Insurrection’s cure for their dying son

As shown in Star Trek: Picard, Captain William Ricker (Jonathan Frakes) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) lost their son, Thaddeus, to a rare disease, but why didn’t they take him to Star Trek: Insurrection’s Baku? Picking up twenty years after the events of Nemesis in the Star Trek time line, Picard Season 1 Check in on Riker and Troi and their daughter, Kestra (Lulu Wilson). Riker and Troi settled on the planet Nepenthe because of the planet’s healing properties, in an attempt to heal their son, Thad.

He contracted a disease known as mendoxic neurosclerosis, a silicon-based virus that could be cured with an active positronic matrix. However, after the Federation band synthetics after the Synth attack on Mars in 2385, there are no positronic matrices available. Unfortunately, the healing properties of Nepenthe’s soil were not enough and Thad tragically died. But this raises the question of Why didn’t Riker and Troy settle on Baku Planet, As they were there before in Star Trek: Insurrection and saw the healing properties of the briar patch first hand.

Riker & Troi forget to take their dying son to Star Trek: Insurrection’s Fountain of Youth

Why didn’t Riker & Troy take Todd to Baku?

in Star Trek: Insurrection, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew disobey direct orders from Starfleet to protect the peaceful Ba’ku people and their planet from the evil Sona. Because of Baku’s location in the area of ​​space known as the Briar Patch, The inhabitants of this planet are effectively immortal and free from any disease. When Picard and his crew land there, they soon feel younger and rejuvenated. Lt. Commander Geordie La Forge (LeVar Burton) even gains natural eyesight, though the effects wear off when he leaves the planet.

If Ba’ku’s properties can restore eyesight, it seems likely that they could cure Thad’s illness. unfortunately, A person must remain on this planet for the effects to work, This means that Thad’s illness may have returned if he ever left. Still, Riker and Troi likely would have seen settling on one planet as a small price to pay if it meant their son survived. After all, they moved to Nepenthe for that reason. Perhaps some reason in the world, which has not yet been explained, kept Riker and Troy from returning to Beku.

Star Trek: Picard hints at what might have happened to the Insurrection’s source of youth

Did something happen to Baku or its regenerative properties?

Will Riker and Deanna Troi are willing to relocate and settle in Nepenthe in order to help their son, which suggests that something may have happened to the Briar Patch and/or Ba’ku. Although no explanation was provided on screen, It is possible that the briar patch area of ​​space no longer has regenerative properties Due to some anomaly or natural disaster. It is also possible that the sauna or some other species have taken over Baku, and that it is unsafe. Or perhaps the Federation simply no longer controls the planet and they don’t allow visitors.

Riker and Troi seem like the types of parents who would do anything to save their son, so They must have had a good reason not to travel to Baku. Although it would have been interesting to see them search for a way to save Thad, either by searching for a positronic matrix on the black market or traveling to a planet like Baku, the story would have to end in tragedy. Maybe it’s enough to know that Riker and Troy did what they could to save Thad before Star Trek: PicardBut, just like in the real world, some tragedies cannot be prevented.