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I thought they just faked Discovery being destroyed at the end of S2 rather than her never existing? Welp, there’s the excuse I need to start a re-watch. lol
I think this is the correct interpretation, though one of Spock’s lines makes is needlessly ambiguous:
Therefore, to ensure the Federation never finds itself facing the same danger, all officers remaining with knowledge of these events must be ordered never to speak of Discovery, its spore drive, or her crew again.
Some people have interpreted this as a complete disavowal, but given that the rest of the scene talks at length about how it’s the time travel that needs to be kept secret, the fact that they “saw Discovery explode,” SNW’s “Memento Mori” gave us a Discovery pin on Starfleet Remembrance Day, and “Strange New Worlds” (the episode) gave us a shuttlecraft named Stamets, I think it’s safe to say the intent was never for anyone to deny that the ship and crew existed.
I would love it,
but it would break the Canon of Discovery. No one is supposed to know that the Discovery, or her crew, ever existed.Misremembered. The Discovery was “destroyed” to protect the secret of her going into the future. Thanks for the clearing up!
I thought they just faked Discovery being destroyed at the end of S2 rather than her never existing? Welp, there’s the excuse I need to start a re-watch. lol
I think this is the correct interpretation, though one of Spock’s lines makes is needlessly ambiguous:
Some people have interpreted this as a complete disavowal, but given that the rest of the scene talks at length about how it’s the time travel that needs to be kept secret, the fact that they “saw Discovery explode,” SNW’s “Memento Mori” gave us a Discovery pin on Starfleet Remembrance Day, and “Strange New Worlds” (the episode) gave us a shuttlecraft named Stamets, I think it’s safe to say the intent was never for anyone to deny that the ship and crew existed.
Thanks for breaking that down. That makes sense, and I was looking for the relevant dialog to get an idea of what the case was.