The Star Trek Technical Manual - is it canon? (Breakdown) 

I'm not gone really: I just haven't had much inspiration. Additionally, for reasons beyond my control, I can't make videos right now anyway. Thank you, though. I'll definitely be keeping this message in mind and considering ideas for new videos. 😊

That's exactly what the Enterprise-D's engines are, and exactly what the original Enterprise's engines _are not._ The original Enterprise mixes antimatter directly in the nacelles themselves. That reaction creates the power for warp speed, and leftover power is transfered down into the ship to power shields, weapons, etc. That means the original Enterprise can technically work with just one warp nacelle.

Scotty tells us the first ship to be fitted with warp drive was the Bonaventure, lost on its first trip and found again by the Enterprise in the Delta Triangle, c/o The Time Trap. It's possible he was referencing the first Federation ship to be fitted. Of course, this is also the original timeline wherein Zefram Cochrane is an actual Alpha Centauran and it is not Vulcan's who made first human contact, but the K'ZIn This followed almost immediately by the Earth-Romulan War of which the Vulcans were not a part based on Spock's dialog and reactions in Balance of Terror. This notches Vulcans in at 3rd - 5th place for contact. ;) Time travel certainly creates some strange alternate realities! :D

Before the Kelvin reboot, there zero reason for this manual to be non canonical: the technology lore is essentially based on it.

Doesn't that make sense though? USS Iowa wasn't built with a nuclear reactor.

@@Idazmi7 oh no it does make sense actually hm they showed off the warp core first thing in the 80s movies so yeah actually makes a lot of sense honestly

@@SuperGamefreak18 _"actually hm they showed off the warp core first thing in the 80s movies"_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lKogc14hHtQ.html - From _The Wrath of Khan._ The 80's "vertical warp core" is actually a power conduit - you can see it also goes _horizontally_ all the way back to the nacelles, and it looks the same the whole way there. The vertical shaft Scotty works on simply transfers power up into the saucer hull. The Warp Core was first introduced in _Star Trek: The Next Generation._

@@Idazmi7 wait didn’t you show off a video showing the different rooms from TNG and tos disproving something stupid like a LONG time ago

@@SuperGamefreak18 I don't think I ever did a video comparing TOS against TNG. I made quite a few Star Trek vs Star Wars videos.