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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Joshua Bell: [QB] I believe the observations of the future in AGT are a reasonable extrapolation of the future - at the time. Q, of course, could fake anything he wanted to, but it's also within his (claimed) powers to pop forwards in time (to a possible future?) and see how things actually progress. Picard's experience - and later, Sisko's - have some effect on the timeline, thus we would not expect anything hinged on them to play out the same way. Depending on whether timelines are relatively stable or chaotic that could mean anything from almost no change to almost total change. Trek seems to consistently portray the former, given how easily they patch up and gloss over timeline changes. (Contrast all of this with Riker's experience in "Future Imperfect" [TNG] where the simulated future is based entirely on Riker's imagination.) Something like Starfleet uniform design - removed from Picard/Sisko by several intermediate layers and not a big matter of concern - would be unlikely to be affected by their actions. The fate of the Enterprise, directly under the control of Picard and dictated by even minor scheduling changes (the decision of which ship to send to investigate the observatory in ST: Generations, for example). At least, that's my interpretation - based on the evidence we have - of how things work *as envisioned by the creators of the show*. I think the repeated use of this possible-future uniform is a *gasp* sign of consistency by the producers/designers of the show, who don't want to invent a new and different future look every time, and want us (the viewers) to recognize it. The door is left wide open for a change in fashion if we ever do see the "actual" future (e.g. a follow-on series). If the Starfleet uniform designer happens to go on away mission led by Picard or Sisko then things are likely to look radically different. [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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