Ok my biggest Trek question is how do they visit all these strange new worlds wearing only a standard uniform? There are so many dangers visiting an alien environment for example even on a cushy M class world you could catch an incurable disease or be suffocated by alien pollen (I believe this happend in an episode of Enterprise), bitten by poisonous creatures etc. Or you could transmit a disease to the native population like how the Europeans gave Native Americans smallpox and it nearly decimated them.
A TIME TO SEARCH: ENTER MY FOUNDRY MISSION at the RISA SYSTEM Parallels: my second mission for Fed aligned Romulans.
Ok my biggest Trek question is how do they visit all these strange new worlds wearing only a standard uniform? There are so many dangers visiting an alien environment for example even on a cushy M class world you could catch an incurable disease or be suffocated by alien pollen (I believe this happend in an episode of Enterprise), bitten by poisonous creatures etc. Or you could transmit a disease to the native population like how the Europeans gave Native Americans smallpox and it nearly decimated them.
TOS "Tholian Web" had spacesuits which they probably could have used for missions in hazardous environments is my guess.
I would imagine that Starfleet also had some kind of medical protocol for vaccinations and preventing disease transmission. Am sure their Prime Directive factors in with that somehow.
Where the Europeans purposefully used biological weapons against an Indigenous population, Starfleet would try to avoid such a thing, right?
Or if the right planet had the right resources, would "accidents" happen?
Captain's Log, Stardate XXXXXXX - Oops! My bad. We now have all the dilitium we require.
Good question.
"Dammit J'mpok! I'm a Warrior, not a Worrier!"
- KDF Ambassador Syon vocalizing her objection to the discussions of possible peace talks with the UFP due to recent Borg and Undine activities.Hegh'bat, Stardate 66588.8
Ok my biggest Trek question is how do they visit all these strange new worlds wearing only a standard uniform? There are so many dangers visiting an alien environment for example even on a cushy M class world you could catch an incurable disease or be suffocated by alien pollen (I believe this happend in an episode of Enterprise), bitten by poisonous creatures etc. Or you could transmit a disease to the native population like how the Europeans gave Native Americans smallpox and it nearly decimated them.
I think that before they visit an uncharted/explored planet, they do scans, check the environmental, etc, Like there was a VOY episode where they go to a "demon" L-class planet, where the away team where in EV suits.
Im pretty sure the transporters have a big part in preventing sicknesses "biofilters" was one of the techno-babble explanations ^^
Your particles go to the transporter buffer, it finds a virus, it extracts it if possible, then materialises you
at least i think..
[Combat (Self)] Your Bite deals 2378 (1475) Physical Damage(Critical) to Spawnmother.
If a Pakled married a Klingon would you get an Ugly Klingon or a hansom Pakled?
If a Tellarite married a Pakled would the resulting Picasso offspring be so ugly they would be beautiful? Or would space and time refuse to hold them ripping a hole in reality?
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Heir to the high pony of holier than thou, Guardian of the Sacred Mallet of Thwarting, and giver of Baptismal raspberries since 02/02/2010
Ohh, and I just remembered to reply to some of the other stuff in this thread:
1: Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres are not civilians, they have a rank.....
2: Seven does not though, but seriously, they consider some confused, bunny-suited therapist to be equal to a LT.Com. (and nearly die horribly because of it).
We can thereby conclude that everyone not stunned into obedience by Sevens forcefully projected "personality" is probably so frightened of getting beaten up by her that they just go with it. I think that makes her the equivalent of a Fleet Admiral, lol....
3: It?s a misconception that the Federation doesn?t use money, because they do. Not internally though. But all personnel get an "allowance" to barter with uncivilized scum who is too well armed to shoot and loot.
1: well, yes and no... It wasn't an official commision it was a provisional appointment. Technically the Maquis members of Voyager's crew were civilians, but Janeway gave them all provisional ranks when she integrated them into the crew.
How is it the doors always seem to know when you're going to stop and turn around instead of going through them?
The same mindreading AI that allows the comm systems to route your message to the correct person, knows who is and isn't beaming up and where they want to go?
_____
I'm still fairly new. If I screwed up again, let me know.
The same mindreading AI that allows the comm systems to route your message to the correct person, knows who is and isn't beaming up and where they want to go?
It's MADNESS, pure MADNESS ! :eek:
May Q help us all...oh, wait that's me..at least I'm safe now...
Who says every Enterprise was a flagship? We know the D, E, and F were (and the NX-01 too), but Kirk's Enterprises and the Enterprise-B and -C might just have been considered normal starships in the fleet.
Assuming there was no Enterprise between NX-01 and the original 1701...Yes, at the time the Constitution class Enterprise was launched (under Captain April?), the Enterprise was just another ship. It wasn't until Kirk's 5 year mission that the Enterprise became the Federation flagship. If the 5 year mission was legendary enough to use the Enterprise's ship insignia for all of Starfleet, I think it's safe to say that it was legendary enough to make Enterprise the flagship forever more. Same thing with the 1701-A, since it was basically an extension of the original 1701.
I dunno, I get the feeling from the scenes in Generations that the 1701-B was considered to be a "passing of the torch", especially with Kirk on board. Not to mention that it was an Excelsior class, which was the most advanced class ship (that we know of)..so that does imply that it was still the flagship. Now, what happened between 1701-B and 1701-C isn't known other than the B was succeeded by the C..and we all know that the C (at least her demise) was very much rather important to Federation history.
So yeah! The point still remains...why did 19 years elapse when Starfleet didn't have an Enterprise? (We can overlook the question of why wasn't there an Enterprise for the 100+ years between Enterprise and TOS. Maybe when the Federation was established, they didn't want to appear too human centric, so they didn't reuse names for a while?)
Assuming there was no Enterprise between NX-01 and the original 1701...Yes, at the time the Constitution class Enterprise was launched (under Captain April?), the Enterprise was just another ship. It wasn't until Kirk's 5 year mission that the Enterprise became the Federation flagship. If the 5 year mission was legendary enough to use the Enterprise's ship insignia for all of Starfleet, I think it's safe to say that it was legendary enough to make Enterprise the flagship forever more. Same thing with the 1701-A, since it was basically an extension of the original 1701.
I dunno, I get the feeling from the scenes in Generations that the 1701-B was considered to be a "passing of the torch", especially with Kirk on board. Not to mention that it was an Excelsior class, which was the most advanced class ship (that we know of)..so that does imply that it was still the flagship. Now, what happened between 1701-B and 1701-C isn't known other than the B was succeeded by the C..and we all know that the C (at least her demise) was very much rather important to Federation history.
So yeah! The point still remains...why did 19 years elapse when Starfleet didn't have an Enterprise? (We can overlook the question of why wasn't there an Enterprise for the 100+ years between Enterprise and TOS. Maybe when the Federation was established, they didn't want to appear too human centric, so they didn't reuse names for a while?)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall Kirk's Enterprise ever being referred to as the flagship. In that regard, it could have been the Constellation, as it had a higher ranking commander (Commodore Decker) in charge.
Or there just might not have been a flagship. I'm not gonna say I'm sure of this, but weren't there 12 other Constitution Class Starships in Kirk's time?
I think that before they visit an uncharted/explored planet, they do scans, check the environmental, etc, Like there was a VOY episode where they go to a "demon" L-class planet, where the away team where in EV suits.
Im pretty sure the transporters have a big part in preventing sicknesses "biofilters" was one of the techno-babble explanations ^^
Your particles go to the transporter buffer, it finds a virus, it extracts it if possible, then materialises you
at least i think..
Yeah but humans are host to all kinds of bacteria. They say that we contain more mass in bacteria than the mass of our cells and like the Sci fi book War of the worlds what is harmless to us could be deadly to an alien species or vice versa.
A TIME TO SEARCH: ENTER MY FOUNDRY MISSION at the RISA SYSTEM Parallels: my second mission for Fed aligned Romulans.
Been rewatching the the first seasons of DS9 and I've noticed that on several occassions Kira will say "My God!" or, "Oh my God", or somesuch.
But she worships the Prphets. So why would she say "My God!"? Granted "My Prophets!" doesn't roll out the same way, but shouldn't she say something like "By the Prophets" or something?
Been rewatching the the first seasons of DS9 and I've noticed that on several occassions Kira will say "My God!" or, "Oh my God", or somesuch.
But she worships the Prphets. So why would she say "My God!"? Granted "My Prophets!" doesn't roll out the same way, but shouldn't she say something like "By the Prophets" or something?
Honest reason? The writers shrugged it off as, "It's a human expression she picked up". I was (re)watching ST: V's "Message in a Bottle" last night, and when I went to read the production notes on Memory Alpa (as I always do after watching a Trek episode), the article mentioned how Robert Picardo brought up a similar issue with a line in the original script of that episode. Specifically, the EMH Mk. II is reading a console over his shoulder, and the Doctor says, "Stop breathing down my neck". When Picardo pointed out to Braga that holograms don't breathe, Braga responded with the "human expression" excuse.
But that's not a fun answer. I could come up with one, but I'm a little wary of crossing that "no discussing real-world religion on the forums" line.
Been rewatching the the first seasons of DS9 and I've noticed that on several occassions Kira will say "My God!" or, "Oh my God", or somesuch.
But she worships the Prphets. So why would she say "My God!"? Granted "My Prophets!" doesn't roll out the same way, but shouldn't she say something like "By the Prophets" or something?
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them." -Thomas Marrone
Ok my biggest Trek question is how do they visit all these strange new worlds wearing only a standard uniform? There are so many dangers visiting an alien environment for example even on a cushy M class world you could catch an incurable disease or be suffocated by alien pollen (I believe this happend in an episode of Enterprise), bitten by poisonous creatures etc. Or you could transmit a disease to the native population like how the Europeans gave Native Americans smallpox and it nearly decimated them.
Transporters have biofilters that remove any microbial hitchhikers during transport.
This is less of a question I think than something I find confusing....I was watching old DS9 episodes again and came across the two parter where Admiral Leyton attempts to declare martial law on Earth.
My confusion starts with the Federation President. Adm. Leyton comments about the president (who isn't an earthling) not having the same love of earth as earthlings do, yada yada. So, how much control does the Federation President have on Earth? Why wouldn't Earth have its own president? President of the Federation should be just that. Does that mean the Federation president can make policy on any Federation planet without any local government opposition? Like Vulcan or Andoria?
I totally get if from a story/ plot point of view. It just doesn't seem like it was thought out too much. (Like why would the Federation President even reside on Earth. It actually makes Earth more of a target for enemies of the feds. Its fiction, yeah, but if it was up to me I'd have the central governing body of the Federation on another planet. Its not like they couldn't find an uninhabited M-Class planet. Heck, the moon, Mars or Io would make more sense. But as I said its, fiction, its not a big deal, its just something that came to my mind.
This is less of a question I think than something I find confusing....I was watching old DS9 episodes again and came across the two parter where Admiral Leyton attempts to declare martial law on Earth.
My confusion starts with the Federation President. Adm. Leyton comments about the president (who isn't an earthling) not having the same love of earth as earthlings do, yada yada. So, how much control does the Federation President have on Earth? Why wouldn't Earth have its own president? President of the Federation should be just that. Does that mean the Federation president can make policy on any Federation planet without any local government opposition? Like Vulcan or Andoria?
I totally get if from a story/ plot point of view. It just doesn't seem like it was thought out too much. (Like why would the Federation President even reside on Earth. It actually makes Earth more of a target for enemies of the feds. Its fiction, yeah, but if it was up to me I'd have the central governing body of the Federation on another planet. Its not like they couldn't find an uninhabited M-Class planet. Heck, the moon, Mars or Io would make more sense. But as I said its, fiction, its not a big deal, its just something that came to my mind.
There probably is a President of Earth, but being the capital planet, the Federation President can probably pull rank in times of crisis. Sort of like the fact that the District of Columbia has a mayor, but the US Congress has the ultimate control.
Also, most modern day countries have their heads of state residing in their capital, so it's not too much of a stretch to say the Federation President resides on Earth. If I remember correctly, the President's office is in Paris and the Federation Council is in San Francisco, so maybe that's considered enough of a separation for security purposes.
Why does the Dominion not have cloaked ships?
They have personal cloaks on ground troops, they have captured enough Romulan and Klingon ships to know how they work. Why not use this advantage?
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though. JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
Why does the Dominion not have cloaked ships?
They have personal cloaks on ground troops, they have captured enough Romulan and Klingon ships to know how they work. Why not use this advantage?
My theory is that they DO have cloaked ships, however their cloaking technology is years beyond their alpha quadrant counterparts (after all, they never had much difficulty detecting cloaked alpha quadrant ships), and thus has not been detected. In other words, we didn't see any cloaked Dominion ships in the series because, well, they were cloaked. This would mean, of course, that the Dominion applies a different strategy to cloaked vessels. Instead of using them in conventional warfare, they reserve them for espionage and covert operations.
Just a theory, but I think all the pieces fit.
I have a STO lore question. Why does the Federation need an ambassador to Vulcan (Picard)? Vulcan is part of the Federation, and has representation on the Federation Council. I haven't read the full "Path to 2409" series, so maybe I missed something, but it's a little confusing to me.
My theory is that they DO have cloaked ships, however their cloaking technology is years beyond their alpha quadrant counterparts (after all, they never had much difficulty detecting cloaked alpha quadrant ships), and thus has not been detected. In other words, we didn't see any cloaked Dominion ships in the series because, well, they were cloaked. This would mean, of course, that the Dominion applies a different strategy to cloaked vessels. Instead of using them in conventional warfare, they reserve them for espionage and covert operations.
Just a theory, but I think all the pieces fit.
I have a STO lore question. Why does the Federation need an ambassador to Vulcan (Picard)? Vulcan is part of the Federation, and has representation on the Federation Council. I haven't read the full "Path to 2409" series, so maybe I missed something, but it's a little confusing to me.
They only detect cloaked alpha ships when the plot demands it. Worf and Martok have used cloaks effectively in battling the dominion.
But I do wonder if they have cloaks, also. They never bothered to explain where Eris beamed off DS9 too, in the Jem' Hadarr if I recall correctly. (maybe they did mention a cloaked ship maybe, but if they didn't they implied it).
I'd assume that various planets in the Federation have ambassadors to other fed worlds in an effort to foster an understanding of each other. Thats just a guess. I don't know if there is any canon detailing how the Federation works and how planets are represented in that body that I know of. If there is a Federation Guide to its Governing systems bible, I'm betting it doesn't make much sense either.
so far the best question has been the one about the comms systems, thats something thats annoyed me since the 90's!
is tuvok the only black vulcan?
expanding on that, why are humans the only species with any kind of ethnic diversity?
if q is omnipotent then surely he isnt subject to the laws of time (an assumption on my part), so therefore why does he always seem so suprised by the decisions of humans?
where did gowron get that godawful coat? medals and lapels on a grey trench coat? he dresses like a hobo..
did datas quarters smell like cat wee, and feline supplement 75?
couldnt transporters theoretically be used to cure every illness, and injury known to man?
most importantly...what are the federation defense plans for minos korva?
expanding on that, why are humans the only species with any kind of ethnic diversity?
I may be wrong, but I think I might've seen the occasional black Bajoran... Klingons have the same kind of ethnic diversity as Humans though, both Gowron and Martok were pretty white...
if q is omnipotent then surely he isnt subject to the laws of time (an assumption on my part), so therefore why does he always seem so suprised by the decisions of humans?
It may be incredulity rather than actual surprise Equally, he might only be omnipotent to events which he has no direct interaction with much like how the Doctor did not know that he was the cause of Pompeii...
where did gowron get that godawful coat? medals and lapels on a grey trench coat? he dresses like a hobo..
Gowron was mad as a bag of frogs, I doubt anyone dared tell him... But same goes for Connor MacLeod in Highlander... The guy's been around about five hundred years, but dresses like a sex offender... :eek:
couldnt transporters theoretically be used to cure every illness, and injury known to man?
In reality, yes... Just send the ill person through, and rather than rematerializing them from the pattern saved when they were dematerialized on that occasion, just rematerialize them to an older pattern when they were healthy. (Would only work for illnesses/injuries a person develops though, it wouldn't work for any congenital defects they'd had since birth...)
expanding on that, why are humans the only species with any kind of ethnic diversity?
Actually, in a lot of sci-fi (not just Star Trek), I often find that the opposite is strangely true. Crews will encounter primitive cultures that have no even developed intercontinental sailing techniques, and are at times still at the tribal level, and yet there will be members of the tribe of all races and colours. An example of oversensitive PC-ness seeping into our media in ridiculous ways.
That said, I'm glad that Voyager introduced the concept of other Vulcan ethnic groups, even if they didn't state the subject outright. It's something I'd wondered about for a while. Plus, Tim Russ is a great actor and has a wonderful voice (something that they noticed at EA when they brought him on board for DA:O - a fabulous and sci-fi heavy group of voice actors there).
Also, there have been some attempts at showing ethnic diversity on other worlds. The Cherons in TOS and the Aenar in ENT are two examples.
Klingons have the same kind of ethnic diversity as Humans though, both Gowron and Martok were pretty white...
Interestingly, both the actors playing Gowron and Martok were white. As was the actor playing General Kang and of course what's his face that Christopher Lloyd played.
I have a STO lore question. Why does the Federation need an ambassador to Vulcan (Picard)? Vulcan is part of the Federation, and has representation on the Federation Council. I haven't read the full "Path to 2409" series, so maybe I missed something, but it's a little confusing to me.
The U.S. and United Kingdom are part of the the U.N. and they still have ambassadors between the two countries. I imagine that the UFP works similar.
"A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation (such as the United Nations) present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation officially in the receiving state."
"A permanent diplomatic mission is typically known as an embassy, and the person in charge of the mission is known as an ambassador."
"Dammit J'mpok! I'm a Warrior, not a Worrier!"
- KDF Ambassador Syon vocalizing her objection to the discussions of possible peace talks with the UFP due to recent Borg and Undine activities.Hegh'bat, Stardate 66588.8
The U.S. and United Kingdom are part of the the U.N. and they still have ambassadors between the two countries. I imagine that the UFP works similar.
The concept is a little different though. Picard wasn't the Earth ambassador to Vulcan, he was the Federation ambassador to Vulcan. Also, the UN isn't really the best analogy for the Federation, since the UN has very little executive power. The best contemporary analogy I can think of is the EU, though there are still some differences between the two organizations (a centralized military, for instance).
Does the EU have its own ambassadors in member countries? I personally don't know. The concept seems redundant to me (in the EU or in the Federation), since members have their own representation on the governing committees of both bodies, but I suppose it's possible.
The concept is a little different though. Picard wasn't the Earth ambassador to Vulcan, he was the Federation ambassador to Vulcan. Also, the UN isn't really the best analogy for the Federation, since the UN has very little executive power. The best contemporary analogy I can think of is the EU, though there are still some differences between the two organizations (a centralized military, for instance).
Does the EU have its own ambassadors in member countries? I personally don't know. The concept seems redundant to me (in the EU or in the Federation), since members have their own representation on the governing committees of both bodies, but I suppose it's possible.
I realize that, but since the Federation is made up of multiple planets and the U.N. just one the analogy still holds up. :P
Actually, in a lot of sci-fi (not just Star Trek), I often find that the opposite is strangely true. Crews will encounter primitive cultures that have no even developed intercontinental sailing techniques, and are at times still at the tribal level, and yet there will be members of the tribe of all races and colours. An example of oversensitive PC-ness seeping into our media in ridiculous ways.
That said, I'm glad that Voyager introduced the concept of other Vulcan ethnic groups, even if they didn't state the subject outright. It's something I'd wondered about for a while. Plus, Tim Russ is a great actor and has a wonderful voice (something that they noticed at EA when they brought him on board for DA:O - a fabulous and sci-fi heavy group of voice actors there).
Also, there have been some attempts at showing ethnic diversity on other worlds. The Cherons in TOS and the Aenar in ENT are two examples.
The Orions are apparently another example. It's not seen often, but green isn't their only color. the original ep had a vague reference to other colors. But they've only been seen on screen in TAS.
I agree with the conclusion about the Dominion and cloaking. Eris went somewhere.... It's possible the Dominion hasn't developed cloaks capable of hiding large craft.
Comments
Starfleet had to deal with budget cuts
"he's as dangerous as a ferret with a chainsaw."
Parallels: my second mission for Fed aligned Romulans.
TOS "Tholian Web" had spacesuits which they probably could have used for missions in hazardous environments is my guess.
I would imagine that Starfleet also had some kind of medical protocol for vaccinations and preventing disease transmission. Am sure their Prime Directive factors in with that somehow.
Where the Europeans purposefully used biological weapons against an Indigenous population, Starfleet would try to avoid such a thing, right?
Or if the right planet had the right resources, would "accidents" happen?
Captain's Log, Stardate XXXXXXX - Oops! My bad. We now have all the dilitium we require.
Good question.
- KDF Ambassador Syon vocalizing her objection to the discussions of possible peace talks with the UFP due to recent Borg and Undine activities. Hegh'bat, Stardate 66588.8
I think that before they visit an uncharted/explored planet, they do scans, check the environmental, etc, Like there was a VOY episode where they go to a "demon" L-class planet, where the away team where in EV suits.
Im pretty sure the transporters have a big part in preventing sicknesses "biofilters" was one of the techno-babble explanations ^^
Your particles go to the transporter buffer, it finds a virus, it extracts it if possible, then materialises you
at least i think..
If a Tellarite married a Pakled would the resulting Picasso offspring be so ugly they would be beautiful? Or would space and time refuse to hold them ripping a hole in reality?
Heir to the high pony of holier than thou, Guardian of the Sacred Mallet of Thwarting, and giver of Baptismal raspberries since 02/02/2010
2: but yeah, Seven didn't even have that.
My character Tsin'xing
The same mindreading AI that allows the comm systems to route your message to the correct person, knows who is and isn't beaming up and where they want to go?
I'm still fairly new. If I screwed up again, let me know.
It's MADNESS, pure MADNESS ! :eek:
May Q help us all...oh, wait that's me..at least I'm safe now...
Assuming there was no Enterprise between NX-01 and the original 1701...Yes, at the time the Constitution class Enterprise was launched (under Captain April?), the Enterprise was just another ship. It wasn't until Kirk's 5 year mission that the Enterprise became the Federation flagship. If the 5 year mission was legendary enough to use the Enterprise's ship insignia for all of Starfleet, I think it's safe to say that it was legendary enough to make Enterprise the flagship forever more. Same thing with the 1701-A, since it was basically an extension of the original 1701.
I dunno, I get the feeling from the scenes in Generations that the 1701-B was considered to be a "passing of the torch", especially with Kirk on board. Not to mention that it was an Excelsior class, which was the most advanced class ship (that we know of)..so that does imply that it was still the flagship. Now, what happened between 1701-B and 1701-C isn't known other than the B was succeeded by the C..and we all know that the C (at least her demise) was very much rather important to Federation history.
So yeah! The point still remains...why did 19 years elapse when Starfleet didn't have an Enterprise? (We can overlook the question of why wasn't there an Enterprise for the 100+ years between Enterprise and TOS. Maybe when the Federation was established, they didn't want to appear too human centric, so they didn't reuse names for a while?)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall Kirk's Enterprise ever being referred to as the flagship. In that regard, it could have been the Constellation, as it had a higher ranking commander (Commodore Decker) in charge.
Or there just might not have been a flagship. I'm not gonna say I'm sure of this, but weren't there 12 other Constitution Class Starships in Kirk's time?
Parallels: my second mission for Fed aligned Romulans.
But she worships the Prphets. So why would she say "My God!"? Granted "My Prophets!" doesn't roll out the same way, but shouldn't she say something like "By the Prophets" or something?
Honest reason? The writers shrugged it off as, "It's a human expression she picked up". I was (re)watching ST: V's "Message in a Bottle" last night, and when I went to read the production notes on Memory Alpa (as I always do after watching a Trek episode), the article mentioned how Robert Picardo brought up a similar issue with a line in the original script of that episode. Specifically, the EMH Mk. II is reading a console over his shoulder, and the Doctor says, "Stop breathing down my neck". When Picardo pointed out to Braga that holograms don't breathe, Braga responded with the "human expression" excuse.
But that's not a fun answer. I could come up with one, but I'm a little wary of crossing that "no discussing real-world religion on the forums" line.
Probably just the Universal Translator.
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
Transporters have biofilters that remove any microbial hitchhikers during transport.
My confusion starts with the Federation President. Adm. Leyton comments about the president (who isn't an earthling) not having the same love of earth as earthlings do, yada yada. So, how much control does the Federation President have on Earth? Why wouldn't Earth have its own president? President of the Federation should be just that. Does that mean the Federation president can make policy on any Federation planet without any local government opposition? Like Vulcan or Andoria?
I totally get if from a story/ plot point of view. It just doesn't seem like it was thought out too much. (Like why would the Federation President even reside on Earth. It actually makes Earth more of a target for enemies of the feds. Its fiction, yeah, but if it was up to me I'd have the central governing body of the Federation on another planet. Its not like they couldn't find an uninhabited M-Class planet. Heck, the moon, Mars or Io would make more sense. But as I said its, fiction, its not a big deal, its just something that came to my mind.
There probably is a President of Earth, but being the capital planet, the Federation President can probably pull rank in times of crisis. Sort of like the fact that the District of Columbia has a mayor, but the US Congress has the ultimate control.
Also, most modern day countries have their heads of state residing in their capital, so it's not too much of a stretch to say the Federation President resides on Earth. If I remember correctly, the President's office is in Paris and the Federation Council is in San Francisco, so maybe that's considered enough of a separation for security purposes.
They have personal cloaks on ground troops, they have captured enough Romulan and Klingon ships to know how they work. Why not use this advantage?
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
Get the Forums Enhancement Extension!
My theory is that they DO have cloaked ships, however their cloaking technology is years beyond their alpha quadrant counterparts (after all, they never had much difficulty detecting cloaked alpha quadrant ships), and thus has not been detected. In other words, we didn't see any cloaked Dominion ships in the series because, well, they were cloaked. This would mean, of course, that the Dominion applies a different strategy to cloaked vessels. Instead of using them in conventional warfare, they reserve them for espionage and covert operations.
Just a theory, but I think all the pieces fit.
I have a STO lore question. Why does the Federation need an ambassador to Vulcan (Picard)? Vulcan is part of the Federation, and has representation on the Federation Council. I haven't read the full "Path to 2409" series, so maybe I missed something, but it's a little confusing to me.
They only detect cloaked alpha ships when the plot demands it. Worf and Martok have used cloaks effectively in battling the dominion.
But I do wonder if they have cloaks, also. They never bothered to explain where Eris beamed off DS9 too, in the Jem' Hadarr if I recall correctly. (maybe they did mention a cloaked ship maybe, but if they didn't they implied it).
I'd assume that various planets in the Federation have ambassadors to other fed worlds in an effort to foster an understanding of each other. Thats just a guess. I don't know if there is any canon detailing how the Federation works and how planets are represented in that body that I know of. If there is a Federation Guide to its Governing systems bible, I'm betting it doesn't make much sense either.
is tuvok the only black vulcan?
expanding on that, why are humans the only species with any kind of ethnic diversity?
if q is omnipotent then surely he isnt subject to the laws of time (an assumption on my part), so therefore why does he always seem so suprised by the decisions of humans?
where did gowron get that godawful coat? medals and lapels on a grey trench coat? he dresses like a hobo..
did datas quarters smell like cat wee, and feline supplement 75?
couldnt transporters theoretically be used to cure every illness, and injury known to man?
most importantly...what are the federation defense plans for minos korva?
O O O O
There was also an Asian Vulcan in Search for Spock...
I may be wrong, but I think I might've seen the occasional black Bajoran... Klingons have the same kind of ethnic diversity as Humans though, both Gowron and Martok were pretty white...
It may be incredulity rather than actual surprise
Gowron was mad as a bag of frogs, I doubt anyone dared tell him... But same goes for Connor MacLeod in Highlander... The guy's been around about five hundred years, but dresses like a sex offender... :eek:
Yes. Like R Kelly's sheets
In reality, yes... Just send the ill person through, and rather than rematerializing them from the pattern saved when they were dematerialized on that occasion, just rematerialize them to an older pattern when they were healthy. (Would only work for illnesses/injuries a person develops though, it wouldn't work for any congenital defects they'd had since birth...)
THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!!!
Actually, in a lot of sci-fi (not just Star Trek), I often find that the opposite is strangely true. Crews will encounter primitive cultures that have no even developed intercontinental sailing techniques, and are at times still at the tribal level, and yet there will be members of the tribe of all races and colours. An example of oversensitive PC-ness seeping into our media in ridiculous ways.
That said, I'm glad that Voyager introduced the concept of other Vulcan ethnic groups, even if they didn't state the subject outright. It's something I'd wondered about for a while. Plus, Tim Russ is a great actor and has a wonderful voice (something that they noticed at EA when they brought him on board for DA:O - a fabulous and sci-fi heavy group of voice actors there).
Also, there have been some attempts at showing ethnic diversity on other worlds. The Cherons in TOS and the Aenar in ENT are two examples.
Interestingly, both the actors playing Gowron and Martok were white. As was the actor playing General Kang and of course what's his face that Christopher Lloyd played.
The U.S. and United Kingdom are part of the the U.N. and they still have ambassadors between the two countries. I imagine that the UFP works similar.
Yup.
Wiki says:
"A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation (such as the United Nations) present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation officially in the receiving state."
"A permanent diplomatic mission is typically known as an embassy, and the person in charge of the mission is known as an ambassador."
- KDF Ambassador Syon vocalizing her objection to the discussions of possible peace talks with the UFP due to recent Borg and Undine activities. Hegh'bat, Stardate 66588.8
The concept is a little different though. Picard wasn't the Earth ambassador to Vulcan, he was the Federation ambassador to Vulcan. Also, the UN isn't really the best analogy for the Federation, since the UN has very little executive power. The best contemporary analogy I can think of is the EU, though there are still some differences between the two organizations (a centralized military, for instance).
Does the EU have its own ambassadors in member countries? I personally don't know. The concept seems redundant to me (in the EU or in the Federation), since members have their own representation on the governing committees of both bodies, but I suppose it's possible.
I realize that, but since the Federation is made up of multiple planets and the U.N. just one the analogy still holds up. :P
I agree with the conclusion about the Dominion and cloaking. Eris went somewhere.... It's possible the Dominion hasn't developed cloaks capable of hiding large craft.
My character Tsin'xing