Kirk knew.
Braga had nothing to do with the creation of DS9 or its storylines, NCB.
Funny, I don’t recall a scene in which that is proven.
Well, golly, CRUCIFY me already! Not like I’m trying to break into show business via ENT or anything like that, only the Son of God! here…
What is THAT!? Why do want to cut my brain!?! ARRGHHH, JOSEPH! JOSEPH!
[meds slowly take affect…]
ah…
I don’t remember any scene like that either but I would have to think with Saavik being 1) a Vulcan and 2) a Starfleet officer, she would feel compelled to disclose everything she knew in the report she had to submit upon her rescue.
With all due respect to ST:TWK (being that it saved the francise) Marcus’ line, “I used proto-matter” is simply one of the most blatent examples of deux ex machina ever! This is why you don’t see proto-matter weapons. Its incredibly clunky storytelling.
Amongst my friends, whenever we’re asked to explain something really complicated we often just say. “It uses proto-matter!”
And… Kirk was on the Genesis planet right before it broke up. Surely he asked what the hell happened. If not right away, then on Vulcan later. But, no, there is no CANON about these interpolations.
Well, actually, protomatter was first mentioned in ST:TSFS (or, if you prefer to leave the third word out; ST: TSS). The protomatter bit struck me as unnecessary, too. Why not just admit:
A. The Genesis Project failed, or
B. The torpedo was meant to be detonated on an existing lifeless planet, not in a nebula. Failure to follow proper operating instructions voids all warranties.
With all due respect, that’s not exactly a fair comparison. The Borg incursion wasn’t a terror attack…it was an invasion force. It’s not 9/11, it was “Red Dawn”.
This discussion is reminding me…I’ve been thinking of starting a thread about cool Star Trek technology that Starfleet/the characters never remember to use. Starting with wide-field phaser beams; and setting a ship’s phasers to Stun, and zapping crowds of people on a planet’s surface. 
You’d almost have to go through every single episode. Star Trek “technology” is so far removed from even the basic rules of physics, and their storylines so full of holes, that you’d be very hard pressed to find any show that doesn’t have glaring problems.
Like most SF shows & movies, Star Trek is infinitely more entertaining if you turn off critical thinking for the duration of the program. (Besides,
Well, that is curious. Tack “Jolene Blalock is hot. :D)” onto the end of that last sentence…
I daresay that’s a valid implicit ending to any sentence.
Set your phasers on Stunning!
LIZARDS?!
Those things that took over Remmick. Gah!
Those weren’t lizards, they were Evil Cockroaches!
Evil crawdads in Trip country.
Evil crayfish in the North, Evil mini Lobsters in New England.
I will never understand the appeal of Jolene Blalock.
I thought they were lizards.
Hey, I’m not talking about the normal, everyday violations of the laws of physics that you see on every Star Trek episode. I’m talking about the glaring, out of the ordinary technological breakthroughs that are made in isolated episodes, but are seemingly forgotten the very next week. Like Protomatter devices, using projectile weapons against Borg, subspace transporters, etc.
That, sir, is a matter of debate. I like to carry on the proud Nerdish tradition of nitpicking, heckling and overanalyzing, while still appreciating the plot and story being told. (And ogling the female cast members’ secondary sexual characteristics, of course.)