At that point, Burnham makes a dig about the lateral vector transporter system on the Shenzhou, but it seems like the one Spock is using might be a mash-up of that system and the kind we’re more familiar with. When Michael Burnham beamed aboard the USS Shenzhou in the flashback in “The Battle at the Binary Stars,” that was the year 2249. This could be a nod to the fact that transporter technology was clearly in flux in the 2240s and 2250s. When Spock beams over to the Enterprise at the very beginning, the transporter seems to be of yet another new design that we haven’t seen before. The events of “The Cage” also happen in 2254, so, any way you slice it, “Q&A” takes place pretty much right before that mission, either by a few months, or one year. So, if this is either 2253 or 2254, that would give Spock and Pike enough time to be pretty chummy by the time we catch up with them in Discovery. According to the episode “Brother,” Pike took command of the Enterprise in 2250, and by the time of Discovery it’s 2257. Read more: Star Trek: The Next Generation Essential EpisodesĪs for the timing of “Q&A” it seems like it’s gotta be either 2253 or 2254. But, if you want to get nitpicky, how can we explain that Spock,Pike and Number One are are basically wearing sweaters in “The Cage”/”The Menagerie.” The real-world explanation for this is obvious: Discovery redesigned the classic series uniforms, and “Q&A” is just using that design because it’s easy and the uniforms look great. Read more: Potential Connections Between Picard & Discoveryīut, chances are, if you’re reading this list, you already know all that, so why I am bringing it up? Because, relevantly, all the color-coded Starfleet uniforms in “Q&A” look pretty much the way they looked in Season 2 of Discovery, and other than the colors, they decidedly do not look like the turtleneck versions from “The Cage.” While we generally accept that the unaired pilot episode, “The Cage” is 100 percent part of “real” Star Trek canon, the fact remains it appeared in canon first as a telepathic flashback, reconstructed by the Talosians in the episode “The Menagerie.” In real life, this was just a smart way for Gene Roddenberry to use some footage that was previously rejected and also to create an instant and retroactive backstory for Spock, and its previous commander Captain Pike. ![]() ![]() Because this story depicts Spock’s first day on the classic NCC-1701 USS Enterprise, it’s not only a prequel for Discovery and Star Trek: The Original Series, but also various apocrypha, specifically, certain aspects of “The Cage.” Not counting flashbacks like “The Brightest Star” or the 22nd century prequel series Enterprise “Q&A” actually presents the earliest moment in original Star Trek canon, ever. Spoilers ahead! Spock’s first day: What’s up with the uniforms? And what year is this?
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