Discovery Trailer

[Water Bob]

I thought Discovery was set 10 years before TOS? Discovery knows about the Defiant, which crossed over to...somewhere in the Tholian Web episode, which was a third season TOS episode.

That would put it 23 years into the future of the show.

The Enterprise show established that Defiant crossed over into the Mirror Universe. And that series took place 100 years before TOS.

Is this a timeline problem?

Or, is this the result of a time paradox?





And, the surgery that happened to Ash....could this be the beginnings, and the answer to, the human looking Klingons we see in TOS?

 

[MarkB]

I thought Discovery was set 10 years before TOS? Discovery knows about the Defiant, which crossed over to...somewhere in the Tholian Web episode, which was a third season TOS episode.

That would put it 23 years into the future of the show.

The Enterprise show established that Defiant crossed over into the Mirror Universe. And that series took place 100 years before TOS.

Is this a timeline problem?

Or, is this the result of a time paradox?

It was established in Enterprise that the Defiant went back in time a hundred years as part of its transition to the mirror universe. Discovery's crew learn about that event from the Rebel database they recovered.

 

[Water Bob]

It was established in Enterprise that the Defiant went back in time a hundred years as part of its transition to the mirror universe. Discovery's crew learn about that event from the Rebel database they recovered.

You're missing the point: How does Discovery know that? Kirk didn't, 23 years later.

 

[MarkB]

You're missing the point: How does Discovery know that? Kirk didn't, 23 years later.

I did miss the point, but then I caught it and edited my comment 30 seconds later. Were you replying to the first version?

 

[Water Bob]

Yes. I missed the part about Discovery learning from the data from the Mirror Universe.

 

[Hussar]

Yeah. It’s debatable that the Defiant was even commissioned by the time of Discovery.

Does kinda suck though. I wonder if they’ll actually deal with the paradox or just leave it. Since they know about the Defiant, wouldn’t they mention it? Thus preventing the Defiant from being captured in the Tholian web.


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[MarkB]

Yeah. It’s debatable that the Defiant was even commissioned by the time of Discovery.

Does kinda suck though. I wonder if they’ll actually deal with the paradox or just leave it. Since they know about the Defiant, wouldn’t they mention it? Thus preventing the Defiant from being captured in the Tholian web.

Starfleet has strict rules about time paradoxes. They have an entire enforcement agency dedicated to investigating and punishing infringements of those rules.

Not that it wouldn't be a concern. Imagine, a few years down the line, one of Discovery's crew chatting with a close friend and hearing their excited news that they've been assigned to the Defiant. Kinda hard to balance regulations against sending a friend off to die.

 

[PurpleDragonKnight]

Can't wait for Season Finale in about 22 hours!

 

[Water Bob]

Watching the season finale. Did any of you catch the ear monsters from Star Trek II frying in a skillet?

It was hard not to catch the Klingon urinating up against the wall...with two streams!

 

[Water Bob]

What a show!

I just finished the series finale!

THIS IS TRULY A GREAT SHOW!

GOOSEBUMPS!

WHAT AN ENDING!