Interesting how you all assume that overlaying a new personality - an alien personality, at that - is supposed to be a mature technology that can only go wrong if the ones doing it are stupid.
Personally, I was assuming it was a new technique that this House of "tricksters" was experimenting with. Early results were promising, and the war wasn't going that well for them at that point, so it was worth a shot. However, as often happens with the first large-scale deployment of a new technology, things didn't work out exactly as planned. That's not "stupid", that's just bad luck. It happens. (And they did a better job with their next version of the technique, used on Arne Darvin, who managed to successfully infiltrate Federation bureaucracy and nearly foiled the Fed's long-term plans for an entire sector of the Neutral Zone before running across a creature that shouldn't have been anywhere near Deep Space K-7.)
Interesting how you all assume that overlaying a new personality - an alien personality, at that - is supposed to be a mature technology that can only go wrong if the ones doing it are stupid.
Personally, I was assuming it was a new technique that this House of "tricksters" was experimenting with. Early results were promising, and the war wasn't going that well for them at that point, so it was worth a shot. However, as often happens with the first large-scale deployment of a new technology, things didn't work out exactly as planned. That's not "stupid", that's just bad luck. It happens. (And they did a better job with their next version of the technique, used on Arne Darvin, who managed to successfully infiltrate Federation bureaucracy and nearly foiled the Fed's long-term plans for an entire sector of the Neutral Zone before running across a creature that shouldn't have been anywhere near Deep Space K-7.)
I always assumed it was the precursor technology used on Arne Darvin. Although, it sounds like they only bothered with the body modifications in the case of Arne Darvin since splicing two personalities together usually doesn't works well. Having a Klingon personality in a human body is far more easy to control than a Human and Klingon personality in a Human body.
Although, it seemed to work well enough in Tuvix's case even if Janeway killed him.
Tuvix is different because the two personalities fused fully and weren't fully hostile. This process took two people who hated each other and didn't fully fuse them.
They placed enough of an overlay on Darvin that he could successfully walk right by all the various telepathic species in the Federation. If they'd done something like that with Voq, rather than trying a complete secondary personality, it might have succeeded. (Or it might not - there's no way of knowing at this point...)
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> a simple medical scan uncovered him, though
It seems to be common within Starfleet to have no squealin' idea about anyone's biology, the chief medical officer didn't know anything about Vulcans because they "don't talk about it" - probably not even to each other xD
So there are probably no check-ups either, or if there are people somehow manage to evade them for years when every person working in a kitchen would be suspended if they did that. Starfleet has more lax health requirements than Burger Queen.
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A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"Curiosity is bad! It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed...and more importantly, it makes you poor!"
Passion and Serenity are one.
I gain power by understanding both.
In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
The Force is united within me.
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"No. Men do not roar. Women roar. Then they hurl heavy objects... and claw at you." -Worf, son of Mogh
"A filthy, mangy beast, but in its bony breast beat the heart of a warrior" - "faithful" (...) "but ever-ready to follow the call of the wild." - Martok, about a Targ
"That pig smelled horrid. A sweet-sour, extremely pungent odor. I showered and showered, and it took me a week to get rid of it!" - Robert Justman, appreciating Emmy-Lou
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.
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Personally, I was assuming it was a new technique that this House of "tricksters" was experimenting with. Early results were promising, and the war wasn't going that well for them at that point, so it was worth a shot. However, as often happens with the first large-scale deployment of a new technology, things didn't work out exactly as planned. That's not "stupid", that's just bad luck. It happens. (And they did a better job with their next version of the technique, used on Arne Darvin, who managed to successfully infiltrate Federation bureaucracy and nearly foiled the Fed's long-term plans for an entire sector of the Neutral Zone before running across a creature that shouldn't have been anywhere near Deep Space K-7.)
I always assumed it was the precursor technology used on Arne Darvin. Although, it sounds like they only bothered with the body modifications in the case of Arne Darvin since splicing two personalities together usually doesn't works well. Having a Klingon personality in a human body is far more easy to control than a Human and Klingon personality in a Human body.
Although, it seemed to work well enough in Tuvix's case even if Janeway killed him.
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A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"Curiosity is bad! It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed...and more importantly, it makes you poor!"
Yes, maybe they did adjust the technology. Or Starfleet adjusted its medical tricorders to be able to identify future Tylers.
> a simple medical scan uncovered him, though
It seems to be common within Starfleet to have no squealin' idea about anyone's biology, the chief medical officer didn't know anything about Vulcans because they "don't talk about it" - probably not even to each other xD
So there are probably no check-ups either, or if there are people somehow manage to evade them for years when every person working in a kitchen would be suspended if they did that. Starfleet has more lax health requirements than Burger Queen.
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A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"Curiosity is bad! It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed...and more importantly, it makes you poor!"
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That's a very cruel thing to do to a person.
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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Oh, I know.....fast food ~shudder~ Nasty stuff.