Matthew Pearson wrote:
> Different OT question, same thread: I haven't seen the show yet, and I'm wondering,
> have they kept the World War III scenario from the "First Contact" movie (Earth,
> politically and technologically crippled by a Third World War, makes first contact
> with the Vulcans after whats-his-name invents a warp drive)?
Yes.
> If so, when is the show supposed to take place vis a vis that timeline--shortly
> thereafter, a few years thereafter, a century thereafter?
I think about a century later. The Vulcans have been exerting all their
diplomatic force to keep Earth out of space, but have finally bumped up
against something even they can't talk around: the need to return an
injured Klingon to Qonos.
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