Yup, I think this thread aptly demonstrates that. Some people don't like JJ Trek, just like some don't like TOS or TNG. It doesn't make us joyless reactionary haters who "don't get Trek". I'm seeing some ridiculously thin skins here in regard to hearing any sort of criticism towards KT Trek. It really is a bit more of a…
That's why I prefer DS9. I really dislike the patronizing colonialism TOS (and sometimes TNG) could wallow in. I do not think that Trek has really shown that sort of degree of introspection in regards to the Time Police that got introduced in VOY and ENT though, because the narrative doesn't really examine the ethics of a…
So? There's nothing in Trek that dictates that predestination paradoxes can't be broken in Trek. The finale to VOY was Janeway time traveling back into the past to prevent the occurrences which would have led to her time travelling from happening....breaking the chain of cause and effect. Heck, earlier in Voyager, Braxton…
And its a future directly dependent on them choosing to intervene in temporal events that are detrimental to them personally, while ignoring temporal incursions that actually benefit them. It's hypocritical because they themselves are using time travel for their own benefit, while restricting everyone else from using it…
Future guys don't seem to have a problem when time travel turns out to the benefit of the Federation. Janeway's bringing future tech back to destroy the borg, the loss of the Defiant, the whales, Enterprise C, the whole Iconian arc (which means that the future guys are responsible for the destruction of Romulus). Many…
It's what, five unique missions? For a supposed TOS faction what it brings to the table is...meager to say the absolute least. The quality of the missions themselves isn't terribly amazing either-I haven't noticed a single optional objective yet and I only have one mission left to go before my character says good bye to…
I suppose that would be ideal. I still have my 1994 encyclopedia. Although it would help if screenwriters and directors could be bothered to put a bit more work into making things consistent. So we didn't end up with stuff like the K'Vort/B'rel scaling issue, 80 deck tall Enterprise in ST V or this particular mess we are…
And what they say and show contradicts itself, leaving the fans to try and reconcile them. Hence the debate. We have several pages of that by now if you feel like meaningfully contributing to it. But I'm not holding my breath based off that flippant reply.
Supposedly the JJVerse diverges from the Primeverse at the Kelvin incident. But the significant differences between the Kelvin and other ships of the same timeframe in the Primeverse bring that into question and open the possibility that the JJ verse is best defined as either having split off from the prime verse at an…
Well yes, the point is that the Romulans and Klingons would be pretty heavily against such an arrangement as they are culturally and politically opposite the federation on a great many issues. For the Federation to accept the Klingons and Romulans as is would invite a great deal of destabilization and invite some rather…
Warp pylons in the JJverse seem to be pretty heavily influenced by jet engines what with the spinny thingy on the front and the turbine-like whine they give off when they power up for warp. Heck, they even went a step further and added glittery contrails when going to warp in STID. With that in mind I think it seems in…
Not that the distinction matters in the least, Because the TOS movie era includes ST I-VI. Furthermore, the TMP warp trail effect cannot be defined as an exhaust trail any more than any of the other light trail warp effects in any of the other movies. Or shows for that matter. The stretching+streak of light that Trek ships…
Now you are just being willfully ignorant to the information right in front of you. "re-configuring its subspace field to allow for maximum acceleration from the impulse engines". Right. That's obviously what's happening, and any layman can just put one and one together and come to that elementary conclusion based on the…
There's a pretty clear chain of events there. daddy Kirk sets the course, camera zooms in on warp pylon aperture, which then dilates and begins vomiting lens flare all over the screen and the ship moves forward. If it wasn't remotely connected to the ships thrust, why on earth would the camera shift to it to show it…
Do you see that big white ball of light directly underneath it? That the camera zooms onto as it flares up right as the Kelvin accelerates and rams into the Narada? Because it's pretty obvious that it's functioning as an impulse engine in that scene. For whatever reason the folks who designed the ship in the reboot decided…
I'm not sure :/ A lot of nasty stuff the Romulans pull wouldn't look out of place in the Empire. Give a Romulan some ear surgery, an imperial officer uniform, and they'd blend in pretty well among the ranks of the galactic empire. And the Klingons practice torture and slavery. It's perhaps less noticeable because Klingons…
How exactly? Engineering looks like a factory, which is more in line with NuTrek Enterprise's brewery, and while the NX was utilitarian, Engineering was pretty compact and clearly laid out compared to whatever that mess was. Likewise, the bridge has the window/viewscreen combo which is unique to the NuTrek timeline, and…
It's undeniably significantly larger than contemporary ships and is noticeably more heavily armed while taking many more design cues from post Kelvin design sensibilities then it does TOS. (s)he has some good points, and no amount of capslock/keyboard mashing really changes that.
Star Trek games have not historically only been focused on the federation....so right off the bat you are starting with a false assumption. Star Wars has had two MMOs that do exactly what you describe. (again, not mentioning the plethora of non-MMO games that also did so) Furthermore, they also let you play as villain…
Generation's was never my favorite Trek movie, but I suppose it would be interesting to revisit it. With all the time travel shenanigans going on in the storyline at the moment, I'd kinda be surprised if we didn't revisit it. Sounds like someone's still a bit bitter over some fans not liking JJ Trek.
If Cryptic was willing to cultivate the Romulan or Klingon faction to any noticeable degree, that would have the effect of multiplying the players for those factions by making them more appealing to play. Many other games have healthy faction systems, but they require effort to keep at parity. Cryptic long ago seems to…
Well, since they are a federation protectorate atm, i wouldn't hold my breath. If the Fed/Klingon war hadn't been scrapped I could see a separatist faction like the true way siding with the KDF, but Cryptic has long ago made their position on the matter clear with the introduction of the Republic and the ongoing…
Considering that the Cardassians are a federation Protectorate in STO's storyline, I think we could expect something very much like the upcoming TOS faction for them. TOS faction doesn't look like it will be getting much, if any 'new' ships past the ones at launch-the justification will be pretty simple I imagine...'New'…