No, but how are we going to handle this in the Star Trek Universe?
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We're gonna keep right on Trekkin'.
True, but I think we will need to re-write certain things, like the location of certain planets and delete or postpone some historical events, scenarios like the Eugenics Wars and WWIII.
That there are no such cities as Metropolis or Gotham City doesn't stop there from being interesting adventures of Superman and Batman.
I never once thought that Vulcans would turn out to be real. Or the Eugenics Wars for that matter, even when watching the show in the 1970s. Did you?
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The same way we handle the existence of Vulcan people.
The same way we handled Thanos Snap in 2019 and the Blip in 2024
There is no fooling or lying. The measurements have low S/N and need careful processing.
Future instruments may be able to gather more data and decide.
Future instruments may be able to gather more data and decide.
Future science does not need to prove the existence of a fictional planet and its fictional inhabitants
Metropolis and Gotham City are actually New york and everyone knows this.
I have never thought that Vulcans are real and that the Eugenic Wars have happened. The question isn't about that.
The question is if Star Trek canon will continue to mention Vulcan as a planet in a system where there obviously are no planets or if it will adapt to reality and find another star for the proposed Vulcan homeworld.
I'm not familiar with the two events you are mentioning.
They are fictional incidents in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Trek can continue to place fictional planets in whatever part of the galaxy that suits the plot.
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They can even write some storyline about
proplanetors who seeded the galaxy with planets so the progenitors would have worlds to put life on.
"We" aren't going to do anything. The powers that be and will be, will decide if they want to address this.
No,they're not. All three exist in the DC Comics universe and only the hardest of hardcore fans worry about where they are geographically.
I do remember one map positioning Metropolis in New Jersey, but just one. Their sports teams likely pretend they're from Gotham. It's less honest, but sounds sexier.
Metropolis is in Delaware and Gotham is in New Jersey. (I was once a hardcore fan)
I am talking only about find a planet in the 40 Eridani A system, not an exact match for Vulcan in the PU.
Maybe, but I'm a nitpicker and I want to know where Vulcan is located.
If I write a story about a Federation starship visiting Vulcan, should I state that "the ship has entered the 40 Eridani A system" where there obviously are no planets or should I mention some other system with an appropriate distance from Earth where there are planets and one of them could be Vulcan?
If I was in charge of Star Trek, I would make a statement about "Vulcan is obviously not located in the system of 40 Eridani A but it can be located at (the name of some possible star with planets) and therefore this star will be regared as Vulcan's sun in the future".
Or at least start checkinfg up possible locations for Vulcan.
Both those cities looks like New York to me.
Obviously there are no planets in the 40 Eridani A system.
Oh dear, everything was easier in Gene Roddenberry's days when there weren't as much knowledge about space as it is now.
Anyway, due to my calculations, today is the Holiday of Kal Rekk, and it is a a day of atonement, solitude and silence.
Something the Vulcans might need when their whole existance is questioned.
Not. At least not now, as far as I'm concerned.
Vulcan was thought up and conceived to be at 40 Eridani A before we had the ability to detect any exoplanets. The conclusion that the earlier detected 'exoplanet' isn't really there simply puts us back to that situation.
It's not as if science has concluded there are no planets there. It's simply that the signals that were earlier suspected to be proof of a planet there now have a different interpretation, but it doesn't rule out the possibility of discovering planets there in the future. In fact, given that our planet-detecting methods aren't anywhere near to being able to find all existing planets yet (AFAIK), and that many, many stars seem to have planets would lead me to think the odds of there being planets around that star may still be non-negligible. But I'm no expert; perhaps astronomers feel more secure about their findings about a star that is so close to us (in stellar terms).
And even if they were to somehow conclusively prove there are no planets there, I wouldn't care too much. Star Trek is a work of fiction, though I can understand such details are important to some other fans.
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When you write your story, you can place a fictional planet wherever you like. Even if a planet is in the system, will your nitpicking expect touch telepathic green people to be living there? Are you expecting First Contact in 39 years?Maybe, but I'm a nitpicker and I want to know where Vulcan is located.
If I write a story about a Federation starship visiting Vulcan, should I state that "the ship has entered the 40 Eridani A system" where there obviously are no planets or should I mention some other system with an appropriate distance from Earth where there are planets and one of them could be Vulcan?
If I was in charge of Star Trek, I would make a statement about "Vulcan is obviously not located in the system of 40 Eridani A but it can be located at (the name of some possible star with planets) and therefore this star will be regared as Vulcan's sun in the future".
Or at least start checkinfg up possible locations for Vulcan.
Both those cities looks like New York to me.
Obviously there are no planets in the 40 Eridani A system.
Oh dear, everything was easier in Gene Roddenberry's days when there weren't as much knowledge about space as it is now.
Anyway, due to my calculations, today is the Holiday of Kal Rekk, and it is a a day of atonement, solitude and silence.
Something the Vulcans might need when their whole existance is questioned.
Because our universe has no known planets in 40 Eri A does not mean you retcon Vulcan out of the PU system.
If Star Trek were set in our universe, the characters would be able to solve every problem (except canon violations!) by looking up what happened in the films and TV series...
