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Originally Posted by RealSNR

Trek movies I-VI found some way to explain/kill off the technology advances, didn't they? Project Genesis was basically explained as, "It was a cool idea, but it didn't work and everything went to shit." Transwarp drive on the Excelsior went away because... Paris and Janeway turned into salamanders? I thought there was something explained in Undiscovered Country about why the transwarp drive wasn't possible.

In any case, Discovery has to do something about all the technology that ADVANCES plot. I don't give a shit about the futuristic-looking gizmos and gadgets that are out of place. As far as I'm concerned that's all presentation stuff which is superfluous to better story telling.

The REAL problem is this spore shit. It has no place in this timeline. They're going to have to find some way to kill off this technology. I think they will. I HOPE they will.

I'm absolutely with Frazod on this. God... this could be so interesting. It's decent, but it could be so much better if it weren't a goddamn prequel.

Spoiler!

The Klingons will kill the universal spore network at some point or Starfleet will destroy it once the Klingons find a way to traverse it as well.
How they do it will be interesting, and probably the season finale. I am sure there is a mole or spy in the crew or how else would the Klingons know where Lorca's shuttle would be. Hell, Stamets is acting all weird after using himself to guide the ship (the mirror at the end so it appears the Mirror Universe is in play now --Evil twin time!). I wouldn't be surprised if he considers himself or is now part spore and will fight to keep the network alive at all costs, even if it means giving it over to the Klingons.
I'm curious if WHEN it happens it strands the Discovery in deep space and sets up the entire premise for the second season: to go where no one has gone before, and boldly return home.

Edit:

Spoiler!

After thinking about this a bit more I could see them destroying the sporenet to strand the entire Klingon fleet in some unknown portion of the Universe to save countless lives and effectively end the war. Looking at the episode names I am guessing we are going to get a "dark night of the soul" moment in the 9th episode, which is the final one for this half of the season before starting again in January. The title is "Into the forest I go" which I am assuming comes from, "And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." This could be a Mirror Universe moment perhaps or maybe Stamets goes in for a bit of soul-searching and personal reflection (puuuuns) only to realize he must kill the sporenet and himself.

I am most likely extrememly far off on my conjecture, but I am bored and killing some time. Also, I am using some of The Expanse's story in my reasoning.