The original idea as given by the TPTB is that stardates with five digits are indicative of the 24th century. There is evidence from two episodes which contradict this belief. The first is the episode "The Child". An okudagram from the episode says that the blood plasma plaque of 2296 on Obi VI occured on stardate 38325.30. The second is the episode "Unimatrix Zero, Part Two" where Tuvox gives his birthdate as 38774. The vulcan's year of birth is 2264.
I have no explanation for why there existed five digit stardates in the 23rd century. Chalk this up to the mysteries of stardates. (sigh)
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Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
Perhaps the stardates were given in local units, i.e. 38774 is a Vulcan stardate?
Timo Saloniemi
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
I don't think so. The whole purpose of stardates would at least SEEM to be to eliminate the dependence on local times.
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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :
"...blood plasma plaque..."
Them plasmas should use Crest. It works best.
"...where Tuvox gives his ..."
Oh great. I haven't seen UM0 II, but if this is another shit scheme like that 'Tuvix' incident, I'm going nutty. Who plays Tuvox?
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Posted by Galen (Member # 72) on :
So, according to the stardates, the Blood Plasma Plague occurred after the Raven's mission to study the Borg. Want more confusion? Annika Hansen was born on Stardate 25479. So she is older than Tuvok.
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