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http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/showflat ... =7&fpart=1

First off, I dislike the word "canon" and don't use it. However, if you mean "Does the TNG Tech Manual totally jibe with everything ever seen or heard in the Star Trek series or feature films?", then the answer is no.

From Rick Sternbach, the author.

Well DUH. I always respected Sterbach, he's a pretty smart guy. Personaly I think that the TMs are useful for information not imediately available in the series. Furthermore they make good supporting information when contraditory canon information comes about.

If the Technical Manuals were canon then we'd have a problem, because there's information in the shows which directly contradict it. Fans can decide to throw out one piece of canon information or another in the event of a contradiction and give reasoning for it, but the fact remains that there's conflicting information from what's supposed to be an absolutely true source. That creates more than a few logic problems. There's enough of that trying to reconcile Star Trek (or Wars) with itself onscreen without throwing a book into the fray.

Agreed, but since I have now seen Sovereign and Virus X argung differently, I figured I put out the authors confirmation to everyone for future use

I think my post to the FAQ from Paramount's own Star Trek Website stating paramounts exact canon policy did the job just fine.

Can we sticky this so Soverign can see it next time he crawls in from where ever he hides inbetween bull shit posts and out right lies.