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Why is it legal for La'an to be in Starfleet but special dispensation had to be made for Una? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was thinking about this while we've been doing the Khan memes.

La'an is a descendent of Khan, meaning she has genetically augmented DNA.

If Una had a kid and didn't augment that kid's DNA further, could that kid legally be in Starfleet?

Is there a "as long as your own personal DNA wasn't augmented, you can be in Starfleet?" Because that doesn't make much sense to me.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Right, but if Una had a kid, would it be legal for the kid to be in Starfleet? What if the kid was with another augment?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Would any of Una's augments pass down?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Her DNA has been altered, right? They would have to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Depends if they altered her eggs too. It's a different story with dudes, who produce gametes for all their lives, as opposed to women, who are born with all the gametes they will have.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't they have augmented her in vitro rather than wait until any natural development took place?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The augmentations by Illyrians happen in-utero.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Did they say that? I guess I missed that in the show.

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