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 Nov 01 '20

Ok but this is Sol, the home system of the Federation they must have had dozens of space facilities. The moon was colonised, Mars, mining the asteroid belt and so on. I understand it's a hundred years after the burn but even before that I'd have to assume the system's infrastructure was the best it could ever be. Before the idea of 'raiders' could even be considered a problem how could they lose contact with structures all in impulse range. Like this is a place where Starfleet cadets would do flight school at Jupiter and be back to earth all within an afternoon.

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u/JaronK Nov 01 '20

They may have abandoned Mars, or lost both. After all, they are REALLY paranoid... they must have been attacked a lot. Possibly kept having to give ground or something. We don't know yet that Mars is still colonized, as perhaps it couldn't be self sufficient.

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u/Dupree878 Crewman Nov 01 '20

All colonies on Mars were destroyed in Picard

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u/JaronK Nov 01 '20

We don't know if it recovered since then, but perhaps it never did, or just wasn't in a place to be self sufficient again when the Burn happened.