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From: dtravel@sonic.net
On 8/22/2022 8:18 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 8/22/2022 2:28 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>> On 8/22/2022 11:07 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>>>> A Friend wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just looked at the script for Mudd's Women, and Kirk doesn't mention
>>>>>>> gold. Oops
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IIRC somebody does but only in the context of how Latinum is worth so
much
>>>>>> more than gold or diamonds. Might be Harry.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am pretty sure latnum didn't exist before DS9, maybe late in TNG.
>>>>>
>>>> The reference was to "lithium crystals" which in the context of the
>>>> episode meant "dilithium".
>>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe, and sort of. TOS has lithium, lithium cracking stations, and
>>> dilithium. I always assume that’s the order in which they exist and that
>>> dilithium is cracked with them. But we’ve seen the big E repair herself
>>> with both lithium and freshly cracked stuff. I’m sure we could probably
>>> wank it somehow that plain lithium can be used in a pinch but it’s a lot
>>> better to refine it.
>>>
>> I seem to remember some discussion or article years ago about them all
>> being the same thing in TOS. The argument was largely based on the poor
>> continuity between the various writers using different terms for the
>> same thing in whatever series bible there was (assuming there even was one).
>>
>
> This is certainly possible but if lithium and dilithium and dilithium
> crystals are all the same thing, then what is that cracking station doing?
> Especially if lithium crystals can be used raw right out of the ground.
>
Sounds like a question for Scotty, not me.
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