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Came on here and recorded it. Good episode. I'm glad they actually contacted Voyager. Looks like there could also be future contact as well.
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From what I understood, the pulsar was destroyed when the micro-wormhole was created. When it collapses, there was nothing left.
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Pulsar imploding? I didn't pick up on that. Based on what, exactly? I ask because, as a neutron star, a pulsar is about as imploded as you can get without collapsing to infinity.
Anyway, the impression I got was that the conditions required (position of array, position of pulsar, various subspace conditions, etc.) were sufficiently rare as to make the timing critical.
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Alrighty then.. thank you for the clarification..
Now..my original question stands.. Assuming that time WAS critical, could they not STILL retry the communication by aiming the array at the pulsar's new position and attempting it again!?
Is there another theorectical way to create a mini-wormhole?
I guess they would have to build the array next to a pulsar similar. Knowing that.. I wouldn't waste anytime. They could theoretically create a bigger array next to a pulsar, contact Voyager again through a bigger wormhole, then piggy-back and transporter beam through the carrier wave and voila: Voyager crew is home.
Not very exciting but theoretically sound wouldn't you say?
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The big deal was that a specific type of pulsar was going (class B itinerant or whatever) was passing within four billion klicks of the MIDAS array. They may be able to point the array in the right direction, but the pulsar wouldn't be close enough.
It also seems like SFC now has the ability to communicate with Voyager at will, but Voyager can't respond until they build a hyper-subspace communications array. (Which, apparently, doesn't have to be as big as MIDAS.) IIRC, the original idea was for SFC to transmit their hyper-subspace data to Voyager and wait for them to respond.
I don't think beaming everyone through is really feasible, since the micro-wormhole didn't stay stable for very long. Even though they were able to pull off a data transfer, beaming 140-odd people and a holoemitter would take a while.
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"Parking" the MIDAS array next to the same sort of pulsar would be a problem, since an itinerant pulsar would by definition be moving. If you could get a starship to tractor it, you might have something, although that might give you problems keeping it in alignment with the pulsar. Of course, a hyper-subspace transmitter might have to be stationary to work.
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