Originally posted by Trek_Girl42
Holodeck Technology
Holodecks are in no way present or even alluded to in TOS. In the early episodes of TNG, the characters reacted with amazement and astonishment when they first went into the holodecks--clearly, it was a brand-new technology that none of them were familiar with.
Enterprise's episode "Unexpected" makes the painfully obvious implication that the aliens with the holodeck technology would share it with both the Klingons and the Humans. Where did this newly acquired technolgy go for the next 200 years?
Subspace Communications
The TOS episode "A Piece of the Action", which takes place in 2268, has Kirk clearly state "We received a report 100 years late because it was sent by conventional radio. Your system is on the outer reaches of the galaxy. They didn't have subspace communication in those days." This makes clear that subspace was not in common use until around 2168.
Enterprise's "Silent Enemy" contradicts this. In it, they are deploying and making use of subspace radio--in 2151, nearly 20 years off of Kirk's century estimate.
Intraship Transporting
There is a line in the TOS episode "Day of the Dove" where it is stated, "It has rarely been done because of the danger involved. Pinpoint accuracy is required. If the transporter should materialize inside a solid object, a deck or wall..."
Allegedly, a century before in the Enterprise episode "Chosen Realm", Archer uses a far more primitive transporter with no mention of danger to do exactly that--intraship transport.
Phasers
Should not have existed in Enterprise, plain and simple. In the TOS episode "The Cage", Captain Pike and crew use lasers. Once TOS proper started, they began using phasers--an obvious upgrade in technology. Even TNG, via Worf ("A Matter of Time"), makes it clear that there were no phasers in the 22nd century.
In spite of this, ENT's handheld weapons are "phase pistols". Quite obviously, a phaser with a pistol grip.
Atomic Weapons
Continuing on the weapons issue, Enterprise's weapons are flat-out wrong. According to the TOS classic "Balance of Terror", the war between Earth and the Romulans was waged with atomic weapons.
Yet in Enterprise, the ship is equipped with "phase cannons" (hello phasers) and photon torpedoes. Why on Earth would they fight with atomic weapons if they had these vastly superior technologies at their disposal? Answer: they wouldn't. Enterprise is wrong.
Cloaking Devices
The Enterprise episode "Minefield" shows that the Romulans possess cloaking technology. As well as the numerous encounters with other races in possession of cloak technology and even the capture of a Suliban cloaking pod.
The TOS episode "Balance of Terror" makes it quite clear that they've never even conceived of such a device. Spock's exact line is "Invisibility is theoretically possible, Captain — selectively bending light. But the power cost is enormous. They may have solved that." This would not have come as a shock if indeed humanity was familiar with cloaking technology from a full century before.
And none of these even make any mention of the numerous PLOT continuity problems that Enterprise created. Continuity alone is enough reason to ignore the existence of Enterprise.
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