Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

Timo wrote:

But note that the ship "disappeared" almost immediately after launch. This would seem to suggest that Earth had a way to keep in contact with the ship until the disappearance.
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Most likely explanation for that: Wormhole.
Meaning: The Valiant, soon after launch, was caught in one, and found itself at the galactic edge.
I mean, obviously it couldn't have gotten that far under its own power, at a maximum speed of Warp 1 or 2. So therefore some extra intervention would be necessary.
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Yeah, I do think it was implied that the
Valiant shouldn't have been out that far, that
something swept it there.