• Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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    TBF they discovered it dring that episode, and only ever did it once again. Also it wasn’t just any star, and they slingshot into a warp speed most ships can’t achieve.

    But ya magnets + gravity + speed /= backwards time travel lol

    edit: Canonically James T Kirk wrote about time travel. The first chapter begins as follows.

    Dont.

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      Canonically James T Kirk wrote about time travel. The first chapter begins as follows.

      Dont.

      The second chapter was.

      Do.

      And the final chapter on time travel was.

      It.

      he really like suspenseful pauses.

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      They used that method once more in Picard season 2 with assistance from a Borg Queen. As that timeline no longer exists, we can all just ignore it.