Why did the HMS Bounty go back to a time when whales are already rare?
In ST IV, The Voyage Home, the HMS Bounty travels back to what looks to be Earth ca 1985 to acquire a breeding pair of whales. Yet at this time, whales are already in danger and people are sophisticated enough that the Bounty might be detected and possibly destroyed. Why not travel back to 900AD or so before mass whaling or missiles became a thing.
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In ST IV, The Voyage Home, the HMS Bounty travels back to what looks to be Earth ca 1985 to acquire a breeding pair of whales. Yet at this time, whales are already in danger and people are sophisticated enough that the Bounty might be detected and possibly destroyed. Why not travel back to 900AD or so before mass whaling or missiles became a thing.
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Was the movie made in 1985?
– Adamant
2 hours ago
@Adamant it was made in 1986. Obviously that was the out of universe reason for setting it then. I think the OP is asking if there was ever an in universe reason given, for example something to do with 1986 being somehow easier to target a time-travel pattern to because of arcane subspace reasons, etc.
– Robert Columbia
2 hours ago
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@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.
– Adamant
2 hours ago
Later would've risked going past when they were extinct or tripping over the Eugenics Wars which were in full swing twenty years ago according to TOS history.
– IG_42
1 hour ago
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In ST IV, The Voyage Home, the HMS Bounty travels back to what looks to be Earth ca 1985 to acquire a breeding pair of whales. Yet at this time, whales are already in danger and people are sophisticated enough that the Bounty might be detected and possibly destroyed. Why not travel back to 900AD or so before mass whaling or missiles became a thing.
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In ST IV, The Voyage Home, the HMS Bounty travels back to what looks to be Earth ca 1985 to acquire a breeding pair of whales. Yet at this time, whales are already in danger and people are sophisticated enough that the Bounty might be detected and possibly destroyed. Why not travel back to 900AD or so before mass whaling or missiles became a thing.
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Was the movie made in 1985?
– Adamant
2 hours ago
@Adamant it was made in 1986. Obviously that was the out of universe reason for setting it then. I think the OP is asking if there was ever an in universe reason given, for example something to do with 1986 being somehow easier to target a time-travel pattern to because of arcane subspace reasons, etc.
– Robert Columbia
2 hours ago
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@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.
– Adamant
2 hours ago
Later would've risked going past when they were extinct or tripping over the Eugenics Wars which were in full swing twenty years ago according to TOS history.
– IG_42
1 hour ago
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Was the movie made in 1985?
– Adamant
2 hours ago
@Adamant it was made in 1986. Obviously that was the out of universe reason for setting it then. I think the OP is asking if there was ever an in universe reason given, for example something to do with 1986 being somehow easier to target a time-travel pattern to because of arcane subspace reasons, etc.
– Robert Columbia
2 hours ago
1
@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.
– Adamant
2 hours ago
Later would've risked going past when they were extinct or tripping over the Eugenics Wars which were in full swing twenty years ago according to TOS history.
– IG_42
1 hour ago
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Was the movie made in 1985?
– Adamant
2 hours ago
Was the movie made in 1985?
– Adamant
2 hours ago
@Adamant it was made in 1986. Obviously that was the out of universe reason for setting it then. I think the OP is asking if there was ever an in universe reason given, for example something to do with 1986 being somehow easier to target a time-travel pattern to because of arcane subspace reasons, etc.
– Robert Columbia
2 hours ago
@Adamant it was made in 1986. Obviously that was the out of universe reason for setting it then. I think the OP is asking if there was ever an in universe reason given, for example something to do with 1986 being somehow easier to target a time-travel pattern to because of arcane subspace reasons, etc.
– Robert Columbia
2 hours ago
1
1
@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.
– Adamant
2 hours ago
@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.
– Adamant
2 hours ago
Later would've risked going past when they were extinct or tripping over the Eugenics Wars which were in full swing twenty years ago according to TOS history.
– IG_42
1 hour ago
Later would've risked going past when they were extinct or tripping over the Eugenics Wars which were in full swing twenty years ago according to TOS history.
– IG_42
1 hour ago
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To transport the whales the crew used transparent aluminium for their makeshift holding tank which they had to "invent" themselves and produce using 1985 technology which wouldn't have existed in 900 AD.
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They used perspex for the tank. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
– Jon Clements
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To transport the whales the crew used transparent aluminium for their makeshift holding tank which they had to "invent" themselves and produce using 1985 technology which wouldn't have existed in 900 AD.
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They used perspex for the tank. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
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To transport the whales the crew used transparent aluminium for their makeshift holding tank which they had to "invent" themselves and produce using 1985 technology which wouldn't have existed in 900 AD.
answered 2 hours ago
IG_42IG_42
9121813
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They used perspex for the tank. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
– Jon Clements
1 hour ago
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To transport the whales the crew used transparent aluminium for their makeshift holding tank which they had to "invent" themselves and produce using 1985 technology which wouldn't have existed in 900 AD.
answered 2 hours ago
IG_42IG_42
9121813
To transport the whales the crew used transparent aluminium for their makeshift holding tank which they had to "invent" themselves and produce using 1985 technology which wouldn't have existed in 900 AD.
answered 2 hours ago
IG_42IG_42
9121813
answered 2 hours ago
IG_42IG_42
9121813
answered 2 hours ago
IG_42IG_42
9121813
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They used perspex for the tank. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
– Jon Clements
1 hour ago
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They used perspex for the tank. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
– Jon Clements
1 hour ago
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They used perspex for the tank. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
– Jon Clements
1 hour ago
They used perspex for the tank. They exchanged the information to produce transparent aluminium to acquire it though.
– Jon Clements
1 hour ago
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Was the movie made in 1985?
– Adamant
2 hours ago
@Adamant it was made in 1986. Obviously that was the out of universe reason for setting it then. I think the OP is asking if there was ever an in universe reason given, for example something to do with 1986 being somehow easier to target a time-travel pattern to because of arcane subspace reasons, etc.
– Robert Columbia
2 hours ago
1
@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.
– Adamant
2 hours ago
Later would've risked going past when they were extinct or tripping over the Eugenics Wars which were in full swing twenty years ago according to TOS history.
– IG_42
1 hour ago