They weren’t though.
Spoilers Season Two Canon Connections
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You don’t know that.
I think it's going to come down to this if canon wants to preserve the historicity of Kirk's mission. To quote Star Trek 6, Sulu spent 3 years doing--
"Stardate 9521.6, Captain's log, U.S.S. Excelsior. Hikaru Sulu commanding. After three years I've concluded my first assignment as master of this vessel, cataloguing gaseous planetary anomalies in the Beta Quadrant."
Does 3 years of that sound exciting to you? So Starfleet is already on record in canon of giving massively dull assignments to ships for years at a time.
Pike's 15 years of commanding the Enterprise (2250-2265 per canon, so probably three 5 year missions?) must have had an average day go like--
Number One: We've finished our first sensor sweep of the Neutral Zone.
Pike: Oh, fascinating. Twenty particles of space dust per cubic meter. Fifty-two ultraviolet radiation spikes and a class two comet.
Obviously sometime in 2254 after 'The Cage', Dr. Boyce tipped off Starfleet Command that Pike was still overly stressed about that Rigel mission and considering ditching Starfleet to join the Orion colony, per his own words in 'The Cage'. Starfleet overreacted and from then on assigned Pike only incredibly easy assignments. No wonder Pike seems so relaxed in Discovery compared to in 'The Cage'.
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This video goes through a list of canon references, easter eggs and observations from the second episode of the second season of Star Trek Discovery.
we've got a thread dedicated to this
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/season-two-canon-connections.297891/
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/season-two-canon-connections.297891/
This video goes through a list of canon references, easter eggs and observations from the second episode of the second season of Star Trek Discovery.
Ok. Thanks. I posted it again in that thread before realising you already reposted it yourself :-)
That wasn't me lol
Although this isn't season 2 canon specific, I find it very hard to believe that the Borg never assimilated knowledge of the Spore Drive in the 24th century. Surely someone or some computer must have known about it that the Borg assimilated--they're not going to care how classified it is.
Thus, the Borg would have no problem assimilating tardigrades or have their own Borg drones with tardigrade DNA used to power a Borg spore drive. This tech would make the Borg's own transwarp look like kids' toys by comparison. The Borg would thus be able to appear literally anywhere in the galaxy without warning and assimilate entire civilizations faster than they already do.
Even if Starfleet stops using the spore drive due to safety concerns, the Borg will have no such hangups.
Thus, the Borg would have no problem assimilating tardigrades or have their own Borg drones with tardigrade DNA used to power a Borg spore drive. This tech would make the Borg's own transwarp look like kids' toys by comparison. The Borg would thus be able to appear literally anywhere in the galaxy without warning and assimilate entire civilizations faster than they already do.
Even if Starfleet stops using the spore drive due to safety concerns, the Borg will have no such hangups.
Unless for some reason the non-biological parts of the BORG interfere in some manner with making it work for them.
Or perhaps the Hive-Mind can't handle when one individual accesses the spore network.
Imagine all that wonder and awe being pumped into the Collective at once.
Might cause even the Queen to question their existence.
I guess getting a spanking and a stern talking by the Organians to counts as "negotiating".
How would we know?They weren’t though.
We have no idea what is ultimately going to lead to the spore drive being shelved, it is quite clearly not going to be because of genetic engineering and that seems like a red herring. The same logic applies as to why The Borg never managed to assimilate or use Iconian tech for example, even if there are gates around.
It's basically the "Art of the Deal"I guess getting a spanking and a stern talking [...] to counts as "negotiating".
Well, we have no evidence they extended as far as the Delta Quadrant, just the Beta and Gamma.
Iconian probes could have effed up Borg vessels.
Happened in one of the Mirror Universe books. Mirror Picard dragged a probe from Iconia to Rura Penthe to stop a Cube.
One thing that ain’t a connection as with new movies is having android officers.
Well Discovery doesn't have an Android officer.
So what is that grey metallic bridge officer
Unknown. Possibly a cyborg.
