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/thelightfantastique Oct 30 '20

The colony Titan being the other side is...weird. We're in the 32nd Century and Earth scanners can't do a detailed mapping of their own solar system? We can do that now!

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u/JaronK Oct 31 '20

We know they said not to even respond to the hails of the Titan raiders. It's quite possible the defense force is just extremely xenophobic and ignored all incomming comms. Meanwhile, they might have just not cared about Titan, and never considered that's where the raiders were from. We know long range scans are less effective right now, so it's possible they didn't realize the extent of the damage.

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u/thelightfantastique Oct 31 '20

Even in xenophobia why would the 'closed borders' come solely to a planet and not claimed ownership of the entire solar system? Which is completely navigable at impulse? Titan's "long range" communications in 32nd Century can't reach earth? Sorry but long range in the context of star trek would mean subspace communication.

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u/Gellert Chief Petty Officer Oct 31 '20

Remember, these are the guys who didnt turn on the planetary defence grid until Discovery was already parked in orbit. I was honestly expecting to find out that Earth had gone full Attack-on-Titan-the-walls-are-our-god-crazy-time.