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Originally posted by Rich04:
The biggest thing that bugged be was that the Klingon homeworld was only 80 hours away from earth at warp 5. Damn that is close. That would make it like a few minutes away by Voyagers time.
As a rule Star Trek has always had a hard time getting its distances and travel times straight. I tend to ignore it or assume that the Star Trek universe is more crowded than our own. [Given the speed of phasers, perhaps light moves slower there and light years are just a fraction of ours.] :-)
As to the Klingon's, I still prefer the history used in Star Fleet Battles. If I remember correctly, the Klingons were part of a multi-racial slave empire that overthrew the Old Kings. Thus, you can have may flavors of Klingon that share a common culture. Separate clans, civil wars, power struggles, these are Klingon things. Genetic manipulation and pLastic surgery conspiracies are not.
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TAZ