• Value Subtracted@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    it didn’t seem to have an answer for why the Federation didn’t use it later.

    Well, you need to either find and enslave an exotic space tardigrade in order to navigate the network, or illegally splice said tardigrade’s DNA into your own.

    And even then, navigation is pretty challenging, and can result in accidental time and/or interdimensional travel.

    And a malfunction has the potential to destroy all life in the multiverse.

    And both ships that had the prototypes installed were lost within about a year.

    Take your pick, really.

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      1 year ago

      And a malfunction has the potential to destroy all life in the multiverse.

      I didn’t like that part at all. An infinite multiverse, which they state in DSC is the case, means that anything with a probability greater than zero is guaranteed. Mathematically, the multiverse should have already been wiped out at some point. It’s also a throwaway line meant to increase dramatic tension for all of ten seconds before the scene ends, and an empty threat given that following through would end the show.