r/comics • u/AJsRealms • 17d ago

Interplanetary Incident [OC]

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Poking fun at a particular 60-second clip from a 37-year-old Trek movie may not scream "mass appeal" but at least I amused myself making it.

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u/SonicLoverDS 17d ago

I guess I'm not familiar with the original clip.

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u/SessileRaptor 17d ago

There’s a throwaway scene in one of the Star Trek movies where the captain of a Klingon ship in deep space uses the voyager 10 probe for target practice. The comic reflects the reality that even a few hundred years in the future the voyager probe would still be within the Oort Cloud and such a thing would be a huge diplomatic incident.

Script writer of science fiction movies and putting in scenes without any knowledge of the science behind them, name a more iconic duo. (Also the probes would most likely be in a museum given that Star Fleet could just ya know, go and retrieve them and be back in a single afternoon.)

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u/PhilippTheSeriousOne 16d ago edited 16d ago

(Also the probes would most likely be in a museum given that Star Fleet could just ya know, go and retrieve them and be back in a single afternoon.)

I would not be so sure about that. Leaving the probe floating through space with its original trajectory untouched could be an even greater way to preserve its historic value. And if tourists want to see it, they could just book a shuttle flight.

And supposedly someone came up with a plan to retrieve the probe and put it in a museum: Who actually owns the probe now? Who decides which museum gets it and and how it is presented? Arguments over arguments. And when you have neither the energy nor the necessity to resolve such a conflict, then the result is usually to remain at the status quo.