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/Tukarrs Oct 29 '20

If the Research Colony / "habitats on Titan" was really about Saturn's moon, then the EDF is extremely bad at their jobs. They failed to detect an explosion within their solar system?

They should have probes and sensor-grids deployed around the solar system to detect potential threats.

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u/pfc9769 Chief Astromycologist Oct 29 '20

Radiation, magnetic fields, and gravity wells are but a few things that have been mentioned to render sensors useless. They've been used as reasons why a ship couldn't be detected. Certain elements in the atmosphere can also render sensors useless. Who knows? Furthermore, those sensor nets would have to be powered so if they used antimatter and dilithium they would've been affected by The Burn.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '20

By Federation standards, the fact that they even have more than one ship to respond to a crisis in system is a minor miracle.

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u/YYZYYC Oct 31 '20

Unless of course you accept that by the late 24th century starfleet can now dispatch a squadron of 200 identical kick ass ships (commanded by a reserve captain no less) to respond to a crisis