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star trek - Why wasn't there more timeline divergence in "Yesterday's Enterprise" than what we observed?


Really, the only difference in the two timelines was Tasha Yar vs Worf in terms of the command structure of NCC-1701-D. Why would there not have been additional timeline changes in terms of command structure / staff on NCC-1701D after the timeline divergence in "Yesterday's Enterprise"?


Surely, if Picard had even still been given command of the Enterprise (Encounter at Farpoint) in this timeline he would have chosen a completely different crew in this timeline than the other timeline for "war time purposes". I can see Data or Tasha being good choices, but why Geordi, Wesley, or Beverly if Picard was thinking about "war focused objectives" in this timeline? He cared personally for Beverly and Wesley...


Finally, why would Guinan have not known something was "wrong" when she boarded the ship (initially) where the timeline would have surely been different (and she was boarding a ship "made for war" rather than "for peace")?



Answer



We've been shown in a few episodes that the best people in Starfleet want to serve on Enterprise. Given the legendary status of the ship and its captains it seems likely that Enterprise would still be a highly sought-after assignment. So the same brilliant people would likely end up there. The war had been going on long enough for it to have been a fact of life for all the senior staff when they were in Starfleet Academy, so there would be no skills mismatch.


As for Guinan, her abilities have never been enumerated or explained so any answer would be mere handwaving. In "Yesterday's Enterprise" her feelings of uneasiness and displacement started when the rift opened, so her intuition was likely due to sensing some kind of information from the other side of the rift.


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