Apollo and his group might have been members of the Q Continuum just pretending to be Greek gods just to mess with the humans.
Apollo vs Borg Cube
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Except nothing about the way he was portrayed on screen fits with that. He had a technological power source, he was unable to damage the Enterprise, he was readily defeated by her phasers. None of that would have been remotely true had he been a Q.
He was beaten by a constitution class, a cube would have no problem with him.
He was beaten by a constitution class, a cube would have no problem with him.
He was a god in relation to ancient Greeks, but he was not on a god level to 23rd century humans. That was the point.
We do have access to Greek mythology http://www.universeofsymbolism.com/god-apollo.html maybe Apollo could introduce a plague to the collective or liberate drones and obtain followers to help fight for him
Or he's more like Trelane. The Q didn't appear to need technology. Trelane utilized technology and so did Apollo.
I wonder if Trelane and Apollo are of the same or similar species?
Similar I'd say, although Trelane to me wields more apparent power, especially when you consider we see him as an infant.
Apollo does nothing that would be beyond an imaginative use of 24th century tech, whereas Trelane moves a planet literally for fun. Even taking this feat into account his parents clearly have access to greater power again. Given the line about their having overindulged him, I can't help but wonder if he had been given use of powerful technology before he was ready, misusing it like a rich child speeding in their parent's sports car.
Apollo does nothing that would be beyond an imaginative use of 24th century tech, whereas Trelane moves a planet literally for fun. Even taking this feat into account his parents clearly have access to greater power again. Given the line about their having overindulged him, I can't help but wonder if he had been given use of powerful technology before he was ready, misusing it like a rich child speeding in their parent's sports car.
If someone isn't writing the fan fiction of this right now, they should be.
I wonder if the genders were reversed and it was Aphrodite calling them down?
Considering I drive past a big-ass Saturn V every day to and from work, this thread's title lead me in a very different direction....
I could just see an atomic tipped version plowing into the underside of a cube.
I kind of ran into this same topic in another forum. The question was "Where were all of these highly advanced races when the Borg or Dominion invaded". The members in that forum came up with insightful reasons like "bad writing", "there is not much story when Q shows up and stops the Borg", or "the super-aliens probably didn't care, or had a ;Prime Directive' of their own".
So riddle me this; The borg are on their way to Earth with Locutus (oddly Latin for a bunch of cyborg aliens) in command and Q pops in with a little box with a button on top (and some blinking TNG lights). He hands it to Riker and says "Push this button, and the blink of an eye the Borg will no longer exists anywhere in the galaxy. You'll never have to worry about them again. I'll even save your precious Captain Picard for you."
Would Riker hit the button? Would that make for interesting television?
I think Riker might do it. Worf would smack the button and grin. Data cannot do it due to programming.
What about the Dominion war? What if the same offer were made to Sisko. What if it meant killing Odo in the bargain?
So riddle me this; The borg are on their way to Earth with Locutus (oddly Latin for a bunch of cyborg aliens) in command and Q pops in with a little box with a button on top (and some blinking TNG lights). He hands it to Riker and says "Push this button, and the blink of an eye the Borg will no longer exists anywhere in the galaxy. You'll never have to worry about them again. I'll even save your precious Captain Picard for you."
Would Riker hit the button? Would that make for interesting television?
I think Riker might do it. Worf would smack the button and grin. Data cannot do it due to programming.
What about the Dominion war? What if the same offer were made to Sisko. What if it meant killing Odo in the bargain?
I hate how "bad writing" is thrown around as a regurgitated cliche for anything the person saying it in question doesn't like.
I think the answer boils down to a combination of bad writing, poor story telling possibilities and the advanced aliens having their own version of the prime directive.
In fairness Sisko did get a limited version of this offer and took it, preventing the Dominion reinforcements arriving whilst agreeing to an undisclosed "price".
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Good point. I saw that episode once, when it originally aired and had forgotten about that.
Yeah... there was some lazy writing. They could have done more with the ueber-powerful characters. FWIW, Riker would have gone for it. Picard would have dithered until some incidental character disobeyed orders and made the decision for him.
Good point. I saw that episode once, when it originally aired and had forgotten about that.
Yeah... there was some lazy writing. They could have done more with the ueber-powerful characters. FWIW, Riker would have gone for it. Picard would have dithered until some incidental character disobeyed orders and made the decision for him.
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This- and a very apt analogy. Think of what Ardra could have done with a pre-industrial society.
Considering I drive past a big-ass Saturn V every day to and from work, this thread's title lead me in a very different direction....
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