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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) - 16 corrections

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Chief O' Brien seems to have undergone a serious demotion from The Next Generation to Deep Space 9. In TNG, he was a lieutenant, and when he started on DS9, he wasn't even an ensign. [In The Next Generation, O'Brien is seen to be wearing Lieutenant pips, but in an early DS9 episode, it is mentioned that if he left DS9 he would have to "give up (his) promotion", so it appears he didnt get demoted. And in several episodes, ("Armageddon Game" for example) O'Brien notes that he is not an officer in starfleet, merely an enlisted man, or petty officer. Petty officers dont get ranks like lieutenant. When he got transferred to DS9, he was promoted to Chief Petty Officer, hence why everyone calls him Chief. I would guess that the creators of The Next Generation didnt expect him to be such a major charachter later on, so didnt give much thought into his rank and history when he was created, hence why he was a lieutennant in TNG.]
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The Nagus (series 1)

At Jadzia's insistence, Benjamin goes to find Jake when he doesn't show up for dinner. To do this, he asks the computer for his location. As shown in "Dax" and "Captive Pursuit," Deep Space Nine's computers rely on commbadges to locate specific people, just like on the Enterprise. Jake doesn't wear a commbadge, nor does he appear to have anything similar, so how did the computer find him? [As the episode does not specifically indicate what method the computer used to determined Jake's location, there are rather simple explanations for it knowing where he was. First, he and Nog are carrying electronic equipment similar to PDAs, and these devices have been known to access the main computer, so if Jake's PDA is accessing the computer from Cargo Bay 14, the computer can imply Jake is there. Also, a cargo bay can require coded access so that Jake had to tell the computer he wanted to go in. Similar restrictions have also been shown in other episodes.]
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The Alternate (series 2)

Once again, a technical detail overlooked regarding runabout transporters. After transporting the alien column to the runabout, Dax tells the computer to realign the transporters to beam them aboard. Once again, a party of more than two people was beamed up by a runabout at the same time. The writers seem to keep missing that technical detail... Federation runabouts can only handle two people at once in their transporters. [Parts of runabouts, like sensors & torpedo launchers, are able to be upgraded depending on the mission; so additional transporters could have been installed.]
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The Circle (2) (series 2)

The rescue team is taken down the Bajor in a Federation runabout, capable of beaming up only two people at once, as established in a previous episode. Yet when the team finds Major Kira, Sisko calls to Chief O'Brien to beam them up. All five of them are promptly energized at the same time. [A basic runabout can be upgraded in a number of ways to include more sensors, torpedo launchers & phasers. Whats to say they can't do the same with the transporters to hold more people?]
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The Search (1) (series 3)

As Jem'Hadar ships approach the Defiant, Commander Sisko orders main power to be cut. We see the overhead lights on the Bridge go out. The next scene shows Kira walking into Odo's quarters. Behind her the overhead lights in the passageway are still on, as are the lights in Odo's quarters. [In Defiants corridors there's no source of light other than the lights themselves, so the lights would have to stay on so that people would be able to get to safety or to duty stations.]
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The Visitor (series 4)

Even though this episode's future is an alternate future, the ranks of both Bashir and Jadzia are incorrect according to the time. They both have the rank of Commander which is inconsistent to their age and to Nog's promotion to Captain. They should have the rank of Admiral or even retired from Starfleet. [There is no reason to assume that they would be admirals at any specific point of time. People are not promoted simply because they have gotten older. It is a combination of personal merit and the current needs of Starfleet. And so far as retirement, life expectancy is different in the future so there is no reason to believe that they would have retired at any specific age unless we are told a specific age at which starfleet officers retire in that century.]
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The Way of the Warrior (2) (series 4)

For strong warriors, The Klingons soon fall over after a few punches from Major Kira. [Major Kira is an excellent hand-to-hand fighter. She could easily have hit the Klingons hard enough to knock them down after a few punches, especially if they were not expecting her to put up such resistance.]
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During the Defiant's flight to save the Cardassian officials, Worf says something to the effect of, "I've never been aboard a Federation ship equipped with a cloak before". However, he was aboard the Enterprise during the Pegasus incident, where the ship was temporarily equipped with a cloaking device. [Clearly he isn't counting the Pegasus since the device there wasn't primarily a cloak. It did make the ship invisible, but that was because it moved the ship out of phase to allow it to pass through physical objects. It violated the treaty because of the cloaking side effect, but the device itself was not a cloaking device.]
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Doctor Bashir, I Presume? (series 5)

The episode completely contradicts what we've learned about Bashir and his family from previous episodes. In 2-6 "Melora" Bashir told her that his father was a Federation diplomat. If so, wouldn't some of the high-ranked people in Starfleet know about his family life? Having a son with birth defects certainly would not have been that big a secret and Richard certainly wouldn't have gotten away with having Julian enhanced if he chose to do so. In 3-18 "Distant Voices", Julian's mind was viciously probed by a Lethean, who via this contact knows everything about him. Of course, there was no mention of the genetic enhancements here, otherwise the evil alien would have easily used the secret and its illegality against the doctor. In another episode, Julian said he was very skilled at sewing up his teddy bear at the very young age of 5, which seemed to be the first indication of his desire to be a doctor. But as "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" indicates, Julian was genetically enhanced around his seventh birthday. If he was indeed physically and mentally deficient at the age of 5, he would have been completely incapable of patching up little Kukalaka. [In 3-18 Bashir could easily hide things from the lethean if he wanted, he has shown he has the mental capcacity to do this sort of thing. Bashir could have been lying about stitching up his teddy - maybe to impress whoever he he was telling. also having a child with learning difficulties isnt something most people would go around telling everyone, even if it isnt that big a secret, so possibly not many people knew, and they changed his name afterwards and switched him to a new school, so people wouldnt necessarily realize or connect the two. we also know from Doctor Bashir, I Presume that Bashirs dad changed his jobs frequently as well, so maybe he didnt have many close friends to tell about his son. so it may seem unlikey but it is possible for this to have happened and no one found out.]
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Rapture (series 5)

In the first episode of season 5, Starfleet issued new uniforms, a redressed version of the 'casual duty uniform' from the earlier seasons and what would amount to as the 'standard duty uniform' from Star Trek: Voyager. The only problem is that Captain Sisko was wearing his combadge well into the grey part, and not on the black part of the uniform, like everyone else. He never does it again, only for episode one of season five. [Starfleet seems to allow a certain amount of leeway with uniforms, such as having the jacket open to different lengths. As long as Sisko can reach the badge, and it doesn't affect his duty in any way, I'm sure that Starfleet isn't bothered where he puts the badge. ]
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Wrongs Darker than Death or Night (series 6)

When Dax and Kira are at the bar, Morn, who died in episode 12, is seen in the background drinking at the bar. [As Morn never died, this isn't a mistake. The episode "Who Mourns for Morn" was about Morn faking his death to escape his old criminal partners, and it is revealed that he is alive and well (and very rich) at the end of the episode. Morn remains alive and well until the end of Season 7.]
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Sacrifice of Angels (series 6)

During the fleet battle Sisko says, "Evasive maneuvers, Pattern Omega. We're going through." After he says this, there is a flash of light on the bridge. During the flash, if you look closely, there is a ship diagram in the background behind Sisko on the left side of the screen. This is a diagram of an Excelsior-class ship, and the Defiant is NOT an Excelsior-class starship. [This could have been a display of one of the many other ships of the fleet.]
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Extreme Measures (series 7)

The entire plot of this episode is to get the cure for the disease from Section 31. Why would they create a cure for a disease designed to wipe out the species it infects? The likelihood of needing to know it so they know what to destroy is odd, as only the Dominion would really want the cure. [It has been common for people and countries over the years that create diseases to at the same time create an antidote. As the Star Trek universe is somewhat based on human endeavours and experiences, its quite likely that an antidote would be created.]
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Tacking Into the Wind (series 7)

Watch Gowron's eyes when Worf opens them [After he killed Gowron] Gowron's eyes move. [People die with their eyes open. The fact that Worf had to open Gowron's eyes might mean that Gowron was dying and not yet completely dead. If so, he would have been able to move his eyes.]
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Field of Fire (series 7)

Joran complains once or twice about how Jadzia and Curzon buried his memories, but Curzon wasn't aware of the memories to bury them. We learnt in Equilibrun that the Symbiosis commission put a memory block on the memories, and only when the block broke down did Jadzia gain access to the memories. Joran should know this, as he would have access to Jadzia's memories of this event. [Joran is an unstable personality whose recollections can't necessarily be taken at face value. Furthermore, since the collective memories are carried in one symbiont, the block affects more than one personality's memories.]
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It's Only a Paper Moon (series 7)

Just another one of Trek's boo-boos regarding holographic items leaving the holosuite (within Star Trek shows it is specifically stated that matter created inside the holodeck can not exist outside the holodeck, eg. ST:TNG "Ship in a Bottle"). This time, Nog enters the suite in a Ferengi-type jumpsuit. He moves into Vic's hotel suite and eventually dons a tux. But later, when Vic terminates the program to throw Nog out, Nog emerges from the holosuite still in the tux, which doesn't really exist. [Nog is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. He is hiding from reality by becoming part of Vic Fontaine's world. Its perfectly plausible that as the PTD worsens he replicated a tux to wear in the holosuite, rather than it being a projection.][Besides, the Star Trek Technical Manual explicitly states that certain objects on the holodeck are created through replicator technology rather than purely holographic. This is why certain simple items can be taken off of the holodeck if still being held by a person. The book from Ship in a Bottle wasn't being held but was thrown out so the matter was recycled. Cyrus Redblock from The Big Goodbye was far from a simple object so he was a purely holographic object that couldn't leave the holodeck. But the paper Moriarty gave Data on Elementary, Dear Data was being held when they left the holodeck so the replicated matter was allowed to leave. Even if the tux was a construct of the holodeck (which we don't know it was) it's entirely consistent that it be actually replicated, not purely holographic.]
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