XPost: alt.startrek, rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: mdicenso@seds.org   
      
   On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Glenn Holliday wrote:   
      
   > "David E. Powell" wrote:   
   > >   
   > > IMO they made a mistake going with phasers instead of the earlier style   
   > > lasers (as seen used in TOS) or slugthrowers.   
   >   
   > In a TNG episode, there was a time criminal who was collecting   
   > future technologies to introduce to past time periods.  Worf   
   > mentioned when the phaser was invented.  What did he say, and   
   > is that established history consistent with Enterprise?   
      
      
   Worf says that there were no phasers. But on the other hand, Riker says   
   that Earth did not have warp drive either in the 20th century, which in   
   turn runs contrary to what was established in TOS' "Metamorphosis" as well   
   as ENT and ST:FC.   
   -Mike   
      
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