Betazed to Earth : how far is it ?

[DumbDumb2007]

What is the distance supposed to be between Betazed and Earth ?

 

[Kegek]

Not far. Betazed is near Andor and Tellar (cf: "In the Pale Moonlight"), both of those are near Earth (cf:ENT). Beats me about exact distances, though.

 

[Christopher]

Like all Trek distances, it's as far as the story needs it to be.

 

[HRHTheKING]

Not very far.

 

[Timo]

...Although for this once, it would be plotwise significant to make Betazed somewhat inaccessible from Earth. Kirk could have known all about Bajorans and Cardassians and Bolians and Benzites and never given them a second thought. But if he had been aware of Betazoids, his attitude towards telepathy would have been quite different.

Also, the fall of Betazed to Dominion attack somehow opens the route to attacks against Andor, Tellar, Vulcan and ultimately Earth, so one might want to place it between those planets and Cardassia. Probably not directly between, though, or Starfleet would have been expecting an attack from that direction. So a good guess might then be "farther away than Vulcan, closer than Bajor". I don't think too many other planets in the Trek universe have had it narrowed down to such exact terms...

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Nerys Myk]

Spock was the who's attitude towards telepathy/psipowers was a bit "extreme"

Then you have one other choice. Kill Mitchell while you still can.

Must be a hold over from the "good old days" of 22nd Century Vulcan.

 

[Praetor]

^To be fair to Spock though, the mutated crew members of the Valiant were presumably loyal and non-murderous until the barrier drove them crazy.

 

[ThankQ]

Christopher said:
Like all Trek distances, it's as far as the story needs it to be.

Thank you.