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Cha...@ix.netcom.com (Clay Cahill) writes:

[stuff about ST:TNG tech manual being ST canon]

>>From what I understand, you are right. Okuda was sanctioned by both
>Gene and Rick (Berman... two close personal friends of mine... yes, I
>reach beyond the grave on this one) t okeep technical continuity on
>the show to the point where he could order major re-writes and kill
>ideas that couldn't be explained... So when Wesley beamed to that lame
>duck ship for the war game with his anti-matter class project (not to
>mention James Kirk's vampire cloud episode), then Okuda's credibility
>was instantly lost because he approved the tech in the script and then
>said you couldn't do it.

Thanks.  I remembered the vampire cloud, but I had forgotten about Wesley's
science project (I tend to forget a lot about episodes featuring Wesley). :-)
Obviously Wesley hadn't read the tech manual yet, so of course nothing bad
happened to him (rats!). :-)

>So therefore, I win!

>So nanny nanny boo-boo to you too!

I gotta remember that one. :-)

Gary