Tech in Discovery S3

[Cpt Filibuster]

This might take things off topic, but does anyone else feel that we won't see any time travel at all in S3? We've seen that time travel seems accessible, at least for official folks, in the 26th, 29th and 31st centuries. I just can't see it in S3, seems out of place with the feel of Discovery and for that matter current sci-fi in general. This i wouldn't be disappointed NOT to see it, a reset button for any issue the crew face takes the threat away. Plenty of posts ahead of S3 mention Daniels, Future Guy, timeships, Captain Braxton etc but I just can't see any of that type of society being referred to at all, the change in tone and direction of the series would need to take a massive shift to allow it IMHO.

Unless 'the burn' addresses a lack of time travel in the 32nd century, but I doubt that. I'm not really expecting any massive tech upgrades from TNG era to be honest, certainly not on the scale of time travel. Maybe more of the galaxy explored and settled but that's all.

Hope I'm wrong, a massive time jump can allow for some really fresh story telling, but I'm expecting more of the same tbh and the jump is just to free them of prequel-cannon headaches.

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[KepperC]

I see there being a massive subplot about the timesuit being sought after by people wanting it to change their grim fates.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

My guess is that time travel was deemed to be more trouble than it was worth. 29th century starfleet seemed to have become pretty fascistic in their efforts to protect the timestream. Daniels was having to travel back to the 22nd century every other week. And then there were species like the na'kuhl that abused their ability to time travel.

I wouldn't be surprised if time travel led to some disaster that lead to the federation disbanding its use and ensuring other species did the same through some type of non-proliferation treaty. Anyone who disagreed would have their time travel technology taken from them by force. Which is why its no longer prevalent in the 32nd century.

 

[Ronald Held]

No time travel of it keeps Discovery away from the 23d century.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Discovery s3 is set 3188, that's around a century after ENT's temporal wars, and 400 years after Voyager's. Perhaps the era of temporal tampering ended with the technology being erased, or some kind of temporal shield being put into use.

 

[fireproof78]

Discovery s3 is set 3188, that's around a century after ENT's temporal wars, and 400 years after Voyager's. Perhaps the era of temporal tampering ended with the technology being erased, or some kind of temporal shield being put into use.

With all the Temporal Cold War time travel shenanigans I would hope so.

 

[Cpt Filibuster]

All good points. Especially that the ENT temp wars could turn everyone against time travel. Maybe sone agency which stops it from being developed, an extension if the temporal prime directive? Is guess such a unit would be VERY interested in the timesuit which appeared from nowhere....new big bad anyone?

 

[Hawku]

It could be such a post-apocalyptic wasteland that time travel tech is just gone in that era.

 

[RAMA]

There's a pretty good chance of a form of time travel in season 3.

RAMA

This might take things off topic, but does anyone else feel that we won't see any time travel at all in S3? We've seen that time travel seems accessible, at least for official folks, in the 26th, 29th and 31st centuries. I just can't see it in S3, seems out of place with the feel of Discovery and for that matter current sci-fi in general. This i wouldn't be disappointed NOT to see it, a reset button for any issue the crew face takes the threat away. Plenty of posts ahead of S3 mention Daniels, Future Guy, timeships, Captain Braxton etc but I just can't see any of that type of society being referred to at all, the change in tone and direction of the series would need to take a massive shift to allow it IMHO.

Unless 'the burn' addresses a lack of time travel in the 32nd century, but I doubt that. I'm not really expecting any massive tech upgrades from TNG era to be honest, certainly not on the scale of time travel. Maybe more of the galaxy explored and settled but that's all.

Hope I'm wrong, a massive time jump can allow for some really fresh story telling, but I'm expecting more of the same tbh and the jump is just to free them of prequel-cannon headaches.

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[RAMA]

Some 32nd century tech

 

[Lord Garth]

I like the new tactile controls. I can't tell if they're "brail" or if they connect directly to the operator's mind. Either way, it's an interface that's distinct from the holographic controls we see in Picard. A nice way to differentiate the time periods.

 

[Unimatrix Q]

With the size of the bridge and the large viewscreen, i had the impression that Book's ship might be bigger on the inside than outside. Which would be very much in line with ENT.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

It could be such a post-apocalyptic wasteland that time travel tech is just gone in that era.

But all you need to time travel is a warp engine and a sun to fly round backwards

 

[UssGlenn]

But all you need to time travel is a warp engine and a sun to fly round backwards

If warp drive doesn't work anymore you are missing one of your key ingredients.

 

[Hawku]

But all you need to time travel is a warp engine and a sun to fly round backwards

That's true. But you always get whales out of it. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

That's true. But you always get whales out of it. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Problem not the wales it's the water

 

[Tim Thomason]

There's a pretty good chance of a form of time travel in season 3.

RAMA

Book probably learned to time travel in high school.

 

[ChristopherPike]

I think Daniels was obviously being sarcastic with Archer about "quantum discriminators in every school desk", for what it's worth.

It would be cool to acknowledge that the definition of humanity is pretty broad this far in the future. Enterprise's "Future Tense" and Phlox's DNA test of that time traveller revealed an otherwise human corpse, having varied alien ancestry.

Glad to see the 32nd Century hasn't been taking fashion tips from Daniels anyway. That daft haircut he had, made him look like one of those aliens from Galaxy Quest who thought it was all real.

 

[SG-17]

Well we learned from that preview article that

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time travel was outlawed after the Temporal Cold War.

 

[Timo]

Which of course would mean that

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outlaws do it. But also that people from before the Temporal Cold War would do it, too. For whatever value "before" in the case of time machines.

Timo Saloniemi