[CaptainCrunch]

I think that its an actual interesting story point that the galaxy has actually shrunk and there's no exploration happening, and really the Federation is just trying to survive and are pretty much flailing out desperately to retain their relevance.

Its almost like the Medieval dark ages where very little science happened, and even the tech upgrades they've got are not earth shattering, the personal transporter, the new control systems, the detached nacelles for added maneuverability.

These to me, aren't really anything but minor or cosmetic changes. Think Windows whatever it is vs Windows 1.0.

The only thing that to me is missing and they should have had was the rise of authoritarianism as the Federation declined.

Frankly, you'd think that the race to a new method of travel would actually be a dire threat, if someone like the Klingons or Gorn or Breen figured it out.

I guess my question is, I don't think the Borg used dilithium in their transwarp conduits. They should be all over this. The Dominion is across the galaxy in another Quadrant, would the Burn have effected them?