Re: Relativity 2.0
the only problem with the creation of alternate timelines is that there would be no need to correct much of anything since they are all alternate timelines. there really is no need for a time ship like relativity except for research missions. they wouldn't need to go back in time to try and correct stuff because that will just be an alternate timeline.
I don't think the Relativity saw the need to correct anything because the blackhole that Nero and Spock went through sent them not just into the past but into the past of a different timeline.
Here's a theory of mine from another thread:
Anything that can happen does happen in one reality or another. If I'm walking down a street and have to decide whether or not to take a left or a right, in one reality I go right and in another I go left. Different realities account for different decisions we make so there are several possible futures that could emerge from the present.
In this type of theory all futures branch out from a common past. The further we go into the future, the more realities diverge. The further we go into the past, the more realities converge. Prime Trek and New Trek both have ENT in common. If Prime Trek and New Trek have ENT in common, then ENT has at least two possible futures. 1986 has even more possible futures, so the crew in TVH were from one possible version of the 23rd Century while Star Trek (2009) is another version.
Where am I going with this?
I think Star Trek (2009) isn't just a different timeline where things were only changed becasue of Nero, I think it's a different timeline where things after 2233 unfolded differently in general. Chekov's parents have him sooner, the Enterprise is commissioned later, etc. The reason for Chekov's birth being sooner? They either met sooner or decided to have children sooner. The reason the Enterprise was commissioned later? The ship that would've been commissioned in 2245 was called something else instead and Pike was never in command of that ship or maybe he was and we didn't see it.
If I wanted to take it one step further, I could say that [Trek Prime] is a possible 23rd Century projected from 1966 where there are Eugenics Wars. [...] Star Trek (2009) is a 23rd Century projected from 2009 which was then [disrupted by Nero].
the only problem with the creation of alternate timelines is that there would be no need to correct much of anything since they are all alternate timelines. there really is no need for a time ship like relativity except for research missions. they wouldn't need to go back in time to try and correct stuff because that will just be an alternate timeline.