look i get these sorts of shows didn't have everything figured out from the start but it's kind if bonkers they didn't have some foundational shit made up until the first season was almost over

NEITHER THE FEDERATION NOR STARFLEET EXISTS UNTIL THE END OF SEASON 1???

the state of the justice in the federation is very interesting to me though like they've moved towards focusing on rehabilitation over punishment but things still so easily become corrupted

scientist who predicated his existence named him "gojira", meaning "god incarnate" in his home island's dialect -> decided to translate the name into english just in case -> put "god" in the name in reference to the original name's direct meaning