Star Trek VI question

[SmilingOtter]

I was watching this again recently - as an aside, thanks SyFy for showing a real sci-fi movie for a change! - and they were discussing the fact that Qo'noS would become uninhabitable in about fifty years. During the peace conference, the UFP president was talking about the evacuation of Qo'noS just before Kirk beamed down.

Now in TNG the planet is obviously inhabited and presumably environmentally stable. Was anything ever written about what was done to reverse the damage?

 

[darthgordon]

Not in any movie or script that I'm aware of. I read somewhere that they set up a new Klingon homeworld and renamed it Qo'noS... I'm not sure I like this explanation though. I assume that with the Federation's help, they were able to combat the problem and remain on the planet.

 

[robn1]

I always assumed the federation helped them with the cleanup. The part about Qo'noS becoming uninhabitable was what would happen without intervention. From the beginning of TNG the federation and Klingons were allies, the events of TUC may be what led to that.

 

[darthgordon]

Yes... but there were actually two Khitomer Accords. The second seems to have occurred around the same time the Enterprise C disappeared. That was what established the formal alliance.

 

[clancampbell]

In the film David Warner clearly says "Chronos 1"....i guess the trekkie Klingon linguists covered this up after the fact.

 

[GeorgeC]

I thought Kronos 1 was the name of Gorkon's flagship... the modified Klingon Battlecruiser that was used to transport him to Earth.

Anyhow, Star Trek was never known for complete internal consistency. On the original show, at least they had the excuse of having to invent a universe every week and constant problems with budget, threats of cancellation, and ornery script writers for 3 years!

TNG and the associated staff seemed to make more mistakes in a season than the original show did in 3 years. Heck, the guy who wrote "Generations" was the same fellow who wrote "Relics" and there sure were inconsistencies in the movie. Scotty clearly believed Kirk was dead in the movie after the ribbon storm ripped the main deflector room open... Yet in the fifth or sixth season TNG episode "Relics" (written about 1 or 2 years earlier) Scotty thinks Kirk was alive and came to pick him up in the Enterprise(-A)!

 

[darthgordon]

It was the name of the ship.

The writers of Generations said they knew it was a slight inconsistency, but felt that having Jimmy Doohan on was something they couldn't pass up. In fact, those parts were originally written for Nimoy and Kelley.

They didn't really make any more mistakes than TOS. And the TOS movies also made some mistakes... Star Trek V comes to mind immediately.

Despite a few inconsistencies, people did try very hard to keep things in line.

Though the constant changes to Spot are a bit confusing.

 

[Angelus Lupus]

The whole 'error' with Scotty in Generations came about not because of bad writing, but because it was originally meant to be Spock and McCoy that saw off the B with Kirk. This also explains why Checkov is called to the sickbay and seconds several reporters as nurses - that was originally meant to be McCoy's part.

 

[Apollo]

Not really.

Spot was a Dominion shape-shifter spy!

Though the constant changes to Spot are a bit confusing.

 

[Larry Young]

Though the constant changes to Spot are a bit confusing.

I always thought that was part of the joke, that Data thought all cats were called "Spot."

 

[Wes R]

You wouldn't think it would be that hard to get the same cat back lol.

 

[Angelus Lupus]

I think someone cat-sat for Data one time and accidentally killed Spot, probably Worf. The shock triggered a shutdown in Data, so they hurriedly got a new cat and Geordie fudged Data's memory so he didn't see the difference!

Or you could look at it like a different actor playing the same role, the way Alexander was played by more than one kid. We just have to accept the visual change.

 

[darthgordon]

Alexander still remained male... and always annoying; no matter who played him.

 

[MooCriket]

^

You've got that right. Could not stand that character.

 

[TheDoctor]

There was no explanation for Kronos in movies or TV, but the novel Sarek states that the Federation helped Kronos.

The Klingon ship was named Kronos One because the President's offical aircraft is Air Force One.