, MASH Doctors were commissioned as full Captains so they had rank to use

 

[Nyotarules]

You know, though...I think that the two of them still have very different personalities. Macet is a quieter, think-first-THEN-speak person. His gestures aren't as sweeping, as egotistical and arrogant. You can believe he got stuck having to defend a really, really shitty policy by his government, rather than that he was deliberately trying to screw everyone over. Everything about Dukat's tones and body language is different.

What all three of those first Cardassians did was provide "archetypes" for the varied Cardassian personalities we saw later on. They weren't simply 2-dimensional aliens-of-the-week that you could write off as all being the same.

Macet becomes Dukat's much nicer cousin in the DS9 relaunch novels

 

[Nyotarules]

So you wanted them to show the entire several hour journey?

I think we're supposed to assume that it had been several hours before Chekov's message was delivered

Does it not take 4 days or so to get to Vulcan from Earth? (STMP)

 

[Kor]

How exactly could Kirk have graduated from the Academy as a full Lieutenant? That's the equivalent of an Army Soldier getting commissioned right out of Officer School as a full Captain.

For the same reason Saavik was a full Lieutenant still studying at the academy in TWOK.

Kor

 

[Nerys Myk]

I believe that in the Korean war, MASH Doctors were commissioned as full Captains so they had rank to use

Their ranks are related to being Doctors. All they had to do was go through a brief officer/military training course to become Captains. Other professionals are granted the same.
Saavik was also Lieutenant while being cadet. My guess is she and Kirk were in some sort of post graduate program.

 

[Nyotarules]

Not a continuity error but what is a supposedly advanced and enlightened 23rd century Earth having a 17 year old in combat! In RL UK you have to be 18. (I am assuming other Federation species have their own rules as well).

 

[Nyotarules]

I'm with Wormhole on this one, it doesn't seem to be a continuity error so much as it is a retcon. The difference between Q Who and BOBW is even addressed by Shelby and Crusher, implying that the writers willingly and knowingly made the change. When you start killing them, they definitely take notice. (by definition, it can't be a continuity error if that "error" is fully addressed and explained).

As well, Voyager also had a few instances when a boarding party could sneak by a few drones out in the open much like in Q Who? It's only when the Borg have a specific reason to be concerned with the crew that they notice and take action.

And in the 'Destiny' novels the Borg turn psycho, forget about assimilation SEEK and DESTROY EVERYTHING

 

[Kor]

Not a continuity error but what is a supposedly advanced and enlightened 23rd century Earth having a 17 year old in combat! In RL UK you have to be 18. (I am assuming other Federation species have their own rules as well).

A 17-year-old can join the US navy with parental consent.
I'm not sure about the rules on actual combat duty.

Kor

 

[Nyotarules]

As someone else pointed out, TNG Trills and DS9 Trills is a bad one.

Different ethnic Trill group, the one with the ridges in the foreheads the symbiont takes over the body like the G'Ouald lol