OK. That makes no sense to me though.
So all they need to do is mine more to recover?
120+ years?
Or maybe it's a fear thing? No one wants to travel at warp because no one knows what caused the burn and they don't know if it will happen again?
What was "The Burn" and what caused it?
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OK. That makes no sense to me though.
So all they need to do is mine more to recover?
120+ years?
Or maybe it's a fear thing? No one wants to travel at warp because no one knows what caused the burn and they don't know if it will happen again?
Can't mine what you don't have.
They were already facing a galaxy-wide shortage when it happened.
And yeah, nobody knows who/what caused it or if it'll happen again.
Probably a combination of both.
You and every third poster here.
With all the hinting towards that music, I would say no. But that's me. I could be wrong.
Ugh. You know, Michael, people can know a song without it being a plot coupon. I was excited for the season, and laswt week was an improvement. But now they're going back to old habits. We're supposed to hate Vance (who's probably going to be a villain, knowing Disco), because he wisely wants to sideline Discovery for a bit to figure out what's going on.
Like she learned nothing about respecting the chain of command over all this. Interrupts Saru, tells the Admiral why he's wrong and how the Disco crew is so special. And somehow Hugh Culber, the medical doctor who has been acting as de facto counselor to everyone decides that Burnham should talk to that distraught Barzan guy instead of doing it himself.
How do you know about a shortage? Earth has plenty as stated by the Earth Defense gal...
I wish they would explain the dilemma better.
We've barely completed Act 1.
We are 5 episodes in and the Federation and Star Fleet are a smidgen of what they once were because of 'The Burn'... and they haven't given one coherent reason why that is. And they found them!
I can understand they haven't figured out what caused 'The Burn', but why exactly can't they travel between worlds at all? Dilithium crystals lasted for a 5-year mission back in the day.
None of this makes any sense. Right now, everything has gone to hell in a hand basket just because.
Yeah you'd think a society of living machines that could create "Vger" would have the technology to clean carbon scarring off of a plaque, or at least be able to scan past that damage to be able to make out the entire name of the space probe that came to their planet.
Well, we're all entitled to our opinions ofcourse. I have a feeling it won't be as such think it might go. But that's me. I'm still looking forward to what the rest of the season will bring.
I think that is part of the story.
At the end I'll be more annoyed if I still think it doesn't make sense.
Booker descibes the shortage in episode 1. Of course he has never been to Earth.
I get that, I'm just not buying that no one can find more in 125 years. Hell, Spock recrystallized some...
And they're hoarding it. Why? Because there isn't a lot to go round.
No indication that they aren't finding new deposits just that it a rare thing now. No doubt folks like Emerald Chain are out there claim jumping and hijacking any dilithium they find out about.
They also stated that Dilithium supplies began running out BEFORE the Burn occurred. The Burn just further exasperated the whole situation.
