Do we have much of an idea how it works? There are multi space-time accesses to it. Everyone somehow seems the bar in a way that is comforting. How does everyone understand each other without translators? No one every pick up deletrious microfauna from other locations and times?
The Captain's Table
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If I recall, this is a novel series, right?
As a literary device to tie various captains together to tell stories from various times, it works fine. As I recall (from the only one of these books I actually read...) The barkeep told Pike that he could only know where to find the place or what location in time it was. Sort of a bizarre Heizenburg scenario.
Seemed like the sort of thing Doctor Who might explain with a phrase like "timey-wimey."
If we want a more Star Trek explanation, I propose that there is an entity (perhaps the barkeep?) who is like the Nexus Ribbon in that he/it exists in various times and places at once; extra-dimensionally. Also, this entity is telepathic and when he's in the vicinity of a captain, he connects to the captain's mind and telepathically and simulates the bar in that captain's mind while providing a mental conduit for communication amongst the other captain's.
Why does this entity do this? Why just captains? Clearly it's his hobby.
Having only read the one book several years ago, that'd be my explanation, but maybe it was actually explained at some point that I'm not aware of...
--Alex
As a literary device to tie various captains together to tell stories from various times, it works fine. As I recall (from the only one of these books I actually read...) The barkeep told Pike that he could only know where to find the place or what location in time it was. Sort of a bizarre Heizenburg scenario.
Seemed like the sort of thing Doctor Who might explain with a phrase like "timey-wimey."
If we want a more Star Trek explanation, I propose that there is an entity (perhaps the barkeep?) who is like the Nexus Ribbon in that he/it exists in various times and places at once; extra-dimensionally. Also, this entity is telepathic and when he's in the vicinity of a captain, he connects to the captain's mind and telepathically and simulates the bar in that captain's mind while providing a mental conduit for communication amongst the other captain's.
Why does this entity do this? Why just captains? Clearly it's his hobby.
Having only read the one book several years ago, that'd be my explanation, but maybe it was actually explained at some point that I'm not aware of...
--Alex
I think this should be in the Trek Lit section.
I've only read "Once Burned" and a few "Tales of the Captain's Table" stories, but I figured it was the work of a Q-like being who really, really has a thing for captains.
And who, of course, is able to manifest entrances to his bar wherever he wants, ensure everyone understands everyone else, makes sure no unfortunate temporal nastiness ensues from captains co-mingling across time and space (think of the three timelines in "All Good Things") ....etc.
I've only read "Once Burned" and a few "Tales of the Captain's Table" stories, but I figured it was the work of a Q-like being who really, really has a thing for captains.
And who, of course, is able to manifest entrances to his bar wherever he wants, ensure everyone understands everyone else, makes sure no unfortunate temporal nastiness ensues from captains co-mingling across time and space (think of the three timelines in "All Good Things") ....etc.
Haven't read a Trek novel in literally decades, but from the posts above, it kinda' seems like the Trek equivalent of Callahan's CrossTime Saloon or Munden's Bar, possibly Milliways, the Restaurant at the end of The Universe (or it's temporal opposite, the Big Bang Burger Bar).
Sincerely,
Bill
Sincerely,
Bill
Since I am asking for the technical principles, it should stay here(unless a Mod disagrees).
Yes, but if it was posted in the Trek Lit section, there'd be a greater chance that one of the authors of the books would see it and answer your question.
Knight Templar
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I agree with Post #2.
I liked the Captain's Table series but I think it focused too much on the stories being told there and not the potential of interaction between the various "captains" (actually leaders of any kind and not just ship captains) who transited through the bar.
I remember one of the novels the bartender was commenting about being annoyed with Alexander the Great I think it was ("kept trying to take over the bar").
I liked the Captain's Table series but I think it focused too much on the stories being told there and not the potential of interaction between the various "captains" (actually leaders of any kind and not just ship captains) who transited through the bar.
I remember one of the novels the bartender was commenting about being annoyed with Alexander the Great I think it was ("kept trying to take over the bar").
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