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Posted by Tachy on :

....when u know that time travel exists, they could have prevented the war by going into the past when they first encountered the dominion.

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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

Handy things, those Orb-U-Likes...

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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

True they could have used the Orb of Time to travel into the past if the Bajoans (and the Prophets) would have let them. Two problems though:

1. Starfleet seems to have an ethical difficulty with time travel to solve problems.

2. It's doubtful that the Prophets would have allowed Sisko to use the Orb in that way since the War seems to have been part of their plan. Although they didn't seem to mind if the Dommie fleet cam through the wormhole or not...

Anyway, most other forms of time travel are highly risky and random events. Not an advisable means of travel.

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Posted by Tachy on :

alrighty, what about a nice slingshot ride around the sun with the defiant that is a strong little ship ?

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Well, that's been dropped since TVH. By today's standards, it's rather... odd.

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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

Indeed, Voyager could have pulled the same little stunt at the end of Future's End and been home in time for the Dommie War. I guess there's a stigma attached to "old fashioned" time travel.

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Posted by MikeW on :

Yeah but they also could have flooded the Defiant's ablative armor with chroniton radiation and then beamed someone off the ship at different angles, thereby transporting them to a time when they could prevent the war. I don't see someone with as questionable motives as Section 31 being beyond that, or time travel at all.

There is of course also the nice little trick of having Jake kill himeself when he's an old man... Perhaps Wesly could do this?

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

well just see the effects of "stepping on things" has in the past - see the Halloween episode of The Simpsons when Homer fixes the toaster... ;o)

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Posted by TerraZ on :

Tricorder notice:

Warning! Do not attempt to open the cover. Please refer to a qualified Starfleet engineer for repairs. Failure to do so might result in a series of time jumps that could ultimately lead to a universe governed by Wesley Crusher, who would try to make everyone as smart and annoying as he is...

*shudders at the thought*

Let's hope Starfleet doesn't admit eggheads like Homer Simpson...

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[This message has been edited by TerraZ (edited November 30, 1999).]

Posted by Obi Juan (Member # 90) on :

People don't use the slingshot effect because the Federation has spread lies and disinformation regarding timetravel. It is not possible. Anyone ever trying to do so has died. Temporal Investigations? They just exist in case anyone could time travel- which they CAN'T.

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