Does continuity matter for Star Trek: Discovery?

For long-term Star Trek fans, there’s certainly a lot to pick over in Star Trek: Discovery. The show is both a new Star Trek show and a prequel, which raises the question of how much it adheres to Star Trek canon, and how it affects the existing Trek narrative. From a design perspective, Discovery’s ships appear far more advanced than the Enterprise from the original 1960s Trek, set 10 years after Discovery. And the entire mission of the USS Discovery seems focused around developing