I disagree with the premise - I think the series as a whole stands as a testament to the Federation prevailing over adversity - it's one of the prevailing themes of the series.
Even the Burn didn't destroy the Federation as you suggest. It became smaller as travel and communication became difficult-to-impossible, but it still existed, and Starfleet was doing everything it could to maintain the peace.
I feel insufficiently teased!
Notaro and Picardo join as series regulars reprising their roles as Jett Reno and The Doctor, and Fehr and Wiseman join as guest stars reprising their roles as Admiral Vance and Sylvia Tilly.
I'm shocked that Notaro will be a series regular, and even more shocked that Wiseman will not.
Unfortunately, by season four Discovery was just going with "Spaceship".
As far as I know, the directive mainly applies to officers who are sent back in time and/or given the opportunity to change established history. I don't think it would prevent someone from making an arrest in their "proper" time.
At most, it might limit their ability to interrogate the prisoner, if they can verify that the intruder is from the future and possesses knowledge that the contemporary officers can't have.
It doesn't have to be "per day" - it needs to be often enough that they'll be deterred from getting an EV.
Look, I'm pro-EV, but I think it's important to acknowledge that in a country as big as this one, there are going to be people with justified "range anxiety."
While the business has reckoned with more seismic deals in recent years, among them Disney-Fox and AT&T-Time Warner, this time the reality seems to be dawning that bigger is not always better. Streaming platforms swim in red ink and legacy media assets (mainly linear TV) are eroding. Yes, Zaslav has hinted at opportunities to be had, but WBD was not really considered a buyer given its oft-stated focus on reducing its enormous debt. It’s not clear how trying to swallow a company with hefty debt of its own solves any problems.
I can confirm that you're not the only one experiencing intermittent sluggishness, and we're aware of the issue.
We still need to determine whether it's a problem within our control, but we are aware.
As you noted, it appears to be both, at least in terms of the computer systems.
Jett Reno noted that the warp plasma conduits were being replaced with polaric warp conduits, so I assume there was a total physical refit, albeit one thats very backwards compatible when it comes to archaic computer systems.
I thought this one was...fine. I don't think it will go down in history as one of the more logical episodes, but it told the story it was trying to tell.
I do wish they'd given Spock an actual reason to approach Kirk and Uhura in that final scene. I get that they wanted to commit that meeting to film, but it was strange for him to just sort of...wander over.
That would be over a dozen sources, and they weren't anonymous in the letter sent to the faculty.
Neither is Dr. Thomas Kerr, Director of Research with the BC Centre on Substance Use. In fact, he's a man with a doctorate studying the topic at hand! He says Dr. Somers' work fails to live up to scientific standards.
I guess you'll take his word for it, given his qualifications. Right?
I agree with the basic fact - the Federation was struggling to maintain what it had in the face of the Emerald Chain and others, and it took Discovery's arrival with unique technology to give it an edge.
But I think they framed it as a story of resilience and determination, mainly through Vance and Sahil.