in conclusion: do whatever
Oct. 10th, 2022 07:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marcicatYesterday I thought to myself 'I shall do Actual Research for this nanowrimo fic, and find out how Star Trek's stardates work.' I've been curious how much time was supposed to have passed during Strange New Worlds' season 1, and I figured understanding the stardates would be useful.
Ahahahahahaha I was so wrong!
Memory Alpha was very informative, except that the information was mostly 'yeah, they made it up.' Any article that starts with "covers information from several alternate timelines" is bound to be a wild ride, and it 100% was.
Important takeaway:
*According to the article, all the Strange New Worlds eps took place in the same year.
Absolutely fantastic quote from Gene Roddenberry:
"In answering these questions, I came up with the statement that "this time system adjusts for shifts in relative time which occur due to the vessel's speed and space warp capability. It has little relationship to Earth's time as we know it. One hour aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise at different times may equal as little as three Earth hours. The star dates specified in the log entry must be computed against the speed of the vessel, the space warp, and its position within our galaxy, in order to give a meaningful reading." Therefore star date would be one thing at one point in the galaxy and something else again at another point in the galaxy."
"I'm not quite sure what I meant by that explanation, but a lot of people have indicated it makes sense. If so, I've been lucky again, and I'd just as soon forget the whole thing before I'm asked any further questions about it."
Ahahahahahaha I was so wrong!
Memory Alpha was very informative, except that the information was mostly 'yeah, they made it up.' Any article that starts with "covers information from several alternate timelines" is bound to be a wild ride, and it 100% was.
Important takeaway:
*According to the article, all the Strange New Worlds eps took place in the same year.
Absolutely fantastic quote from Gene Roddenberry:
"In answering these questions, I came up with the statement that "this time system adjusts for shifts in relative time which occur due to the vessel's speed and space warp capability. It has little relationship to Earth's time as we know it. One hour aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise at different times may equal as little as three Earth hours. The star dates specified in the log entry must be computed against the speed of the vessel, the space warp, and its position within our galaxy, in order to give a meaningful reading." Therefore star date would be one thing at one point in the galaxy and something else again at another point in the galaxy."
"I'm not quite sure what I meant by that explanation, but a lot of people have indicated it makes sense. If so, I've been lucky again, and I'd just as soon forget the whole thing before I'm asked any further questions about it."
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Date: 2022-10-10 02:33 pm (UTC)