Agreed, the other choice would have resulted in the loss of two individuals with very important individual functions that couldn’t realistically be compressed down to one person when they were stranded
The only other option that they could have done was some sort of transporter cloning shenanigans, cloning Tuvix and then separating the “original”. But that comes with a whole separate set of ethical implications on its own
I think Tuvok probably had security clearances that might have been problematic to duplicate. Not that that would stop Janeway. I think it just means Tuvix would end up joining Section 31 after they get back to Earth
Agreed, the other choice would have resulted in the loss of two individuals with very important individual functions that couldn’t realistically be compressed down to one person when they were stranded
The only other option that they could have done was some sort of transporter cloning shenanigans, cloning Tuvix and then separating the “original”. But that comes with a whole separate set of ethical implications on its own
Oh hell, imagine if they had “Rikered” Tuvix, then had all three trapped on a shuttle together. Tuvok would murder them both
I think Tuvok probably had security clearances that might have been problematic to duplicate. Not that that would stop Janeway. I think it just means Tuvix would end up joining Section 31 after they get back to Earth
Would make for a better second half of that season though.