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Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteM to Star Trek Social Club@startrek.websiteEnglish · 2 years ago

Does Star Trek Need Starfleet?

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Does Star Trek Need Starfleet?

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  • Daniel Quinn
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    A solarpunk Star Trek would be amazing! Tell the story of civilians living in a post-scarcity economy, building a colony, farming, and running restaurants. The “Articles of the Federation” idea of “The West Wing in Space” made my heart skip a beat.

    I want to see more of Federation life, through a lens other than the military!

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      I enjoyed the couple episodes of DS9 where you meet Sisco’s dad back on earth running a restaurant.

      • Daniel Quinn
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        Exactly what I was thinking about. Though I think if you wanted to do a series, you’d probably want a little more conflict than a paradise planet could offer.

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          Though I think if you wanted to do a series, you’d probably want a little more conflict than a paradise planet could offer.

          I could see a series in the vein of “The Love Boat” centered around Risa.

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    Could we have a spinoff show but it’s just every faction except Starfleet going about their day? Klingons, Cardassians, Vulcans, Ferengi…

    • UESPA_Sputnik@feddit.de
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      Lower Decks basically did a pilot episode for that.

      • atlasraven31@lemm.ee
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        Is it just me or did they do a Borg Lower Decks for like 5 seconds of screen time?

        • Taleya@aussie.zone
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          Yeah it was a post-credits scene

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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      Vulcan dispute resolution being the snippiest academic back-and-forth.

    • cabron_offsets@lemmy.world
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      Minus Ferengi, they’re boring.

      • beefcat@lemmy.world
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        they were the center of some of DS9’s best episodes

        • cabron_offsets@lemmy.world
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          One dimensional crap imo.

      • 👉👊 FetidTrash :verified:@noagendasocial.com
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        @cabron_offsets @atlasraven31 disagree, my wife and I are ferengiHolics lol. I blame Quark

      • atlasraven31@lemm.ee
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        They are excellent negotiators and traders. If you need something like an ionized plasma channel or even a prototype phase cloak, the Ferengi can find it for you.

      • Rozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        TNG Ferengi or DS9 Ferengi?

        • Reverend Stanley :weed:@kolektiva.social
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          @Rozauhtuno @cabron_offsets DS9, because of Quark’s bar alone.

          I own a Morn action figure, have Mark Allen Shepard’s autographed Morn card as well, because of his character being a Cheers reference. I even have a metal die cut Morn card somewhere I think.

          …I may also be an alcoholic. 🤔

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          TNG Ferengi were more interesting. DS9 they just felt like filler B characters and any Ferengi episodes were inane. But then, I think DS9 sucked.

          I mean, the Ferengi were a total flop. They were meant to be the big bad guys in TNG but their appearance was deemed too humorous. That’s how we got the Borg - needed a big bad guy.

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    idk but I would like to know how they get dome people to be dilithium miners, as like in a moneyless society, what benefit they have in return.

    Would love to explore that.

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    • AutisticTeacherGriff@mastodon.coffee
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      @A_Chilean_Cyborg @ValueSubtracted You might be interested in Ursula K. LeGuin’s book THE DISPOSSESSED. In one scene, the character from the anarchist planet explains to a character from the capitalist planet how they get people to do the dirty or dangerous jobs.

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    Just watched the video… it seems like it’s asking for Prodigy without acknowledging its existence. 😕

    • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPM
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      I would argue that Prodigy is very Starfleet-centric.

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    @ValueSubtracted I don’t think so, the canon has a lot links to possible stories without starfleet. i would find stories about living under the Dominion interesting.

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    Absolutely!

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