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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Woodside Kid: [QB] To throw a few more monkey wrenches into the equation, there's the bottle of Romulan ale dated 2283 that McCoy gives Kirk in ST2, along with his line that "it takes this stuff a while to ferment." If this means that the bottle is a year or two (or more) older, then Voyager's 2270 date for the end of Kirk's mission [i]can't[/i] be correct. If we assume that each season is roughly equivalent to a year, then we have to allow two years or so from "Space Seed" to the end of the five-year mission. However, the fifteen year gap between the episode and the movie, coupled with the date on the ale bottle, means that each year that the ale ages pushes the date of TMP that much further. A 2285 date for ST2, for example, gives "Space Seed" a 2270 date, the end of the mission 2272, and TMP either 2274 or 75, depending on how late in the year the mission ended. On the other hand, a 2285 date for ST2 gives a 2279 date for TMP a couple of other problems. For one thing, it would require Chekov to go from lieutenant to full commander in six years or less, and Kirk to go from either captain or rear admiral (depending on whether or not his rank reduction was made permanent) to full admiral in the same space of time. That's a pretty good trick in either case. Incidentally, Timo, the rank markings on Kirk's epaulet consisted of only one star, meaning his rank was Starfleet's equivalent of the US Navy's rear admiral (lower half). Where commodore fits into this mess is anybody's guess. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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