This region could be so remote that only a fluke accident 1,000 years later resulted in the first visitor finding this alternative USS Discovery, which is what we see in “Calypso.” ![]() This would result in a different timeline where the USS Discovery crew never jumps forward in time but instead find a pocket of space, or perhaps even another universe (they have jumped universes before), to park the USS Discovery away from Control. So perhaps in an alternate timeline, events from “ The Red Angel” went differently, and the crew never found the suit. And of course we saw Spock’s vision as one of those alternate timelines, in which they were not able to save sentient life. In season two, every time the Red Angel time suit did something, it was potentially creating a new timeline. Star Trek time travel rules have varied over the years, but is has been established any instance of travel through time can create a new timeline. The resolution to this was for the Discovery to jump into the future however, what if one of these incursions into season two lead to another solution to keep Control away from the USS Discovery? ![]() Season two of Star Trek: Discovery dealt with a lot of time travel incursions, including peering into an alternative future where Control had wiped out all sentient life. ![]() The USS Discovery gets returned to its original state in “The War Without, the War Within” Theory 2: The USS Discovery in “Calypso” was not the same ship In fact, this time travel twist on the theory helps resolve some of the issues brought up in our previous analysis regarding resolving the timeline between season three and “Calypso.” It makes more sense that “Calypso” is set around the same time as season three of Discovery, and not in the 42nd century or beyond. This wouldn’t be a first for the Discovery-after it was made to appear to be the ISS Discovery in season one, it was then returned to its original condition when it returned home.Ĭraft then finds the ship 1,000 years later. And as a precaution in case the ship is ever found, all elements from the future would be removed to adhere to the Temporal Prime Directive. They might also believe the threat from Control is no longer an issue after it was defeated at the end of season two. It could be they have found a way to protect the Sphere Data from ever being used by Control, or perhaps there’s a region of space where the ship can be left where Control cannot find it. To make things fit even more, one motivation for the “defit” could be that there’s a reason the ship has to travel back in time, perhaps to return the crew to the 23rd century. And it is this ship that Craft finds 1,000 years or so after season three. At some point in the future, the USS Discovery gets “defit” and “de-registered,” returning it to factory condition. If we are to assume that the USS Discovery seen in “Calypso” is a future version of the ship seen in season three, there is a simple way to make it all work. Star Trek on Paramount+ November 21, 2020 Stream Star Trek: #ShortTreks "Calypso" on /kh1n03k7v7 So, how might they make it all fit?ĭiscovering a strange new ship. In fact, just yesterday the official CBS All Access Star Trek account was promoting it on Twitter. It’s clear that they are not ignoring this Short Treks entry. However, season three has already started to directly reference the future seen in “Calypso.” As another previous analysis highlighted, we have seen dialogue in season three (most notably the word “V’draysh “) that picks up on elements of “Calypso.” More importantly, the season three episode “ Forget Me Not” showed how the ancient Sphere Data the ship picked up in season two is evolving and integrating with the USS Discovery, heading towards becoming the Zora AI seen in “Calypso.” They even brought back the actress who provided Zora’s voice. And “Calypso” could also just be seen as a nice standalone short story and that is that. Star Trek has survived with these kinds of canon mismatches before. Had they known they were going to give the ship a refit and new registry they would have done so back in 2018. One could simply say that “Calypso” came out two years ago, before season two of Star Trek: Discovery, and this is just a bit of canon mismatch that can be ignored for the sake of allowing the show to forge ahead with their season three storyline. So the refit creates a bit of a canon issue: How can the USS Discovery seen in “Calypso” be the same ship 1,000 years later? “Calypso” is clearly tied to season three
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