Submitted 1 day ago by cuchi@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website
Soon I’m gonna upload a fanfic I tried to wrote down, but I have the final thing to add: stardate.
I found a page, but I’m not sure if it is correct: www.hillschmidt.de/gbr/sternenzeit.htm
Somebody can give me a hand with this?
Just do what all other writers have done and choose a starting point and then increment the numbers a bit every time. That horse has not only bolted, it ran past the horizon, had a fulfilling family life, and died of old age.
During S1 of TNG is when it was first standardized. Beginning with 40xxx, it increased to 41xxx and so on for every calendar year that TNG, DS9, and VOY we’re in production, including the TNG films. Star Trek lower decks also follows the same format. If there’s any logic beyond that, I don’t know of it.
I guess I’d probably use the xxx as the day of the year 001-365 but I’m almost certain I’ve heard a stardate like 40538 so that ultimately wouldn’t work very well. Given that it’s a sector of a galaxy and not specifically based around earths orbit of the sun, it would make sense that you would have more than 365 days in a star year.
I’ve shared this here before. It’s the most extensive analysis of stardates I’ve encountered: atavachron.wikidot.com
Hopefully working link: atavachron.wikidot.com
Oops, thanks for the fix
It gives me an error message.
It’s that realistic!
Lemmy did something weird with that link.
Just copy-paste the link text into a new browser tab instead of clicking it.
I like to think it’s kinda like Semantic Versioning in programming
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardate