I was thinking about this while we’ve been doing the Khan memes.

La’an is a descendent of Khan, meaning she has genetically augmented DNA.

If Una had a kid and didn’t augment that kid’s DNA further, could that kid legally be in Starfleet?

Is there a “as long as your own personal DNA wasn’t augmented, you can be in Starfleet?” Because that doesn’t make much sense to me.

  • @boraca
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    21 month ago

    Depends if they altered her eggs too. It’s a different story with dudes, who produce gametes for all their lives, as opposed to women, who are born with all the gametes they will have.

    • Flying SquidOPM
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      11 month ago

      Wouldn’t they have augmented her in vitro rather than wait until any natural development took place?

      • @boraca
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        21 month ago

        The augmentations by Illyrians happen in-utero.

        • Flying SquidOPM
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          11 month ago

          Did they say that? I guess I missed that in the show.