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We know the Dominion destroyed the Maquis within days of absorbing Cardassia. But were they all killed? Some obviously survived in Federation prisons. What do you think happened to them during and after the war? Given Starfleet's manpower shortage and the specialised skills of the Maquis against...

A discussion in another thread made me think - just how widespread are transporters outside Starfleet? First of all, I don't think your ordinary Joe can get his hands on one. After all, potentially, they are an incredibly dangerous weapon. There would need to be some heavy restrictions and...

We all know these two races, while being most famous for their central role in DS9, were introduced already in TNG. What I'd like to know is whether their DS9 role was envisioned from the beginning - so they were setting them up for DS9 - or whether they were conceived independently and only...

All right, this is a little thing that has always bothered me. Trek maps always show the border between the Alpha and Beta quadrants running exactly through Earth. As I understand it (after reading the Memory Alpha article on the BQ, including the looong discussion page) this stems from the ST...

A while ago I made a thread about ground forces and one of the arguments for their existance was that you don't use security guards (ship's security) as your soldiers. This has got me thinking about the 'security' aspect of Starfleet. Of course, a LOT of speculation follows (including the...

Are there any novels that deal with ordinary life on Earth or some other planet in the Federation? I know it's a huge and complicated subject to deal with, but exploring the effects of replicators, transporters, large alien populations on Earth etc. on everyday life could be fascinating.

So, in all the discussions on the subject of economy in Trek everyone always talks about the 23rd and the 24th centuries. But what about the 22nd century? We know a few things. Humanity is not as technologically advanced as it will become later. There are no replicators. A protein resequencer...

I'm talking about the TNG era, of course. We know red is what command officers wear, but apart from them we also see it's worn by helmsman, conn officers or whatever you call them (I suppose dedicated shuttle pilots also carry red). Why do you suppose that is? Is there some special relationship...

Ah, the age old question - are there Starfleet Marines? ;) I've been thinking and reading about the subject of ground warfare in Trek (there's a great analysis of it here http://www.st-v-sw.net/STSWground.html). While starships and starship combat are definitely the key to any interstellar...

Aside from the occasional super-advanced aliens, all the major spacefaring races we've met over the years seem to be on roughly the same level of technological advancement, within say, a few thousand years of us Hewmons. Now, given how little a thousand years is on a cosmical and evolutionary...

I've been wondering, what do people generally think about the big twist at the end of this episode? :vulcan: I've seen a number of people say it was a letdown, primarily because of it's literal deus-ex-machina nature. OTOH, I think it was a very good choice on the part of the writers, for...

Well, I saw there were several threads of this type about Babylon 5 and I thought I should join the fun. :D So, firstly, my favourite TV show ever is Deep Space Nine. I never really cared about the rivalry between the shows. Well, actually, in the end I cared in the sense that hearing how...

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned in any of the series or movies (was it first shown in TMP? :confused:) or talked about by the writers or the producers but - why did they choose SF as SF HQ? (hehe, that looks funny :D) Any in universe or out of universe explanations?

This is a thing that totally puzzles me. People say the old timeline got stale and boring. They blame Voyager, Enterprise and Nemesis for killing the franchise. This movie is hailed as a reinvigoration, making Trek relevant again or somesuch. And yet, surprisingly, when i look at the movie what...