But klingons are not - in no media whatsoever has there been even the slightest hint that Klingons possess any form of psionic ability, and there were U0 Klingons in that 2-parter, so the anomaly that causes Borg drones to connect to Unimatrix Zero was not anything to do with psionics.
It is possible that it is just extremely rare in Klingons, rarer than in humans (or taking a different form than Human or Vulcan psionics so it is harder to spot), and at least in STO they have to have some form of psionics for the Grethor stuff to work despite not showing any signs of recognizable psionics in the shows.
Also, Roddenberry's take on evolution was that eventually intelligent species develop into an energy form similar to the way they do in Babylon5, such has long been a trope in some science fiction.
The Romulan unity thing is a case of a small neutral playing one side off the other, which can be done in a way that causes trouble for the sides or smooths it out to some extent. It is implied that the Orions and the Elasians/Troyians did the same sort of balancing act in TOS though not to the point of sending exchange officers or whole ships out the way the Romulans are doing.
Borg Cooperative mini-faction, not a Collective one but the free individual Borg that give people a choice to join and liberate assimilated Borg.
The races will be all of the current players races but Borg versions, they will have the Borg implant customisation options of the zen store boffs but on every species and will function somewhat like the Romulan Republic.
The only problems I can see is that if they include Humans, Klingons and Romulans (which lets be honest people would want them to) it might make the LTS versions redundant if you just end up joining a faction and getting access to their ships and uniforms, as well as cryptic previously stating they are reluctant to get flyable Cubes and Spheres.
Perhaps a Cardassian mini-faction similar to Romulans as they are a Federation protectiorate.
Whilst we have playable Cardassians and Boffs that can flay Cardassian ships it’s not the same as a full faction considering there are no ground weapons hardly any ships, most of which are cruiser types, and the uniforms aren’t even the correct 25th century uniforms we see on NPCs so there is enough there for me as least to justify making a Cardassian faction toon.
Also having a few unique missions before joining with the rest of the Federation would be a plus, it would be interesting to see more of the reconstructed of the Cardassian Union in this time period as well as transitioning it into a democracy and future Federation member.
> @kayajay said: > The Remans...WHY couldn't the Remans have been back with a vengeance in Disco? They were abandoned by the Romulans, unless they were on N'Var as we just didn't see them and quantum singularity drives wouldn't have been affected by The Burn...they could have cleaned-up and finally stopped being second class citizens. > > I personally think they're the most underutilized species, with the most potential in Star Trek. Their design is exquisite, telepathic, downtrodden by the Romulans, etc...it's a brilliant backstory.
So here's a crazy 2am thought...
Remans look the way they do presumably due to a lack of sunlight and being banished to living in mines. And after however long this adaptation became hereditary and we got the remans we have today.
But, they were liberated and now have colonies and a place in the Republic so what if by the time of N'Var the remans are now indistinguishable from their other Vulcanoid cousins.
A Cardassian sub faction would be more appropriate set up like the DSC and TOS Fed subfactions, not like the Romulans, since they have not been a completely independent power for several decades by the start of STO and are essentially Federation in a practical sense.
Also, it is quite possible that the Cardassians stopped making their own war ship designs the same way that Japan did in a similar situation after WWII (they are making some of their own ships and fighters again, their F3 "Godzilla" fighter looks very promising for instance).
The Remans may be distantly vulcanoid but the idea that they "were banished to the mines" and evolved into the nosferatu-like form in just a few centuries is nonsense that fortunately is not canon at all, it is from a third party author. In fact, the dialog in the movie implies that they were native to Remus and the Romulans essentially enslaved them and put them to work in the mines.
They may only have same the number of unique missions as those “factions”, but as protectorates are essentially independent (only relying on another state for things like protection, hence the name) the faction would still function like Romulans. As in they get unique uniforms, boffs etc. and access to a hub (probably Cardassia) alongside ESD.
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It is possible that it is just extremely rare in Klingons, rarer than in humans (or taking a different form than Human or Vulcan psionics so it is harder to spot), and at least in STO they have to have some form of psionics for the Grethor stuff to work despite not showing any signs of recognizable psionics in the shows.
Also, Roddenberry's take on evolution was that eventually intelligent species develop into an energy form similar to the way they do in Babylon5, such has long been a trope in some science fiction.
The Romulan unity thing is a case of a small neutral playing one side off the other, which can be done in a way that causes trouble for the sides or smooths it out to some extent. It is implied that the Orions and the Elasians/Troyians did the same sort of balancing act in TOS though not to the point of sending exchange officers or whole ships out the way the Romulans are doing.
The races will be all of the current players races but Borg versions, they will have the Borg implant customisation options of the zen store boffs but on every species and will function somewhat like the Romulan Republic.
The only problems I can see is that if they include Humans, Klingons and Romulans (which lets be honest people would want them to) it might make the LTS versions redundant if you just end up joining a faction and getting access to their ships and uniforms, as well as cryptic previously stating they are reluctant to get flyable Cubes and Spheres.
Whilst we have playable Cardassians and Boffs that can flay Cardassian ships it’s not the same as a full faction considering there are no ground weapons hardly any ships, most of which are cruiser types, and the uniforms aren’t even the correct 25th century uniforms we see on NPCs so there is enough there for me as least to justify making a Cardassian faction toon.
Also having a few unique missions before joining with the rest of the Federation would be a plus, it would be interesting to see more of the reconstructed of the Cardassian Union in this time period as well as transitioning it into a democracy and future Federation member.
> The Remans...WHY couldn't the Remans have been back with a vengeance in Disco? They were abandoned by the Romulans, unless they were on N'Var as we just didn't see them and quantum singularity drives wouldn't have been affected by The Burn...they could have cleaned-up and finally stopped being second class citizens.
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> I personally think they're the most underutilized species, with the most potential in Star Trek. Their design is exquisite, telepathic, downtrodden by the Romulans, etc...it's a brilliant backstory.
So here's a crazy 2am thought...
Remans look the way they do presumably due to a lack of sunlight and being banished to living in mines. And after however long this adaptation became hereditary and we got the remans we have today.
But, they were liberated and now have colonies and a place in the Republic so what if by the time of N'Var the remans are now indistinguishable from their other Vulcanoid cousins.
Also, it is quite possible that the Cardassians stopped making their own war ship designs the same way that Japan did in a similar situation after WWII (they are making some of their own ships and fighters again, their F3 "Godzilla" fighter looks very promising for instance).
The Remans may be distantly vulcanoid but the idea that they "were banished to the mines" and evolved into the nosferatu-like form in just a few centuries is nonsense that fortunately is not canon at all, it is from a third party author. In fact, the dialog in the movie implies that they were native to Remus and the Romulans essentially enslaved them and put them to work in the mines.