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The Confederation Timeline (Bizarro World)

It was in some pre-recorded voice clip, if I remember right.

That's really weird, because there would be no way in Soong's lifetime that he would ever have any contact with aliens, much less adopt any kind of hatred toward them.
 
I found the Borg Queen Chambers from Season 1 of PIC fascinating in this sense - gave me the impression that cubes have tech only queens can access which would allow their escape in certain situations - makes me think the Borg Queen in BOBW used this to escape the
That was assimilated from the Sikarians years after BOBW. She was definitely destroyed on that cube.
 
Fair enough. I took PIC S2 as "things are different, this time." If Picard and friends failed, the Prime Trek would be gone, and the Confederation timeline would be permanent. :eek:
That old saw. The threat of "permanence" is always the motivator in these stories.

Nothing in the story matters if it's just a Q fantasy.
It usually about the lesson learned. Like in the Jr Science Officer Picard reality.
 
#1 If the point of divergence is 2024; why do Picard, Raffi, Seven, Rios, Elnor, Juratti, or anyone else for that matter continue to exist in the alternate timeline? Wouldn't nearly 400 years of different genealogy mean that no one in the proper timeline will have a bizarro world counterpart?

Have you not watched Star Trek before? :lol:
 
If Q is involved, I take zero at face value. He's a trickster being who enjoys torturing humans in the name of his "tests." His attitude is one to create things as real as possible because that's the only way Picard will participate.

I doubt any of it "will" happen. But, Picard believed it.
I even avoid to watch Q episodes, never liked him.
 
I mean, no, not really. A parallel universe is something that has always existed parallel to the prime universe. An alternate timeline means the prime universe doesn't exist anymore and can only be restored by restoring the past as the prime characters knew it.
Both are a plot device so the cast can play different versions of their characters. Same thing dramatically
 
Both are a plot device so the cast can play different versions of their characters. Same thing dramatically
Not the same thing, because if they were in a parallel universe, they don't need to go back in time, they just need to use the transporter and beam back over to their own reality - no time travel necessary.
 
Not the same thing, because if they were in a parallel universe, they don't need to go back in time, they just need to use the transporter and beam back over to their own reality - no time travel necessary.
Same plot device. Parallel universe. Alternate timeline. Dream. Q jiggery-pokery. All the same concept. How they get there and back is irrelevant.
 
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