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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Phelps: [QB] I like the revision a lot. Two comments: the Valiant was "missing" for over two centuries -- it could've departed earlier. On hearing that a magnetic space storm swept it to Enterprise's position (before they left the galaxy), Kirk says "The old impulse engines weren't strong enough." -- strong enough to resist the storm, or strong enough to take them from somewhere close to Earth to the edge of the galaxy? The latter would suggest that the ship had no warp drive. Also, although I agree with the 2050s placement of the Eugenics Wars, they were definitely mentioned in "Doctor Bashir, I Presume", and possibly in three other TNG or DS9 eps as well. This is what I found in the scripts -- however, I don't have all the eps on tape, so I can only confirm the reference from "Doctor Bashir....": <pre> <h5> "Doctor Bashir, I Presume": I don't think so. Two hundred years ago, we tried to "improve" the species through DNA resequencing and what did we get for our trouble? The Eugenics Wars. For every Julian Bashir that can be created, there's a Khan Singh waiting in the wings -- a "superhuman" whose ambition and thirst for power have been enhanced along with his intellect. The law against genetic engineering provides a firewall against such men and it's my job to keep that firewall intact. (to Richard) I've made my offer. Do you accept? "Statistical Probabilities": BASHIR It happened before. People like us did try to take over. JACK I knew it! I knew you were going to trot out the Eugenics Wars. "Up the Long Ladder": RIKER How could a spaceship leave Earth without some kind of a record? DATA Perhaps it was deliberate. They may have wished to escape detection. RIKER You're suggesting they were fugitives? DATA During the Eugenics Wars a group of genetically superior humans ruled the world. After their defeat some did escape. "A Matter of Time": PICARD (interrupting) I know, Professor, "What if one of those lives I save down there is a child who grows up to be the next Adolf Hitler or Khan Singh?" (MORE) </pre> [/QB][/QUOTE]
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