This idea of weaponized tribbles amazes me. Who are you who are so wise in the ways of military science?
I don't think so, because of this: http://www.startrek.com/article/interview-discovery-showrunner-aaron-harberts Which implies Harry Mudd only appears in one episode. Speculation: The binary stars are the center of the Boreth system. Over the course of the war the border shifts and puts it deeper into Klingon space.
HA! I was apparently onto something! LOL https://trekmovie.com/2017/10/08/pa...trek-discovery-tardigrade-was-bridge-officer/
I suspect a major Deus Ex Machina coming at the end of the season... some time travel event preventing Sarek from saving Michael from the attack on the learning centre. The result of Michael dying as a child will cause events to change, the war will still happen, but T'Kuvma will not be killed, and neither will Georgiou, and a resolution will be easier. I have to stress it's not what I want to see, but, you know, expect the worst and all...
If they did that, I would demand that every single person involved with producing this show quit their current jobs and pursue other lines of work that they would be better in.
If you're looking for another theory as to the reason for Discovery's registry code, 10-31 in police CB lingo generally = "crime in progress". http://copradar.com/tencodes/index.html
Which would then hearken back to Roddenberry's past as working for the LAPD! (I know, I'm reaching...)
Black badge uniforms, Lorca's "carte blanche" to do whatever is needed to win the war, and even Discovery's number... cmon! Section 31 anyone?