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Tom's age

mythme

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Is there any internal evidence, concrete or implied, which would determine Paris' age and/or year of birth?
 
Memory Beta, citing the novels, says he was born in 2346.

There's nothing in canon to indicate his age other than that he attended the academy in the 2360s.
 
From a rough estimation POV

If Tom was born in 2346

The accident in which Paris covered up was during his first assignment, onboard the USS Exeter, if we say Paris entered the Academy at 18 and graduated 4 years later at 22, then we can put the time of this accident sometime after, say a year later (2369)

Later he joins the Maquis and is captured by the Federation a few weeks after, he is imprisoned on the Penal Colony, for maybe two and a half years (considering his parole was upcoming when Janeway met him), he later accepts the mission for Voyager (2371)

So if we go by this method, Tom is 25 years old when he first boards Voyager
 
Wesley tried to get in when he was 16, I think Riker and Tasha entered at a ridiculously young age of like 13 (I checked everyone once upon a time for a pompous thread, actually it might have been for Kobayashi maru fanfiction challenges? but that's another story.) but Picard and Wes bot failed in their first attempt. Making 5 people kick the shit out of each other and only the bext continues on to the next level? How the fuck did Barclay get past that?) How many tries to get in would it have taken Tom? just because sarah Silverman said he was the smartest man she knew, have you seen who she hangs out with on her program?

Owen had Toms career by the balls and might have fast tracked his entry into the academy like Riker who wanted it bad or tash who was an orphan, so he could have been even younger.

Kim was born in 2351. Same year as Wesley.

that's a huge age difference when you're that young.
 
If you take the actors age, then Nick Locarno is the same age as Tom Paris who is the same age as Wesley who is the same as Kim.

Kim and Paris were both 20 or almost 20 in the pilot?
 
I kinda assumed that the writers assumed that Tom was bascially Nick Lorcano with another name and were the same age. I do like how you broke it down MadMatthias
 
Thy claim that casting Robbie was a coincidence. They also Claim that Nick and Tom's "accidents" are nothing alike because Tom owned up. Dating the wrong twin indeed.

If paperwork was officially ever to rise up tht Tom was based Nick Locarno, that would mean that Voyagers producers woudl owe some one, a lot of money.

Ronald D Moore wrote the First Duty.

My...

What a sticky wicket.
 
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