They got relegated to holodecks.
Why was the Mirror Universe classified?
- Thread starter F. King Daniel
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Indeed, it's one of the most dangerous artefacts they've ever come across - I doubt it featured in the nightly news. We also see the explosion of Praxis and its effect on the Klingon empire being kept secret in STVI. The way the meeting reacts indicates this was new information.
It must not be easy to keep the explosion of a moon secret. What do you say to the tourists?
What I meant was that they had some private starships back then, not to mention the freighters. Some of whom would eventually notice the absence of a moon. If WE can detect a planet from light years away, surely in the time of Kirk they can see a moon from much much farther away. You'd have to forbid circulation in an important portion of space to keep something like that secret.
An important portion of Klingon space.
I'm pretty sure as secrets go though it would be nigh on impossible to keep. Rumours would spread, gravitational fields would shift, subspace shockwaves would be noticed, etc
The role of journalism in the Federation is a largely unexplored topic, aside for Jake Sisko's brief stint as a war correspondent during the Dominion War. How does the average Federation citizen get their news? Are reporters still a thing? Does Starfleet ever hold press conferences?
It might be cool one day to see a journalist embedded with a starship crew.
It might be cool one day to see a journalist embedded with a starship crew.
We know they don't watch TV or news reports on Earth, but it was never fully explained what that actually meant. At this point, I think it's safe to assume that "television" per se was replaced by internet-based media, so news reports are probably carried by something equivalent to a podcast or a vlog.
The other instance I'm thinking of is in "Generations" and I'm pretty sure someone asks the journalists there to turn their cameras off once they go in to a crisis.
That's one of the little touches I liked about the ST:Vanguard books: one of the central characters was an investigative reporter. I wasn't entirely happy with the way he was used in the long run, but the very presence of the character lent an extra sense of verisimilitude.
"No way"would the Federation or DTI ever leak the location of the Guardian or the warp speed breakaway equations.
I like to think that Miri's Planet was probably classified too, given that the technology to produce an exact duplicate of Earth (whatever reason they might have had to do that) would be pretty flashy. Both in headcanon and in fanfic I figure that it was the study of Miri's world that laid the groundwork for the Genesis Project in the first place, which would also explain why Kirk had security clearance to even know about the project in the first place.
There is a whole book about how the Romulans figure out why the Guardian planet (called "Gateway" in the book) was important.
I keep joking that Starfleet has a secret warehouse where they keep the Spore Drive, the Genesis Device, the telekinesis pills, Janice Lester's body-swapping gadget, etc.
Isn't that what we saw at the end of STiD, where they stash Khan and friends?
Was watching "Despite Yourself" last night and realized that I had forgotten that not only did the Federation feel the need to classify all information about the MU, the Terrans also classified all information about the PU. Emperor Georgiou tells Burnham that the reason is because concepts like "freedom, equality, and cooperation", didn't fit with Terran ideals.
So, interesting that both regimes felt that common knowledge of the existence of an alternate universe would have a detrimental effect on their respective societies, the Feds, for humanitarian reasons, and the Terrans, for political reasons.
So, interesting that both regimes felt that common knowledge of the existence of an alternate universe would have a detrimental effect on their respective societies, the Feds, for humanitarian reasons, and the Terrans, for political reasons.
Don't forget that Archer from the MU also destroyed all information about the PU from their database.
I think you are asking the wrong question. The right question is why would you declassify this? By default all new military knowledge should be classified. Once all parties are debriefed, a decision should then be made as to what information is allowed to be released to the public.
Once classified, all information is on a need to know basis so only those in Starfleet who need to know will be aware of it.
I don't really see any reason why they would want to declassify this especially with MU Georgiou participating in an important mission. There is no need for anyone to know about the MU outside of upper leadership and those involved. Naming risks that a reveal could realize adds more credence to why it would remain classified, but it is not the main reason.
Once classified, all information is on a need to know basis so only those in Starfleet who need to know will be aware of it.
I don't really see any reason why they would want to declassify this especially with MU Georgiou participating in an important mission. There is no need for anyone to know about the MU outside of upper leadership and those involved. Naming risks that a reveal could realize adds more credence to why it would remain classified, but it is not the main reason.
Well, there is a demand for transparency in government. Information would leak, leading to something comparable to the US's Freedom of Information Act requests. There would rightly be pressure from the public to declassify information all the time. It's why I keep on saying I want a civilian series, so that we could see the Trek universe from their perspective.
Because if you break the mirror universe you get seven years bad luck
You win.
