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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Siegfried: [QB] This is thing that one must understand about the Chronology and the Encyclopedia and other work that Michael Okuda has done to chart the timeline of the Star Trek universe: he made the best guess that he could based on the canon information available to him. Too many of y'all are getting bent out of shape because the dates coming from [i]Enterprise[/i] aren't gelling with what Okuda wrote. Well, Okuda sifted through hundreds of hours of episodes and movies to arrive at the dates he did. And he acknowledges that most of the dates he sets down are based on his opinion and from dialog in the series. [i]Enterprise[/i] is actually coming into the party and nailing down specific dates for historical events in the Trek universe. Some of these are deviating from the Okuda works by a few years; one of them is deviating from the Okuda works by seventy years, but there is canonical evidence to support this severe deviation. Instead of being happy that [i]Enterprise[/i] is trying to fit in within a set of guidelines of historical events that was drafted by Okuda, many of y'all are planning on bombing Paramount Studios because the vile and evil Berman and Braga are daring to not follow the word of Okuda to the letter. That is utter nonsense. A comparative example would be me telling you that I was hit by a car about 15 years ago. Given the 15 years and the current date of 2001, you'd surmise that I was hit by a car in 1986. After a few days, I come back and tell you that I hit by a car in 1987. Now you're flaming me because I dared to alter your perception of an event where I rounded the number of years that passed. The Chronology and Encyclopedia are built on rounded numbers. Okuda did the best he could, but Star Trek has always talked about its history in vague enough terms that the writers don't write themselves into a corner. Okuda has even acknowledged this aspect of Star Trek. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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