There has been once constant in my life: Star Trek. It has influenced me in more ways than I can say. I have been rather vocal about not liking the new Trek. Sometimes it’s the script. Sometimes it’s the plot contrivances. Sometimes it’s the tech. Sometimes it’s the characters.
Take ST: Picard. Picard is on the Borg ship and to escape, they use a portal that has a travel range of about 40 light years. I am okay with portals. Portals were in Star Trek before there was SG1. The Guardian of Time is a portal (City on the Edge of Forever.) Atoz, a-to-z, processed people to go…