I just watched “Yesterday's Enterprise,” and I have two questions.
First, Guinan says that Yar died “an empty death” in the original timeline. But in “Skin of Evil,” Yar dies in the line up duty on a dangerous mission to save the lives of two of her fellow officers. It seems to me that that’s pretty much the kind of death Yar would have chosen for herself. Why does Guinan call it an empty death?
Second, we learn later in the series that Yar survived the battle at Nerendra III, was captured by the Romulans, bore a half-Romulan daughter, tried to escape when her daughter was four years old, got caught and was executed.
But the idea that Yar was captured alive by the Romulans is unbelievable. She would never allow that to happen, and no member of the Enterprise crew would allow it. Allowing Romulus to get ahold of somebody with Tasha Yar’s extensive knowledge of military technology from 22 years in the future is courting disaster. If they figure out who she is and what she knows and manage to extract that information from her, the Federation is royally f*cked. I would think Yar would kill herself before allowing herself to be captured by Romulans, and any member of the Enterprise crew (yes, even Castillo) would also kill her before allowing her to be captured. If by some miracle Romulans did capture her alive, she would commit suicide at the first opportunity rather than risk the Romulans getting at the knowledge inside her head. Even if she were pregnant, the stakes are so high that she’d kill herself and her unborn child before putting the whole Federation at risk of Romulan conquest.
Do we ever get a plausible explanation, even a non-canon one, for how she ended up living in Romulan custody for five years, or is that just a logic hole we’re supposed to ignore?
First, Guinan says that Yar died “an empty death” in the original timeline. But in “Skin of Evil,” Yar dies in the line up duty on a dangerous mission to save the lives of two of her fellow officers. It seems to me that that’s pretty much the kind of death Yar would have chosen for herself. Why does Guinan call it an empty death?
Second, we learn later in the series that Yar survived the battle at Nerendra III, was captured by the Romulans, bore a half-Romulan daughter, tried to escape when her daughter was four years old, got caught and was executed.
But the idea that Yar was captured alive by the Romulans is unbelievable. She would never allow that to happen, and no member of the Enterprise crew would allow it. Allowing Romulus to get ahold of somebody with Tasha Yar’s extensive knowledge of military technology from 22 years in the future is courting disaster. If they figure out who she is and what she knows and manage to extract that information from her, the Federation is royally f*cked. I would think Yar would kill herself before allowing herself to be captured by Romulans, and any member of the Enterprise crew (yes, even Castillo) would also kill her before allowing her to be captured. If by some miracle Romulans did capture her alive, she would commit suicide at the first opportunity rather than risk the Romulans getting at the knowledge inside her head. Even if she were pregnant, the stakes are so high that she’d kill herself and her unborn child before putting the whole Federation at risk of Romulan conquest.
Do we ever get a plausible explanation, even a non-canon one, for how she ended up living in Romulan custody for five years, or is that just a logic hole we’re supposed to ignore?
