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jbmonroe
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This has probably been brought up a dozen times already but the Vanilla search didn't turn anything up.
Surely the Mirror Universe has its own Iconians that could be enlisted to fight this bunch? Or should we assume that "cross-time" (alternate universe) scenarios mess up Iconians as badly as so-called ordinary time travel? I'd watch a multiple-universe conflict with great interest.
Thing I know now that I didn't know during Voyager: "Annorax" echoes "anorak"-- British slang for a person who has a very strong interest, perhaps obsessive, in niche subjects. [Wikipedia definition].
Surely the Mirror Universe has its own Iconians that could be enlisted to fight this bunch? Or should we assume that "cross-time" (alternate universe) scenarios mess up Iconians as badly as so-called ordinary time travel? I'd watch a multiple-universe conflict with great interest.
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Thing I know now that I didn't know during Voyager: "Annorax" echoes "anorak"-- British slang for a person who has a very strong interest, perhaps obsessive, in niche subjects. [Wikipedia definition].
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I actually think it would be cool if they could make an actual Mirror Universe and give us a Terran Empire faction. That would be asking for quite a bit though.
Most travel from our side to there's have been accidental, the Terran Empire however is a sociopathic faction with no issues about sending their own people to die or be trapped over her in potential suicide missions.
It's probably not worth the risk. For all we know Mirror Iconians would still happily enslave entire factions, with the minor difference being they do it for our own good rather than ruling the entire universe or something.
Yup. That drove me crazy, it's such a stupid name if you know what it means. I kept picturing him in a mac with his little notebook at a train station.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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According to Memory Alpha, Annorax's name was based of Pierre Aronnax from Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. It cites the Star Trek Encyclopedia as the source of that information. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea was written in French, in 1870. Tom Paris even makes a 20,000 Leagues reference, referring to Annorax as Captain Nemo. You might note that the names are mirrored, with the exception of the X left on the end.
According to Wikipedia the term anorak either originated in the 1970's or in 1984, and come from the anorak coat, to which the people the term originated tended to wear (fans of offshore radio for he 1970's origin, trainspotters in the 1984 origin). The actual anorak jacket's name comes from the Kalaallisut word anoraq, and didn't enter into English until 1924.
It seems that the link between Annorax and anorak is purely coincidental.
Not always by accident. The Terrans developed a Multidimensional transporter which allowed them to travel back and forth between universes at will. I don't believe there was any danger involved and it was used several times on the show without a single problem.