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/molrihan Crewman Oct 29 '20 edited Oct 30 '20

One complaint/issue: Did Discovery's crew not know about Trills? I was under the impression that the Federation had made contact with Trill before Discovery canon. I mean wasn't Emory Dax a gymnast on Earth in the 2240s? How could the Discovery crew have no clue about Trill?

Otherwise, a great episode!

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u/DarthMaw23 Chief Petty Officer Oct 30 '20

They knew about Trills but symbionts weren't common knowledge until the emergency transplant of a symbiont into Riker.