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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dukhat: [QB] [QUOTE]The solution is easy . . . did we actually see the dedication plaque, in the sense of having it readable? If not, then you're pitting what we saw on screen against what we didn't see on screen at all, and thus giving yourself an unnecessary headache. But even if you soldier on past the point above, there's also the fact that, per the only image I've found of the dedication plaque (lifted from the Encyclopedia or something), the plaque gives a generic 22xxx stardate. Post-four-digit, pre-4xxxx stardates were notoriously inconsistent, and thus it is difficult to lock down a year (as you have done with 2345) for the ship's commissioning. Cases in point: "Dark Page"[TNG], with 3xxxx stardates 35 years in the past . . . or you could mention Tuvok's 3xxxx birth, which is of course ridiculous given that he was an adult aboard Excelsior in ST6-time. Simply put, an "interregnum" stardate is an awfully finicky thing to presume a contradiction on.[/QUOTE]Yes, my thinking exactly. I also found the Dark Page reference you mention, proving that Okuda did sometimes randomly make up stardates, and that they should be taken with a grain of salt. Or that some time in the past, the scale was changed, but not before the events in Dark Page, or the commissioning of the Brattain. Or whatever. (Actually, the 3XXXX stardate [which corresponds to 2328] in which Ian and Lwaxana get married actually helps push further back the launching of the Brattain, if they were both using the same scale at the time) Anyway, I've come to some conclusions, thanks to all of your help. First, I'm going to ignore stardates on dedication plaques, unless spoken dialogue corroborates said date. And second, I'm still going to assume that for the most part, registries are chronological, except for a few instances of which there's just no good answer such as the Oberth problem, and the ships from First Contact. But I'll explain more about that when I've finished my essay. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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