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The 47 Conspiracy
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Sensors have detected an abnormally high use of the number 47 in episodes of Star Trek. It is believed that a conspiracy is being coordinated by Joe Menosky, with substantial cooperation from Ronald D Moore, Brannon Braga and Jeri Taylor (who have all served as Star Trek Producers and/or Writers). The frequency of use of this obscure number is well outside normal parameters. Commonly masked in a technical exchange or read from a sensor panel, the number is often mentioned or displayed so quickly that it is missed by the casual observer.
Recent information has come to light suggesting that conspiracy is actually manipulated by an obscure organisation called Pomona College. Further, Joe Menosky has had strong connections to this organisation! While it is known that the Pomonians hold to a belief that all numbers equal 47, their purpose for sequesting the number 47 in the Star Trek universe remains unknown.
Starfleet operatives have identified Star Trek episodes contain this mysterious number, and these are documented in this file. Writers and Producers who are suspected of conspiringwhere knownare also noted. As information comes to light, it will uploaded into this database. This file is by no means complete! Submissions of evidence of further conspiratorial activity and background intelligence are most welcome. Select Upload mode on this terminal to transmit your findings to Starfleet.
Observers in the Sev Trek Quadrant are developing their own theories. Other operatives have recently uncovered undeniable evidence of the conspiracy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPoiH0JlQ9A
NOTE: These are only the ones from Voyager.
Recent information has come to light suggesting that conspiracy is actually manipulated by an obscure organisation called Pomona College. Further, Joe Menosky has had strong connections to this organisation! While it is known that the Pomonians hold to a belief that all numbers equal 47, their purpose for sequesting the number 47 in the Star Trek universe remains unknown.
Starfleet operatives have identified Star Trek episodes contain this mysterious number, and these are documented in this file. Writers and Producers who are suspected of conspiringwhere knownare also noted. As information comes to light, it will uploaded into this database. This file is by no means complete! Submissions of evidence of further conspiratorial activity and background intelligence are most welcome. Select Upload mode on this terminal to transmit your findings to Starfleet.
Observers in the Sev Trek Quadrant are developing their own theories. Other operatives have recently uncovered undeniable evidence of the conspiracy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPoiH0JlQ9A
NOTE: These are only the ones from Voyager.
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This conspiracy demands a complete investigation! :eek:
indeed this does but what type of investigation
One involving lots of sitting around drinking coffee and a eating from a wide selection of fresh cream pastries
7 / 4 = 1.75, rounded up = 2
7 + 2 = 9
9 11
It all makes sense.
All you need now is a chalkboard and a suit.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/47
True, but 4 and 7 does have a special place in the Star Trek universe.
The joke started with one of the season 1 writers, they went to a university where a maths lecturer used to have a saying that "every equation eventually = 47". This was picked up by the technobabble writers and the Okudas who incorporated it pretty much everywhere that was "inconspiciously conspicuous".
Ronald Moore put 47 into battlestar galactica along with the other writers, Robert Wolfe of DS9 did the same thing to Andromeda.
There is a LOT more references to 47 in on screen displays and text then there is spoken, seriously. Even an entire year of DS9 had stardates beginning with 47. All trek ships from DS9/Voyager start with 74 (47 backwards, which is also part of the joke).
My goodness, it is a conspiracy. We need to get Starfleet Intelligence on this one right away.
the number actually used a lot, though not limited to just star trek, would be 13. or numbers that add up to 13 and so on and so forth. I would comfortably wager that the use of 13 is greater than 47
"The Search for 47"
Your mission, if you chose to accept, is to scan every borg cube for the elusive 47. Once this mission is completed, you will be the mega-leet rare Engine Battery. Good luck, Ensign.
And watch out for some of the aliens formerly known as species 8 47 2...
Sir you are out of line! theirs no reason to ruin a perfectly good conspiracy theory with Facts and truth!
I just put on my good tinfoil hat to , thanks for nothing.:mad::D;)
http://www.47.net/47society/
The 47 joke started before Star Trek used it.
The legacy of 47 in Star Trek starts in TNG. One of the writers was a member of the '47 society'.
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