Omega and Transwarp Conduits?
Why do I kind of get the idea that those are kind of linked to the new series?
shareTranswarp Conduits aren't discovered for another hundred and twenty years, when the USS Voyager is trying to get home from the Delta Quadrant.
shareOfficially they aren't discovered until Voyager doesn't mean they weren't around or known to parts of Star Fleet or in turn their attempts to create them were ever successful.
The talk of a new way to fly could all involve ways to produce stable Omega particles in nature combined with theories of trans warp and beaming not to mention the opening travel through other dimensions considering we don't know where all the animals came from we see in Lorca's collection.
We won't know until we see more of the show.
No doubt if the show takes the 'Section 31' avenue then it's extremely possible they will make an appearance, as it would be kept top secret to even most Admirals, let alone Captains.
shareExactly - It would explain the black protocols, the secrecy Lorac had even with his trusted crew wasn't in on.
Especially as it is very easy for Michael's presence on that ship meaning there is a viable scapegoat for any disaster that whatever Discovery is doing goes tits up.