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[msmemory_archive]

Totally fluffy Trek question: what happens to pon farr now?

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[alphaggek.livejournal.com]

Ya know, that's a very good question...

Do they decrease the interval so they go into pon farr every year, every month, or what?

And no, I won't say _why_ they would have to :)

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Even aside from the frequency issue - what about the reduced population? Seems like a lot more interspecies contact will have to happen.

[alphaggek.livejournal.com]

Exactly why they need to increase the frequency. They need to increase the population :)

[crosslet.livejournal.com]

While anything is possible in SciFi, interspecies breeding can lead to sterile offspring (e.g. mules). However, I don't think they ever implied Spock was sterile it might not be an issue.

Conversely, I'd assume the cross breed would probably exclude females.