Answer (1 of 14): The term “continuity error” gets thrown around a lot in reference to Trek, oftentimes erroneously. Some of the most famous “continuity errors” can be explained with a little imagination and common sense. WHY DOES KHAN KNOW CHEKHOV IF CHEKHOV WASN’T INTRODUCED TO STAR TREK UNTI...
    • directive0@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      8 days ago

      Isnt the warp speed limit part of the in universe reason that Voyager has new variable nacelle geometry?

      • MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.websiteEnglish
        6·
        8 days ago

        I had no idea they were related, but apparently they were (thanks 😉). But that too was soon retconned:

        According to comments by Michael and Denise Okuda, when mentioning of the speed limit was abandoned a few years after “Force of Nature”, it was assumed that newer ships, such as the USS Voyager and USS Defiant, had improved environmentally friendly warp drive systems, that did not cause damage to the spatial continuum.

        https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Variable_geometry_pylon

        • ValueSubtracted@startrek.website
          MEnglish
          4·
          8 days ago

          It’s technically not canon anyway, and I don’t really like it as an explanation, since we don’t see variable-geometry nacelles on other ships of the era.

          Best to assume they solved the subspace damage problem through some other means, IMO.

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      8 days ago

      But what about TNG 7x09, the one where we learn that warp travel damages subspace and that a warp speed limit is the solution?

      That was an analogy for Global Warming. The government issued a big proclamation but never actually did any real action about it.

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      8 days ago

      janeway? I don’t think ships stranded so far they are unlikely to get back are going to be obeying speed edicts. the whole setup is an extreme emergency.