That's because Spock traveled to another reality where the JJ Abrams stuff happened.
Romulus was destroyed in Spock's original reality, and that original reality is the one STO is set in.
so even though it takes place after nemesis and is in the prime timeline it is offically still NOT canon?
The only true canon are the movies and TV shows.
Publications such as novel and technical manuals are considered "soft canon". If a movie or TV series contradicts what is stated in publications, then the "soft canon" is replaced by "hard cannon".
Games do not qualify as canon. Period. That includes games like Star Trek: Starfleet Command I thru IV, Star Trek: Armada, Star Trek: Legacy, Star Trek: Away Team, Klingon Academy and lastly Star Trek Online.
Star Trek: Nemesis represents the final hard canon in the prime universe prior to the release of JJ Abram's Star Trek in 2009. JJ's version of Star Trek offers the last vestiges of hard canon for the prime universe. That includes:
1. The destruction of Romulus and Remus.
2. The disappearance of Spock.
3. Nero.
In the canon prime universe Data has been destroyed. Period. Only CBS or Paramount (with CBS' permission) can change that fact.
Absolutely every pixel of STO is canon... including the Captain Nyan Cat of the U.S.S. LOLWTF and the giant-headed Tellarite jumping around on a table at K7, playing air-guitar.
So I guess Star Trek IV, and DS9 episode "A Time to Stand" is not canon
Context is important to hold a meaningful conversation.
It seemed fairly clear that it was meant that Starfleet captains command Starfleet commissioned vessels, and do not get to choose any non-Starfleet commissioned ship they want for regular duty.
In Star Trek IV, and that episode of DS9 there were extenuating circumstances... and never was there an intention to keep the non-Starfleet vessels in lieu of regular commissioned ships.
So yes, it is very un-realistic for Federation Captains to be flying about doing their Starfleet assigned missions, in a ship that is not commissioned by Starfleet, where there are no extenuating circumstances to support reason for flying non-commissioned ships.
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That's as fair an argument as any.
I LOVE your sig, every time I see it I chuckle. It's definitely a movie I would go see
The only true canon are the movies and TV shows.
Publications such as novel and technical manuals are considered "soft canon". If a movie or TV series contradicts what is stated in publications, then the "soft canon" is replaced by "hard cannon".
Games do not qualify as canon. Period. That includes games like Star Trek: Starfleet Command I thru IV, Star Trek: Armada, Star Trek: Legacy, Star Trek: Away Team, Klingon Academy and lastly Star Trek Online.
Star Trek: Nemesis represents the final hard canon in the prime universe prior to the release of JJ Abram's Star Trek in 2009. JJ's version of Star Trek offers the last vestiges of hard canon for the prime universe. That includes:
1. The destruction of Romulus and Remus.
2. The disappearance of Spock.
3. Nero.
In the canon prime universe Data has been destroyed. Period. Only CBS or Paramount (with CBS' permission) can change that fact.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Context is important to hold a meaningful conversation.
It seemed fairly clear that it was meant that Starfleet captains command Starfleet commissioned vessels, and do not get to choose any non-Starfleet commissioned ship they want for regular duty.
In Star Trek IV, and that episode of DS9 there were extenuating circumstances... and never was there an intention to keep the non-Starfleet vessels in lieu of regular commissioned ships.
So yes, it is very un-realistic for Federation Captains to be flying about doing their Starfleet assigned missions, in a ship that is not commissioned by Starfleet, where there are no extenuating circumstances to support reason for flying non-commissioned ships.
Hence them having a Starfleet Identification. and being able to use the U.S.S. name.
But you know who is Canon??
Nick Cannon