Poll Do you consider Discovery to truly be in the Prime Timeline at this point?

[lawman]

Unless that Connie crossed over from TOS Prime, prior to Temporal Cold War impacts upon design...

Hmm, could be. The whole "interphase" thing apparently connects different universes/timelines in inexplicable ways, after all; we can't necessarily assume the connections are always between the same universes.

Of course, apropos the OP's question in this thread, that would imply that DSC (and ENT before it) aren't necessarily in Trek's "prime" timeline as we think of it (i.e., as comprising the shows we remember watching). Or, conversely, that the "prime" timeline actually only includes events depicted in ENT and thereafter. (It's not unreasonable; the "Pegasus" interquel in "TATV" and the flashback scenes in ST09 can be read to have similar implications.) Either way, though, that would mean that for all intents and purposes all bets are off and the future is unwritten, so "prime" or not it would amount to a reboot in all but name.

 

[Phoenix219]

They changed their ethnicities too, apparently. That's a pretty impressive survival mechanism.

Khan had 70 followers. We never saw them all at once and at the same time. It was two different cross sections of his followers.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Yes. Lore/Story wise it's still the same ship it has ever been.

Try doing the nebula battle in Wrath of Khan when they can just look out a big window at the front of the ship.

 

[Delaware123]

Two words: Temporal Cold War.

Possibly the best explanation I've heard yet.

 

[DaveyNY]

Try doing the nebula battle in Wrath of Khan when they can just look out a big window at the front of the ship.

Just because one could possibly actually see the enemy out a large window and/or viewscreen on the bridge, doesn't mean that the ship's Sensors can also "see" the ship you are trying to fire phasers or Torpedoes at in that nebula.
Also remember that the Enterprise got jostled just as Sulu touched the "FIRE" panel.

 

[Gonzo]

Two words: Temporal Cold War.

Good chance that we will revisit that again sooner or later in the show, we are going to getS31 so it stands to reason we will get some temporal cold war story as well.

 

[Tuskin38]

Try doing the nebula battle in Wrath of Khan when they can just look out a big window at the front of the ship.

The nebula would obscure their vision.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

There were what, 76 people on Khan's sleeper ship? Yeeeeeah, totally unreasonable to see some new faces.

The problem with your joke is not only that it's erronous in every conceivable way (you made a comparison that was completely inapt - compared a clothing-make-over under new environment conditions in a sequel to an actual visual reboot), but it also aggressively violated the very first rule of jokes:
To be funny.

You must be a joy at parties.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Khan had 70 followers. We never saw them all at once and at the same time. It was two different cross sections of his followers.

So they keep all the non-blondes in a separate area?

 

[fireproof78]

So they keep all the non-blondes in a separate area?

Selective breeding.

 

[DaveyNY]

So they keep all the non-blondes in a separate area?

Isn't it possible that spending many years in that harsh environment could have bleached out their hair?
Khan's changed, why wouldn't his followers.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Isn't it possible that spending many years in that harsh environment could have bleached out their hair?
Khan's changed, why wouldn't his followers.

They go out covered. Khan's hair turned grey/white not blonde. And apparently he was the only one who aged.

 

[F. King Daniel]

The nebula would obscure their vision.

It was the static, not the nebula, which was causing 90% of the visual issues in WoK. Both Khan and Kirk were squinting to see the other through the static.

Hell, we've had threads in the past where people have asked why they didn't have spotters in the windows during the battle.

 

[MakeshiftPython]

YOU MEAN ALL OF STAR TREK CAN'T HOLD UP TO SCRUTINY? YOU MEAN WE SHOULDN'T TAKE THIS NAVY SPACE SHOW SO LITERALLY?!

Absurd.

 

[jaime]

So they keep all the non-blondes in a separate area?

There’s four of them...

 

[cooleddie74]

Possibly the best explanation I've heard yet.

Somewhere right now Brannon Braga just got a chubby.

 

[Rahul]

You must be a joy at parties.

Don't you get it? THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS!!!!!!111111oneoneeleven11!!!!!!

(Why so serious? 't was just a prank, bro')

 

[cooleddie74]

Selective breeding.

Or as we called it on late 20th century Earth, the grotto of the Playboy Mansion.

 

[The Wormhole]

YOU MEAN WE SHOULDN'T TAKE THIS NAVY SPACE SHOW SO LITERALLY?!

NAVY MEANS MILITARY!!!!! STARFLEET IS NOT A MILITARY YOU TELLARITE SWINE!!!!!!!!

 

[Tuskin38]

Yes they are. You're telling me to ignore basically everything that my eyes are showing me and just take someone's word who is trying to sell me a subscription to CBSAA that it's the same universe? No.

The stories, the lore match Prime Timeline. The visuals are not the important part.