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Why did the HMS Bounty go back to a time when whales are already rare?
Why are Trill symbionts so rare?How did Kirk get the whales out?How did Spock calculate the time travel?Bridge of HMS Bounty between The Search for Spock and The Voyage HomeThe ultimate fate and influence of the HMS BountyWere the HMS Bounty footprints inspired by crop circles?Why didn’t park-goers bump into the invisible HMS Bounty more often?What did the probe and the whales say to each other?Are whales extinct in the Kelvin timeline?Why did they need a water tank to transport the humpback whales back to the future?
In ST IV, The Voyage Home, the HMS Bounty travels back to what looks to be Earth ca 1985 to acquire a breeding pair of whales. Yet at this time, whales are already in danger and people are sophisticated enough that the Bounty might be detected and possibly destroyed. Why not travel back to 900AD or so before mass whaling or missiles became a thing.
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In ST IV, The Voyage Home, the HMS Bounty travels back to what looks to be Earth ca 1985 to acquire a breeding pair of whales. Yet at this time, whales are already in danger and people are sophisticated enough that the Bounty might be detected and possibly destroyed. Why not travel back to 900AD or so before mass whaling or missiles became a thing.
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Was the movie made in 1985?
– Adamant
1 hour ago
@Adamant it was made in 1986. Obviously that was the out of universe reason for setting it then. I think the OP is asking if there was ever an in universe reason given, for example something to do with 1986 being somehow easier to target a time-travel pattern to because of arcane subspace reasons, etc.
– Robert Columbia
1 hour ago
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@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.
– Adamant
1 hour ago
Later would've risked going past when they were extinct or tripping over the Eugenics Wars which were in full swing twenty years ago according to TOS history.
– IG_42
33 mins ago
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In ST IV, The Voyage Home, the HMS Bounty travels back to what looks to be Earth ca 1985 to acquire a breeding pair of whales. Yet at this time, whales are already in danger and people are sophisticated enough that the Bounty might be detected and possibly destroyed. Why not travel back to 900AD or so before mass whaling or missiles became a thing.
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In ST IV, The Voyage Home, the HMS Bounty travels back to what looks to be Earth ca 1985 to acquire a breeding pair of whales. Yet at this time, whales are already in danger and people are sophisticated enough that the Bounty might be detected and possibly destroyed. Why not travel back to 900AD or so before mass whaling or missiles became a thing.
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Was the movie made in 1985?
– Adamant
1 hour ago
@Adamant it was made in 1986. Obviously that was the out of universe reason for setting it then. I think the OP is asking if there was ever an in universe reason given, for example something to do with 1986 being somehow easier to target a time-travel pattern to because of arcane subspace reasons, etc.
– Robert Columbia
1 hour ago
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@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.
– Adamant
1 hour ago
Later would've risked going past when they were extinct or tripping over the Eugenics Wars which were in full swing twenty years ago according to TOS history.
– IG_42
33 mins ago
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Was the movie made in 1985?
– Adamant
1 hour ago
@Adamant it was made in 1986. Obviously that was the out of universe reason for setting it then. I think the OP is asking if there was ever an in universe reason given, for example something to do with 1986 being somehow easier to target a time-travel pattern to because of arcane subspace reasons, etc.
– Robert Columbia
1 hour ago
1
@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.
– Adamant
1 hour ago
Later would've risked going past when they were extinct or tripping over the Eugenics Wars which were in full swing twenty years ago according to TOS history.
– IG_42
33 mins ago
1
1
Was the movie made in 1985?
– Adamant
1 hour ago
Was the movie made in 1985?
– Adamant
1 hour ago
@Adamant it was made in 1986. Obviously that was the out of universe reason for setting it then. I think the OP is asking if there was ever an in universe reason given, for example something to do with 1986 being somehow easier to target a time-travel pattern to because of arcane subspace reasons, etc.
– Robert Columbia
1 hour ago
@Adamant it was made in 1986. Obviously that was the out of universe reason for setting it then. I think the OP is asking if there was ever an in universe reason given, for example something to do with 1986 being somehow easier to target a time-travel pattern to because of arcane subspace reasons, etc.
– Robert Columbia
1 hour ago
1
1
@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.
– Adamant
1 hour ago
@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.
– Adamant
1 hour ago
Later would've risked going past when they were extinct or tripping over the Eugenics Wars which were in full swing twenty years ago according to TOS history.
– IG_42
33 mins ago
Later would've risked going past when they were extinct or tripping over the Eugenics Wars which were in full swing twenty years ago according to TOS history.
– IG_42
33 mins ago
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To transport the whales the crew used transparent aluminium for their makeshift holding tank which they had to "invent" themselves and produce using 1985 technology which wouldn't have existed in 900 AD.
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They used normal glass. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
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To transport the whales the crew used transparent aluminium for their makeshift holding tank which they had to "invent" themselves and produce using 1985 technology which wouldn't have existed in 900 AD.
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To transport the whales the crew used transparent aluminium for their makeshift holding tank which they had to "invent" themselves and produce using 1985 technology which wouldn't have existed in 900 AD.
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They used normal glass. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
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To transport the whales the crew used transparent aluminium for their makeshift holding tank which they had to "invent" themselves and produce using 1985 technology which wouldn't have existed in 900 AD.
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To transport the whales the crew used transparent aluminium for their makeshift holding tank which they had to "invent" themselves and produce using 1985 technology which wouldn't have existed in 900 AD.
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8921813
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They used normal glass. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
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1 min ago
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They used normal glass. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
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They used normal glass. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
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They used normal glass. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
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Was the movie made in 1985?
– Adamant
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@Adamant it was made in 1986. Obviously that was the out of universe reason for setting it then. I think the OP is asking if there was ever an in universe reason given, for example something to do with 1986 being somehow easier to target a time-travel pattern to because of arcane subspace reasons, etc.
– Robert Columbia
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@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.
– Adamant
1 hour ago
Later would've risked going past when they were extinct or tripping over the Eugenics Wars which were in full swing twenty years ago according to TOS history.
– IG_42
33 mins ago