Even by the TOS era a single starship can scan an entire solar system in a matter of minutes, and phasers are more than strong enough to do some orbit corrections or even blow up an asteroid outright, a stray rock wouldn’t make anyone lose their sleep.
When someone tries to mess with humanity’s first contact, they find more than just primitives. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the most time travelled to point in time in the whole quadrant
Even by the TOS era a single starship can scan an entire solar system in a matter of minutes, and phasers are more than strong enough to do some orbit corrections or even blow up an asteroid outright, a stray rock wouldn’t make anyone lose their sleep.
By the TOS era, sure. We’re talking first contact.
When someone tries to mess with humanity’s first contact, they find more than just primitives. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the most time travelled to point in time in the whole quadrant