Spoilers Anthony from Much Ado About Boimler

[The Wormhole]

In this recent episode, we meet Anthony, a warp 10 salamander travelling on the D-14 transport to The Farm.

But what is his story? How did he evolve into a salamander? Did he somehow travel at warp 10? Did he evolve via some other method? Why didn't the method used to return Captain Janeway and Tom Paris back to regular humans work on him?

Or another theory I heard recently, maybe he actually is a Janeway-Paris love child retrieved by a Starfleet ship that somehow made it to the Delta Quadrant and back to the Alpha Quadrant since Voyager returned home. Or maybe he's the offspring of one of the Janeway-Paris offspring.

So what are the thoughts of everyone else here? Who is Anthony and what is his story?

 

[fireproof78]

Or maybe he's the offspring of one of the Janeway-Paris offspring.

I think either this, or possibly an Hirogen tested the DNA to figure out what this new prey was, figured out it was human and shipped it on back. Don't need any more trouble from humans.

 

[Tosk]

Maybe Anthony is actually supposed to be a space salamander. Except everyone else on his planet is red, so he is a freak for being blue. Or he used to have eight eyes, but in a weird transporter accident he ended up with only two.

 

[Charles Phipps]

I think if Tom Paris can achieve Warp 10, then just about anyone else in Starfleet can with enough time.

 

[Awesome Possum]

Anthony may be my favorite character.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I assumed Starfleet managed to replicate the warp 10 thing ("Threshold" was actually the second time, after a previous Dax host managed in "The Lives of Dax" novelverse anthology), if he's one of Paris and Janeway's kids, where are the other two??

 

[BillJ]

So what are the thoughts of everyone else here? Who is Anthony and what is his story?

Someone who went warp 10. This time, Starfleet is going to keep and study the Salamander long term.

 

[Nerys Myk]

It's my understanding that Anthony works in a grocery store, saving his pennies for someday.

 

[BillJ]

It's my understanding that Anthony works in a grocery store, saving his pennies for someday.

Until Starfleet abducted him...

 

[Nerys Myk]

Where is Anthony's Memory Alpha entry? Why has MA ignored this character? It's been five days since his debut and nothing!!!!

 

[The Wormhole]

if he's one of Paris and Janeway's kids, where are the other two??

And there's a story to be told right there.

Where is Anthony's Memory Alpha entry? Why has MA ignored this character? It's been five days since his debut and nothing!!!!

TRAVESTY!

 

[BillJ]

And there's a story to be told right there.

Nine-part Pocket Books series!

 

[Tim Thomason]

Technically, the hyper-evolved humans aren't a result of some Warp 10/transwarp radiation. They are legitimate fate of mankind hard-coded into our DNA (what the hell, Salome Jens?!). So Anthony could be anything from a transporter accident to a viral mutation to a weaponized biogenic victim. Just whatever unlocks the same rapid evolution that Janeway and Paris went through. Unlike the transwarp method, the method used upon Anthony might not be (easily) reversible.

I'm curious how the Osler picked him up and didn't know his backstory. Or is it just that they were protective of patients' rights, and since Anthony wasn't talking, none of the other passengers found out and gave him a nickname. Presumably, his DNA would reveal him as former human (as it did Janeway and Paris).

 

[NCC-73515]

Can you heal people with Barclay's protomorphosis syndrome by flying them at Warp 10, and can you return transwarp amphibians to being human by giving them the syndrome? XD
Maybe that's how the EMH's antiproton treatment worked XD

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Technically, the hyper-evolved humans aren't a result of some Warp 10/transwarp radiation. They are legitimate fate of mankind hard-coded into our DNA

Actually, there's no proof either way.

For all we know, the salamanders from VOY really were a result of some random accident/mutation. And if they can be, then so can Anthony.

 

[fireproof78]

Actually, there's no proof either way.

For all we know, the salamanders from VOY really were a result of some random accident/mutation. And if they can be, then so can Anthony.

I always took it as an accelerated adaptation to whatever environment he was in at Warp 10.

 

[UssGlenn]

Why didn't the method used to return Captain Janeway and Tom Paris back to regular humans work on him?

I assume another ship replicated the Warp 10 project, perhaps unaware of Voyager's attempt. Or maybe it was a different project with the same side affect. Their Doctor was unable to figure out the cure, or even if they did become aware of the existing cure, wasn't able to successfully deploy it. Thus Anthony gets shipped off to the Farm where the better facilities and experts will have better results.

I'm curious how the Osler picked him up and didn't know his backstory.

What makes you think the Doctor doesn't know the backstory? Is there a line of dialogue I don't remember? Since Anthony can't talk it makes sense the other patients don't know.

 

[The Wormhole]

I'm curious how the Osler picked him up and didn't know his backstory. Or is it just that they were protective of patients' rights,

Likely that. I'd assume the Edosian doctor does know Anthony's background, he just doesn't tell anyone it for doctor-patient confidentiality reasons. And since Anthony himself doesn't talk, the other patients have no way of learning it. As I assume the only reason everyone knows everyone else's story is because they all told each other.

Their Doctor was unable to figure out the cure, or even if they did become aware of the existing cure, wasn't able to successfully deploy it.

I should think that looking up "accelerated evolution into a salamander" on Space Google should turn up the treatment. If they weren't able to execute it wherever Anthony was stationed, couldn't he be transported to a facility that could do it?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I assume another ship replicated the Warp 10 project, perhaps unaware of Voyager's attempt. Or maybe it was a different project with the same side affect. Their Doctor was unable to figure out the cure, or even if they did become aware of the existing cure, wasn't able to successfully deploy it. Thus Anthony gets shipped off to the Farm where the better facilities and experts will have better results.

They could always just ask the EMH. I'm sure he's still out there somewhere.

 

[Tim Thomason]

The reason why the Doctor wanted to use antiprotons was to "destroy the new DNA" and the body would be forced to recode itself (through concentrated gene therapy?) with older DNA. I don't know how he was able to recover enough DNA when they were unrecognizable monsters, but it's the future I guess. Maybe their brains were still mostly there.

Anthony might be too far gone for the antiproton technique. Whatever caused him to hyper-evolve could've been faster than Paris and all his DNA may have mutated before they could blast it. He could be going to The Farm so they could run some tests and figure out another option.