Talk:Ship of the Line

I only have the Audiobook version of this novel, so I cannot check the following data against the printed book.

Firstly, the novel places the main story in 2371 and "First Contact" events in 2372, although it is listed in the Timeline and the Timeline chart as 2372 & 2373 since that is consistent with established Stardates. Should this be mentioned in a footnote and/or updated in the Sidebar which still lists the dates as 2371-72?

As for the Stardate issue, a Stardate is given in the novel by Captain Bateman at the beginning of the Enterprise-E's shakedown cruise, but several problems exist. The Stardate given is 5021.9 (obviously a mis-read date, but I cannot access the novel to check it's printed date). However, assuming this is a 50xxx.x Stardate, that would place those events in 2373, which is contradictory to all timeline data. Should footnotes be listed along with the given Stardate, or just leave the Stardate entry blank?

– 74.197.223.65 08:00, January 17, 2010 (UTC)