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Star Trekhas at long last unveiled the prescribed “ technobabble ” term for its god - alike beings . Two years ago , IDW revitalized their line ofStar Trekcomics with a “ God War , ” that sweep the franchise . The fib explores the relationship between humanity and their God , pay these powerful existence unexampled layer . NowinStar Trek#23 , another new wrinkle is introduce : a scientific name for the gods .
Lore ’s plan to demolish the universe was likely inspired by CONTROL , Section 31 ’s original AI that went rogue duringStar Trek : Discovery’ssecond season .
Star Trek#23 is written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and suck up by Megan Levens . Lore , Data ’s malign pal , has crash agathering of the gods at the Pleroma . Lore seeks to become a god himself , and interpret the assembled deities as a threat to his agenda .
soon after arriving at the Pleroma , Lore addresses the gods as “ Kardashevs . ”
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traditional knowledge christening the gods “ Kardashevs ” restrain with the grand themes IDW’sStar Trekline is exploring . The Klingon Emperor Kahless II launches a campaign of racial extermination against the universe ’s god - like being . Kahless ’ actions threatened all realism , but Captain Ben Sisko and a ragtag group of Starfleet officers culled from all iterations of the dealership were successful in stop him . Instrumental to Sisko ’s victory was the mysterious Vulcan T’Lir , revealed to be the last of the Organians . T’Lir ’s huge , universal knowledge allowed Sisko and his crew to make new applied science subject of working on scales previously unheard of .
A Quick Reference Guide to the Kardashev Scale
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I
Can rein in the energy of an entire satellite .
Can also potentially check born phenomenon .
II
Can rein the power of a star .
Usually strike the form of a Dyson Sphere
Can tackle the power of an entire Galax urceolata .
Can also check interstellar phenomena such as black holes .
IV
Can draw rein an entire cosmos .
Not in Kardashev ’s original theory , add together afterward
T’Lir and their crewmates used the full term “ Kardashev ” often as they madly worked to stop Kahless . The Kardashev Scale , name for Russian scientist Nikolai Kardashev , measures a civilisation ’s forward motion based on how expeditiously they swear out vitality . The god - comparable beingness of theStar Trekuniverse are vastly powerful , and in T’Lir ’s approximation , are a Kardashev Type 3 civilisation . T’Lir also helped fashion a new warp drive organisation capable of entering the Pleroma . Theydubbed it the “ Kardashev Drive”thanks to its power to sue tachyonic vim . The Kardashev Drive was wildly successful , potentially becoming a game - changer .
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The creation of a scientific name forStar Trek’sgods also humanizes these being , show them to be ultimately subjected to the same scientific laws and principle somebody are bound by .
Star Trekis know for “ techno - babble , ” and hang the word “ Kardashev ” on the God is another example of this movement . The introduction of a scientific name forStar Trek’sgods also humanizes these beings , showing them to be ultimately subject to the same scientific laws and rationale mortals are border by . In his crusade to destroy the gods , Kahless reveal they have a serious impuissance , one that Lore is now work . The “ Kardashevs ” must now bring with the same lesser beings they disdain if they wish to survive the horror Lore is about to visit in theStar Trekuniverse .
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