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Would Sentinel Island still be untouched in the Star Trek Universe? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 months ago by Arghblarg@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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If you haven't heard of it, this island has a population that the world has collectively decided to leave alone, mostly because they have proven, on multiple occasions, that they absolutely do not want visitors. Like, arrow-to-death anyone attempting to land or even visit near their shores.

This probably cannot go on forever... but maybe, it could. Essentially, we are already implementing a 'Prime Directive' of sorts here. Would the 23rd, 24th, ... centuries in Star Trek canon still have this little island on Earth, isolated from not just from Earth's own unified Federation society, but from the greater Federation races? What steps would the Federation and Earth take to maintain their isolation and the ecosystem on which they depend?

Would make for an interesting episode, or at least a cool side-note reference in one :)

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[–] teft@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago (2 children)

There is an episode of Voyager where Seven and Chakotay get stuck in a nature reserve which is populated by an uncontacted species of humanoid. This reserve is separated from the rest of the planet by a force field.

So i would say yes. The Federation would put up a shield and forbid people from entering.

[–] doubletwist@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But would it have it have remained left alone long enough to get to the point where the federation and prime directive protected it...

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

hell no, the Eugenics wars probably affected every square inch of the planet.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

On Earth? Because they were supposed to like really far away.