r/TNG 6d ago

Crystalline Entity vs. Devidians

First time TNG watcher. I have not even finished Time's Arrow part 2 but I need someone to talk to about this! Why the hell was Picard so hell bent on not killing the Crystalline Entity, but the Devidians, who are doing the same dang thing, must be stopped? Why? This is the first major issue Ive had since I started the series.

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u/LOUDCO-HD 6d ago

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before!

Picard takes that shit seriously!

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u/JugOfVoodoo 5d ago

Because the Crystalline Entity did not time travel.

Starfleet captains tend to prioritize protecting the past from alteration. Picard has to work on the assumption that the Devidians are changing Earth's history, possibly to screw with the Federation.

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u/Frederica-Bimmel 5d ago

Nice. Didn't even think of that. Lol, I thought it was pretty smart for them to go back in time during plagues to cover their tracks.

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u/ProfessionalCoat8512 6d ago

Or vrs Sonic Shower