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Why did the HMS Bounty go back to a time when whales are already rare?


Why are Trill symbionts so rare?How did Kirk get the whales out?How did Spock calculate the time travel?Bridge of HMS Bounty between The Search for Spock and The Voyage HomeThe ultimate fate and influence of the HMS BountyWere the HMS Bounty footprints inspired by crop circles?Why didn’t park-goers bump into the invisible HMS Bounty more often?What did the probe and the whales say to each other?Are whales extinct in the Kelvin timeline?Why did they need a water tank to transport the humpback whales back to the future?













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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?

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  • @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.

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    @RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.

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  • 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.

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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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  • @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
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    @RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.

    – Adamant
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  • 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
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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
    58 mins 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
    55 mins ago







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    @RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.

    – Adamant
    52 mins 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
    8 secs ago












  • 1





    Was the movie made in 1985?

    – Adamant
    58 mins 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
    55 mins ago







  • 1





    @RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.

    – Adamant
    52 mins 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
    8 secs ago







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Was the movie made in 1985?

– Adamant
58 mins ago





Was the movie made in 1985?

– Adamant
58 mins 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
55 mins 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
55 mins ago





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@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.

– Adamant
52 mins ago





@RobertColumbia - I was just wondering because if it was made earlier or later that could have been interesting.

– Adamant
52 mins 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
8 secs 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
8 secs ago










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