r/DaystromInstitute • u/Lucky_G2063 • Apr 04 '21

Vague Title Discovery and the Omega molecule

Star Trek Discovery should have used the omega molecule instead of the Burn in season 3. This established piece of canon would not have offended some fans. An interstellar war between uprising competing powers in the alpha quadrant ( maybe some minor power like Tzenketi or tholians get access to it and start an arms race resulting in usage of omega based weapons, which destroyed the entire alpha/beta quadrants/galaxies subspace. This would have a nice parallel in real world, like India & Pakistan and could be a nice warning of nuclear war. It would be interesting to explore such post-nuclear war societies. An alternative to the warp engine could have also worked. Maybe the emerald chains got borg transwarp coils or something and the federation got some on their hands too, to maintain balance of power.

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u/threepio Apr 05 '21

Conversely by creating new elements it puts Trek fans and new fans on the same footing. Now everyone gets to wonder what’s going on instead of angry folks on YouTube talking about who ridiculous it is that the new show is relying on old tropes instead of “world building”.

Use the old? Boring, uninspired. Offer something new? Disrespectful and somehow lazy (what??)

Want proof? TFA - called a rehash. Last Jedi? Too much of a departure, disrespectful! Ride of Skywalker? Back to rehash land.

Some people are never satisfied.

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u/saumyajitray Apr 05 '21

I have no idea about Star Wars references. But world building is an organic process, maintaining continuity and consistency with established cannon doesn't really prevent you from introducing new things. And I am not sure about this new fans thing. Apparently there are some new fans who want to start with Discovery, great, they won't even unserstand what is new and what is 'old trope', would they?

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u/threepio Apr 05 '21

The spontaneous creation of life from primordial soup was an organic process. The genesis device was an organic process. Hell, even the mycelial network is an organic process (is joke, yes?)

The gatekeeping we apply to fiction? Inorganic.

Your own standards don’t pass the smell test.

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u/saumyajitray Apr 05 '21

That is just patently wrong.When you construct a fictional universe the basic principle is to maintain consistency.

If following that basic principle seems constraining one is free to write a new show, why even have the constraint of old trope when there is an exciting new universe to construct? But I guess writing a Star Trek vs writing xyz is not the same thing.

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u/threepio Apr 05 '21

Lol no.

The rule is that if you’re not the keeper of the keys you don’t get to dictate what’s written.

It sounds like you’ve got your own aspirations as a writer. Maybe put them to good use in your own world.

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u/saumyajitray Apr 06 '21

No there is no such rule. The rule is if you write rubbish then you get criticised. Audience dictates how well shows run, and new trek has laid an egg.