when Star Trek discovery came back for season 2 fans felt like an ignored partner constantly
disrespected by the current show runners they were terrified that every season would turn
into a scarier abomination then Alex Kurtzman surprised us he told us Star Trek Discovery's
place in the Star Trek universe would be addressed this season he said the show will synchronize with
the established canon and fans will know what's what and a season two has progressed things have
been addressed the entrance of the enterprise and Captain Pike gave us some familiar ground
to stand on even if televisions look a little funny Klingons seem to have grown hair again
now that the war is over and Saric isn't doing quadrant two quadrant mind-melds anymore so that
feels a lot better and we can go on but let's not fast-forward to PaleyFest 2019 Kurtzman
was interviewed by syfy.com they mentioned that for some fans elements of Discovery still don't
make a lot of sense and that there are still a number of unanswered questions they asked him
if the fans will be happy once the second season is finished he replied I damn well think so yes
we are entirely aware of everyone's questions and criticisms I've read everything and I see
where everyone's like well the spore drive never existed and what discovery was never around and
all of those things we're totally aware you will get an answer so he's heard the criticisms and
answers are coming but what do we need answers to yes the spore drive obviously but has he heard
about the other problems like why is section 31 a covert organization so not very covert what's
the deal with hologram communications and what the heck is control we don't remember AI making
decisions for Starfleet and of course the really big problem Michael Burnham an emo Spock how do
we fix that well assuming Alex Kurtzman is telling us the truth and all answers are forthcoming here
is how we he will do it the Borg who would have guessed that the greatest threat to the Federation
would be the savior of Star Trek discovery but that's exactly what it looks like will happen
first the evidence if this is not Borg technology entering captain Leland then the entire production
team for discovery needs to be taken to the woodshed because this looks like Leland is being
assimilated let's assume after everything we've been through the discovery team wouldn't try to
pass this off as something else but wait isn't the Borg somewhere in the Delta Quadrant that's right
they've been right here in the Alpha Quadrant with us under our noses the whole time when the
board realized their demise would be at the hands of humanity during 1996 Star Trek first contact
they traveled back in time to stop Earth before it could make the historic warp drive launch of
course Picard and his team wiped the floor with those timey wimey Borg well at the same time took
a joyride with a liquored-up Zefram Cochrane on the flight that sets the future Star Trek
universe in motion but there's one small problem who left a Borg in the freezer in 2063 whoops fast
forward to 2150 - with captain Jonathan Archer and the crew of the enterprise they are dispatched to
stop first contacts Arctic Borg popsicle who has suddenly returned to life assimilated some
scientists and escaped in a makeshift transport dr. phlox is injected with nanites and Borg are
trying to assimilate portions of the ship the key element here is that while the Borg are trying to
assimilate the enterprise Tripp says something very important he says the alien components are
offline but after the incident was over what did they do with that Borg tech we know Ryder's judith
and garfield reef stevens pitched a story to be used for season five of enterprise which would
have followed up on the events in regeneration they intended to bring actress Alice Krige back
to Star Trek as a Starfleet medical technician who makes contact with the Borg seen in this
episode this was to result in the creation of the Borg Queen first seen in first contact which was
played by Krieg so this means that Borg technology still exists in some form after this time even if
it's dormant and it is this dormant Borg tech that is the likely birthplace of control the artificial
intelligence program that was designed by section 31 that helps Starfleet do threat analysis
by coming up with the best possible solution for any outcome control eventually determines
that bringing human and alien life together is inefficient and the best way to proceed is to
eliminate all organic life Wow at least as a Borg you were still alive sorta but how did control
even get this far Starfleet wasn't rocking how level artificial intelligence in the universe we
grew up with so what happened section 31 happened we know that section 31 came into existence before
2150 one because a young Malcolm Reed who was instrumental in helping Captain Archer disable
the board in 2150 - was recruited by the covert agency prior to the enterprise and xl1 timeline
by Starfleet security officer Harris by the time Reed was posted to the enterprise he was no longer
active in section 31 however in 2154 Reed was once again contacted by Harris who had kidnapped
dr. phlox to help find a cure for the Klingon augments in exchange for a mutually beneficial
alliance we believe it was during this time that phlox would have divulged to Harris the time he
was injected with nanites and how the aliens had assimilated part of their ship that technology
would likely have been locked up by security for further investigation at a later time so when
Harris orders Reed to slow down the enterprise's investigation of the missing phlox it was also at
this time Reed could have given the offline Borg technology to section 31 who then after years of
studying the technology would incorporate it into the creation of control which is currently running
loose and causing havoc in 2257 so you may be asking yourself if it was Borg technology why
did it take so long to start running amok it's likely that the Borg spark of life mostly light
dormant but if you're familiar with David max 2017 book Star Trek section 31 control then you know
all about the sentient machine the original code for the AI of the future was called yuri AI and
was written in the early 22nd century to serve as a watchdog for emergency services and government
agencies oh yeah you didn't know that Kurtzman stole I mean borrowed tardigrades from a book
the bottom line is the program eventually involves into a distributed intelligence we believe it was
a combination of the Borg technology to make the software become more aware and eventually
become the computer monster it is today and since control has been making all of these decisions
for Starfleet over the years it would explain why the ships are so much larger and looked different
than in any other iteration of Star Trek it would also explain why a time travel device like project
Daedalus could even exist in this time when nothing like it has existed before after dr.
Burnham attempts to use the red angel suit to save her family by traveling one hour into the past she
ends up one thousand years into the future there she discovers control has wiped out all life so
she starts making changes to the timeline in an attempt to stop control and save the universe
this major event explains a lot of the other weird things that have happened in discovery like the
spore drive holograms Michael Burnham and even Spock's Beard it might even explain the Klingon
War maybe so now we see the truth this destructive artificial intelligence / Borg hybrid computer has
assimilated Leland and will eventually destroy all of humanity if it gets its nanites on the
data from that 100 thousand year old sphere of infinite knowledge according to the Red Angel
control originally received the knowledge when a Starfleet ship encountered it and is able to make
the evolutionary leap and wipe out biological life but that timeline has changed when dr. Burnham
puts discovery in the path of the sphere first this attempt to deter controls huge head start and
keep the data the a eyes grubby nanite tubes is the only way to avoid inevitable assimilation the
Red Angel is convinced because of the events of first contact the timeline was changed completely
and the butterfly ripple effect intensified during the events of enterprise and now discovery
the timeline was further altered by the Red Angel after saving Michael Burnham multiple times in an
attempt to use her to save the universe creating even more changes like the Klingon War II most
Bach mirror universe Georgio spore drives you get the point so when Kurtzman says yes he knows
there was never a spore drive and for that matter there wasn't even a USS discovery this explains
why these things exist now and of course why did Spock never mention his long-lost sister well
quite simply she just didn't exist in the timeline as we've known it to exist and while we know that
both her and Spock are critical to helping the Red Angel stop control we don't yet know what lasting
impact that will have on the timeline of Star Trek as we understand it will this give solutions
to most of the fans trouble with discovery yes will it allow the show to take its place in the
original Star Trek timeline it doesn't seem so and perhaps that's for the best instead of treading
around on hallowed ground perhaps it's best to let discovery operate in an altered timeline and
if so boy those board from Star Trek first contact would be hive mind high-fiving each other mission
accomplished in this timeline there is no Lucas 7 of 9 or likely a Voyager in the Delta Quadrant at
all all of the stories would be a little different and new maybe that's what CBS and Alex Kurtzman
really want just take off the handcuffs and make Trek without the limitations of 50 plus years of
story but let's take a moment and really answer how this season of discovery is going to end the
answer has already been laid out before us in the most recent episode as well as the
short trek episode titled Calypso in the short trek discovery finds itself 1,000 years in the
future controlled by an AI who has been alone all this time the AI Zora explains that she has spent
her time evolving herself fully expect the season to end with trol destroyed and data from the 100
thousand year-old sphere sent into the future with a final automated USS discovery spore drive junk
this will keep the information out of the hands of anyone in the present time say goodbye to several
loose ends a nice nod to the most interesting of the short treks and say hello to a mostly
unwritten future and likely a brand-new shiny USS discovery heading into season 3 and soon it will
be time to meet a young james t kirk but that's a different paradox for another time so boldly
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