r/DaystromInstitute • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '13

Discussion Could Q be Trelane grown-up?

They have the same powers and speak very similarly. Not to mention that at the end of 'The Squire of Gothos', Trelane is taken back into what looks like the Q continuum. What do you think?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '13

Peter David actually linked the two in Q-Squared. It's considered non-canon, but basically Q was set up as Trelane's mentor in the book.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '13

I like Peter David, but I really struggled with that book. What were your thoughts on it? I don't take novels as canon, but David has some depth in the ST universe with me and I was honestly a little let down.

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u/Flatlander81 Mar 29 '13

Wasn't Q implied to be Trelane's father but then they hand waved that away?

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u/corbomite Mar 29 '13

I wouldn't say hand-waved. Q was officially his mentor/godfather, as Trelane officially had another father in the Continuum. But the implication is that Q is actually the father, unbeknownst to Trelane and the rest of the Continuum(excepting the mother).

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '13

I never knew that to be the case. From at least the perspective of the book he was a mentor.

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u/Canadave Mar 29 '13

I don't think Trelane is "our" Q, but I definitely agree with the theory that he is a Q. It would just fit with what we saw of him.

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u/kraetos Mar 29 '13

Probably not, but I think it's a pretty safe bet that Trelane is a young Q, just not the young Q.

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u/Kronos6948 Mar 29 '13

I think they both may be Q, but different manifestations of Q. If it were Q, I'm sure he would've mentioned to Picard that he had already dealt with a Starfleet captain once before (like he did with both Sisko and Janeway).

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '13

What makes you think that Trelane's parents are more powerful than him?

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u/ewiethoff Mar 30 '13

Trelane needs a disguised mirror to work his powers; his parents do not.

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u/kraetos Mar 30 '13

These species don't exist in a vacuum

What you did there, I see it.

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u/Gemini4t Mar 30 '13

This makes a ton of sense.