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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.
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It could have been solved if they just decided that the mycelium network got destroyed. They could have had Control release a weapon that destroyed it or something. I agree, "never talk about this" doesn't make sense when science progresses and someone else could have easily discovered it. And I'm guessing there were plenty of spies from Romulus and other such places that became aware of at least the basics of the spore drive.
I like Discovery a lot, but it was handled badly.
They couldn't have destroyed the network, because it was strongly implied that it was a fundamental aspect of the universe itself. What would have been better is if some higher-dimensional beings living there said "You abused the privilege, and your rights to use this network have been revoked".
I don't think you need to do a 'god said so.' That's a real deus ex machina. I'm sure there are ways to make the network unusable for travel in crafting the show.