BN> Simple:  RETCON. };)
 TR> And what, pray tell is RETCON?!!
Retroactive Continuity.  When the folks producing a given show decide to 
change an element of the show and write the change as if it had always been 
that way.  Examples in ST include the Klingons and O'Brien's rank.
Victoria Aeron Mackey
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