30 Stardate 49263.8 was an anniversary of the arrival of the emissary (Objections to the theory)
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This article is from the Stardates in Star Trek FAQ, by Andrew Main zefram@dcs.warwick.ac.uk with numerous contributions by others.
30 Stardate 49263.8 was an anniversary of the arrival of the emissary (Objections to the theory)
Objection: in the fourth season ST:DS9 episode "Starship Down" (stardate
49263.8), Major Kira states that it is an anniversary of the arrival of the
Emissary (Sisko). Sisko arrived in "Emissary", stardate 46379.1. The
difference, 2884.7 units, is incompatible with the Bajoran year length
calculated in section V.6, around 833 units.
Once again, the writers simply ignored precedent when adding this minor
subplot to the episode. There is no way to reconcile the problem, as stated
above, with the other known data concerning Bajoran time. The best
explanation available is that the anniversary was not of Sisko's actual
arrival on DS9, but of some event that took place shortly after that.
Given the Bajoran year length of between 832 and 834.75 units, calculated in
section V.7, the date in question must include some stardate between 46759.5
and 46767.8. This is approximately in the middle of the first season of DS9.
There is no known event at that point in the first season that might be given
this kind of significance, but that doesn't mean there wasn't one.
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