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Originally Posted by antelope526
I simply ignore the entire issue as poor science writing. They had no faster than light capability and they did travel extreme distances anyway.
As a result I don't think you can extrapolate anything in TOS scientifically to explain their planetary system. It was one star system because Larson said it was. All the planets had a breathable atmosphere and could sustain life because that is the only way to explain the entire arc ship concept. These things don't fit science but it is the story.
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If you aren't going to take their bad science seriously, and no one should, then why are you taking the random, and often contradictory, use of star system, solar system and galaxy seriously?
The writers just used terms that would "sound" science techy without much adherence to their actually meaning. I think you're right not to try to sort them out too much. And because of that, shouldn't take at face value that all of the colonies were in one star system.
