What's with the map? The map file description says it is from another book, was it reprinted in this book? The image section is only for images from this book -- captainmike 01:45, July 2, 2017 (UTC)
- I don't belive the book mentions the month of 2386 this takes place. the liner note is 'late 2386' -- captainmike 20:36, April 24, 2020 (UTC)
- What references in the novel's text are you referring to? -- captainmike 15:32, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Mike, this: "The novel's 'Historian's Note' identifies the novel as set in late 2386, weeks after Control. However, within the novel itself, the text continually refers to many years having passed since the 2385-set The Crimson Shadow. Garak has been Castellan for about "three years", during which time he commissioned an inquiry into the Bajoran Occupation which took over two years. Arati Mhevet remembers their first meeting (during The Crimson Shadow) as occurring "a few years ago". Furthermore, in Pulaski's interview with Cardassian journalist Edek Mayrat, her rhetorical point about Cardassia's superior infrastructure not being dependent on HARF, as it has been "gone a few years now", is not something to say 13 months after a withdrawal. Rather, later, it is mentioned that HARF left their headquarters on Coranum Hill "nearly three years ago". And Peter Alden has completed a doctorate in xenolinguistics since the end of the late 2385-set The Missing, although completed "in record time", a doctoral thesis and an examination in under a year would be exceedingly unlikely. Finally, it is never mentioned how long it has been in-text since Control, although at the novel's start, Dr Parmak notes to Garak that it has been some time since he visited Bashir. The year can therefore be 2388." Igorlex (talk) 12:53, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
- I'm not sure we're on even footing here to ignore a novel's historical note, which is very clear.
- It's not Memory Beta's job to resolve contradictions (like we would be by changing the date). If a future novel notes a discrepancy and changes the date, then so be it - that's us changing it to reflect a change in the sources.
- The fact of the matter is is that people can be dishonest or exaggerative about dates, or misremember them, or use alternate calendar systems that we might not expect or have described to us.
- Also, in the distant future, doctoral studies may very well have changed. we can't start piling on our own presuppositions onto things expecting that the Star Trek universe needs to change to match something we feel about it.
- The novel establishes its own date and its not our job to address changing it, just to take note of these things. such as they are. kind regards, -- captainmike 13:11, 21 December 2020 (UTC)