"Ten Years Before Kirk, Spock, and The Enterprise" simply means ten years before the story of TOS. Whatever year TOS is set in, subtract ten.
Has anyone else clicked that this transporter is likely the same as any other, except the emitters are on the wall behind instead of on the floor and ceiling as usual? The bridge is on the bottom, the transporter's on the wall. They'll probably have a warp core on a 45-degree angle, just to be different
I have a few issues with the battle armour. How would that protect you from energy weapons? Does that mean we might see more projectile weapons on the show? Also shouldn't it cover the arms and I wonder about helmets. Also why not tri-corder or phaser riffles if they feel the need to wear battle gear? Jason
No issue there, the ships beam weapons are never referred to as lasers even in the pilots. Irrelevant. In the episode the word "phaser" was used to describe a Phaser I unit. While the hand laser pistol remained unnamed.
^^^ Actually, Kirk ordered "phasers" in "Day of the Dove" during the briefing room confrontation with the Klingons. They pulled their phaser pistols right before they turned into swords. Pretty well established that they're all considered phasers.
We didn't have CGI in the late 1970's-early 1980s--but we made up for it in sets and models. Now--everything has flipped--it seems. Upon looking at it again--I keep thinking it is a game show "Who teleport last?" You need Quark and Vanna White operating the thing. Or Gene Rayburn. Maybe not I will never make fun of Irwin Allen sets ever again I will never make fun of Irwin Allen sets ever......
Now that is a distinct possibility. Into Darkness used the ship absconded during the "Mudd Incident" to hunt down Khan. Perhaps this would be a similar undercover op using his ship.
I never said that Phaser II was not called a phaser. I said the laser pistol in WALGMO was never referred to as a Phaser. Only the Phaser I was.
It's implied though . Relevant because the writers know what they want stuff to be called. More so than viewers. Similarly with the phrase, "phaser rife" , the implication is that phaser include several types of weapons. From ship mounted weapons to handheld.
Why not 2244 it fits the ten years before TOS better than 2255 precisely because of the cage. We haven't seen a single star date yet on the matter either.
Only if you ignore both the line about Kirk and them saying it was 10 years before TOS. The cage is not TOS. It a failed pilot. No one other than some old school trek fans count the cage or even know what it is.
Did The Menagerie also include the laser reference, or was that edited? If memory serves smiling Spock was cut.
It wasn't a "failed pilot" or there would never have been a second pilot. It was borderline at worst. And of course it's part of TOS.
Actually the article from Entertainment Weekly where the image of the transporter room first appeared specifically calls it “one of the transporter rooms on the U.S.S. Shenzhou”. Not saying they couldn't be wrong, but somehow I doubt it.