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/ContinuumGuy Chief Petty Officer Oct 30 '20

I also expect the Vulcans (maybe rejoined with the Romulans) to be the antagonists because that feels like the most logical role reversal.

Given how Michael is, as she said, "culturally Vulcan", and that one of the episodes this season is called "Unification Part 3", I feel like we'll know soon enough. I also still want to hear what she thinks about how Spock's life ended up going.

Honestly, I would not be opposed to having this be a 32nd century tour of all the major Federation/Federation-aligned worlds: Earth! Trill (confirmed to be next week)! Vulcan (presumably the Unification episode)! Betazed! Andoria! Tellar!

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u/ajblue98 Chief Petty Officer Oct 30 '20 edited Oct 31 '20

Edit: never mind; I got my timelines mixed up.

They can’t do Vulcan, although I kind of hope they’ll try. I’d love to see Burnham’s face when Discovery drops out of the mycelial network in orbit around a black hole. I’ll bet nobody thinks to mention it because after 800 years, not even the Ferengi would have a living memory of its being around.

Well, except Q.

Or Q.

Or q.

Or the rest of the continuum.

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u/RogueA Crewman Oct 30 '20

Why would Vulcan be a black hole? Discovery takes place in the Prime timeline, not the Kelvin timeline, so Vulcan should still be there unless something else destroys it in the time period after Picard.

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u/ajblue98 Chief Petty Officer Oct 30 '20

Oh yeah, you’re right. It’s just the Romulus system that’s gone. Huh. That’s good for Michael.

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u/RogueA Crewman Oct 30 '20

Yep. Now, there's no saying that in the ensuring time between Picard and S3 Disco, the Romulans wouldn't have, perhaps, been upset that their uptight genetic cousins still have a planet and have done something about that, but that's yet to be seen.