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From: neutron@hpfcla.UUCP
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Subject: Age of the Enterprise
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Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 20:37:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 24 20:37:00 1986
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Chris Durham says:

> In "The Menagerie", Spock states that what they are viewing on the screen
> ocurred 13 years ago.  "Space Seed" happened after "The Menagerie", I think
> all will agree on that.  STII, The Wrath of Khan, happened 15 years after
> "Space Seed", according to Khan.  This makes the Enterprise at least 28 years
> old.  The Commander of Star Fleet, in STIII, said that the Enterprise was 20
> years old.  Can anyone give a reasonable "rationalization" ...

Perhaps when Khan said "15 years" he meant local years on the planet he was
stranded on (Ceti Alpha 3?).  For things to work out, a Ceti Alpha 3 year must
be about half of a Federation standard (Earth?) year.  This gives us 13+15/2 or
about 20 standard years for the age of the Enterprise.


						-Jack "1/256 vulcan" Applin
						hplabs!hpfcdc!jack

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