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[–] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, with Star Trek-level technology, you should be able to tell to the week when a star will nova about 10,000 years in advance.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 9 months ago

The wiggle room within Star Trek is that the Tkon Empire was supposedly wiped out by a supernova despite being a highly advanced civilization, and in "Second Sight" the DS9 crew boosts the top speed of a ship to warp 9.5, which suggests that a supernova can have superliminal consequences.

But there's nothing to suggest the Tkon supernova was a natural phenomenon, and the hijinks they were up to in "Second Sight" certainly wasn't.