Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked on January 12, 2021
In season 3 episode 6 of Star Trek: Discovery, "Scavengers", we see the following exchange:
BURNHAM: Captain, the Federation cannot stabilize while the cause of the Burn remains a question. And there’s a man’s life at stake.
SARU: There are many lives. Today, I saw how vulnerable the Federation has become. The admiral would not be convinced by a cat in a ship. I understand this will be difficult, but, please, resume your duties and prepare the crew for a possible jump to Argeth.
BURNHAM: Yes, sir.
What is Saru referring to? It’s clear from the montage at the beginning of the episode that a lot of time has passed between the previous episode and this one, so Saru should be well aware of the state the Federation is in. So what has happened "today" that made him see how vulnerable Federation is?
Scavengers (S3E6) starts off with a rather... tense leadership meeting. Admiral Vance is someone we've only ever seen in a stressed environment, and it's understandable. He's trying to keep alive the last embers of Starfleet, and he doesn't have a lot of resources to work with. It's not unreasonable that Saru draws the conclusion that the severely limited 32nd century Starfleet wouldn't devote any resources on saving one man.
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Correct answer by Machavity on January 12, 2021
Consider Starfleet's activities in other periods we've seen, while the crews we've followed spent a decent chunk of time on relief efforts and helping people out they were also zipping about quite happily for purely scientific or diplomatic purposes or tie up the entire senior staff for baseball matches or holographic heists.
Now consider what we see in "Scavengers". The talk is all about putting out fires with what few ships they have and there's no war like in season one of Discovery to keep them away from using their super flagship for neat science experiments or giving some peeps who aren't even part of the Federation a taxi ride or even just seeking out strange new worlds, Starfleet being in 'crisis mode' is business as usual now.
Answered by IG_42 on January 12, 2021
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