Could we have an alien Captain?

[Sjaddix]

she was half because it gave her an empathy ability that proved useful.

[Bry_Sinclair]

And a full-blooded Betazoid security specialist wouldn't be useful?

Besides, I never said the Betazoid had to be Caucasian.

[Tribble puncher]

Temis the Vorta wrote:

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Supes looks completely human. Star Trek doesn't really do completely human looking aliens. Last time I checked, they were firmly in the rubber forehead mold. When did they change? I'd love to think that there's some new Star Trek out there that somehow escaped my eagle eye.

But howabout this - an android captain!!! Or maybe an augment or a hologram? Those are the three main ways to have a human-looking but "alien" character in Star Trek.

Hey, a dwarf would fit into the Jeffreys tubes much better...wow, would that be un-PC.

Too many people would be wondering why a robot captain even bothers walking around when he could just plug directly into the ship. Don't even get me started on holographic captains and crew. I don't see holographic factory workers on automated production lines. so why on a ship? the ship would be running itself in effect. so why bother with interiors and fake humans running around. The doctor in Voyager was kind've a silly concept to begin with. The only reason he wasn't laughed off the show was because Robert Picardo did a good job playing him, and you quit thinking about the fact he was a hologram.

[Bry_Sinclair]

I understand the concept on an EMH, on ships with a small medical staff they would need back up if faced with a major crisis. But when he started wanting to be more than the ship's doctor I just didn't buy it, especially that whole "ECH" thing. Why not just turn command over to the computer, as that is all a hologram is.

In the next series they should do everything possible to distance themselves from the holographic rights crap that VOY tried to ram down our throat. A hologram, even one as sophisticated as the Doctor, is still a mass market computer programme. Data's status as a sentient being is different in that he is pretty unique, but after holograms it's be the phaser banks, then the warp reactor, then the toaster all looking to be recognised (ok a bit fanciful that, but there I see little difference between a hologram and any other ship system, its a tool).

I could understand a crew member being cyberised following the war, in order to repair serious injuries, but I think that Trek can leave androids/robots and holograms alone for the time being.

[T'Girl]

Temis the Vorta wrote:

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Hey, a dwarf would fit into the Jeffreys tubes much better...wow, would that be un-PC.

Giggles aside, a dwarf regular would be a good idea.

I've also considered a actor/actress who was a child, six to nine years old, with facial makeup to make them appear in their twenties or thirties. Dub the voice probably too. You could use them in a story arc, then by necessary get rid of them before they grew out of the role.

Get some basketball player sized folks in there too, as long as they reasonable can walk down the corridors. Slight bowing perhaps through the doorways.

Not everyone in the Federation is going to be "normal" sized.

(The seven foot four woman, can have a romance, with the four foot one man)

[Sjaddix]

T'Girl wrote:

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Giggles aside, a dwarf regular would be a good idea.

I've also considered a actor/actress who was a child, six to nine years old, with facial makeup to make them appear in their twenties or thirties. Dub the voice probably too. You could use them in a story arc, then by necessary get rid of them before they grew out of the role.

Get some basketball player sized folks in there too, as long as they reasonable can walk down the corridors. Slight bowing perhaps through the doorways.

Not everyone in the Federation is going to be "normal" sized.

(The seven foot four woman, can have a romance, with the four foot one man)

I see no point in that with medical advances. They probably eliminated that particular condition. Same reason u don't see any obese people.

[Sjaddix]

Bry_Sinclair wrote:

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I understand the concept on an EMH, on ships with a small medical staff they would need back up if faced with a major crisis. But when he started wanting to be more than the ship's doctor I just didn't buy it, especially that whole "ECH" thing. Why not just turn command over to the computer, as that is all a hologram is.

In the next series they should do everything possible to distance themselves from the holographic rights crap that VOY tried to ram down our throat. A hologram, even one as sophisticated as the Doctor, is still a mass market computer programme. Data's status as a sentient being is different in that he is pretty unique, but after holograms it's be the phaser banks, then the warp reactor, then the toaster all looking to be recognised (ok a bit fanciful that, but there I see little difference between a hologram and any other ship system, its a tool).

I could understand a crew member being cyberised following the war, in order to repair serious injuries, but I think that Trek can leave androids/robots and holograms alone for the time being.

What Makes Data different is he is a totally independent Android with a Body and actual intelligence beyond mere programming. Holograms without 29th century tech don't have bodies.

I have always thought that medical staff and sick bay seemed way too small.

[Bry_Sinclair]

I'm sure I remember reading something ages ago about the medical staff onboard a Constitution-Class ship comprising of 30 doctors, nurses, orderlies, etc.

Out of a crew of 430, that would mean one medical specialist for every 14 crewmembers. I have often used this calculation to work out the medical departments on my fanfic ships.

[Sjaddix]

really it never seemed that way on the shows to me and I never thought they had enough beds in sick bay if they have mass casulities but with those numbers better then I thought.

[T'Girl]

Sjaddix wrote:

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I see no point in that with medical advances. They probably eliminated that particular condition. Same reason u don't see any obese people.

I meant dwarf actor to depict a alien species to whom that would be a natural stature.

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[Bry_Sinclair]

Sjaddix wrote:

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really it never seemed that way on the shows to me and I never thought they had enough beds in sick bay if they have mass casulities but with those numbers better then I thought.

We only ever saw the main ward. Depending on the size of the crew, then the medical facilities would be designed accordingly.

Anyways back to the topic.

[Anji]

All for an alien captain as long as: it fits the script and contributes to the dynamic of the stories.

[Patrick O'Brien]

Star Trek Online has made the new Captian of the Enterprise-F an Andorian. Just some food for thought

[Yevetha]

Maybe we could have a temporary alien captain, like Jellico was for the Enterprise.

[T'Girl]

Prime directive violations, crossing the wrong boarder, sexual harassment, disregarding orders, every few episodes TPTB replace the actor depicting the ship's Captain.

Kind of like Murphy Brown's secretary.