Dr. Elias Geiger from "In the Cards" was an interesting character; "soulless minions of orthodoxy..."
Non-priority dangling plot points from episodes
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The Blink of an Eye aliens should have gone through millions of years by now. Did they destroy themselves, or did they become a technological supertopia?
Or evolved into Q like beings.
I dont think the aliens from "Schisms" were intended to appear again. The storyline was about unsolved alien abduction cases.
I know the aliens from "Conspiracy" were originally supposed to be the Borg. Considering that didn't happen I think it's a shame those aliens were never revisited. That homing beacon set up a return.
I know the aliens from "Conspiracy" were originally supposed to be the Borg. Considering that didn't happen I think it's a shame those aliens were never revisited. That homing beacon set up a return.
1 What was the ultimate fate of Thomas Riker and Ensign Sito. Sito you could almost think as dead but we never saw it onscreen and I think we know they wanted to bring her back.
2 Picard's first officer in the deleted scene of "Nemesis" part of canon?
3 Did Terrans ever win their freedom in the :Mirror Universe?" I was kind of disapointed they never did proper closure on that. Bajor not getting into the Federation was worst.
4 What does a Breen look like underneath the helmets?
Jason
2 Picard's first officer in the deleted scene of "Nemesis" part of canon?
3 Did Terrans ever win their freedom in the :Mirror Universe?" I was kind of disapointed they never did proper closure on that. Bajor not getting into the Federation was worst.
4 What does a Breen look like underneath the helmets?
Jason
It was pretty clear they intended Sito to be dead there. If they wanted to bring her back, they could say that the Cardassians figured out her escape plan and made it look like she was killed escaping so nobody would ask questions. But if that happened, she probably spent the following few years being tortured, and the best we can hope for is that when they signed the treaty with Bajor in season 3, she was released and we just never heard about it on screen. But we certainly can't trust Cardassia to have released ALL their prisoners.
Now that I think about it that's a huge missed opportunity for DS9, in season 3 when Cardassia signed a peace treaty with Bajor. Cardassia started releasing Bajoran prisoners, and Sito is one of them, so they have to deal with Bajorans who spent years being tortured and the fallout of reintroducing them into Bajoran society.
We never saw Bajor get into the Federation but it was pretty clear on the trajectory of joining. If Bajor had joined when they first were going to, we know now that they would have been destroyed by the Dominion during the occupation arc, instead of being left intact because the Dominion wanted to make an example of keeping their end of the bargain. But in that same episode, Sisko said he was absolutely sure Bajor would join the Federation, so if that was incorrect it'd be his only vision that was.
No, but they did become a new species of the Borg! 
JB
JB
By plot logic, it wasn't a homing beacon - it was a frantic "ABORT! ABORT!".
The bugs had experimented with possessing key personnel, had moved closer to their goal, and this "quiet weekend" they were finally holding Starfleet Headquarters and a cone of access leading to it through the Federation defenses. This state of affairs could not last. Supposedly, then, there was an invasion fleet waiting at the other end of the cone, or already moving in, on a carefully prearranged schedule. And then Picard wrestles SF HQ out of the many little hands of the critters. And it is at that moment that the creature inside Remmick sends the signal.
It's not an invitation, then, but the exact opposite. The invaders have failed. Will they try again? Probably. But they are unlikely to succeed using the same method, against a Starfleet paranoid about far more refined methods of infiltration such as the subtle Changelings or the devious Maquis or the overambitious Saties and Leytons. So the story waiting to be told would have to be quite different from the one we already got.
Timo Saloniemi
Did the soldiers and government leaders find a workable plan in the TNG episode "The Hunted." Great ending to a just okay episode with Picard and the away team just beaming away and letting the alien leaders figure out the problem they made by not caring about their actions.
Jason
Jason
Any civilization left to sort out their problems after our heroes have only interacted with two or three representatives of theirs is going to remain a big question mark. Would the millions or billions represented or "represented" by the characters even believe that the interaction with the heroes ever happened? How likely would a drastic policy change be to succeed if its rationale was "aliens told us this was a good idea"?
Starting with "Angel One" and "Symbiosis" in the first season, Picard leaves behind worlds much changed, while quoting the Prime Directive as the reason for leaving. Those folks are on their own, then - no Federation revisits in the immediate future, not if Picard's reports carry any weight. And they supposedly do, as Picard doesn't get demoted or chastised for those. So, did Angel I undergo a revolution or a mere palace coup? Did the drug addiction at Delos end with the Ornarans going through withdrawal agony and then Saying No, or did the Brekkians just ask the next visitor for a bit of spacelift?
Timo Saloniemi
Starting with "Angel One" and "Symbiosis" in the first season, Picard leaves behind worlds much changed, while quoting the Prime Directive as the reason for leaving. Those folks are on their own, then - no Federation revisits in the immediate future, not if Picard's reports carry any weight. And they supposedly do, as Picard doesn't get demoted or chastised for those. So, did Angel I undergo a revolution or a mere palace coup? Did the drug addiction at Delos end with the Ornarans going through withdrawal agony and then Saying No, or did the Brekkians just ask the next visitor for a bit of spacelift?
Timo Saloniemi
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I hadn't thought of it that way before, but you're absolutely right.
I don't think anyone expected the second invasion to occur exactly the same way, though. That obviously failed, so they would have to try something different. Maybe take over the Klingons or Romulans instead and use them against the Federation?
I’ve always imagined that Salish committed suicide once he realized that he’d instigated Miramanee’s execution for nothing.
I wonder if the upcoming Picard TV series will take a page from the novel playbook and show him to be alive.
He died.
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