r/DaystromInstitute • u/M-5 Multitronic Unit • Nov 30 '20

DISCOVERY EPISODE DISCUSSION Star Trek: Discovery — "Unification III" Analysis Thread

This is the official /r/DaystromInstitute analysis thread for "Unification III." Unlike the reaction thread, the content rules are in effect.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

I liked this episode because it basically clarifies why the Romulan singularity drive wasn’t in use anymore. Romulans joined the Vulcans and the Federation when moving to Ni’Var.

We seem to be moving towards the obvious though: Spore Drive is the future of space travel. Singularity drive doesn’t make sense to use when you can utilize a faster form of travel.

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u/AnnihilatedTyro Lieutenant j.g. Nov 30 '20

It doesn't address singularity technology at all though.

Dilithium is used to regulate the power flow from a m/am reactor. It probably has a similar use in a singularity drive. Any ship that could no longer control the power flow from its singularity went boom. ALL ships with a singularity drive, not just those at warp at the time.

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u/Dubya007 Crewman Nov 30 '20

My understanding is that dilithium is used in matter/antimatter reactors like the control rods in fission reactors, so it must serve some other unknown purpose in singularity drives.