One thing that's for sure is that Starfleet has a grandiose overconfidence in security features almost regardless of the exact application. From computer technology ('but this system is protected with extremely advanced recursive quantum encryption algorithms! Even with all of the Federation's computational power at your disposal, you'd need billions of centuries to .... oh, I see you got in') to engineering ('warp core breaches' we are told at its first occurrence in TNG should be extremely unlikely, yet we get to see it happen with some frequency afterwards.)
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One thing that's for sure is that Starfleet has a grandiose overconfidence in security features almost regardless of the exact application. From computer technology ('but this system is protected with extremely advanced recursive quantum encryption algorithms! Even with all of the Federation's computational power at your disposal, you'd need billions of centuries to .... oh, I see you got in') to engineering ('warp core breaches' we are told at its first occurrence in TNG should be extremely unlikely, yet we get to see it happen with some frequency afterwards.)
"You want me to climb up the long, narrow red metal ladder and grab that tool for you?"
"Aye, Lad."
"You know, if Starfleet WERE paying us I'd still respectfully decline. Get it yourself with a transporter lock."
"Aye, Lad."
"You know, if Starfleet WERE paying us I'd still respectfully decline. Get it yourself with a transporter lock."
It may be due to the circumstance that it's probably easier to tell good stories involving adversaries, fleshing them out more, than about a species you have peaceful relations with.
Even so, I think the Vulcans were reasonably fleshed out. But I'll agree: less so for other Federation species (excluding humans, of course)/
Your reasoning is sound. Dare I say, logical
But I think since ST could still do more via it's main cast. I mean, there are episodes without battles, usually character exploration episodes, and that's ample opportunity to expand on races within the Federation
I've always thought "turns" means years. It's a language barrier kind of thing I guess? =)
Or not tern but turn?
This farmer had trouble with terns eating his crops. He sought advice. A wise old man told him he had to chase the birds off by throwing rocks at them. However, you had to chase all of them away, or they'd always regroup. "The wisdom," he said, "is not to leave a tern unstoned." 
Now there's thinking that never would have occurred to me.
It is a logically-reached conclusion. But perhaps the Cardassians put his body in a replicator supply tank to help ease the famine the Dominion caused by their carpet bombing of their world.
The Dominion theoretically could clone a new Weyoun from Weyoun 8. But by that logic, they could have gotten the DNA from any of Weyoun 8’s predecessors and have them all stored in cryo somewhere in the Gamma Quadrant.
It would also mean that there’s probably some strategic advantage by stating that Weyoun 8 is the last clone. The Dominion do think ahead.
Indeed. I rather like to think that for the post-war accord in the Alpha Quadrant, they decided that they should use a Vorta from another template. Weyoun 9 is off in the Gamma Quadrant, smarming it up with some species, trying to encourage them to join the Dominion of their own accord.
Meanwhile, I also maintain that W5's "transporter accident" was fake. After being presumed dead, he jetted off to the Delta Quadrant, had some cosmetic surgery, grew an awesome 'stache, and started a new life as a fight coordinator.
Meanwhile, I also maintain that W5's "transporter accident" was fake. After being presumed dead, he jetted off to the Delta Quadrant, had some cosmetic surgery, grew an awesome 'stache, and started a new life as a fight coordinator.
Weyoun is back in Star Trek: Online, which is set in 2410. Presumably the Dominion did indeed have DNA samples back in the Gamma Quadrant, but couldn't access them during the Dominion War.
"The Founders are wise."
I mostly took the female Founder's words to mean that it was the last clone they had the means of creating in their isolated Alpha Quadrant outpost - not necessarily that there was no more 'Weyoun' material in the entire Dominion.
KIRK: She didn't need our help getting anywhere. Where did she get these convenient clothes? And don't tell me that flare is standard prison issue. ...It's to let them know where we are. Ask her what she's getting in return.
MARTIA: A full pardon, which doesn't cover this.
KIRK: An accident wasn't good enough. Come on Spock.
MARTIA: Good enough for one. Two would have looked suspicious,...
(Martia morphs into a Kirk duplicate and the fight continues)
MARTIA: ...killed while attempting escape. Now that's convincing for both.
She was working with the Klingons. A full pardon is better than being a fugitive in Klingon space.
Escape to where? It's a frozen ice block of a moon, with a shield that prevents beaming. So, she shapeshifts, takes a guard's place and then stows away? Too much can go wrong in such a venture.
Instead, she uses her skills to find a better way to escape.
I see what you all are saying, so why didn't she shapeshift into the prison warden and find a Klingon ship near the camp to pilot and fly away on?
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