General Trek Questions and Observations

[Cyfa]

What do you think what the key defining event of the 24th century?

~ The Enterprise-C's sacrifice at Narendra III.

 

[Farscape One]

Wolf 359.

Starfleet was more or less complacent, militarily, for a while before this. Even after Q forced the Borg encounter a year earlier with the Enterprise, it was still not enough to get Starfleet ready. Admiral Hanson told Picard that a lot of people still didnt take the Borg threat seriously.

Then Wolf 359 happens... and Starfleet lost easily. Starfleet now started to change their ship designs to being more powerful and with better defensive capabilities. They designed the Defiant, the first dedicated warship by Starfleet that we know of.

If Wolf 359 never happened, the Dominion War would likely have turned out even worse for the Federation... with a likely scenario of losing. Wolf 359 made Starfleet change their ship designs and tactics to be better prepared for that conflict, in addition to the second Borg attack months before the Dominion War occured.

 

[Tenacity]

If Wolf 359 never happened, the Dominion War would likely have turned out even worse for the Federation.

Section 31's actions in infecting the Dominion leadership would have (probably) still have happened, they still would have been dying. And the only thing that would have saved the Founders was surrender. The Dominion might have grabbed more territory yes, but they still would of had no choice but to surrender.

 

[Farscape One]

Section 31's actions in infecting the Dominion leadership would have (probably) still have happened, they still would have been dying. And the only thing that would have saved the Founders was surrender. The Dominion might have grabbed more territory yes, but they still would of had no choice but to surrender.

Good points.

However, by the time the infection of the Great Link was noticeable, it was partway into season 7... almost a year and a half into the war. The war would have been lost LONG before the disease really took hold.

If Starfleet had not had the mindset of tactics and shipbuilding and ship design already in place by the time the war started, the Dominion would have likely won very early in the war. Likely before the minefield was taken down, and most certainly before the Romulans came into the fight. (Even when the Romulans came aboard, it was months before Starfleet decided it was time to go INTO Dominion territory and go on the offensive instead of staying on the defensive.)

You don't win wars by fighting defensively the entire time.

 

[Shawnster]

However, by the time the infection of the Great Link was noticeable, it was partway into season 7... almost a year and a half into the war. The war would have been lost LONG before the disease really took hold.

It's likely the Dominion could have won the war or at least had the Federation on the ropes before Section 31 could implement the bio-weapon.

 

[Farscape One]

Except the Founder disease infected them in "BROKEN LINK", since it was Odo being examined at Starfleet Medical (presumably during "HOMEFRONT"/"PARADISE LOST", since we know of no other time he was on Earth to be examined by Starfleet Medical) was how he got it to begin with. The disease took time to get to the point it did.

So the war would have been lost before the disease ran its course, and by then it would be too late... Federation worlds and territory and lives would be lost.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

~ The Enterprise-C's sacrifice at Narendra III.

I think this beats out the Borg or the Dominion War. Picard had to erase an entire timeline to make sure this came about.

 

[Finn]

Nah. I think the Enterprise-C's sacrifice would be forgotten by the end of the 2370s.. Especially since people wouldn't realize what it would have meant if they didn't do that.