Spoiler Alert! Discovery reveals the whereabouts of Q in the 32nd Century of Star trek. In Season 4 of Star Trek: Discovery, Captain Michael Burnham and her crew face the Dark Matter Anomaly. A devastating new threat to the galaxy (DMA). The DMA mystery must resolve quickly. But Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets must consider whether the Q Continuum could be the source of the gravimetric anomaly.
Q is an omnipotent being who first occurred in Star Trek: The Next Generation’s pilot episode. The troublemaking celestial deity loathes humanity. Nevertheless, he has a weak spot for Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Whom he recognizes as “mon Capitaine.” Throughout The Next Generation’s seven-season run, Q tormented Picard and the team of the USS Enterprise-D. Q earned an impression on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. After the TNG cast moved on to creating Star Trek movies. Q, however, found out a new love interest on Star Trek: Voyager: Captain Kathryn Janeway. Q disappeared from Star Trek after the revocation of Voyager, but the irrepressible imp will make his long-awaited retrieval in Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard. Despite being eternal, Q promises Jean-Luc that his “trial never ends,” and it is Q’s intervening that will allow Star Trek: Picard season 2 to happen.
The fourth season of Star Trek: Discovery is set in the year 3189
Admiral Charles Vance discloses in Star Trek: Discovery season 4, episode 5, “The Examples,” that the United Federation of Planets has had “no contact with the Q Continuum for 600 years.” The fourth season of Star Trek: Discovery is set in the year 3189. So 600 years puts the last known contact with him in the 2500s. Star Trek: Picard season 2 is in the dawn of the 24oos. The 25th century so Vance isn’t about Star Trek: Discovery. According to Vance’s narrative lesson, Q’s role in Star Trek: Picard season 2 isn’t the omnipotent being’s final contact with the Federation. Even if reappears in Star Trek: Picard season 3. At least another hundred years must pass before the last known contact between the Federation and the Q Continuum occurs.
One of the best aspects of Star Trek: Discovery’s 32nd-century setting is that the show can incorporate the vast majority of Star Trek canon. Because it is set in the distant past. The use of Q in Star Trek: Discovery season 4 was a smart move to remind Trekkers that after Captain Burnham’s series wraps up season 4. Admiral Picard will bring Q back with him when he returns for Star Trek: Picard season 2 on Paramount+.