The Miranda was going to visit a whole bunch of systems; there's no reason why Epsilon Eridani can't be on the list. Besides, I suspect the Trekkies
would have insisted.
(And I put Starbase 2 in the Epsilon Eridani system in my nextgen story. Hmmmmm... maybe Starbase 2 will be built in the Sol system and flown to E. Eridani as
a colonization "ark"...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
would have insisted.
(And I put Starbase 2 in the Epsilon Eridani system in my nextgen story. Hmmmmm... maybe Starbase 2 will be built in the Sol system and flown to E. Eridani as
a colonization "ark"...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012