Star Trek fans will get a laugh out of this.

[Bob Schroeck]

This is news? As the article notes, ALON's been around for years. I seem to recall mentioning it at some point in DW2, even.

Oh no. they traveled back in time and gave us the formula, remember?

Scotty actually said, "how do we know he didn't invent it in the first place?" when McCoy objected -- and IIRC, the novelization confirmed that they had given the formula to the "inventor".
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.