Kirk made his way to Briefing Room Three, PADD in hand. It was the next day, by ship-time, and the Alpha-Shift was soon to start. He slowed down slightly as Spock appeared at an intersection. “Mister Spock, good morning,” he said, as he resumed his normal gait, Spock right by his side. “How goes the... research? Any spoilers?”
Spock glanced to Kirk. “I believe it would be more prudent to wait until the meeting, Captain. Miss Lulamoon and Miss Shimmer were both correct that there would be shocking things in later installments.”
Any further conversation was curtailed as they stopped entered the briefing room. Bones and Scotty were already sitting and conversing. A few seconds later, Uhura, Sulu, and Chekov walked in. All seven officers sat around at a table in the center of the room. Kirk spoke first. “Now, then. Mister Spock, you have a... report on the information from the television show?”
Bones leaned forward. “Been looking forward to that. I wonder what handsome devil they got to play me?” he asked, smirking.
Spock looked across the table at Bones. “For the record, Doctor, DeForest Kelley played your character.” He slid a data card into a slot on the table. A three-screened monitor in the center lit up. “By viewing the episodes at twice the normal speed, and with subtitles activated, I was able to view fifteen episodes of the original live-action series, several episodes of the animated series whose descriptions matched incidents which have already occurred, and the first three movies.” He paused for a moment. “The episodes I have viewed, barring technical limitations of the media and time period they were made in, have a close to ninety-nine percent match to the events that happened in our reality.”
While Spock spoke, the three screens lit up, showing images of a model of the Enterprise flying by a planet, then changing to what appeared to be the bridge. Or at least, a set made up like the Enterprise's bridge.
Sulu leaned forward. “So, it's true!” He looked up, face ashen. “Demora,” he whispered.
Kirk held up a hand. “Sulu, we'll do whatever is necessary to... safeguard her. And you.”
Sulu nodded. “Thank you, Captain. If it would be all right, I'd like to send a message to my family after my shift.”
Kirk shook his head. “No, Mister Sulu. You may send your message... after the meeting is over. This isn't something to be delayed.”
Sulu's expression brightened, if only a little. “Thank you, sir.”
Uhura leaned in and looked at the monitor facing her. “Mister Spock, I'm not seeing any non-humans in these images. Present company excepted, though.”
Chekov shrugged. “Well, as Mister Spock said, it's probably technical limitations of the time.” He raised his hand and waggled a finger. “Now, if this show was made in Russia, it would be indistinguishable from us.”
Uhura glanced at him. “We'll keep that in mind, Pavel.”
Sulu leaned forward and peered at the monitor. “If I remember, at the time period this show was made, there were no computer-generated graphics. It was all practical effects, make-up, that sort of thing.”
Spock slid the card out of the slot, then held up another one. He looked to Kirk. “Captain, the first three movies contain some rather important information about future events. This information could prove vital to the survival of the Federation. However, before I proceed, some of the information is somewhat … sensitive and personal in nature. I would like your permission before proceeding.”
Kirk hesitated for a moment, but waved him on. “Go ahead, Spock. The... future of the Federation is too important.”
Bones spoke up. “Jim, you sure? I mean, if Spock's thinking of asking your permission about it, I wouldn't take it too lightly.”
Kirk shook his head. “I appreciate that, Bones, but Spock said it could prove... vital to the security of the Federation. I can take a little discomfort.” He looked to Spock. “Go ahead, Spock.”
Spock inserted another card into the table’s slot. “The first movie deals with an ancient space probe from Earth known as Voyager Six. It had apparently fallen through a wormhole, emerged on the other side of the galaxy, and was discovered by an alien civilization of living machines. They upgraded the probe, then sent it on its way. Even as I speak, it seeks to return to the source of its creation, to ask of its creators, why it was created.”
Uhura tapped a fingernail on the table. “The most basic question of all. ‘Who am I’?”
Spock nodded to her. “Correct, Commander.” He looked to Kirk. “The Enterprise will be sent to intercept V’Ger three years from now, on stardate 7410.2. It is impossible to fight, Captain. However, the movies shows it possible to communicate with V’Ger. That is our best, and only real option available to us.”
Kirk nodded. “I agree, Spock. Work on that as best you can. Maybe we can talk to Trixie or Sunset Shimmer, get some more details, if any.”
Spock paused for a moment before continuing. “The next movie takes place on and around stardate 8130.3. It is called The Wrath of Khan.” While he spoke, the monitor changed to show the image of a much older Khan Noonien Singh.
Kirk leaned forward. “Wrath of… of Khan, Spock?” His hand waved a bit in the air. “What in the… Great Bird of the Galaxy happened?”
Spock slid out one card and replaced it with another. The image changed to that of a star system. He pressed several buttons on a control panel next to the slot. It zoomed in on two planets in close proximity to each other. “Approximately six months you exiled Khan to Ceti Alpha V, Ceti Alpha VI exploded, shifting the orbit of the former and devastating the ecosystem.”
Sulu glanced down at the monitor. “That means he spent… eighteen years living in a wasteland. And we never checked up on him.” He looked up at Spock. “How did he get off the planet? And what did he do?”
“The USS Reliant was sent there as part of Project: Genesis,” Spock responded. “Due to the incomplete mapping of the system, they will mistake Ceti Alpha V for the destroyed VI. He’ll hijack the ship and take it to Regula I in an attempt to steal the Genesis device.”
Kirk’s brow furrowed. “‘Genesis Device’?”
Spock laced his fingers together. “It is the key to Project: Genesis, a new form of terraforming. It is headed by Doctor Carol Marcus… and David Marcus.”
Kirk’s face turned ashen. “Carol… and David Marcus?”
Bones’ brow furrowed. “Jim, you all right?”
Kirk glanced in Bones’ general direction, his eyes focused more on some spot in the past than his friend. “Gary Mitchell… introduced me to a little blond lab technician once.” A small smile briefly crossed his face. “I almost married her.” He focused on Bones. “Carol and I had a son. David, as you should be able to… guess. We both realized we loved our careers more than each other, so we agreed to separate. And that it would be better for her to raise David instead of me.”
Bones tilted his head back and forth. “Reasonable decision, all things considered. My ex-wife and I reached the same conclusion about our child, Joanna.” He slapped his hands on the table. “Well, what are we waiting for?”
Everyone looked to Bones. “Waiting for what, Doctor?” Spock asked, arching an eyebrow.
Bones stared across the table at Spock, eyes wide. “What in God’s name do you think I’m talking about, Spock? We’ve got to go and rescue those people! If not us, then at least another ship!”
Spock spoke. “And do what with them Doctor? We must consider our options before deciding on a course of action.”
Kirk held up a hand and spoke before Bones could. “Calm down, Bones. I agree with you. Leaving them there would be cruel. They haven’t done anything yet. Still, if we go in without some sort of plan, it’s possible the events of the movie would simply happen far earlier. We’ll do something, but we’ll try and make sure it’s the best thing.”
Bones opened his mouth, but stopped short of speaking. He finally nodded. “Well, all right, then.”
Kirk glanced to Spock. “Anything else concerning this movie?”
Spock nodded slightly. “The ship that will be hijacked by Kahn and his followers is the USS Reliant. It appears to be a Miranda-class starship, albeit one that has undergone extensive upgrades.” He looked across the table. “Mister Chekov will be the ship’s first officer. Our current transporter chief, Winston Kyle, is the Reliant’s second officer.”
Chekov grinned. “Me? First officer?” He shrugged. “Of course!” The grin fell away. “Wait, what happens to me–I mean, to my character?” He paused for a moment. “And to… Mister Kyle. Of course.”
Spock directed a withering glare at the young officer. “Mister Kyle and most of the Reliant crew were stranded on Ceti Alpha V. Kahn will use a parasite known as a Ceti eel to coerce you and the ship’s captain to aid him in his rampage.” He paused for the slightest of moments, so short that only those who knew him best would detect it. “Kahn will eventually be stopped in the Mutara Nebula, but the cost will be high. Among those killed will be myself.”
Bones’ eyes widened to the approximate width of saucers. He slammed a hand on the table, sending everyone jumping. “What the hell, Spock? You die because of this? How in God’s name can you sit there so calmly, reading that?” He looked to Kirk. “Jim, by God, we’ve got to stop this!”
Kirk launched to his feet. “Bones, calm down. That’s an order!” He looked to Spock. He held up his hand, even as the other five occupants readied themselves to speak. “Calm down, calm down! We won’t get anything accomplished by… talking over each other, or losing our heads.” His head turned sharply in Spock’s direction. “Mister Spock, barring anything urgent, you are to finish as many episodes and movies as possible and get a report ready on what your recommended courses of action are. Talk with whoever you have to, use whatever resources you deem necessary, but I want that report in twenty-four hours. Understood?”
Spock nodded. “Understood Captain.” he glanced across the table. “Doctor McCoy, I do thank you for your… passion in making sure I survive. However, if necessary, I will sacrifice myself. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.”
Bones grunted. “Maybe so, but if there’s no need to, then you shouldn’t have to sacrifice yourself. It would be… illogical to waste such a resource as the finest first officer in the fleet.”
Spock arched an eyebrow. “A very astute observation, Doctor.”
Kirk barked a mirthless laugh. “Now I think I see why neither Sunset nor Trixie wished to… divulge this information publicly.” He glanced around the table. “All right. We’ve all got work to do. Mister Scott, Princess Sparkle and some of her friends will be taking a tour of the Enterprise later today. That will probably include Main Engineering.”
Scotty groaned. “Aye, sir. I’ll make sure all the breakables are put away.”
Kirk half-smiled. “Good idea. Dismissed.”
Five of the seven occupants of the room rose from the table and made their way to the door. Uhura placed a hand on Sulus’s shoulder. “Hikaru, before you leave for the Equus System, I’ll set up a real-time transmission with your family.”
Hikaru smiled at her. “Thanks, Nyota.”
Kirk watched them go. He glanced down at Spock, still sitting at the table. “Spock, the third movie. I’m guessing what happened there is even… worse. What happened in it?”
Spock glanced up, failing to meet Kirk’s eyes. “Captain, if we are able to prevent the actions of Kahn in the second movie, then there is a ninety-nine percent chance that the third movie will fail to come to pass.”
Kirk nodded. “Understood. What happened?”
Spock slowly rose to his feet. “Khan will have detonated the Genesis Device inside the Mutara Nebula, creating a new world.”
Kirk’s brow furrowed. “A new… world?”
Spock nodded. “It is… complicated. Moving on, my body will have been given a burial in space. It will land on the planet, and it will… be regenerated and brought back to life. You will be instructed by my father to go and retrieve my body. The reasons would be… personal. And dealing with rather private matters of Vulcan culture.”
Kirk nodded. “Fair enough, Spock. All things willing I won’t need to know what those private matters… entail.” His expression darkened. “All right, Spock. What is it? I’ve known you too long and too well not to know when you’re hiding… something.”
“If the timeline is not altered from the events of the movie,” Spock began, “then you and the other senior officers will hijack the Enterprise and take it to the Genesis planet. There, it will encounter a Klingon bird of prey. That bird of prey will have already destroyed the USS Grissom, stranding a Lieutenant Saavik and David there.
“The Klingon captain, Kruge, will order one his men to kill one of their prisoners. David will attack the Klingon before he chooses, sacrificing his life to save Saavik’s.”
The color drained from Kirk’s face. He stepped back, his hip brushing against the table. Spock’s arm snaked out as he grabbed Kirk’s right arm before the captain could fall to the deck. He almost gently helped Kirk to the chair. “Klingon… killed my son… killed my son…” he mumbled, eyes unfocused.
Spock stood there, hand on Kirk’s shoulder. “Captain… Jim, I am sorry for this news. With the knowledge we have, the odds that the exact same events will play out are rapidly dwindling. At the moment, I cannot even calculate such odds.”
Kirk glanced up, eyes not quite focusing on Spock. He forced a smile. “Thank you, Spock. I’ll… keep that in mind. Anything else at the moment?”
Spock paused. “At the moment… no, Captain. Permission to return to the viewing?”
Kirk nodded. “Granted, Spock. And… thank you.” He sat there as Spock left, body listless. He barely registered the intercom whistle. After a moment, he finally stood up and walked over to a comm panel in the bulkhead. “Kirk.”
“Captain, Lieutenant M’ress here. We’re receiving a signal from the Pride. Captain Kang wishes to speak with you.”
Kirk nodded. “Thank you, Lieutenant. Put him through.”
Kang’s voice came through the speaker. “Kirk, I have copied the complete text of the book Trixie Lulamoon gave me. When you are ready, I shall have it beamed over to the Enterprise.”
Kirk’s mouth quirked upward. “Thank you, Kang. We’ll put it to good use.”
“Excellent. Kirk… I have perused some of the theatrical releases. Nothing major; that’s what Mara and Kina are doing. However, something has caught my attention. Tell me, Kirk. Do you wish to know of a Klingon captain named Kruge?”
Kirk stiffened. “What are you… offering, Kang?”
“As you said, no one should experience the pain of losing their child. You offered to aid me to protect my future son. I offer you aid in protecting your son. Will you accept?”
Kirk straightened up, his eyes lit with an inner fire. “I accept, Kang. And I thank you.”
Time will find a way.
It always finds a way.
Always.
We whom are of the rails, PULL THE SWITCH AND MOCK THE BOUNDARIES OF METAL!!! OFF THE RAILS WE GO! WHERE DM'S FEAR AND LOVE TO TREAD!
Looks like David will be taking an extended leave on the new planet Mutura to explore its life and maybe death?
Why we should practice the phylosphy of IDIC: infinite diversity in infinite combinations. Especially the case when dealing with time-altering shenanigans.
Now, let's consider things for a second. Rescuing Khan and his followers from Ceti Alpha V, depending upon the timing, could prevent Spock's death, and could prevent the eventual death of David Marcus, but something tells me that it wouldn't prevent the political ramifications of Project Genesis. Still the better option than sitting back and doing nothing, however. As for Kruge, well...as much as I'm all for preventing someone from being killed, I'm also against targeting someone for a crime they've yet to commit.
I've no objection to the early warning regarding V'ger, however - lots of folks died because of that probe, and while the entirety of them can't be prevented, the deaths depicted in TMP could at least be prevented should the Klingon Empire be warned in time and provided with the means to communicate.
And the fallout of Sunset and Trixie's gift begun...
The question is if Time will allow to be changed...
Can't wait to see the girls visiting the Enterprise (no chance of Sunset getting beamed in the starship?)
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There ARE other ways to handle Kruge without killing him. Kang could probably help reassign him to the Romulan frontier where the possibility of 'Glorious Battle" is greater. But as for Genesis, I think well before that, Kirk might have a long talk with Carol, and a discussion of 'proto-matter' The test site certainly would never intentionally be Mutara, no matter what the actual site might be and Kirk's report would likely force a more secure site to be chosen if Genesis is not simply abandoned.
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But we're not altering time. We're altering possible outcomes. The information did not come from the future and yet is a brief look at a road usually traveled blindly.
And Beyond that, The Sisko approves.
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You raise good points.
Maybe it is due Steins;Gate (Time fights for certain events to happen!) and Connie Willis's Doomsday Book (Time allows no paradoxes!) that I'm a bit doubtful that the crew of Entreprise will have the space to make changes ... but I will really like to be proved wrong!
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Hmm...good point regarding Kruge.
As for Genesis, well, I've got no objection to Kirk reuniting with Carol to discuss her work. I also have no objection to her continuing to pursue it, as rapid terraforming on a suitable planet would be marvelously useful. They should, however, avoid a repeat of the circumstances depicted in the film - protomatter or no protomatter, the instability found in the Genesis planet probably had something to do with the fact that it was rapidly formed out of stellar debris and chunks of starship rather than a flaw in the design.
Regardless of how successful it is, there will still be political repercussions. Most scientific advances do, as can be evidenced by the pursuit of nuclear energy, or stem cell research.
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I... don't know what Steins;Gate is, or the Doomsday Book. Sorry.
Hopefully, things go better this time.
Well....that's it for Kruge.
Let's hope that DS9 still happens, but Voyager doesn't.
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Hey!
I liked Voyager. Their were good episodes in there.
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I'll admit, it had potential, but there was stupidity all over, the writers didn't know what the hell they were doing most days, and the UPN execs (idiots in themselves) were consciously trying to make it into a TNG clone. Maybe an altered version could survive now that Kirk and company know about their own adventures. I suspect once they hit Voyager their reactions won't be positive.
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We shall see, we shall see.
But like you said, the UPN execs didn't know trek very well.
But still, we shall see, we shall see.
I wonder what they would do and think about with the Borg? After all we had that Borg incident with ENT.
So the Klingon Kruge was neutralized?
Na. Busted in rank and cleaning intergalactic toilets
Mildly surprised that Spock didn't give Bones a brief tangent about DeForest Kelley, given his predilection for such things, and that he was arguably the most famous of the original cast before the show started (he was in a LOT of westerns). Did the actors exist in the Trek timeline's past? And yeah, those are some doozie revelations there, though hopefully most of them can be averted. Speaking of averting things, would it be possible to kill two birds with one stone, and send Kruge after the Albino? Could easily see him becoming something of an anti-hero with the right guidance.
I wish that people would not trash and put down Voyager so much, I liked it very much and I found a lot of the episodes great to watch and I absolutely loved The Doctor in it, his wit and sarcasm was second to none, Richard Picardo was a great addition to the series.
Seven of Nine and some of the other characters were a delight and fun to watch as they interacted and played out their roles in each episode, especially when it got to a character centric episode.
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Well the Star Trek reboot had it so changing the past just created a new timeline instead of actually changing the past. So if the movies are actually meant to happen it stands to reason the same rules apply.
No ponies this chapter. Oh well. I'm sure the tour will make up for it?
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Voyager is great. It's the last one before they started moving the IP towards the overblown action drama style.
Oooo. The future is sure going to be different now, particularly with a Kirk and Kang that end up working as extensively with each other as seems to maybe be developing. Significantly earlier Federation and Klingon cooperation and maybe even alliance would change so very much.
I'd love to see how this develops past the timeline of the Equestria visit, though that may be not be in the cards.
KAAAAHN!!!!
Hm, all kinds of interesting things going on. I'm very much looking forwards to seeing how this will play out.
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Probably promoted actually. The easiest way to deal with a situation like that is to give him a promotion that puts him somewhere well away from Kirk to resolve the situation without causing more problems since he very clearly hasn't done anything wrong at this point. It's a fairly standard move when you want someone gone for political reasons but have no reason to actually do something bad to them, so It'll probably be the solution here.
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Agreed, and to be frank, Kirk is probably the person most able to hammer out a peace treaty because the Klingons have a lot of personal respect for him and will thus be much more willing to take a treaty he works on seriously.
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Yeah, that one definitely needs more work. I'm sure the data from the movie will be extremely useful to the project, but from a practical standpoint this definitely qualifies as a major setback and will probably add another decade of work to sort the problems out. The Klingons will probably also want in on it since they obviously know everything now too, and while that will definitely give Kirk more leverage at the negotiating table, dragging a research project into politics is always going to slow things down so that'll cause even more delays.
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I didn't watch a ton of it myself, but I did think it was generally good even if it wasn't on the same level as DS9. That said, I definitely see the problem with it which was basically that the writers forgot the logistics of being off on their own. I remember seeing a count a while back that showed that they fired something like twice the number of supposedly irreplaceable torpedoes they said they had and killed significantly more red shirts than the official crew complement said should be on board. That kind of thing wasn't a problem for Kirk because he regularly returned to bases to restock his torpedo and red shirt inventories, but a key piece of the premise of Voyager was that they couldn't do that so the writers really should have kept that in mind.
The rails are not completely eliminated yet, both the Q Continuum and the Prophets of Bajor have the ability to try and restore some of the rails through their abilities, or at least influence events to get closer to the original rails. The Q are unlikely to care to much, but the Prophet's still want their Emissary and they don't play by linear time...
In Voyager, I think there was only two episodes that talk about stuff that happened in the 23rd century. Flashpoint, which covered Tuvok's time on the Excelsior about around the time of the 6th original Star Trek movie, and The Omega Directive, in which the Federation created their first Omega Molecule, but the lead scientist and 127 others were lost when it destabilized.
Great idea!
Also, they should not forget to make a jump back in time to pick up a couple of humpback whales...since there's another intergalactic probe on its way to Earth--
Just what the fuck is it with that bloody planet, anyway! It's almost as much a weirdness magnet as Ponyville!
And so the ripples spread. Also, I have to smile at Spock's being ordered to binge-watch. Now to see what comes of this... and how high a pitch Twilight can reach when she sees the warp drive.
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True but the prophets have shown they can have their cake and eat it too: Like when they returned that Bajoran Poet, the mistaken prophet back to his own time without erasing him despite history recording he had vanished. He completed new poems and yet everything was unchanged even though it had been changed.
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And we can't forget that Scotty has to give the formula for Transparent Aluminum to Dr Nichols.
8701752 DisQord will be showing up any time now, I suspect.
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My theory is that there are weirdness nexuses (nexi?) scattered throughout the galaxy and universe. Some are permanent while others move. Kind of like plate tectonics and hot spots. Things will happen at certain points in space while others in certain regions. I would think life would arise where the chaos occurs (because balance/order/harmony doesn't might not encourage or might discourage the development of life), therefore, strange things are more likely to happen around where people live.
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I don't care how, this should be in the story.
Oh the Blackmailing Mccoy could do Mwa ha ha
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Q (alongside Discord) made his cameo quite a few chapters back.
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What do you think this is, Final Destination? Paradoxal Causality is a thing, and usually births new time lines. Like the author said, this Crazy Train has gone off the rails, and the Butterfly Effect is in full force.
8703588 But he must show up again and monologue about how the primitive 4th dimensional beings are mucking up the cosmos with their interdimensional and temporal meddling and then Elder Gods start pouring out from all the cracks in the fabric of the universe they've made, reality turns inside out, and the whole thing turns into an amalgamation of "Berserk", "Made in Abyss", "Evangelion" and "Blood-C".
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Indeed!
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Yeah, very much like Kirk's phenomenal luck factor, which was acknowledged in the FASA rpg for Star Trek.
Are the ponies going to help Kirk stop this future?
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They already have.
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Yes but amusing that here they aren't.
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But this is Fim Fiction. An occasional chapter without ponies is fine but the ponies can't be cut out of the story half way through you know. They have to be involved somehow
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They have to be involved in the plot but not in every action of the plot. By providing the information alone, Trixie and Sunset have saved thousands of lives at a bare minimum. And now with a common ground that transcends duty and political talking points, Kirk and Kang are more likely to be receptive to Celestia's efforts to establish peace between their respective governments. It is impractical to think the ponies can find the Albino, influence Project Genesis, or be very effective in talking to Khan Noonian Singh.
But what they have done is invaluable.
Besides, changing the shadows of what would have been is what they used to call 'A LuckyStrike Extra', the main plot is still about Feds and Klingons in a world where their normal ways and perspectives are very much being affected by contact with a nation of magical ponies and Scotty is likely about to have the devil's own time with ponies around his poor bairns.
"Pinkie! DON'T play with the Warp Core!"
(Seriously, the only individual as scary as Pinkie when it comes to her potential for trouble in engineering is Minako Aino in the 'Sailor Trek' crossovers.)
Something tells me that movie 4 will shortly become movie 1.
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You know, due to the events of DS9's finale, there's a chance, albeit a small one, of him showing up.
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Of course. Farsighted means you can't see what's under your nose. :)
I suppose it's unlikely that this story will advance far enough forward in time for it to be an issue, but for the klingons, the most obvious event for them to use this foreknowledge to prevent is the destruction of Praxis, their home planet's moon.
And if they do, that potentially results in them never joining the Federation.
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But Praxis is not so easily changed. While Kang WILL push for the Empire to import dilithium from Equestria (And for simplicity sake, let us assume dilithium was what was being mined at Praxis because whatever they are mining, it is very scarce and very necessary. Even if Kang could convince the Empire of the reliability of the information, Kang must also point out that the next century will be fraught with challenges to the stability of the Empire: The Borg, The Dominion, The Cardassians, and most immediately the impending betrayal of their Romulan 'allies'. The Empire may not be able to safely slow down its consumption of resources and might actually be forced to accelerate instead. Whatever Kang might wish, the Empire won't trust the Federation to solve the Empire's problems until they have no choice.
In fact, knowing what is to come, Kang may choose to withhold the knowledge of Praxis so as to create the conditions for a Klingon/Federation partnership earlier.
The most immediate thing to do is warn the High Command about V'ger and tell them to just leave it alone. saving them three K'T'inga class cruisers. Kruge is best handled by arranging a glorious posting on the Romulan border.
Information about matters such as Klingon succession may be too dangerous to tamper with.
Star Trek Online relatively recently had a new expansion called Agents of Yesterday, which introduced a number of TOS-style ships. I really wish one of them had been a TOS-style Miranda, although the ones they made were great.
I don't think Kruge really merits the same kind of personal attention that the Albino does - he was acting out of genuine fear for the future of the Klingon people. Yeah, he was an ass in the way he went about it, but when faced with the terrible destructive capability of the Genesis device, it's difficult to blame him.
Plus, Christopher Lloyd did such an amazing job acting him, especially when we see him just after the Enterprise was destroyed and his crew died - him sitting in his captain's chair, head in his hands and in mourning.
So, how many of the novels are canon here? Both Bantam Books and Pocket Books had some really good ones. Not to mention the DC and Wildstorm comics...
"Hey, remember that Doomsday Machine you killed? It was a prototype anti-Borg weapon, and the real thing is sitting in an ancient space station outside the Galaxy just waiting for a commander to come mindlink with it. It's mostly finished, it can survive passage straight through a star, and it can chew up a fleet of Borg cubes. It will also drive its commander batshit insane as a side effect. Maybe we should try to find it before this crazy lady does and goes on a galaxy-wide rampage with it. Maybe our pony buddies can help!"
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I believe the author has said that the Rihannsu series is true here. Beyond that, I think without some specific indicators to help piece together which books were correct, Trixie and Sunset would be reluctant to offer much detail on the books lest conflicting information in the books cause more problems than opportunities.
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More like three times. and it was said in DS9 they humans can't with out some help.