Can anyone tell me the Stardate numbering convention? How is the time measured? How long is 0.1 Stardate? Is it based on the universe's apparent rotation/expansion? Is it relative to Earth? On that train of thought, how is it that every alien encountered is completely familiar with hours/minutes/days? These are all Earth concepts. Or maybe it's just a storytelling device, being that hearing an alien say "You have fourteen thruklars to comply!" would be ridiculous. Plus, you'd need another 5 minutes of airtime to watch the crew scramble through their galactic almanacs to find how long a "thruklar" is; "Two seconds? Fuck!"
I want to be a space captain. But that probably won't be an option for another 1.578 gigathruklars.