When we look into all of Star Trek, one of the most neglected sections, and to some people rightly so, is the Kelvin Universe. We’ve had 3 movies about it which after the first, seemed to go downhill (at least when you look on Metacritic).
Up till now, within the Prime universe we’ve had very little mention of this universe with the only link being the Hobus Supernova. This is understandable considering the Prime universe don’t usually have the ability to hop easily to other dimensions.
Kovich (David Cronenberg)
explains the origin of
a traveler from the Kelvin
Timeline to Dr. Hugh Culber
(Wilson Cruz) The only time we’ve really seen this, was the Terrans intentionally popping onto our side of the multiverse.
However, over the past couple of weeks in Star Trek Discovery we’ve had a serious drop that finally acknowledges the existence of the Kelvin timeline. This is in the shape of a Lieutenant Commander Yor who came to the Prime universe from the Kelvin. There’s no mention of how this happened other than a mention of an incident with a Romulan mining vessel, but we saw Yor in the latest episode of Discovery. He’s wearing a Security/Engineering TNG uniform from the initial two series of the show, however it’s said he travelled from 2379.
Does this mean that Kelvin universe has slowed down in terms of development, as they’re using that older style uniform when the Prime is now on the, in my personal opinion, superior First Contact uniform we saw in DS9 and the TNG Movies.
Very little detail is given by Kovich about Vor besides that he travelled across and suffered the same as Georgiou. We know he’s a time soldier which would make him involved with the Temporal Cold War which was originally introduced in Enterprise. Does this add an extra element to that particular war, suggesting they began to recruit not only through time, but through the multiverse as well?
One interesting point, while both Georgiou and Vor both suffered a significant effect due to travelling both through time and universe, yet we didn’t see the same happen with Nero or Spock when they were sent back in time. Will this conundrum be answered in this weeks episode or will this be one of those continuity hiccups we sometimes see?
Hopefully, we’ll be given a better picture into the future of the Kelvin timeline either through some follow up movies which could jump further forward
Season 3 has had its share of
Easter eggs and fan surprises than the original three. Maybe we’ll get to see a Kelvin Galaxy class, although I’ve no idea how that could look considering how different the Constitution looked.
With the unfortunate loss of Anton Yelchin, it does mean that the cast of the rebooted franchise are a man short. While they may recast this or simply explain away Chekov’s disappearance, it will leave a large gap in the cast. What’s the Enterprise without that plucky young Russian?
Hopefully this nod won’t just be dropped and left at the wayside like some others we’ve seen so far like the USS Voyager and the USS Nog. Whether this be continued in either Discovery, a future movie or even within Star Trek Online.
While there have been a number of open questions asked in this article, I’d love to know what your thoughts are. Did the Temporal Cold War become more complex as the multiverse was involved? Would you like to see a TNG Era Kelvin Timeline? Let us know in the comments below.
WRITTEN BY Chris Wilkinson
EDITED BY Silek
