Why does Daystrom have Kirk's body?

[Timofnine]

Let the Necromancy commence! The word is… given.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

Let the Necromancy commence! The word is… given.

So S31 is into necromancy hehe

 

[Denise]

Even when watching Generations all those years ago, I never believed that Starfleet was just going to leave Kirk's body there. What I wondered about was Picard lugging Kirk's body all the way back up to the top of that outcropping and then finding the smaller stones to actually cover the body up with.

In the IDW comic Reflections, Spock comes to Veridian III and disinters it and takes it back to Iowa and buried Kirk on his family's farm.

 

[Riley]

Kirk was there as a fanwank Easter egg, much like every aspect of Picard Season 3.

 

[fireproof78]

Kirk was there as a fanwank Easter egg, much like every aspect of Picard Season 3.

That's what fans said they wanted. Needed to see all the tiny little details.

 

[Sketcher]

Should've shown Paul Wesley's face behind the door to really rile up the fanbase.

 

[FredH]

Should've shown Paul Wesley's face behind the door to really rile up the fanbase.

Don’t think he’d been cast yet, but it is a funny thought.

 

[WarpCore]

Don’t think he’d been cast yet, but it is a funny thought.

A Quality of Mercy (first episode with Wesley as Kirk in SNW) aired Jul 7, 2022.
Picard S3 started airing Feb 16, 2023.

 

[Qonundrum]

Let the Necromancy commence! The word is… given.

So the reason for Daystrom Institute having Kirk's body is... kink?

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

So the reason for Daystrom Institute having Kirk's body is... kink?

Or a deep desire to be techo necromancers and bring him back to life to do their bidding

 

[The Wormhole]

A Quality of Mercy (first episode with Wesley as Kirk in SNW) aired Jul 7, 2022.
Picard S3 started airing Feb 16, 2023.

However, Picard S3 was filmed in 2021.

 

[Set Harth]

So the reason for Daystrom Institute having Kirk's body is... kink?

are you saying what i... eww

 

[The Old Mixer]

At first glance, I read it as "Klink".

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[The Salt Umpire]

(shakes monicle) Kirrkk!

 

[WarpCore]

However, Picard S3 was filmed in 2021.

I'm seeing both were late 2021 - early 2022. So using old Kirk makes a lot of sense. What if SNW never gets released? The filming dates, when available, are the smarter way to go.

 

[Captain Atkin]

There are no locals. Data states that Veridian III is uninhabited.

True, but Veridian IV was inhabited by a pre-industrial humanoid civilization. Eventually they might travel to the planet and find Kirk's body.

 

[tharpdevenport]

True, but Veridian IV was inhabited by a pre-industrial humanoid civilization. Eventually they might travel to the planet and find Kirk's body.

Kirk made enemies over his time in command of the Enterprise, it would make sense any of them -- even generations of Klingons who refuse to the peace between the Empire and the Federation -- maybe want to simple destroy the grave site, or even the crude act of going to the bathroom on it. Hell, Ferengi might go there to see if the infamous James t. Kirk was buried with anything of value (we know he wasn't, but they always think there is hidden goods). The TNG communicate was supposed gold (and maybe silver), as the Ferengi certainly thought it was gold ("The Last Outpost") so it's likely the badge left on Kirk's grave was gold. Imagine the value the Ferengi could claim: the gold badge of the infamous James T. Kirk.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Ferengi might go there to see if the infamous James t. Kirk was buried with anything of value (we know he wasn't, but they always think there is hidden goods).

Or perhaps the uniform. They could also make Kirk desiccation disks. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ferengi_death_ritual

 

[Mojochi]

Maybe he's the only known time traveler to use the Nexus for such, & they're studying his remains?

 

[tharpdevenport]

Maybe he's the only known time traveler to use the Nexus for such, & they're studying his remains?

Guinan.

Scotty: "What the hell? Their life signs are phasing in and out of our space time continuum."