Not really a continuity error, a deliberate attempt to circumvent an "R" rating.
What is THE Worst continuity error in Trek history..?!
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Doesn't matter what the reason was. It's still a continuity error particuliarly when you have a character in a scene looking at it and saying "this isn't Klingon blood."
What about Voyager and how they never ran out of shuttlecraft? Does that count?
Or Photon Torpedos. They made a specific issue about having limited armament in the first few shows, then just ignored it later.
If only they had bothered to toss in just a single line into a show about how wonderful it was to have found a way to replicate new Torpedos or replacement shuttles.
I do suppose the fact they could not only build the Delta flyer but build a replacement for it might explain where the new shuttles were coming from.
I would call it a retcon.
Exactly.
It's only a little thing but the shuttle thing really bugged me as did their endless supply of torpedoes.
They grow up so fast...
^^Klingons age differently than humans. How's this the worst continuity error in the franchise?
It's not the worst. It's just one that came to mind and was humorous.
You're right. They age more slowly.
Alexander would seem to indicate they age quicker. Where do you get the idea they age slower? IIRC, prior to Alexander, we had no indication as to how Klingons age in relation to humans.
Just because the Klingons live longer doesn't mean they don't mature faster. On a world like their's must be, harsh and dangerous, slow maturation is a sure recipe for extinction. And the only way to avoid that fate is to mature quickly, so you can seize what ever you can to sustain yourself without having to wait for scraps.
I would classify it as a continuity inconsistency. Alexander Rozhenko is 1/4 Human, 3/4 Klingon. The closest comparison we have to look at is B'Elanna Torres, who was 1/2 Human, 1/2 Klingon. In all of the flashback sequences for Torres on Voyager she seems to have matured more or less on par with the Human children with whom she grew up. Alexander very clearly matured at an accelerated rate. So either the 1/4 difference in their genetic makeup causes some sort of imbalance in the rate of maturity, or they are clearly inconsistent with all other aging and maturation rates we've seen of all other Humans and Klingons. Not necessarily a continuity error, but at best it's an inconsistency.
Which was also after Alexander and his rapid aging was introduced, so if anything DS9 establishing Klingons have long lifespans is the continuity anomaly. Though, again there's nothing established that they can't be long lived, most just don't reach old age due to their warrior lifestyle.
When Alexander first appeared I always thought that he was a product of Worf and Keylar's pre TNG relationship.
is there any dialogue that indicates that can't be the case? Birth Stardates or something?
I "head canoned" this as Kor, Kang and Koloth were part of the sleeper ship project towards the end of their careers and they were revived by another ship perhaps in the 2350s (or whenever). So they aren't biologically as old as they are chronologically.
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