Event alluded to by Bryan Fuller.

[C.E. Evans]

It seems they use the term interchangeably to refer to huge areas such as the alpha and smaller areas within.

In recent years, one idea that's been bandied about is that of "sector quadrants." The caveat was that back then, even a single sector was considered a huge gulf of space to cross for most ships, taking those with low or even medium warp capability a long time to traverse, so it was broken down into quadrants too. References to the Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Quadrants was more specific and were spelled with a capital "Quadrant."

I can't believe the Enterprise is sometimes the only ship in the whole Alpha quadrant.

I like the idea that term was an exaggeration to drive home a point of the fleet being spread out, and isn't to be taken literally.

 

[Kahless the Unforgettable]

It's really just a relative term. All "quadrant" means is "one-fourth of something" basically. The Alpha/Beta/Delta/Gamma Quadrants are clearly in reference to the Milky Way itself, but that doesn't mean that's the only time "quadrant" is used.

I mean, we use the word "truck" to refer to pick-ups, tractor-trailers, and the undercarriage of railroad cars (as well as the other myriad definitions for the term). It just depends on how it's being used. Ditto for "ship," "company," and countless other words and homonyms.

For an even better example, just look at how "sea" has been used in the past.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

Just read Memory Alpha article on quadrants:
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Quadrant

There are 4 major quadrants (Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta) and hundreds/thousands of minor quadrants.

 

[JoeP]

Reference to "the Discovery" in TOS:
https://kimikomura19.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/reference-to-u-s-s-discovery-in-tos/

KIRK: Something, Mister Spock?

SPOCK: Unusual, Captain. I'm now getting a sizable space-displacement reading.

KIRK: Can you verify that, Navigator?

DESALLE: No, sir. Forward sweeps are negative. Wait. Verified, sir. We must be in some sort of light warp or we'd have picked it up earlier.

KIRK: Put it on visual. (A purple globe appears on the viewscreen)

DESALLE: Iron-silica body, planet sized, magnitude 1-E. We'll be passing close.

SPOCK: Inconceivable this body has gone unnoted on all our records.

KIRK: And yet, here it is. No time to investigate. Science stations, gather data for computer banks. Uhura, notify the Discovery on subspace radio.​

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Fascinating.

 

[Visitor1982]

^

LOL it's discovery, without the captial D. The Enterprise made a discovery and reported it on subspace radio. That's all.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

^

LOL it's discovery, without the captial D. The Enterprise made a discovery and reported it on subspace radio. That's all.

That's what I thought before. But as, in-universe, you can't always see capital letters or italics when someone speaks them, it could be retconned to be a ship. Notify can mean to tell someone or to make note of officially. So either works.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

Reference to "the Discovery" in TOS:
https://kimikomura19.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/reference-to-u-s-s-discovery-in-tos/

KIRK: Something, Mister Spock?

SPOCK: Unusual, Captain. I'm now getting a sizable space-displacement reading.

KIRK: Can you verify that, Navigator?

DESALLE: No, sir. Forward sweeps are negative. Wait. Verified, sir. We must be in some sort of light warp or we'd have picked it up earlier.

KIRK: Put it on visual. (A purple globe appears on the viewscreen)

DESALLE: Iron-silica body, planet sized, magnitude 1-E. We'll be passing close.

SPOCK: Inconceivable this body has gone unnoted on all our records.

KIRK: And yet, here it is. No time to investigate. Science stations, gather data for computer banks. Uhura, notify the Discovery on subspace radio.

LOL it's discovery, without the captial D. The Enterprise made a discovery and reported it on subspace radio. That's all.

It's on screen. It's canon. You can't argue with Canon! ​

 

[Timo]

Oh, yes - this noting of fellow starships starts in "The Cage" already, with USS Confusion...

Timo Saloniemi

 

[F. King Daniel]

I'm curious, did anyone make the link between Archer IV in "Yesterday's Enterprise" and Jonathan Archer from ENT, before "In a Mirror, Darkly"?

 

[Timo]

There shouldn't be any - after all, only planets were named after Archer, not stars.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[urbandefault]

It's on screen. It's canon. You can't argue with Canon! ​

Karma. You can't argue with karma. Just ask Earl Hickey.

 

[Nerys Myk]

There shouldn't be any - after all, only planets were named after Archer, not stars.

Timo Saloniemi

Apparently Archer IV orbits 61 Ursae Majoris, so the star isn't called "Archer".

 

[WarpFactorZ]

Cochrane did in First Contact. I think that may be the only documented case.

He didn't actually pee -- he only used it as an excuse to run away!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Actually I'm fairly sure that Cochrane was indeed relieving himself (or about to) when he was interrupted.

I'm curious, did anyone make the link between Archer IV in "Yesterday's Enterprise" and Jonathan Archer from ENT, before "In a Mirror, Darkly"?

IIRC, Archer IV is - retroactively - the planet from ENT's "Strange New World". So it was indeed named after Jonathan Archer.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

I am curious how Garth "learned the technique of cellular metamorphosis" and went from human(?) to shape shifter. If it'd something any of us could learn it would have massive repercussions (which, of course, we're completely ignored)

According to the Talosians, it's also possible for humans to learn the power of illusion-casting.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Well, the Talosians thought it was, but that doesn't make it true.

Remember what they did to Vina. They clearly didn't know jackshit about humans.

 

[locutus101]

^ Well, the Talosians thought it was, but that doesn't make it true.

Remember what they did to Vina. They clearly didn't know jackshit about humans.

Yeah, we're supposed to believe that they didn't know that humans don't have a hump. But when they projected the image of Vina in the mind of Pike, it was perfect. So, there's a bit of a contradiction there.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

What bugs me about the Talosians is this:

Vina said that they had never seen a human before and thus had no idea how to put her back together. Why didn't they just read her mind? They're TELEPATHS, for crying out loud.

And even if they couldn't read her mind, they could have taken all the information they needed from the Columbia's computer.

 

[Kahless the Unforgettable]

What bugs me about the Talosians is this:

Vina said that they had never seen a human before and thus had no idea how to put her back together. Why didn't they just read her mind? They're TELEPATHS, for crying out loud.

And even if they couldn't read her mind, they could have taken all the information they needed from the Columbia's computer.

Or they could have at least assumed they were symmetrical like just about every other species we've ever seen in the Star Trek franchise. Themselves included.