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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8157462" data-attributes="member: 177">No.&nbsp; You just don't seem to want think of a way to that without time travel. I want a Star Trek that doesn't write itself into corners that are repeatedly resolved by undoing the plot they already wrote.&nbsp; The fact of the matter is that a Star Trek that is based on a limited natural resource will always fall short of a perpetual utopia.&nbsp; That word LIMITED kills that dream, you know.Rather than hope they write a time-travel way to undo what has happened (which still leaves them with a galaxy running low on dilithium, remember), how about you hope they find a way to utopia via something other than dilithium?&nbsp; I dunno... how about... trilithium?&nbsp; Or quadrotriticalithium?&nbsp; Or something other than undoing the past rather than working in the present.They have, right on hand, a planet of weird minerals, and a character that interacts with those minerals.&nbsp; Have him create or reveal something that can be the basis for drive systems.&nbsp; Poof, The Burn is resolved without time travel, and the galaxy can move forward.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8157462, member: 177"] No. You just don't seem to want think of a way to that without time travel. I want a Star Trek that doesn't write itself into corners that are repeatedly resolved by undoing the plot they already wrote. The fact of the matter is that a Star Trek that is based on a [I]limited natural resource[/I] will always fall short of a perpetual utopia. That word [I]LIMITED[/I] kills that dream, you know. Rather than hope they write a time-travel way to undo what has happened (which still leaves them with a galaxy running low on dilithium, remember), how about you hope they find a way to utopia via something other than dilithium? I dunno... how about... [I]trilithium[/I]? Or quadrotriticalithium? Or something other than undoing the past rather than working in the present. They have, right on hand, a planet of weird minerals, and a character that interacts with those minerals. Have him create or reveal something that can be the basis for drive systems. Poof, The Burn is resolved without time travel, and the galaxy can move forward. [/QUOTE]

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