Enterprise may have stepped on some fanon, but never violated actual continuity. There is a difference.
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What is THE Worst continuity error in Trek history..?!
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Yeah, my understanding was that Chekhov was cross trained on Spocks science console, nothing to do with engineering. Which makes sense for navigation as he'd have to know what astrometric conditions are forthcoming. He spends a lot more time looking in that visor than looking at the warp core.
Not canon, but I'm pretty sure the novels have him connected to the science department at time as well.
Yeah, I've seen worse continuity errors in every other iteration.
Enterprise really is the worse, specifically the NX-01 being the first really explorations ship and Humanity being held back until the second half of the 22nd centurt.
The previous four series gave numerous example of Humanity moving out into the galaxy almost immediately after the time of Cochrane's first warp flight.
In the second TOS pilot we heard of the Earth ship SS Valiant, a ship "which has been missing for over two centuries." How does the NX-01 jibe with that?
LaForge to Cochrane ...
Your theories on warp drive allow fleets of starships to be built and mankind to start exploring the Galaxy.
I take that to mean that when Humanity started exploring the galaxy, we did so with fleets of ships ... not just one.
There are several Earth ships out in space prior to the launch of the Enterprise. The J Class, the Y class, the Neptune Class, the Intrepid Class and the Sarajevo Class.
The Valiant disapears in the 21st Century. Probably one of the first ships equipped with Cochrane Warp drive.
it means there were lots of ship using his Warp Drive. The NX-01 is the first Warp 5 ship not the first warp capable ship. And she had at least one sister ship under construction the time of launch and others in the planning stages.
Being a human, Geordi doesn't speak literally at all times.
Plus he was also the Reliant's science officer in TWOK
Completely blanked on that.
Chekov wasn't the Reliant's science officer, Mr. Beach was.
Is he? Memory Alpha has Beach credited as Bridge Officer, not science officer.
^ Science officers usually are bridge officers.
And yes, I'm aware that Beach doesn't wear science blue, but we only ever see him doing sciency stuff anyway (and he has his own dedicated bridge station).
Also, even if Beach does take command when Terrell and Chekov are off the ship, that probably just means that Beach is the Second Officer as well, and chooses to wear that color rather than the science color.
And yes, I'm aware that Beach doesn't wear science blue, but we only ever see him doing sciency stuff anyway (and he has his own dedicated bridge station).
Also, even if Beach does take command when Terrell and Chekov are off the ship, that probably just means that Beach is the Second Officer as well, and chooses to wear that color rather than the science color.
Sure they are. Wasn't saying he wasn't. I was saying he's not credited as science officer, he's credited as a bridge officer - at least on Memory Alpha. Was he credited as science officer somewhere else?
Chekhov is the officer who beams down to investigate the life sign that turns out to be Khan and crew. Since Chekhov is the first officer, wouldn't it make more sense (not plot wise, but interior logic wise) if Beach was the science officer that it would be him who went with Tyrell, while first officer Chekhov remained in command?
I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm saying I honestly don't know and there is evidence that goes both ways.
Or Chekov stays at navigator and Saavik is at helm instead. She could still enter the prefix code since in TOS helm was also a tactical station.
You're still going to start with one ship that essentially serves as a testbed. You don't build a dozen ships and send them all out at the same time without knowing whether or not the technology is reliable.
Sometimes fans take things too literally, at the expense of common sense.
I tend to think it did make a mistake where cloaking devices are concerned. Sure you can spackle over it later like they attempted to do. But it is pretty clear the Romulans were using a cloak in "Minefield", and that the Suliban had been using cloaking devices. Which means Earth and its Starfleet were already seeing them in the 22nd century.
Which means Spock, someone with a rather high computer (and I imagine other clearances being in the chain of command) knew nothing about the practical applications of a cloaking device that Starfleet had encountered before.
Like I said earlier, obviously the cloak in "Minefield" isn't working properly. The ship keeps cloaking and decloaking at random. So that's what Spock was referring to, then - "they may have solved that problem". 
Like I said earlier, obviously the cloak in "Minefield" isn't working properly. The ship keeps cloaking and decloaking at random. So that's what Spock was referring to, then - "they may have solved that problem".
Now all you have to do is explain the Xyrellians and the Suliban.
Chekov was wearing the uniform colour for science division, what does that make him if not the science officer?
That color covers a lot departments.
The unis themselves are the same Monster Maroons, but the sweater worn under the jacket (and also the stripe on the right shoulder) are - supposedly - color coordinated by department.
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