![]() Lots of possible explanations of course, but they usually feel very contrived - universally outlawed due to its dangers (Eugenics Wars, basically), unstable/unreliable, philosophical/ethical objections, etc. I suspect it's just one of those things ST doesn't deal with, or at least didn't in its original/early/intermediate conceptions and so it's hard to integrate now. There isn't really a very satisfactory explanation. And there's strong AI elements in earlier shows as well such as Data and The Doctor. None of those really seem that convincing.ĪI is what ST:P is about, pretty much. Exceptions include the Suliban from ENT (who got it from the future), and the Dominion (who don't seem to do it much beyond the Vorta/Jem'Hadar and punishments like the Quickening). But profound, species-altering GE is not really done by many species. "Light" forms of genetic engineering do happen, even in the Federation - some of the medical technobabble for example hints at that. Most of it got handwaved away with the Eugenics Wars (and subsequent related storylines like the Klingon augments) but in realistic terms advanced civilizations would probably do a LOT with this. Genetic engineering is one of those things that the ST universe has a bit of a blind spot for. Would they not be allowed?AI is what ST:P is about, pretty much. What if a species who genetically modified itself wanted to join the federation. Its kinda weird how rare genetic engineering is among other species, same with AI's. Tilly also has mentioned using dark matter somehow to skip needing a pilot twice now and the show hasn't gone anywhere with that. Honestly Stamitz's role in the show is kinda declining, given how they have a 2nd 'spore pilot' as well as another expert on the spore drive. Instead he's either going to forget about it in season 4, or be overly grumpy about it despite everyone surviving in the end. They seem to want a lot of character drama, why not make choices actually do something? Why waste 20+ minutes of an episode on goodbyes and tears if everyone just comes back safe the next ep? Just imagine if someone Stamitz cared about actually died after Burnham tossed him off the ship. just a very dangerous one) only to have everyone be just fine at the end.īut get use to the "We may never see each other again - all the emotions" - "Nah we all good!" Just accept it. But still - at times the plot seems to go out of its way to setup a beyond-survivable situation (vs. And I don't really normally mind plot armor. Trek and "red shirts" is a meme for a reason. But Season 3 plot-finales setup multiple extremely deadly situations, that end up not having any consequences for anyone. Last "character I recognized" that died was somewhere in Season 2. I think they actually get WORSE with this in Season 3. That regardless of how stupid or deadly the situation is, they end up surviving - somehow. Waaayyy to many characters on the show have plot-armor.
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