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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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Why aren't there any nebulae in Star Wars?
Star Trek does not represent nebulae at all accurately. Real nebulae are nowhere near that dense - they'd constitute a hard vacuum by our standards. They're also big, typically hundreds of light-yea …
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Does General Order 24 really exist?
This question mentions General Order 24, which supposedly allows a Starfleet Captain to order the destruction of all life on a planet. Looking at the linked Memory Alpha page, that appears to be base …
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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 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 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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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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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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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 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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Could Geordi detect Changeling infiltrators?
No.
Geordi's visor is the product of known Federation technology. Unlike Data, who was created by a mad scientist using (at least in part) technology of his own invention, there is no indication tha …
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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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Does Q perform "magic," or does he actually know how to do everything?
In The Q and the Grey the crew of Voyager are able to take part in the Q civil war by entering a representation of the Q continuum based on the American Civil War. That is, they were using Q powers i …
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What is the penalty for unlawful possession of Romulan Ale in the Federation?
In the absence of canonical evidence, we can only speculate.
Out-of-universe, however, the ban on Romulan Ale was very probably inspired by the real-life ban on Cuban cigars so it seems likely that t …
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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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Why would mirror Jadzia be joined to Dax?
[...] it seems unlikely that the Alliance would permit any Trill to become joined at all if they are all slaves.
On the contrary. A joined Trill would become more valuable as a slave, so the All …
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