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> "GeneK" genek_hates_spammers.com> wrote:
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>> "Anim8rFSK" cox.net> wrote in message news:ANIM8Rfsk-

>>> I'm grumbling about Orci giving interviews saying that warp engines
>>> have to be built and 'balanced' on the ground; you can't assemble
>>> them in space.
>>>
>>> Gotta make repairs sorta tough.
>>>
>>> And it clearly contradicts TMP and Enteprise canon.

>>
>> There's a pretty long timespan between the Enterprise's
>> first mission and TMP, and Starfleet could either have
>> learned to balance warp engines in space or redesigned
>> them so that it can be done at any point between (preferably
>> prior to TOS the series, as we see Scotty restoring warp
>> on a fairly regular basis). In the intervening period, I see
>> no problem with the idea that the most effective way to
>> "repair" a blown warp engine is to swap it out in drydock.
>>
>> Violating "Enterprise" canon is a plus in my book. More
>> so if TPTB would just come out and declare the entire
>> series noncanon. But if it's really an issue, every time
>> they develop a new type of engine there's an opportunity
>> for some new shortcoming to be the price of improved
>> performance.
>>
>> GeneK

>
> Or, Orci could have just been honest and said "we don't give a fuck
> about canon, we just thought it looked neat"