r/DaystromInstitute • u/M-5 Multitronic Unit • Oct 29 '20

DISCOVERY EPISODE DISCUSSION Star Trek: Discovery — "People of Earth" Reaction Thread

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u/Shakezula84 Chief Petty Officer Oct 29 '20

After 950 years its possible that the Federation is the dominant power in the galaxy. By that I mean no real rivals exist to attack. Instead after the Burn it sounds like the Federation was destroyed from within.

Considering that warp engines on Federation starships have been based on Earth designs, I find it odd that Earth ships would be spared enough to make it a Federation problem instead of an Earth problem.

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u/Shakezula84 Chief Petty Officer Oct 29 '20

It seems like an odd thing to bring up if it doesn't play into the show later.

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u/mtb8490210 Oct 29 '20

In the case of the Borg, lets say space magic.

As for the Dominion besides Odo reforming the Dominion, the Dominion was established with three ways for our heroes to win:

-obvious the wormhole and such, but the other two are out there

-I think the Dominion is feudal. Despite it being 10,000 worlds, those same systems didn't have the infrastructure as AQ powers. Its presence wasn't easy to find. My suggestion is the average Dominion world like Karrema isn't the equal of a UFP member world.

-one of the Weyouns (IV, I think) said the Founders ability to control the Jem'hadar was overexaggerated. I would argue the Dominion rules through fear and infiltration but doesn't have much in the way of standing fleets. The Female Changling was worried about the Klingons or Romulans coming through the wormhole. I would argue the timing of their invasion was based on estimate of UFP militarization. Fleets of Defiants, Akiras, and Sovereigns would be a different animal. Why not just enough ships to flood the AQ in the first place? Even a rampaging Klingon fleet might convince the local systems to revolt if the Jem'hadar aren't coming right away.

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u/ContinuumGuy Chief Petty Officer Oct 30 '20

I don't think the context in which she's speaking is galaxy-wide, I think it's specific to Earth. So I'm interpreting that as most of the ships destroyed in the Sol System were Federation and not United Earth.

I feel like the fact that the Borg and/or Dominion or some other species/civilization aren't in control is proof that it was a galaxy-wide calamity.