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what is everyone's favorite star trek race? for me it's Vulcans and Romulans.
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Vorta are another, partially because of the mystery that surrounds them (Weyoun's job was to deceive the Federation so much of what he said about the Vorta and the Dominion cannot be trusted, his body language, vocal mannerisms, and word choices tell a very different story from the bare dialog, and the actor even said that was the case in interviews). Eris is probably a more reliable source since she was just an outpost commander who took advantage of a chance encounter and so probably not "read in" on the maskirovka that Weyoun later did such a masterful job of hoodwinking the Federation with.
Of the minor one-episode wonders it is a tossup between the First Federation and the Telluns (the Elasians and the Troyians), they both had a lot of unrealized potential.
Acamarians: TNG did in one episode a more in depth dive into Acamarian history and culture than practically any race ever seen in star Trek before.... especially Klingons.
Boslic: these are notable as being a minor galactic power that's NOT hostile.
My character Tsin'xing
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
I quite like the Trill, Gorn, Vorta, and Cardassians as well - for a number of societal and biological reasons.
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Powerboard race is fun, but the Biathlon is my favorite. The challenge of making that smooth switch from your powerboard to your floater, without either getting DQ'ed or losing too much time, is a real puppy-kicker. And the way it ends with that sharp turn up the steep hill, and then over the crest and down to the platform, I love it!
I'm really eager to get to this years LOLnut festival, though disappointed with how the "choose a ship" dealie turned out. It looks like the love child of Flipper and a beagle.
Them actually having dialogue and more was basically the only good thing about ENT in my book.
In general... Borg.
To me the Borg are severely misunderstood.
Let me point out: the original Borg (without the Queen and the multitude of changes down the line).
Up to ST-TNG's First Contact, the Borg were just a species collecting other species and their technologies to improve themselves in many a way.
Death was not an option for them (why would they: each individual added was a drone more, thus an improvement), they always preferred to assimilate rather than kill.
Destruction was a last resort...
This changed at the battle of Wofl359.
Picard destroyed the whole fleet (I call total nonsense here!!!: the mere fact he was on board did NOT made it into a victory for the Borg, others (Star Fleet officers) had been assimilated way before Pickachu. ERRRR, I mean Pickachu, of course. :P )
Furthermore: without the Borg superior Cube (compared to the inferior Star Fleet shippies), he would not have gotten anywhere.
That aside though: The Borg (to me) represent something else: a sort of Utopia.
Let me explain...
They assimilate species, species sometimes that are the arch enemy of another already assimilated species.
And where they would not think a moment to kill that other, once assimilated... they become 'brothers'.
Borg originally brought fallen comrades back to the ship, with the intention to heal them, to save them.
Even if that Drone was a previously hated species.
The Borg did not know theft, hate, lust, or anything that would obstruct their logic and their goal.
In their own way, they ACTUALLY brought peace.
Sure, one will say: and what about the individuality.
But what is the price of this meaningless thing compared to universal and maybe multi-versial peace?
I would say: those that would choose their individuality over this goal of peace, be it not intentional a Borg goal, even, is just egoistic in nature.
On top, there is the total superiority in about everything a Drone is: he can be in space without a suit, is nigh invulnerable to disease, and if a disease would hit them, they would adapt, there is the plethora of physical superiority, I mean...
In every way, a Borg body is something to have, seeing how feeble our own bodies are.
Try to take on a dog without a weapon, while we are bigger, dog would probably have the best of us, despite our higher intellect.
Borg can assimilate data in speeds we can only dream off, and though their intellect is a shared one and accessible at all times, true, not individual, that too is a major asset to be had.
Too bad: First Contact turned the Borg in a more "I do not give a dang about life" villains.
And it got worse from there: introducing a Queen, for one, or making the Hive Mind flawed (Really, writers???), even up to the Queen sacrificing entire Cubes, just for the hell of it, which goes against their initial ideology.
Why sacrifice strength?
Why sacrifice resources?
From a machine ideology, this would be absolute contradictive.
I could give another few hundred points as to why the Borg are my favourite, but these to me prevail.
And more so each day, seeing the TRIBBLE we do to one another, and our environment!!!
I hope you enjoyed my text...
Feel free to respond, but keep it polite, thank you.
They just get less sober.
However, as they were introduced, they (the writers) should have figured out other ways to let the universe deal with the Borg.
And not crippling them, nerfing them, and gradually turn them into a joke as they did...
But, that's just me.
They just get less sober.
Art wise I like Orions. Starfleet or KDF uniform they look good.
Depiction is a bit tougher. As a human I like humans. But I love the way the romulans were in ToS. They had their own internal politics being played. A level of honor that would mesh well with TNG era klingons. Up to and including duties to die rather than be captured.
Background is based on what has been shown. And for that I like the humans. Klingon desire for honour seems to forget who put food on the table. Who built your ship and weapons. Only those that Use those weapons matter! But for humanity we get heroes. People that will risk their lives to leave no one behind. That study that which others say is impossible. And then making it possible. Humanity in Trek has one statement to sum them up. "Don't tell me what can't be done."
Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
(mostly female Trill.)
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