foolishness to the nth degree

But then also being really aware of how oversaturated fandom spaces are with shipping and so glaringly romance centric so now it’s like. Am I part of the problem (NOT INTENDED AS A VENT!!! Just. Scratching my head)

You know what else orbits 40 Eridani A in fiction?

Vulcan.

So im just picturing the pre-Starfleet Vulcans knowing damn well about the Petrova line, and trying to logic out the problem years into the future for how best to solve it (bc I guarantee you not one of them thought "lets just build a big fuck off ship and travel to Tau Ceti to figure it out that would be improbable to weild significant results") and/or they might have thought they'll still get a decent amount of warmth from 40 Eridani B and C.

And while theyre hemming and hawing and logicking out the problem, their blind rock people neighbors do the exact thing theyre debating about doing. And one of them is just like "Do we know if they know about relativity? Or radiation?"

"Idk we dont really talk to them... surely they must if theyre space faring."

the crew getting to meet a hero of early human space travel seems like such a Star Trek plot anyway

no arguing, no convincing needed lol. all grace had to do was heave a wistful little sigh and they're immediately doing trick shots and clearing out the local home depot

grace holds up one (1) package of sour skittles at the check out like 👀 and carl's so down to purchase literal fistfuls of them on the cumulative government's dime lol