Man, I really, really wish the writers had the foresight and carefulness in their writing to come up with some acceptable phlebotinum justifying why transporter clones and other various transporter transformations not just don’t, but indeed can’t happen.
I get that it makes for some plotlines, but it also makes for so much idiotic fridge logic. Like “why don’t they save a pattern buffer copy of EVERY away team in case of emergency” or “why isn’t the federation using a volunteer clone army for military engagements” or indeed what we here.
Or even “why isn’t federation surgery just loading someone into the transporter buffer then editing their XML to fix the injury”.
And don’t even get me started by the wasted potential of holography, especially during and post-Voyager.
Or at least DISCO had used its 31st century setting to explore sci-fi concepts around any of these ideas. Like full on Iain M Banks The Culture, restoring people from their most recent mind state back up.
…until you realize that even the Jem’Hadar won’t do it. They had transporters, right? I could maybe buy that the Romulans, Cardassians, and Klingons would refuse to do it based on some combination of pride and honor, maybe. I could never buy that an organization like Section 31 wouldn’t, though, or any number of the monster-of-the-week species.
That obviously just means the T.O.G. is a pan-galactic body, that’s infiltrated every technologically advanced society… You know they’re crazy, if not even the Jem’Hadar will cross them.
I bet the T.O.G somehow managed to transport over to the Kelvin universe and grab that “single person intergalactic handheld transporter and some other bullshit that lets a person transport to Kronos from Earth with no ship because j.j. Abrams dont give no shits about star trek” device.
Once you have access to that tech, you can use it to tag anyone anywhere and toss them into the nearest star with nary a word.
Man, I really, really wish the writers had the foresight and carefulness in their writing to come up with some acceptable phlebotinum justifying why transporter clones and other various transporter transformations not just don’t, but indeed can’t happen.
I get that it makes for some plotlines, but it also makes for so much idiotic fridge logic. Like “why don’t they save a pattern buffer copy of EVERY away team in case of emergency” or “why isn’t the federation using a volunteer clone army for military engagements” or indeed what we here.
Or even “why isn’t federation surgery just loading someone into the transporter buffer then editing their XML to fix the injury”.
And don’t even get me started by the wasted potential of holography, especially during and post-Voyager.
Or at least DISCO had used its 31st century setting to explore sci-fi concepts around any of these ideas. Like full on Iain M Banks The Culture, restoring people from their most recent mind state back up.
The T.O.G. has a moratorium on unauthorized cloning, and you DON’T. EVER. disobey T.O.G. directives.
Honestly, I can almost buy that explanation.
…until you realize that even the Jem’Hadar won’t do it. They had transporters, right? I could maybe buy that the Romulans, Cardassians, and Klingons would refuse to do it based on some combination of pride and honor, maybe. I could never buy that an organization like Section 31 wouldn’t, though, or any number of the monster-of-the-week species.
That obviously just means the T.O.G. is a pan-galactic body, that’s infiltrated every technologically advanced society… You know they’re crazy, if not even the Jem’Hadar will cross them.
The Bene Gesserit would like a word with you sir…
I bet the T.O.G somehow managed to transport over to the Kelvin universe and grab that “single person intergalactic handheld transporter and some other bullshit that lets a person transport to Kronos from Earth with no ship because j.j. Abrams dont give no shits about star trek” device.
Once you have access to that tech, you can use it to tag anyone anywhere and toss them into the nearest star with nary a word.
No shit no one fucks with the T.O.G.
They did a resurrection in Star Trek lower decks
One which, I imagine, will only ever be hinted at, but never embraced.