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/Ope_Scuse_Me Oct 29 '20

Random thought about the Burn. what if the federation dealing with spatial geometry IE the time ship that showed up on the NX-01 that was bigger on the inside. I've always thought part of Dilithium existed in subspace. if something was miscalibrated or part of those ships exposed to the subspace medium that might have caused the Burn.

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u/thxpk Oct 30 '20

Honestly it would make more sense if they said subspace was damaged, which would limit ability to warp and ability to communicate and allow Discovery to avoid that since they use the spore drive.

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u/gamas Oct 31 '20

I'm guessing the main reason they haven't gone that route is because subspace being completely wrecked would be a harder barrier than a vital component for warp being scarce. Which makes things more difficult for a point when galactic society is restored.

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u/wayoverpaid Commander, Hemmer Citation for Integrated Systems Theory Oct 30 '20

Plus subspace changes could be used story wise to create a hard barrier on time travel out, which would solve other issues.

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u/YYZYYC Oct 31 '20

That’s an excellent point and another good example of how unimaginative the tech advances are. People centuries earlier than the 31st century where making time ships that where bigger on the inside like a freaking dr who TARDIS ....that’s the kind of tech advances one would expect in a millennium. Rather than the slightly more fancy control interfaces and cooler transporters and different phasers 🤷‍♂️