askchapo

if i were to soft reboot star trek's tech and sci-fi i would change it to the subspace wormhole system. basically a micro warp drive that stretches space and lets you step through

Something like that was even in an episode of TNG, "The High Ground". The handwavey "why it's not used elsewhere" excuse was that it's harmful to living tissue.

Good episode too, despite the script having quite a few "end of history" brainworms. I know some people complain that it's a little too on-the-nose regarding political terrorism but sometimes an on-the-nose script is exactly what's called for. And the main antagonist has that fantastic line "The difference between generals and terrorists, Doctor, is only the difference between winners and losers."