Does Star Trek Need Starfleet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v_9KrlzdRk

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18 Comments

danielquinn@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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!

clover@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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

danielquinn@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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.

ApostleO@startrek.website · 1 pts · 2y

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.

atlasraven31@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y (10 replies)

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 · 10 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Lower Decks basically did a pilot episode for that.

atlasraven31@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Is it just me or did they do a Borg Lower Decks for like 5 seconds of screen time?

Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

Yeah it was a post-credits scene

cabron_offsets@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 2y (6 replies)
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beefcat@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

they were the center of some of DS9’s best episodes

cabron_offsets@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 2y
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atlasraven31@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

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.

Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

TNG Ferengi or DS9 Ferengi?

reverendstanley@kolektiva.social · 3 pts · 2y

@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. 🤔

cabron_offsets@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y
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LtLiana@startrek.website · 9 pts · 2y
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A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl · 7 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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.

LtLiana@startrek.website · 4 pts · 2y
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TeacherGriff@mastodon.coffee · 4 pts · 2y

@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.

Wooster@startrek.website · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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

ValueSubtracted@startrek.website · 6 pts · 2y

I would argue that Prodigy is very Starfleet-centric.

deafmutex@ohai.social · 4 pts · 2y

@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.

crashoverride@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Absolutely!