A Fan Theory...

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A Fan Theory...


Just a theory I had...the technology used by the Caretaker to transport USS Voyager, Chakotay's Maquis ship, USS Equinox, Dreadnought, etc. to the Delta Quadrant actually utilized the mycelial network. The Nacene (the Caretaker and Suspiria) are described as a sporocystian life form.  A sporocyst is a structure in Ascosphaera fungi. The important words here are ‘spore’ and ‘fungi’. The USS Discovery’s spore drive used spores of a species of fungus, Prototaxites Stellaviatori to travel vast distances near instantaneously using the mycelial network.  Also, in “Cold Fire” it is established that Suspiria naturally lives in a subspace layer called Exosia. Theory: Exosia is actually the Nacene’s name for the mycelial plane, the subspace layer in which the mycelial network exists.

I know that Discovery travelled across the Mycelial Network with little to no ill effects, while the USS Voyager et.al. suffered heavy damage/casualties in the process, however, it should be obvious that none of those ships were designed or in any way prepared for travel across the mycelial network. The fact that no one on any of those ships made any connection between the Caretaker's space wave and the mycelial network makes perfect sense as no one in the 24th century would have any knowledge of the mycelial network (it all having been classified on pain of treason 113 years earlier).

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