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* The symbiote chose Adira, based on the relationship with Gary, their love, Adria's promise, etc.
* Changes in human and/or symbiote Biology, such as a mutation to the overall genome or a unique feature to either of them.

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* The symbiote chose Adira, based on the their relationship with Gary, Gray, their love, Adria's promise, etc.
* Changes in human and/or symbiote Biology, biology, such as a mutation to the overall genome or a unique feature to either of them.
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[[WMG: The anomaly will somehow create an alternate timeline copy of ''Discovery'']]
This is the one that appears in "Calypso".
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Though it [[AuthorExistenceFailure couldn't be]] Creator/LeonardNimoy.

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Though it [[AuthorExistenceFailure couldn't be]] be Creator/LeonardNimoy.
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[[WMG: "Calypso" is a dream of Zora's]]
Given that we've now seen about a year of ''Discovery'' in her 32nd century refit form with no pending sign of her being restored to her original 23rd century form (barring the temporary reboot of her computer in "That Hope is You, Part 2"), and Zora's personality emerging more fully this season, it seems increasingly unlikely that the scenario depicted in "Calypso" will ever come to pass. However, as a sentient being, Zora is fully capable of dreaming -- this may even be how she developed some of her personality -- so it makes sense that at some point, she dreamed up this scenario for entertainment or fantasy.

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* All '''Jossed'''. With Burnham promoted to the captaincy of ''Discovery'', Saru returns from his leave of absence on Kaminar, retaining his rank as captain, but as [[NumberTwo the first officer]] (again).




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* '''Zigzagged'''; Saru is an envoy to Kaminar's ruling council in "Kobayashi Maru", but then he resumes his commission in Starfleet in the next episode, "Anomaly".




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* Seems '''Jossed''' as of "Anomaly". Stamets is back to even joking about Burnham giving him the ThrownOutTheAirlock treatment, indicating that [[AngstWhatAngst he's over it]]. Furthermore, Book is now the LastOfHisKind (or nearly so) after his homeworld Kwejian was destroyed, and his judgment is being affected as a result.


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[[WMG: The constant talk of captaincies is setting up a cast {{Retool}} at the end of the fourth season.]]
The fourth season premiere, "Kobayashi Maru", had prominent talk of Starfleet looking to pick a new captain for the ''Voyager''-J after her refit is complete. In the same episode, R.A. Bryce was temporarily away as a consultant on another Starfleet vessel. "Anomaly" also mentions that Saru was offered the captaincy of the U.S.S. ''Sojourner'' (possibly a ''Voyager'' sister ship) but he turned it down to return to ''Discovery'' during the ongoing anomaly crisis. All this talk seems to be a ChekhovsGun for when the crew have resolved the season's StoryArc and characters may get a RankUp and/or transfers for their service. With Burnham set as the series' clear primary character, it seems likely that Saru may end up getting a permanent captaincy elsewhere and taking one or multiple of the secondary characters from ''Discovery'' with him as his senior staff in a TheFellowshipHasEnded moment.
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Various star-faring races have had a millennium to interbreed, and there's no reason to suppose that only humans would be getting in on the action, as it were.

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Various star-faring races have had a millennium to interbreed, and there's no reason to suppose that only humans would be [[BoldlyComing getting in on the action, as it were.
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* Given that "Kobayashi Maru", the fourth season premiere, involves a SecretTestOfCharacter towards the potential captaincy of the ''Voyager''-J, this seems very much a ChekhovsGun towards Saru (or somebody) getting reassigned to command that vessel once the current season-spanning crisis StoryArc is resolved.
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[[WMG: The Ferengi captain seen in the Season 4 trailer has Yridian ancestry.]]
Various star-faring races have had a millennium to interbreed, and there's no reason to suppose that only humans would be getting in on the action, as it were.
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Alternatively, related to a WMG further up in this folder, the Klingons' appearance in ENT, the films, and TNG and later really is their "true" appearance, and the Federation earns the Empire's trust by releasing to them a way to eventually restore their true appearance (to help them "[[CatchPhrase remain Klingon]]") instead of their more drastically alien features in this series after the first Augment Virus either wore off or was cured.

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Alternatively, related to a WMG further up in this folder, the Klingons' appearance in ENT, the films, and TNG and later really is their "true" appearance, and the Federation earns the Empire's trust by releasing to them a way to eventually restore their true appearance (to help them "[[CatchPhrase remain Klingon]]") instead of their more drastically alien features in this series (and, indeed, the reboot films) after the first Augment Virus either wore off or was cured.

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** RobertApril gets a ShoutOut, being on a list of the 5 most decorated Starfleet captains... Note, however, that list also includes John Archer...

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** RobertApril gets a ShoutOut, being on a list of the 5 most decorated Starfleet captains... Note, however, that list also includes John Jonathan Archer...



** The ShoutOut does come to pass, as a "Cadet Decker" is mentioned over the ''Discovery'' intercom at one point.

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** The Decker shows up on the list of highly decorated captains mentioned above, while an apparent ShoutOut does come to pass, his son comes later, as a "Cadet Decker" is mentioned over the ''Discovery'' intercom at one point.


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** [[spoiler:'''Confirmed''' for season two.]]
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* '''Jossed''', but an Orion woman and man ''do'' show up in the first season finale, "Will You Take My Hand?". This *does*, however, occur later with ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks''.

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* '''Jossed''', but an Orion woman and man ''do'' show up in the first season finale, "Will You Take My Hand?". This *does*, does, however, occur later with ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks''.
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* '''Jossed''', but an Orion woman and man ''do'' show up in the first season finale, "Will You Take My Hand?".

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* '''Jossed''', but an Orion woman and man ''do'' show up in the first season finale, "Will You Take My Hand?".
Hand?". This *does*, however, occur later with ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks''.
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By the start of the series, Captain Georgiou is talking about Burnham being due to take on her own starship command. But the USS ''Shenzhou'' stumbles upon ancient Klingons in deep space who promptly awaken from being {{Human Popsicle}}s, and Burnham advocates [[AttackAttackAttack an aggressive strategy]] to end the threat. But the crew has no idea what they're facing, and RealityEnsues as a CurbStompBattle leads to the ship getting overwhelmed and wrecked with the loss of many of the crew. Quite possibly, Capt. Georgiou falls victim to the MentorOccupationalHazard in the process and the survivors [[AbandonShip abandon the ship]] to save their lives.

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By the start of the series, Captain Georgiou is talking about Burnham being due to take on her own starship command. But the USS ''Shenzhou'' stumbles upon ancient Klingons in deep space who promptly awaken from being {{Human Popsicle}}s, and Burnham advocates [[AttackAttackAttack an aggressive strategy]] to end the threat. But the crew has no idea what they're facing, and RealityEnsues SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome as a CurbStompBattle leads to the ship getting overwhelmed and wrecked with the loss of many of the crew. Quite possibly, Capt. Georgiou falls victim to the MentorOccupationalHazard in the process and the survivors [[AbandonShip abandon the ship]] to save their lives.
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Especially since ''People of Earth'' has shown Earth is no longer the capital world of the Federation. When we finally see Senna Tal in ''Forget Me Not'' their uniform resembles those of the Bajoran militia, while the new Starfleet com badges seen both on Senna and the 3rd season-opening also resemble the DS9-era Bajoran ones.

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Especially since ''People of Earth'' has shown Earth is no longer the capital world of the Federation. When we finally see Senna Tal in ''Forget Me Not'' their uniform resembles those of the Bajoran militia, while the new Starfleet com badges seen both on Senna and the 3rd season-opening also resemble the DS9-era [=DS9=]-era Bajoran ones.
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* Only one captain in charge, yes. But the latter TOS films had no less than three officers of Captain rank aboard.

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* Partially '''Confirmed''', the Trill individuals seen are indeed connected to the pools, but the reason for travelling there is to allow Adira Tal to connect to their symbiont's past hosts.


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** '''Jossed''', she gets a RankUp instead to become TheCaptain.


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** Most likely '''Jossed''', given his and Burnham's deteriorated relationship by the end of season 3. Since Burnham is now TheCaptain, the two of them would likely not want to work so closely together, at least in the near future.


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[[WMG: Saru will be given command of some other ship besides ''Discovery''.]]
It would make little to no sense for Saru to get downgraded in rank now that Burnham commands ''Discovery'', but the ship can only have one captain in charge. It's possible that once Saru returns from his leave of absence on Kaminar, he might get assigned to command some other vessel in Starfleet.

[[WMG: Saru becomes a diplomat or envoy for Starfleet and the Federation.]]
Related to the previous WMG, the last we saw of Saru in season 3, he was headed to Kaminar to help Su'Kal's reintegration into Kelpien society (and the Ba'ul are still around on the same planet). It's possible that Saru, rather than returning to Starfleet duty, might be assigned as the Federation ambassador to Kaminar, or conversely as Kaminar's ambassador to the Federation Council.

[[WMG: Stamets transfers off of ''Discovery''.]]
He already nearly transferred off of the ship and out of Starfleet at the beginning of season 2. The relationship between him and Burnham was clearly damaged, possibly irreparably so, after she ejected him from the ship against his wishes near the end of season 3, and the cold reception he gave her after the defeat of the Emerald Chain shows that problem is not going to go away easily. It's entirely possible that Stamets will decide that he can no longer serve on the ship with Burnham in charge and transfer away to Starfleet Command, Starfleet's scientific corps, or civilian life. It's especially possible now that Book is aboard ''Discovery'' full-time and has been shown to be able to navigate the ship through the mycelial network, making Stamets redundant for the first time. On a meta level, the ship's resident ScienceHero is probably facing long odds to stick around when stacked up against TheCaptain's incumbent LoveInterest.

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** '''Confirmed''': The molecules in your body are somehow tied to the time and place they came from. Travel too far forward or back in time, or into an alternate universe too "far" away from the one you came from, and the molecules start going out of phase (or something). Going to an alternate universe ''and'' through time makes it much worse. We learn about a time traveler from the [[Film/StarTrek2009 Kelvin Universe]] who suffered a similar fate.

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** '''Confirmed''': The molecules in your body are somehow tied to the She's suffering from being both too far from her home time and place they came from. Travel too far forward or back in time, or into an alternate universe too "far" away from the one you came from, and the molecules start going out of phase (or something). Going to an alternate universe ''and'' through time makes it much worse. We learn about a time traveler from the [[Film/StarTrek2009 Kelvin Universe]] who suffered a similar fate.her home universe.

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** '''Confirmed''' to be part of the problem, see below.



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** '''Confirmed''': The molecules in your body are somehow tied to the time and place they came from. Travel too far forward or back in time, or into an alternate universe too "far" away from the one you came from, and the molecules start going out of phase (or something). Going to an alternate universe ''and'' through time makes it much worse. We learn about a time traveler from the [[Film/StarTrek2009 Kelvin Universe]] who suffered a similar fate.

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* A time traveler now marooned in the 32nd century due to the Temporal Accords. He dresses in a decidedly unusual fashion compared to anyone else around him (fake glasses and necktie, for example) and only seems to pop up when time travel is involved.

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* '''Jossed''': The crew arrives with Discovery, although Burnham is separated from them by about a year and they have to link up later.




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* Towards the end of the season, one character inspecting the Spore Drive declares that the 23rd century must have been a "Golden Age" of science, suggesting that the galaxy ended up backsliding after the Burn.
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* '''Jossed''', it's a Kelpien ship.

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* Picard takes place around 2400? Season 3 takes place in 3188. That is roughly a 750-800 year time difference, and a lot can happen in that amount of time. There is a very real chance we are going to find out none of the major powers we know of survived, and its all-new ones in charge for whatever reasons.



* Picard takes place around 2400? Season 3 takes place in 3188. That is roughly a 750-800 year time difference, and a lot can happen in that amount of time. There is a very real chance we are going to find out none of the major powers we know of survived, and its all-new ones in charge for whatever reasons.

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* Picard takes place around 2400? Season 3 takes place in 3188. That is roughly a 750-800 year time difference, and a lot can happen in that amount of time. There is a very real chance we are going to find out none of the major powers we know of survived, and its all-new ones in charge for whatever reasons.



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* She's experiencing temporal sickness of some variety.






[[WMG: The ship in the Verubin Nebula is the Discovery]]

At some time in the series, the crew of the Discovery discover that the ship in the Verubin Nebula is the Discovery/Zora, taken back in time by Phillipa Georgiou. It had a front seat to "The Burn" and probably knows what caused it. However to avoid any paradoxes, Discovery/Zora had to remain hidden until found by the crew.


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[[WMG: The ship in the Verubin Nebula is the Discovery]]

''Discovery'']]
At some time in the series, the crew of the Discovery ''Discovery'' discover that the ship in the Verubin Nebula is the Discovery/Zora, taken back in time by Phillipa Georgiou. It had a front seat to "The Burn" and probably knows what caused it. However to avoid any paradoxes, Discovery/Zora ''Discovery''/Zora had to remain hidden until found by the crew.

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* They're going to have to explain the pre-refit appearance from "Calypso", though. Maybe a programmable-matter disguise to fool anybody from the time period who spots the ship? Or the writers just {{retcon}} it.

[[WMG: Burnham's successor as [[NumberTwo executive officer]] of ''Discovery'' is ...]]
* [[StatusQuoIsGod Burnham]], back in the position she was removed from, after redeeming herself yet again following a bout of disobeying orders.
* [[TheEngineer Reno]], as the only other known full commander on board (other than Burnham). Then again, she seems to prefer the technological work in engineering far more than command.
* [[TheMedic Culber]], who is another relatively senior officer at lieutenant-commander. He seems to have relatively good "people skills" on top of his medical expertise. And from a meta perspective, Dr. Pollard would still be available as a recurring version of TheMedic.
* [[ScienceHero Stamets]], also currently a lieutenant-commander like Dr. Culber. However, his specialty lies in operating the spore-drive and he is the vessel's only compatible navigator for the network (being the only one bearing tardigrade DNA), meaning his work will likely keep him in engineering and away from the bridge.
* [[EnsignNewbie Tilly]], being made permanent after her interim appointment so far. Could be a parallel to [[Film/StarTrek2009 the 2009 film]], which showed similarly large and arbitrarily quick advancements in rank.
* Lieutenant Nilsson; the series seems to be frequently showing her as an "officer of the watch" in command when Saru, Burnham, et al. are off the ship.
* Lieutenant Detmer, continuing a CharacterArc from overcoming her trauma from early in the season (and paralleling her MirrorUniverse counterpart, who was XO of the I.S.S. ''Shenzhou'').
* Adira Tal, drawing on their multiple lifetimes of experience from the symbiont, which included a Starfleet admiral as a past host. From a meta level, this would also be a way to further showcase the series' only non-binary character.
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[[WMG: The ship in the Verubin Nebula is the Discovery]]

At some time in the series, the crew of the Discovery discover that the ship in the Verubin Nebula is the Discovery/Zora, taken back in time by Phillipa Georgiou. It had a front seat to "The Burn" and probably knows what caused it. However to avoid any paradoxes, Discovery/Zora had to remain hidden until found by the crew.

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** Picard takes place around 2400? Season 3 takes place in 3188. That is roughly a 750-800 year time difference, and a lot can happen in that amount of time. There is a very real chance we are going to find out none of the major powers we know of survived, and its all-new ones in charge for whatever reasons.

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** * '''Jossed''', the Romulans didn't conquer anyone and have in fact reunited with the Vulcans.
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* '''Confirmed'''. The Romulans have rejoined the Vulcans on their homeworld, now called Ni'Var.
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Be advised, unmarked spoilers for ''Discovery'' are below.

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Be advised, unmarked spoilers for ''Discovery'' ''[[Series/StarTrekDiscovery Discovery]]'' are below.
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* Simply someone with an extreme fascination the Mirror Universe, as the Kovich pointedly mentions being born on April 5 of an unspecified year (First Contact Day in the Prime Universe, and a Holy Day for the Terran Empire in the Mirror Universe)

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* Simply someone with an extreme fascination the Mirror Universe, as the Kovich pointedly mentions being born on April 5 of an unspecified year (First Contact Day in the Prime Universe, and a Holy Day for the Terran Empire in the Mirror Universe)
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[[WMG: Kovich, the man interrogating Georgiou at Starfleet Headquarters in the 32nd Century, is...]]

* A Section 31 agent, or even the head of the agency
* A descendant of someone who crossed over from the Mirror Universe
* A member of the surviving civilian government of the United Federation of Planets, possibly even the President
* A very advanced hologram, with the other two interrogation holograms used earlier in the scene being more primitive models that Georgiou is allowed to disable to lure her into a false sense of security
* Simply someone with an extreme fascination the Mirror Universe, as the Kovich pointedly mentions being born on April 5 of an unspecified year (First Contact Day in the Prime Universe, and a Holy Day for the Terran Empire in the Mirror Universe)
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The title of the episode is “Unification III”, which seems to be a ShoutOut to the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] two-parter [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E7Unification1]] and [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E8Unification2]], which explored Spock’s attempt to reunify the Romulans and Vulcans. We saw in [[Series/StarTrekPicard Picard]] that these attempts were unsuccessful by the time of Spock’s disappearance, but it may be that things have progressed since then. WMG: we’ll be finding out.

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The title of the episode is “Unification III”, which seems to be a ShoutOut to the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] two-parter [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E7Unification1]] [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E7Unification1 Unification I]] and [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E8Unification2]], [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E8Unification2 Unification II]] which explored Spock’s attempt to reunify the Romulans and Vulcans. We saw in [[Series/StarTrekPicard Picard]] that these attempts were unsuccessful by the time of Spock’s disappearance, but it may be that things have progressed since then. WMG: we’ll be finding out.
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[[WMG: Episode seven will feature the Romulans]]

The title of the episode is “Unification III”, which seems to be a ShoutOut to the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] two-parter [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E7Unification1]] and [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E8Unification2]], which explored Spock’s attempt to reunify the Romulans and Vulcans. We saw in [[Series/StarTrekPicard Picard]] that these attempts were unsuccessful by the time of Spock’s disappearance, but it may be that things have progressed since then. WMG: we’ll be finding out.

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