Star Trek: 11 Incredible New Technologies That Were Immediately ABANDONED

9. Portal Tech

The portal technology stolen from Daystrom Station seems like an odd invention from the jump. Perhaps it was never utilised to its full capabilities, unless one counts destroying a Starfleet recruitment centre or doing a switcheroo with torpedoes, as the end goal. 

Vadic certainly has fun with this tech but after she jettisons it, it is never mentioned again. Though hardly an exhaustive account of history, the third to fifth seasons of Discovery don't mention it either. It seems then that it was invented, someone had some fun with it, and it was immediately consigned to history as a bit of a laugh - unless you were caught in one of those portals.

It does beg the question - what was the point? Was it a shifty way to break into bank vaults? Did someone misunderstand the range of a Stargate? Or was it simply invented for the simplest reason of all: because we could?