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minus-square@ummthatguylinkEnglish14•4 months agoTechnically, they could, but then you’ve got a hybrid person with full past memories of the others. Ethically touchy, since Tuvix would not be able to be with Tuvok’s family or Kes in the same manner previously.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•4 months agoI feel like they could have kept Tuvix and Tuvok and given up Neelix… I kid. Mostly…
minus-squaremosiacmangolinkfedilink4•edit-24 months agoI mean, that would be up to Kes and Tuvoks family to decide. Complex, but families and relationships often are. Not shining a light on the trek “transporters are actually infinite cloning beams” problem was probably for the best though.
minus-square@ummthatguylinkEnglish2•edit-24 months agoThat’s been similarly tackled from the eugenics perspective on TNG with these guys: On the other hand, it’d be fun to have a Gary from Fallout type episode caused by the transporters.
minus-square@ummthatguylinkEnglish2•edit-24 months agos2e18 “Up the Long Ladder” aka the planet Ireland episode. The other plot involves a more “refined” planet populated by clones who need fresh DNA to not degrade their society.
minus-squaremosiacmangolinkfedilink2•4 months agoAhh the Ireland episode. That’s why. Ive skipped it for so long I forgot the plot lines.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•4 months agoI don’t think “ethically touchy” mattered much to Janeway…
Technically, they could, but then you’ve got a hybrid person with full past memories of the others. Ethically touchy, since Tuvix would not be able to be with Tuvok’s family or Kes in the same manner previously.
I feel like they could have kept Tuvix and Tuvok and given up Neelix…
I kid. Mostly…
Still better than being annihilated
I mean, that would be up to Kes and Tuvoks family to decide. Complex, but families and relationships often are.
Not shining a light on the trek “transporters are actually infinite cloning beams” problem was probably for the best though.
That’s been similarly tackled from the eugenics perspective on TNG with these guys:
On the other hand, it’d be fun to have a Gary from Fallout type episode caused by the transporters.
Huh, what TNG episode is that?
s2e18 “Up the Long Ladder” aka the planet Ireland episode.
The other plot involves a more “refined” planet populated by clones who need fresh DNA to not degrade their society.
Ahh the Ireland episode. That’s why. Ive skipped it for so long I forgot the plot lines.
I don’t think “ethically touchy” mattered much to Janeway…