Baby Elizabeth Classified?????
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:33 am
Let me start off by saying it's 5AM and I haven't been to bed yet so this might not be completely coherent, please take pity and be nice.
Okay, so I was going through the transcript of Terra Prime to fact check before I made a decision on some things in my next chapter of May We... I hinted in my first chapter that Baby Elizabeth was considered "classified" in the fact that Trip and T'Pol were never formally identified as her parents, to the general public. But I thought "Hey I might be wrong..." I'm often wrong. I know this, I'm only human, not a Q, so as much as I'd like to know all, I unfortunately do not.
Anyway here's what I found...
So at first at least the general public doesn't even knoe the poor thing exists at all.
Now for
He doesn't say this Vulcan/Human hybrid is the product of the heroic Commander Charles Tucker and T'Pol of Vulcan... So according to what the delegates, and the population at large know, this child could be anyone's...
Again no mention of the baby or her parents... Plausible denial perhaps from TPTB??????
Now here is when it gets strange...
I admit this part implies that at least the delegates know who Elizabeth is... But it's unclear whether that's a fact. It could have just been a diplomatic thing where everyone got together and decided to honor this baby, and Starfleet quietly asked for parental consent. It doesn't necessarily mean they were going to announce to the universe Baby Elizabeth was the Child of Trip and T'Pol...
IDK I'm loopy... But it sounds to me like a blanket Classified stamp to me. Then again I am fond of conspiracy's and cover-ups. Besides it's not like SF never did it on ENT. Don't believe me? Look for yourself...
Okay, so I was going through the transcript of Terra Prime to fact check before I made a decision on some things in my next chapter of May We... I hinted in my first chapter that Baby Elizabeth was considered "classified" in the fact that Trip and T'Pol were never formally identified as her parents, to the general public. But I thought "Hey I might be wrong..." I'm often wrong. I know this, I'm only human, not a Q, so as much as I'd like to know all, I unfortunately do not.
Anyway here's what I found...
Demons Transcript wrote:SAMUELS: Fortunately, the news hasn't spread to the general public, and I'd like to keep it that way.
ARCHER: If we made an announcement, someone might come forward with information.
SAMUELS: An announcement of this nature could derail the conference.
ARCHER: How?
SAMUELS: You haven't spent much time on Earth lately. After the Xindi attack, there was a dangerous increase in xenophobia.
ARCHER: We got a taste of it.
SAMUELS: It died down somewhat, but not completely. There are still people out there who want us to stay in our little corner of the galaxy. The news of a Vulcan-human hybrid could inflame them, give them something to rally against.
So at first at least the general public doesn't even knoe the poor thing exists at all.
Now for
Terra Prime Transcript wrote:PAXTON [OC]: Do not be deceived. This is no ordinary, innocent child. This is an alien-human hybrid. Living proof of what will happen if we allow ourselves to be submerged in an interstellar coalition. Our genetic heritage.
He doesn't say this Vulcan/Human hybrid is the product of the heroic Commander Charles Tucker and T'Pol of Vulcan... So according to what the delegates, and the population at large know, this child could be anyone's...
Terra Prime Transcript wrote:SAMUELS: Fellow delegates, this last week we've seen what humans can be at their worst. But we cannot, we must not use that as an excuse to end the dream that began here. For then, the demons of our past will have won. Instead, I want to look to the future and begin by honouring the people responsible for our being here tonight. They represent all of us at our best.
ARCHER: Up until about a hundred years ago, there was one question that burned in every human, that made us study the stars and dream of traveling to them, Are we alone? Our generation is privileged to know the answer to that question. We are all explorers, driven to know what's over the horizon, what's beyond our own shores. And yet, the more I've experienced, the more I've learned that no matter how far we travel, or how fast we get there, the most profound discoveries are not necessarily beyond that next star. They're within us, woven into the threads that bind us, all of us, to each other. The final frontier begins in this hall. Let's explore it together.
Again no mention of the baby or her parents... Plausible denial perhaps from TPTB??????
Now here is when it gets strange...
Terra Prime Transcript wrote:TUCKER: (trying not to cry) The delegates at the conference, they've asked about the service for, for Elizabeth. They want to attend.
I admit this part implies that at least the delegates know who Elizabeth is... But it's unclear whether that's a fact. It could have just been a diplomatic thing where everyone got together and decided to honor this baby, and Starfleet quietly asked for parental consent. It doesn't necessarily mean they were going to announce to the universe Baby Elizabeth was the Child of Trip and T'Pol...
IDK I'm loopy... But it sounds to me like a blanket Classified stamp to me. Then again I am fond of conspiracy's and cover-ups. Besides it's not like SF never did it on ENT. Don't believe me? Look for yourself...
Home Transcript wrote:WILLIAMS: The details of this debriefing will remain classified, as ordered by the Command Council.