While fans may be bothered by what they perceive as
Star Trek: Discoveryplaying fast and loose with
Star Trek canon, one the series showrunners has made it clear that the show will start bringing the series in line with established continuity beginning with its second season.
Some of the major sticking points for fans have been the experimental spore drive that powers the
USS Discovery and the existence of Spock’s previously unmentioned adopted sister, Michael Burnham. Showrunner Aaron Harberts says that, as the show comes closer to when
Star Trek: The Original Series took place in the timeline, events will begin to form a clearer picture.
‘We have ten years until
The Original Series comes into play,” Harberts tells
Metro. “It is a challenge creatively because we have lots of choices, in terms of how do we reconcile this [Spore] drive? This surrogate daughter of Sarek? How do we reconcile these things the closer we get to
The Original Series?”