Summary
- Time travel in Star Trek’s canon explains why the technology in Strange New Worlds is more advanced than what fans saw in The Original Series.
- Temporal Prime Directive-breaking time travel episodes in previous series create ripple effects that lead to technological advancements earlier than expected.
- The timeline in Star Trek is always in flux, and as the franchise progresses, it will continue to edge closer to future events, resulting in changes to past and future technology.
The second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds featured a significant time-travel episode with the crew of the original USS Enterprise. Of course, comparing a picture of Captain Kirk’s bridge to the modern Captain Pike’s…