And this incident, if not the same as in "Balance of Terror" http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Cochrane_deceleration_maneuver
Compiling Behind the Scenes Info and Maybe More Litverse Reading Guide Help
- Thread starter ryan123450
- Start date
Also, Picard's missions at Cor Caroli V and the Wogneer creatures mentioned but not seen in the TNG episode "Allegiance"
@Extrocomp?
I also had an idea for an "assignment log" - start with the crew of Kirk's Enterprise, for instance - where we could post stardate/Earth year- time ranges for their assignment on the ship. So we could get a sense for when people were earliest seen and latest seen. I know it doesn't mean they transferred just because they weren't on the next episode, but so you could get a sense for where people were when, or where they could reasonably be assigned to, so you don't have somebody who's supposed to be somewhere all along be assigned somewhere way out of range for a week.
@Extrocomp?
I also had an idea for an "assignment log" - start with the crew of Kirk's Enterprise, for instance - where we could post stardate/Earth year- time ranges for their assignment on the ship. So we could get a sense for when people were earliest seen and latest seen. I know it doesn't mean they transferred just because they weren't on the next episode, but so you could get a sense for where people were when, or where they could reasonably be assigned to, so you don't have somebody who's supposed to be somewhere all along be assigned somewhere way out of range for a week.
Last edited:
I've added a new section to the list on page 1 for incidents that haven't yet been elaborated.
I don't think this assignment log is a good idea because there are too many contradictions. For example, Garrovick was killed in Home Is The Hunter, but he's still alive more than 10 years later in In The Name Of Honor.
I was actually referring to episode sightings.
If Ensign "Dawes" was seen first in episode 3 of the first season of a Star Trek series and last in episode 7 of the third season (both episodes taking place in the correct order - not in a flashback scene), with no appearances or mentions in between, then it means their earliest known assignment to the hero ship was the stardate of the first episode (not that they couldn't have been there earlier, mind you, and it wasn't said), and their last known assignment there was the last episode's stardate.
It gives you a time period to work with. So if Joe says, "Jimmy here only started this assignment two months ago. This is his first starship posting", then you further narrow the window. So a writer won't post Jimmy to the ship 1 and a half years earlier than he was supposed to have been (unless it's an alternate timeline, that is)
@Extrocomp I also found this just now:
Wonder what those six missions were?
If Ensign "Dawes" was seen first in episode 3 of the first season of a Star Trek series and last in episode 7 of the third season (both episodes taking place in the correct order - not in a flashback scene), with no appearances or mentions in between, then it means their earliest known assignment to the hero ship was the stardate of the first episode (not that they couldn't have been there earlier, mind you, and it wasn't said), and their last known assignment there was the last episode's stardate.
It gives you a time period to work with. So if Joe says, "Jimmy here only started this assignment two months ago. This is his first starship posting", then you further narrow the window. So a writer won't post Jimmy to the ship 1 and a half years earlier than he was supposed to have been (unless it's an alternate timeline, that is)
@Extrocomp I also found this just now:
Wonder what those six missions were?
Last edited:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/07/worl...6wZw31YFXLGcpYneSDxZBT-c4eOLZ_jpYZ-gA08SVGhlo
They want these moons named after Norse, Gallic, or Inuit giants.
Keep tabs on the results so one gets a nod by name in a future book...
They want these moons named after Norse, Gallic, or Inuit giants.
Keep tabs on the results so one gets a nod by name in a future book...
I well remember the comic in which the Enterprise was confronted by an alien vessel and Sulu completed a 360-degree turn so they could escape.
Maybe he was just showing off, and spun around before escaping backwards
Maybe he was just showing off, and spun around before escaping backwards
One good turn deserves another.
The months in which Kirk is missing on Amerind and the Enterprise is heading back there - did anything happen in that time?
@Avro Arrow I was searching for a thread that notes time gaps novels could exploit and I think this is it - maybe add this to the reference thread page (unless there's another one I missed)
@Avro Arrow I was searching for a thread that notes time gaps novels could exploit and I think this is it - maybe add this to the reference thread page (unless there's another one I missed)
Well, the ship was stuck at sublight shepherding an asteroid for two months, so it's not like they passed through any other star systems, and if the system they were in was remote enough for no Starfleet help to arrive in two months, it's unlikely any other ships would've dropped by. Anything that happened to the crew during that span would presumably have to be an entirely shipboard "bottle story" dealing with character relationships.
Also perfect for a medical mystery, or a rec deck (holodeck) story.
So I've read over the thread, and it seems to be a bit "all over the place" to be a good reference thread. It started off about behind-the-scenes information and annotations, then went to battles/incidents, and then headings, and then crew assignments. And you mention it is a reference for time gaps, but there was nothing at all posted about time gaps until the post where you mentioned it, so I'm not sure where that's coming from?
There was a list by @Extrocomp in post #20 that could be a good reference, but I would think it would be better if they were to post it in its own thread. I think threads would be more effective references if they stuck with a single subject. But of course I'm willing to listen to opposing viewpoints about that.
Agreed about the list; it should be its own thread.
Similar threads
