New stardates
- Thread starter Zeppster
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Yup. The Kelvin was destroyed on 2233.04
I actually like this change.
Didn't Old Spock give a future stardate of 2387.?? at some point in the movie?
I actually like this change.
Didn't Old Spock give a future stardate of 2387.?? at some point in the movie?
My guess is that the number after the year is the day.
The computer did on Spock's ship, hrm.
So now stardates aren't stardates...they're just dates.
Correction: Earthdates.
Correction: Earthdates.
Yep, they're Gregorian dates, which makes it easier to understand the chronology of the movie at key points.
Then I am looking forward to stardate 22whatever.324, or whatever other three digit number you care to put after the point.
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Lord Garth
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This is a much better system. Not only do we not have to convert to Gregorian dates but, in universe, it keeps the numbers from getting too large if the Federation lasts for centuries or milennia.
Seven-digit stardates if the UFP lasted for 1,000 years would seem like too much for them.
Seven-digit stardates if the UFP lasted for 1,000 years would seem like too much for them.
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Lord Garth
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The digits passed the decimal point would be tenths and hundredths of a year. Mathematically, that's how it would work anyway.
So is that Federation wide? So other planets and aliens have to conform to Earth dates in the Federation?
Why not? They all have to speak English. 
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Lord Garth
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They already had to conform to Earth years underneath the old system. Because Star Trek is created by Earthlings, the Federation and Starfleet will always look disproportionately human. Particularly in the 23rd Century.
Azetbur had a point when she said the Federation was nothing more than a Homo Sapiens Only Club. Ideally it shouldn't be that way but it's almost completely how it tends to be portrayed. The stardate system just acknowledges what we actually see.
I noticed, and I like the change.
And it can be explained away - when Nero destroyed the Kelvin, he killed the guy/girl who came up with the way to make stardates work in the original timeline before he/she had a chance to implement the new system of keepin' dates for the Federation!
I noticed, and I like the change.
And it can be explained away - when Nero destroyed the Kelvin, he killed the guy/girl who came up with the way to make stardates work in the original timeline before he/she had a chance to implement the new system of keepin' dates for the Federation!
There we go, that could be the answer and settles that lol
They did it because then it's easier to understand the whole time-travel thing, which otherwise would have got somewhat confusing. That's the only explanation I think. I like it.
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