According to the history of the original series, as opposed to later series history and the Chronology, the development of FTL engines and the Third World War (Eugenics War) were in the same decade, perhaps even in the same years. Note: the SS Valiant, a warp driven ship, left Earth in 1996. 1996 is the same year that saw the close of the Third World War. I feel that the writers were implying a situation that may have existed in this decade. After wars, there are technological changes. For instance, in World War II, pilots went from flying propeller planes to jet planes. The technological change that accompanied the last world war is sublight ships to warp ships. I don't precisely know the reason; however, I don't believe that Cochrane would do this for money, fame, or scantily clad women. There is a possibility that Cochrane may have been a chief scientist or engineer on a project funded by a governing agency. This chief team leader may be remembered as the discoverer of the warp drive and his contributions to space exploration afterwards. Here, I am thinking of Werner Von Braun who is remembered for his contributions to the American space program. I find this scenario more believable than that presented in First Contact. As my mother said, "They caught the spirit, but not the details."
If you have additional ideas, I would like to hear them.
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[This message has been edited by targetemployee (edited October 05, 2000).]
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Math
1996 plus 200 is 2196.
Five year mission is
2196 first year
2197 second year
2198 third year
2199 fourth year
2200 fifth year
2.The difficulty that I encounter when in conversation about this issue-the Third World War and the Eugenics War-is that people think that two separate wars are occuring. This is how we speak of wars nowadays. The Persian Gulf War is the Persian Gulf War. In centuries past, wars could be given multiple names. The American Civil War is known as the Civil War by the north and history books and known by the south as the War of Southern Succession. Further, compounding matters, there are wars where there are wars within a war. One Hundred Years is actually a small number of wars fought between England and France.
3. Khan was one of many leaders. He was dictator over the Middle East and Asia. The other leaders controlled other parts of the world.
Earth in the time of the Third World War had many classes of spaceships. The DY-100 Class is one of the most advanced of the decade.
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The only three times I remember of TOS where both a fixed timepoint and a time interval were concisely given would be:
1) Space Seed (1996 is explicitly the year the EWs ended, and Kirk says this was 200 years ago)
2) Tomorrow is Yesterday (1969 is the year the ship travels to, and Kirk says a wait of 200 years in jail should be "just about right")
3) Squire of Gothos (events of the 1800s are discussed by Trelane, and Spock reasons that it took 800 years for lightspeed information of them to travel to Gothos)
Thus, the first two say TOS was in the 2190s and the last says it was in the late 2600s. Other episodes offer less concise clues.
Timo Saloniemi
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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."
- George Bernard Shaw
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[Bart's looking for his dog.]
Groundskeeper Willy: Yeah, I bought your mutt - and I 'ate 'im! [Bart gasps.] I 'ate 'is little face, I 'ate 'is guts, and I 'ate the way 'e's always barkin'! So I gave 'im to the church.
Bart: Ohhh, I see... you HATE him, so you gave him to the church.
Groundskeeper Willy: Aye. I also 'ate the mess he left on me rug. [Bart stares.] Ya heard me!
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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."
- George Bernard Shaw