Hopefully, Dukat and Khan would help.
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Janeway did nothing wrong
Janeway advocated her crew members that could not advocate for themselves
Agreed. She made the right call.
Two crew members with separate skills are better for the overall chances of the ship, and thus her crew, making it home. She did what she had to do.
They should've tried to replicate the Riker duplication transporter mishap and duplicated him before separating him. Tuvix would've been a great permanent addition to the show.
A show containing both Tuvix and Neelix gets canceled within a year. In the timeline where they wrote the episode that way the earth exploded soon after.
Sweet, with that duplication hack she could split one & shoot the second Tuvix. For the greater good.
But what is in it for her? She won't get Tuvok or Neelix back.
(I know that's kinda the joke. But I genually think she wouldn't in this instance. I swear I am fun at parties!!!)
I mean, no more leola root... So that's a win across the board.
I love that people are still on about this. I agreed with Janeway because it fits Spock's motto about the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few, but the fact that people are still arguing it 30 years later means there's no good answer. It's a trolley problem or Sophie's choice kind of thing.
And the new Voyager game lets you go the other way... and I can't wait to hear how that outcome plays out over the course of the game.
I liked Lower Decks contribution to this debate. Maybe with one merge it's debatable, but beyond that the answer becomes clearer.
As for the Voyager game, it's not elaborated on. Tuvix is a pretty good hero, has both the Talaxian and Vulcan traits, comes in real handy on some away missions, but it may be better to have separate Tuvok and Neelix to hold down two stations instead of one. Still debatable, but the way the game works the story doesn't really adapt to it.
That's a shame. Not really my kind of game (strategy), but I am interested. I suppose if it goes on sale on Xbox I'll pick it up. I think it's on PC, but not Mac, so playing on the computer is out.
But anyway, it seems like there should be some trade-off, not just the moral high ground of not sacrificing a "new life form".
Sweet burn! :D
Janeway, we got you pegged.
The murder of Tuvix pained me more than anything else done in Voyager.
Murder of Tuvix? I think you mean saving the lives of Tuvok and Neelix.
I mean the murder of Tuvix.
Pretty sure Tuvok's wife and kids would see it differently
No, Janeway does the pegging