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From: ins_bbdg@jhunix.UUCP (James T. Kirk)
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Subject: Re: Age of the Enterprise
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 12:12:32 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 12:12:32 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.
> 
  I believe the Commander of Star Fleet (in STIII) said that the Enterprise
was 20 years *out of date* and therefore should be decommissioned.

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