RE: Something Star Trek Missed
May 23, 2019 at 7:56 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2019 at 7:59 pm by Amarok.)
(May 23, 2019 at 2:32 am)onlinebiker Wrote: Never mind the fact that the whole universe speaks English.......The novels have already covered this as well as an episode on Enterprise
If two races that evolved on different planets met - wouldn't simple contact likely be fatal for both sides due to bacterial and viral contamination?
After all - we teem with microbes that we are immune to - but an alien wouldn't have that immunity.
Meet, shake hands, dead within hours....
Kinda makes "live long and prosper" moot.
1. Most warp capable species already have the medical knowledge to combat illness we would introduce
2. When contacting a even less developed race generally knowledge of dieses is acquired and decontamination and immunization protocols are engaged
3. Interestingly most bacteria and viruses in the trek universe have distinct similarities
4. The Federation by the time of STO freely makes knowledge of immunizations available to avoid and interplanetary epidemic
5. A lot of species were seeded by a single race
(May 23, 2019 at 9:30 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: It's only meant to address the preponderance of humanoids within the fictional universe, there are tons of non humanoid intelligences in the STU..it's not a workable explanation outside of that or even remotely credible from the perspective of reality, obviously, lol.Actually even non humanoid races were seeded they just aren't from the same stock as the preservers they monkeyed around with few designs
(May 23, 2019 at 6:08 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:Wouldn't help(May 23, 2019 at 5:54 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Transporters, transwarp drive, universal translators, phasers, quantum torpedoes - but no one seems to have invented the fuse.
Boru
Or seatbelts.
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