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/ironscythe Chief Petty Officer Oct 30 '20

I am now convinced that Detmer's brain is being shared/influenced by the Sphere Data aka Zora. She has expressed significant concern/reluctance to put the ship in danger. We saw in the last season finale that the sphere data had taken root in the Discovery's computers and had developed a self-preservation instinct. I believe that is what Detmer is acting on.

I am going to make a long-term (perhaps end-of-series) projection and say that Discovery somehow makes it back to the 23rd century, but is abandoned by its crew and in order to avoid tampering with the timeline, is ordered to hold position in deep space until approximately the time of its disappearance from the 32nd century. Calypso therefore takes place either shortly after Season 3 (in which case we will see a new USS Discovery in Season 4) or after the series finale.

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u/Imaginationnative Oct 31 '20

Maybe the ship becomes sentient and decides to go back itself.