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Trek: Countdown reference Edit  What is the point of the Star
Trek: Countdown reference? It's both non-cannon and an absurdly
unrealistic premise. Futhermore, from what I understand it did
not inspire the supernova idea in the story but was rather
inspired by it, so I wouldn't consider it background info
either.--Hribar 02:57, 13 May 2009 (UTC)  It is non-canon...
hence why it's in the italicized background section. It's to
help explain why the supernova was a threat to the entire galaxy
(itself an absurdly unrealistic premise). Non-canon information
is valid so long as it's italicized or in a background or
apocrypha section. It's unclear what order they were written
(and it doesn't matter), but from what I understand, this is the
backstory Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman wrote to explain the
supernova. --From Andoria with Love 04:11, 13 May 2009 (UTC) I
understand what you're saying about the placement in the
article. In my opinion, the italicized fo