I guess they think "respectful and firm" is their best shot at taking a stand without alienating their base.
I don't think it's going to play.
I guess they think "respectful and firm" is their best shot at taking a stand without alienating their base.
I don't think it's going to play.
I just want to see Janeway's plan. She has no plan!
Meaney had always struck me as the ultimate working actor, fairly ambivalent about Star Trek beyond it being a job (which is fine).
It's hard to imagine him turning down an offer, were it too come in.
Are you the one on the left or the right?
didn't he play grudge
Star Trek isn't Star Trek, but on occasion you may find that it's Star Trek.
This is not to say that the ’90s shows never delved into the complexity and nuance of this ethos—indeed, playing at the edges of their internal morality was how they derived much of their interest...Things are different in modern Trek.
If you have to include a variation of "sure, it was always like this, but it's different now," it's time to go back to the drawing board with your thinkpiece.
It's beginning to feel like Charlie Brown and the football at this point, but let's see if they can actually get this one off the ground.
it didn’t seem to have an answer for why the Federation didn’t use it later.
Well, you need to either find and enslave an exotic space tardigrade in order to navigate the network, or illegally splice said tardigrade's DNA into your own.
And even then, navigation is pretty challenging, and can result in accidental time and/or interdimensional travel.
And a malfunction has the potential to destroy all life in the multiverse.
And both ships that had the prototypes installed were lost within about a year.
Take your pick, really.
Elevating a notorious enemy general to the position of ambassador in a handful of years is a total Starfleet move.
He's not Mr. Right...but he is Mr. Right Now.