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Author: eowynjedi

Jul 7th 2013 at 5:19:22 PM

With Star Trek, there's also advancement between TNG, DS9, and VOY. Some of it is for ideological reasons (DS9 introduces a warship, but Starfleet's about exploring) but some of it is genuine tech advancement, such as VOY's biogel packs for the starship systems. There's also Data, who while not widespread is a big leap. Between TOS and TNG, although the basics of their stock technology remain the devices themselves become more advanced (communicators become a badge, tricorders are much smaller in size, computer displays become much better). Warp drives in TNG on also look ''significantly'' different than in TOS (giant glowing maggot in TNG and pretty light tube in VOY), so yeah, it is a question of flexibility. Technology has clearly improved, but if it only counts for ''brand new'' inventions rather than significant improvements to existing technology, it gets tricky.

Also, ENT shows that things changed a ''lot'' between pre-Starfleet and Kirk-era, i.e. roughly 100 years: grapplers to tractor beams, transporters had only just been approved for use by people and are only used at absolute need, hull armor instead of energy shields, food prepared in a mess hall rather than resequenced from other matter, and Red Alert was invented on the show.

And on a different note with the Knights of the Old Republic: is it worth noting that the comic book ''Tales of the Jedi'' (which the games use a lot of names and other plot features from, and took place just 4 decades previously) is a total aversion?