Reiteration, activate!
Rostir wrote:I know this special isn't supposed to be linked to the original series
Who says it's not supposed to be? The Bardock TV Special is a prequel to the anime/manga, and this special, manga or anime version, is a sequel to it. Canon is up to the fan to decide personally, but unless you want to be extremely nitpicky, both can easily fit into the original manga's canon. Of course if you just don't like the specials, you can ignore one or the other or both. lol
Rostir wrote:How far back was Bardock transported to the past, who transported him, how, when?
1,000 years. Freeza? He blew up planet Vegeta. When it exploded.
It doesn't make much sense, but its still aimed for children, so I doubt they really cared. They are using "anything goes, its shonen" logic...
Rostir wrote:Was it thousands of years? Hundreds? I would say hundreds since Chilled's spaceship, at least from the outside, looked similar to Freeza's.
As stated, just a thousand, same as the legend. Confirmed on the DB Heroes website.
Rostir wrote:Did Chilled not have the ability to transform? If the answer is yes, and if Chilled and Freeza are related, that could mean that not all members of that species can transform.
Well, one would assume if he could transform, he would have. Though you could always take up the same stance as some fans do for King Cold vs. Trunks.
As for Freeza's race's transformations, Coola is the only one to display an actual transformation. Freeza created his lower forms to contain his power, and then canceled them in order to return to his true form. The Daizenshuu say Coola didn't need to do this because he could control his power, so I assume the same would hold true for the rest of the race. If Cold and Chilled could control their powers, then they wouldn't need to create extra forms to contain it. Coola on the other hand unlocked his race's version of Super Saiyan, so he went beyond his normal state...
Rostir wrote:How injured was Bardock after he survived the Death Ball on Planet Vegeta? Judging from him being able to transform into a SSJ, I would say that he recovered from a brink of death situation which sky rocketed his powerlevel. Apparently only in this situation, if Bardock's powerlevel was at 10,000 at the time he was injured by the Death Ball his powerlevel must have increased at least by times 10.
Injured enough to require the medical liquid that is used in the rejuvenation chambers seen in the present era. Nothing ever says how long Bardock was knocked out, but Ipana does say that Bardock would need another month to full heal, even with the liquid, in the manga version.
As for how strong Bardock got from his potential boost, the maximum was the 33% increase Goku gained to fight Freeza. I think a boost that large is unlikely, but Bardock may have gotten up to x33 stronger...
Rostir wrote:Let's say that this is canon, how long can a healthy and fit Saiyan live before he dies of natural causes? If Bardock was only transported into the past about 50 years ago that means that he would still be alive around the time Goku transformed.
They have the same lifespan as humans, so roughly a 100 years. They only stay younger longer, and then degrade faster after a certain point. The cutoff seems to be around age 70 according to DBO, as Goku and Vegeta wanted a final battle while still in their prime. This battle happened in Age 801, so Vegeta would have been 69...plus two years in the RoSaT, so 71. Since Bardock got shot back 1,000 years, he'd be long dead before Goku's transformed.
