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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:11 am
by Teaos
I am assuming , given that we know they have temporal sensors and can "detect" changes to the timeline, that preferred means "as close to unmodified as possible." Of course it could be that the whole temporal cold war thingamajig wound up getting into a totalitarian "whose interests are going to win out" thing amongst the major powers, or that the fight merely got dirty and the Federation had to play dirty too, but somehow I can't imagine it meaning that the Federation cherry picks how to change history. I think preferred to them would mean minimizing, preventing, or fixing, rogue elements or tampering with the "natural" timeline. And if they have temporal sensors and temporal shielding, then they can keep ships outside of timeline changes, and spot them when they happen.
But the amount of stuff they let slide would mean they dont mind if some time travel happens. If they did they would have stopped Admiral Janeway.
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:51 am
by Mikey
So, TI works diligently to keep the "preferred" timeline clean... but only when they really feel like it?
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:01 pm
by Teaos
Maybe they over look things that help the Federation like crippling the Borg.
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:04 pm
by Mikey
When they actually DO cripple the Borg, lemme know.
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:12 pm
by Teaos
The virus Admiral Janeway introduced did a lot of damage although we dont know how much. The Unimatrix 00 fighers would do some damage. The Hub being destroyed has set them back. Quite a lot of damage that ould be counted as crippling.
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:15 pm
by Mikey
Mmm... OK. As long as they stay away for a bit.
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:44 pm
by Duskofdead
But the amount of stuff they let slide would mean they dont mind if some time travel happens. If they did they would have stopped Admiral Janeway.
It wasn't a matter of letting it slide, it was a matter of analyizing how much "temporal pollution" or whatever the term they used had happened, and probably weighing that against how much likely pollution would be caused by further attempts to fix the timeline. If letting Voyager get away with some temporal incursion because the timeline would be damaged more by going back and stopping them from doing it (like what's his name going back to DESTROY Voyager and creating a paradox where Earth was destroyed in the 29th century), then they let it go.
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 7:01 pm
by Bryan Moore
Mikey wrote:I blame the French.
That solves it. Cheese-eating surrender-monkeys!
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 8:31 pm
by Mikey
That's actually my response for many varied situations.
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 8:53 pm
by stitch626
Can we blame the French for the bad writing?
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 8:55 pm
by Mikey
stitch626 wrote:Can we blame the French for the bad writing?
You can blame them for ANYTHING.
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:57 pm
by Sionnach Glic
There is no bad thing in existance which you can not hold the French responsible for.
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:00 pm
by Duskofdead
Even English cuisine?!
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:02 pm
by Mikey
I'm sure there's a way.
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 10:16 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Even English cuisine?!
Oh, that one's easy. See, if the French had actualy won a war for once, they would have taken over England. Therefore, English cuisine would never have existed.