Why does Daystrom have Kirk's body?
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Also I believe Shatner is in talks about a possible return as Kirk
true, but schools and research institutions and sports fields are a bit different than "secret facility used by nefarious section of the government/starfleet that should nit exist" XD. given the contents, i think calling it "The Menagerie" might be more appropriate...
you don't just have giant floaty things hanging around your local college ? maybe it's the storage facility for all of the evil computers. maybe it's a specific lab. maybe it's just the local town.
I'm sure after Picard went to the trouble of removing Kirk's body from under the metal bridge, carrying it all the way to the highest point he could find, finding some rocks and burying him he will have thought to say 'oh by the way i buried Jim kirk up there can someone pick his body up at some point"
Geordi : "I went to Zephram Cochrane High School."
The Daystrom Institute Aerial Annex.
This why JL was shredded in First Contact
Whatever the in-universe reason might be, if it ever gets brought up again, I would prefer Kirk not being resurrected. Writers should think twice before deciding to turn death into a total joke. One might argue the return of Spock was a stretch already, but at least it was foreshadowed by TWoK; it also happens in the following movie. Kirk on the other hand has been considered dead for decades now both in real life + Trek's 25th century.
Look at Star Wars, I think bringing back Palpatine (and Maul) was one of the most fatal mistakes that franchise has ever done. Why should anyone still care about any SW character's dramatic demise? Maybe Mace Windu will rise from the dead, or Tarkin, Luke, Padme, Andor, Palpatine again... I would not be overly surprised if the planet Alderaan with its entire population just respawned because of the Force or something.
Dismantling or restoring the saucer in a space dock probably makes more sense as those places are meant and equipped to do that, so you would not have to move the necessary gear all the way.
Look at Star Wars, I think bringing back Palpatine (and Maul) was one of the most fatal mistakes that franchise has ever done. Why should anyone still care about any SW character's dramatic demise? Maybe Mace Windu will rise from the dead, or Tarkin, Luke, Padme, Andor, Palpatine again... I would not be overly surprised if the planet Alderaan with its entire population just respawned because of the Force or something.
Dismantling or restoring the saucer in a space dock probably makes more sense as those places are meant and equipped to do that, so you would not have to move the necessary gear all the way.
Can't see the problem . If some geezer from Dallas can just take a shower and be brought back to life then anything goes
Isn't there an Otoy video showing a bunch of ships positioned above the saucer on Veridian III and lifting it up? Shows there was no dismantling done in canon.
Future plot reasons. His body's got to be kept on ice and fired back into the Nexus - the next time it passes by the Alpha Quadrant - or else the universe will collapse.
You'll see - it's all to do with not letting those eggs he was cooking burn, back in the log cabin.
You'll see - it's all to do with not letting those eggs he was cooking burn, back in the log cabin.
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Yes, but OTOY isn't actually any more canon than the novels are, they're just a little higher up in the food chain. That said, I do think it makes more sense that they would try and lift the wreckage out in such a manner rather than dismantling it on the surface because that would be less intrusive to the planet.
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There are some vehicles with tethers shown, but they are not shown lifting anything and there are only a few of them at the front of the saucer.
...Plus, if they did lift the saucer off planet in one piece (my assumption also!) I'd expect them to use tractor beams rather than a bunch of little ships with ropes.
Oh, I'm sure that there was more to the procedure than what we saw in that brief snippet of the video.There are some vehicles with tethers shown, but they are not shown lifting anything and there are only a few of them at the front of the saucer.
...Plus, if they did lift the saucer off planet in one piece (my assumption also!) I'd expect them to use tractor beams rather than a bunch of little ships with ropes.
The video is not from Paramount; it is kind of a professional "fan film" apparently.
What we see in the video does not make sense because it seems like too much effort already. Why would they build something like those structures around the saucer if they can simply lift it into space with a tractor beam? The Defiant alone salvages a Dominion ship that way which is also embedded into rock. Granted that ship is considerably smaller, but for the Cerritos the task would definitely be trivial.
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