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In TAS, Scotty refers to the Bonaventure as the first vessel to have warp drive installed. However, if that were the case, then that puts it around the time of the Earth-Kzin Wars.
The Earth-Kzin Wars were established to have taken place 200 years before TAS, placing the conflicts between the mid-2050s and late-2060s, and possibly as early as the mid-2040s. And while the first of the wars was fought with sublight vessels, the wars ended when Earth produced warp capable vessels. These conflicts might not have been very long, if there were four of them within that timeframe. And does imply that the Bonaventure did ward off the Kzinti.
The timeline for Earth expeditions into space, and warp capacity is precise. Warp drive is attained in 2063 by Zefram Cochrane, bringing about first contact with Vulcans. SS Valiant is launched in 2065, Friendship One launched in 2067, and the SS Conestoga – a warp capable vessel- was launched in 2069. New Berlin on Luna, Utopia Planitia on Mars, and various colonies on asteroids were established prior to 2069. And Terra Nova, the first colony outside the solar system, is colonized in 2078 nine lightyears from Earth. And warp drive at warp two doesn’t begin until 2119 at the earliest.
In “The Time Trap” the Bonaventure is noted as being trapped in the Delta Triangle for centuries, meaning it disappeared around 2069, give or take several years (non-canon sources place its disappearance in 2079). And it was supposed to be on its third voyage, meaning it likely left Earth a couple of time prior. This places the Delta Triangle at its furthest distance at 15 lightyears away from Earth, although it is likely much closer, and at least 5 lightyears away. For reference, Vulcan is 17 years from Earth, and Andoria is 11 light years from Earth.
Bonaventure was also originally, and semi-canonically, the first warp capable ship before FC retconned it as the Phoenix. And there were two different designs of the Bonaventure, the 10281NCC version featured in TAS, and the C1-21 version featured in DS9 in the classroom of Keiko O’Brien.
TAS Bonaventure
DS9 Bonaventure
This leaves several unanswered questions.
Was there a space race involving the Bonaventure and the Phoenix that revolved around warp drive?
Was the Bonaventure the first vessel given warp technology after the success of the Phoenix? Or was the Bonaventure technically the first to be warp capable, but failed to launch first for undetermined reasons?
Were the Earth-Kzin Wars a series event kept from the public for a long time, like the Eugenics Wars? And possibly a secondary reason the ECON weaponized space to begin with? Or just a series of skirmishes inflated as a war?
What do you think were the reasons that the stardrive section of the Bonaventure was dropped and not revived until around the mid-22nd century?
What the difference between Bonaventure (C1-21) and Bonaventure (10281NCC)? Was the 10281NCC version just a refit of the C1-21? Or do they just share a name?
In TAS, Scotty refers to the Bonaventure as the first vessel to have warp drive installed. However, if that were the case, then that puts it around the time of the Earth-Kzin Wars.
The Earth-Kzin Wars were established to have taken place 200 years before TAS, placing the conflicts between the mid-2050s and late-2060s, and possibly as early as the mid-2040s. And while the first of the wars was fought with sublight vessels, the wars ended when Earth produced warp capable vessels. These conflicts might not have been very long, if there were four of them within that timeframe. And does imply that the Bonaventure did ward off the Kzinti.
The timeline for Earth expeditions into space, and warp capacity is precise. Warp drive is attained in 2063 by Zefram Cochrane, bringing about first contact with Vulcans. SS Valiant is launched in 2065, Friendship One launched in 2067, and the SS Conestoga – a warp capable vessel- was launched in 2069. New Berlin on Luna, Utopia Planitia on Mars, and various colonies on asteroids were established prior to 2069. And Terra Nova, the first colony outside the solar system, is colonized in 2078 nine lightyears from Earth. And warp drive at warp two doesn’t begin until 2119 at the earliest.
In “The Time Trap” the Bonaventure is noted as being trapped in the Delta Triangle for centuries, meaning it disappeared around 2069, give or take several years (non-canon sources place its disappearance in 2079). And it was supposed to be on its third voyage, meaning it likely left Earth a couple of time prior. This places the Delta Triangle at its furthest distance at 15 lightyears away from Earth, although it is likely much closer, and at least 5 lightyears away. For reference, Vulcan is 17 years from Earth, and Andoria is 11 light years from Earth.
Bonaventure was also originally, and semi-canonically, the first warp capable ship before FC retconned it as the Phoenix. And there were two different designs of the Bonaventure, the 10281NCC version featured in TAS, and the C1-21 version featured in DS9 in the classroom of Keiko O’Brien.
TAS Bonaventure
DS9 Bonaventure
This leaves several unanswered questions.
Was there a space race involving the Bonaventure and the Phoenix that revolved around warp drive?
Was the Bonaventure the first vessel given warp technology after the success of the Phoenix? Or was the Bonaventure technically the first to be warp capable, but failed to launch first for undetermined reasons?
Were the Earth-Kzin Wars a series event kept from the public for a long time, like the Eugenics Wars? And possibly a secondary reason the ECON weaponized space to begin with? Or just a series of skirmishes inflated as a war?
What do you think were the reasons that the stardrive section of the Bonaventure was dropped and not revived until around the mid-22nd century?
What the difference between Bonaventure (C1-21) and Bonaventure (10281NCC)? Was the 10281NCC version just a refit of the C1-21? Or do they just share a name?
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