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StarTrek The Next Generation Technical Manual

Authors' Introduction Page: VII
An important word of caution: All Starfleet personnel are hereby advised that any previous technical documentation in your possession may be suspect because of an ongoing Starfleet program of disinformation intended to confound and confuse the intelligence assets of potential forces. Such documents should therefore be verified with Federation archives, and this manual for authenticity.

Mike DiCenso wrote:I once thought about using it as the basis for a parody story where an ISD at the end is getting pounded on by GCS or some other Federation ship, and the ship's commander is screaming at two other officers over the introduction, how all the numbers in TNG TM are bogus since they're clearly misinformation, and what idiots they were to fall for such an obvious ruse.
-Mike

Kor_Dahar_Master wrote:

Mike DiCenso wrote:I once thought about using it as the basis for a parody story where an ISD at the end is getting pounded on by GCS or some other Federation ship, and the ship's commander is screaming at two other officers over the introduction, how all the numbers in TNG TM are bogus since they're clearly misinformation, and what idiots they were to fall for such an obvious ruse.
-Mike

You would be better off making one where the Bridge officers on a Acclamator are laughing at the GCS or some other Federation ship while one is holding up a ST tech manual and the other the ICS and comparing stats. Obviously then stage the fight with the Fed ship tanking the shots from the Acclamator easily and returnng fire and kicking the crap out of the Acclamator.

Then cut to Vader using the force choke on Saxton lol...

Enterprise E wrote:Not only that, but wasn't there this note at the end that said that the information inside may be intentionally misleading or incorrect just in case the manual fell into the wrong hands, or am I remembering a different tech manual?

StarTrek The Next Generation Technical Manual wrote:
Authors' Introduction Page: VII
An important word of caution: All Starfleet personnel are hereby advised that any previous technical documentation in your possession may be suspect because of an ongoing Starfleet program of disinformation intended to confound and confuse the intelligence assets of potential forces. Such documents should therefore be verified with Federation archives, and this manual for authenticity.

Mike DiCenso wrote:What would it matter if the TNG TM was declared canon? It's already heavily contradicted by the episodes and movies.
-Mike

Picard wrote:But we already know that in Star Trek only on-screen evidence is considered canon, and TNG takes precendance over all other series (based on Rodenberry's comment that whenever contradiction between TNG and TOS emerges, he takes TNG as canon). So unless someone can find more info on whole "manuals" thing and actually prove they're canon, TM's remain decidedly non-canon. And even then, on-screen evidence overrides them - althought we saw that Rabid Warsies are just too happy to disregard that fact when it suits them.