So did that time machine ever show back up?
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It was clearly the cause of the Temporal Cold War in the 22nd century. Yup, Picard and friends caused the Temporal Cold War.
They should've had Data take Rasmussen back, kick him out the door, have Data bring the timepod back the 24th where Picard and co. could've either destroyed it or donated it to research.
Someone had to have come across it eventually. I figure the guy's lab, most likely. I'm surprised this was just ignored and forgotten. It would have been a great setup for a future episode. It could have been in Enterprise even, since he came from the 22nd (don't remember if he said a specific year).
It showed up on the doorstep of Spock and he will use it to return to the TOS era to prevent some Romulan bad guys from altering the timeline
Patience friends, I'm working on it.
I don't think it will be ready until somewhere around 2550-2599.
I was never the mathemetician, too mundane. Don't get me wrong, I love math. I just don't have a head for numbers. My brain is differently wired. My Greek is pretty rusty too, but if anyone wants to try and bring me up to at least a Cartesian level or maybe even Pascal's level, that would speed the process along, no pun intended.
I don't think it will be ready until somewhere around 2550-2599.
I was never the mathemetician, too mundane. Don't get me wrong, I love math. I just don't have a head for numbers. My brain is differently wired. My Greek is pretty rusty too, but if anyone wants to try and bring me up to at least a Cartesian level or maybe even Pascal's level, that would speed the process along, no pun intended.
Well, the easy answer is that since Picard logged the encounter with the time pod, then come the time in the 26th century when someone notices a time pod has gone missing they'd search for recorded instances and, ah, here's one left in New Jersey in the 22nd century. So it'd be straightforward to recover from that.
It's a fair question how many time pods there are lost out there, but the nice thing about being able to travel in time is you have unlimited do-overs.
There's a delightful short story in the first Strange New Worlds anthology ...
*investigates bookshelf in other room and revises*
... in the SECOND Strange New Worlds anthology that tells you the fate of the time pod. Rasmussen stashed blueprints of the pod someplace safe, and after being "rehabilitated," retrieved them, built a new one, and landed it in the past on his "great-great to the umpteenth generation" grandmother's pool deck. She took it to Paramount, who used it to go back to 1964 and pitch the true future to Gene Roddenberry as an idea for a TV show. Then proceeded to use it for years, right up to the end of the Dominion War, at which point, Ms. J. R. Rasmussen said enough was enough, turned in the pod, and quit.
My synopsis doesn't do it justice. It's 3-page piece of brilliance, and if you ever get the chance, you should pick up a copy of Strange New Worlds II and read "Research."
*investigates bookshelf in other room and revises*
... in the SECOND Strange New Worlds anthology that tells you the fate of the time pod. Rasmussen stashed blueprints of the pod someplace safe, and after being "rehabilitated," retrieved them, built a new one, and landed it in the past on his "great-great to the umpteenth generation" grandmother's pool deck. She took it to Paramount, who used it to go back to 1964 and pitch the true future to Gene Roddenberry as an idea for a TV show. Then proceeded to use it for years, right up to the end of the Dominion War, at which point, Ms. J. R. Rasmussen said enough was enough, turned in the pod, and quit.
My synopsis doesn't do it justice. It's 3-page piece of brilliance, and if you ever get the chance, you should pick up a copy of Strange New Worlds II and read "Research."
There's a delightful short story in the first Strange New Worlds anthology ...
*investigates bookshelf in other room and revises*
... in the SECOND Strange New Worlds anthology that tells you the fate of the time pod. Rasmussen stashed blueprints of the pod someplace safe, and after being "rehabilitated," retrieved them, built a new one, and landed it in the past on his "great-great to the umpteenth generation" grandmother's pool deck. She took it to Paramount, who used it to go back to 1964 and pitch the true future to Gene Roddenberry as an idea for a TV show. Then proceeded to use it for years, right up to the end of the Dominion War, at which point, Ms. J. R. Rasmussen said enough was enough, turned in the pod, and quit.
My synopsis doesn't do it justice. It's 3-page piece of brilliance, and if you ever get the chance, you should pick up a copy of Strange New Worlds II and read "Research."
ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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