Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!mit-eddie!barmar From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Opening Credits (Really Stardates) Message-ID: <5023@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 04:06:00 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.5023 Posted: Sun Aug 18 04:06:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 21:15:54 EDT References: <1801@bmcg.UUCP> Reply-To: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 16 There is definitely no pattern to stardates between episodes (within episodes they always increased, except when time travel was involved). The "Star Trek Concordance" has a list of episodes ordered by stardate. This was a common question asked of Roddenberry, and the answer he made up even made it into "The Making of Star Trek" (I think). He explained that stardates are a function of both time and position in the galaxy, necessary because of the time-related effects of warp-speed travel. Thus, stardates can decrease if you travel across the galaxy. He admits that he had to make up this silly explanation because they never bothered to check the continuity of stardates. -- Barry Margolin ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar