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Rewatched the episode recently and it's... well it's certainly something. Still really confused by one thing and one thing alone though.
So Tom goes Warp 10 and became lizard. He takes Janeway who becomes lizard. They find 'em and Doc is able to revert both of them with no lasting problems at all.
So why didn't they just Warp 10 the whole fucking ship to the Alpha Quadrant, lock out all controls via some DNA check thing to see how lizard they are, and then have Doc fix them when they got there?
The uh, subspace distortion would be too large, leading to a, hmm, an inversion of the polarity of the uh, bio molecular engram fields of the crew.
Yes, that will do.
What's really fucking annoying is that my 'Devils Advocate' Star Trek brain started putting together how that might work.
We know that subspace distortions impact quite a lot. We also know that people have memory engrams. So... why not? The 'argument' that came out immediately was:
Subspace distortions are fine in small quantities but when you're being flung across the galaxy, it's not quite as safe. With those distances, the humanoid brain can't stand up to those rigors. The Doctor would likely survive, but the distortion would eventually cause a polarity reversal for most organic brains. Instead of saving memory engrams, it starts slowly deleting them. Leading to the unfortunate consequence that by the time they're in the Alpha Quadrant, even if they could be de-lizarded, they would have no memories of who they were before that.
You know what? Accepted. I accept your explanation.
I've been enlightened.
Some episodes serve as reminders of the participatory nature of suspension of disbelief.
Voyager's tagline right fucking there.
Star Trek: Voyager.
Some Episodes Serve as Reminders of the Participatory Nature of Suspension of Disbelief!
Watch now.
I haven't seen it in a while, but I don't think they had a way of "steering" at warp 10.
Yes and no, you'd be moving so fast the computer couldn't do anything you'd simply be one place and then another crossing every point in-between.
It's theorized that q is the reason for the weird lizard bullshitery and it was to prevent anyone leaving the galaxy at warp 10 and reemerge outside of q control and well into the territory q's do not control and likely fear.