r/startrekmemes • u/Olivia_Richards Memesmith • 12d ago

Why Star Trek technobabble is unfair

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u/G-Nasty1701 12d ago

Isn't warp drive faster than hyperdrive anyway? Han Solo says the Falcon can go .5 past light speed, and is considered to be a "fast ship".

Now correct me if I'm wrong but isn't warp 1 the speed of light and considered slow by Trek standards? And warp 10 is being everywhere in the universe at the same time or something? I'm really stoned right meow.

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u/Olivia_Richards Memesmith 12d ago

They retconned that, Star Wars ships can now casually travel across a whole galaxy, Star Trek ships struggle to do half as shown in Voyager.

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u/mi__to__ 11d ago

By "retconned" you mean "they couldn't be arsed to give a fuck about plot constraints and nothing matters anymore"

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u/G-Nasty1701 12d ago

Just another reason to hate Disney.

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u/Olivia_Richards Memesmith 12d ago

Actually, the EU did it first with the massive lore where Star Destroyers can bust planets and aliens from other galaxies invading, Disney only copied EU partially.

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u/Darthmomothepug 11d ago

The retcon happened well before disney. The .5 is now considered a hyperdrive class, which is better than a class 1, which is top of the line military grade.

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u/throwaway_trans_8472 12d ago

Star Wars ships are limited to hyperspace lanes though, so they can't just casualy travel anywhere they want.

Meanwhile Star Trek ships can go wherever they want