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For all questions about the Star Trek universe. Including the television series, films, characters, events, and technology in the universe. For more specific questions, use in conjunction with the relevant tags, such as [star-trek-tos] or [star-trek-tng].
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What Star Trek episodes take place in the Beta Quadrant?
According to Memory Alpha, the Klingon capital is located in the Beta Quadrant, as is Vulcan, Andoria, and a number of other well-known planets.
So, as one example, much of Sins of the Father was set …
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Why didn't the orbital probes in "The Arsenal of Freedom" shut down with the ground probes?
In-universe, it makes sense that the anti-spacecraft weapons would be autonomous, since they have to be able to function at a distance; you wouldn't want the enemy to be able to jam or fake the signal …
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Why does Captain Janeway order the crew to abandon ship in "Year of Hell" if they know the t...
The temporal attack on Voyager was held off briefly by Voyager's temporal shielding, during which time Voyager was able to escape. That means that the temporal incursion was unsuccessful and no time …
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Why do Burnham and Tilly wear "Disco" shirts?
According to Memory Alpha, quoting After Trek:
None of the DIS writers were aware that t-shirts labeled "DISCO" were being created or used until they saw some of the footage from this episode.
S …
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Why not save a copy of the person after transport in case they don't return?
Quantum Mechanics
As noted in Borkz' answer, and repeated in MichaelS answer, mental patterns have to be stored at a quantum level. That means you run into the No-cloning Theorem, which says that it …
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Why didn't the Voyager crew take the shortcut in Prime Factors, abandoning the ship?
The two-hop solution wouldn't work.
From the Memory Alpha article on the spatial trajector:
The spatial trajector was a technology utilized by the Sikarians, a species native to the Delta Quadrant, w …
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Why does the Admiral tell L'Rell that the Federation has no death penalty?
According to Memory Alpha, Captain Pike's encounter on Talos IV was in 2254.
Discovery is set in 2256.
The Menagerie takes place significantly later, in 2267.
Given how controversial a death senten …
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Why did linking cure the virus in "What You Leave Behind" instead of transmitting it?
[The cure] was a "Simple genetic marker" consisting of four nucleotides.
A genetic marker is a DNA sequence in a known location on a chromosome. We'll have to ignore the "four nucleotides" bit b …
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Has Star Trek ever addressed the issue of superluminal communication and time travel?
I don't know whether there's any explicit discussion of this; it seems unlikely in the TV shows because it wouldn't exactly make thrilling viewing, but I suppose there might be something in one or mor …
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Why did Reginald Barclay join Starfleet when he can play the Holodeck all year round as a lo...
Out-of-universe, i.e., so far as canon was concerned at the time this episode was written, Barclay had simply never encountered a holodeck before joining the Enterprise crew, so never had a chance to …
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Is the Star Trek warp drive canonically the Alcubierre drive?
No.
The Alcubierre drive makes use of a supply of negative energy whose gravitation creates a carefully shaped distortion in the space-time of General Relativity, nicknamed a "warp bubble" because …
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If the Discovery contains an experimental spore drive, why doesn't it have a NX registry?
From your third link (USS Discovery):
Due to the outbreak of the Federation-Klingon War of 2256, a vessel as new as Discovery would normally have been pressed into service on the front lines, even …
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Why does the watch that Chakotay replicated months ago to give Janeway gain energy by being ...
Non-canon (as far as I know) but the only reasonable explanation is that replicated matter is not the same as ordinary matter at the quantum level. A replicator can "recycle" replicated matter, turni …
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Was Captain Picard justified in holding Rasmussen?
The timeline might just as easily be changed because Picard failed to hold Rasmussen. Either way, he's making a choice; without knowledge of the "prior" state of affairs, so to speak, there's no part …
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Why didn't Admiral Quinn order Picard to Starfleet Academy?
There are several reasons for Quinn to ask:
The point of the exercise was to put an ally in an important position. This wouldn't make much sense if said ally was going to be resentful about it.
It …
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