CAPTAIN PICARD wearing a wig???

[RobertScorpio]

The one thing that still drives me mad? Here we are, in the middle of the Dominion war. And where is the flagship of the Federation? Hosting a party with a bunch of small people and Picard is wearing a wig. Yeah, its all because of the idiotic writing of Insurrection...but still...it is canon.

Admiral Ross should have found Picard and arrested him for blantant dis-regard for Earth, being that Earth was attacked by the Brean not long after...

Yep..I am Anti-Picard. Throw in his stupidity from The Best of Both Worlds and you have one captain I don't really care for...at all

 

[cultcross]

Odd forum choice.

I don't however, disagree with the sentiment that the E-E not being involved in the Dominion War frontline is a little hard to understand. In fact, in the middle of a war, the whole plot of INS takes a rather 'wtf are they up to' twist. The Federation is under arguably its worst ever threat, and Starfleet is wasting resources trying to make a fountain of youth drug?

 

[Kegek]

It's debateable when exactly INS took place. There's a brief mention of 'Dominion negotiations', so it's possible it was during the brief lull in the middle of season six when they were negotiating with the Dominion.

 

[Anwar]

Or it's after the Dominion War ended and the Negotiations are for the treaty signed in the last episode.

 

[od0_ital]

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And Worf's duties as the Federation Ambassador to the Klingon Empire had him settin' a defense perimeter?

Ya can almost hear him in the background answerin' Picard's "What the hell are you doing here?" when Riker talkes to Geordi over the comm before the reception.

 

[Ezri]

It was funny seeing Picard in that black wing. But, it is the custom of the people and it was to bring them into the federation. who is better than anyone to deal with terms of joining the federation than picard

 

[PKTrekGirl]

Well, I personally thought it would have been really cool to have least seen the ship in Favor the Bold/Sacrifice of Angels, The Changing Face of Evil, and What You Leave Behind.

Diplomacy or not...those were some major battles and the flagship of the fleet should have been there.

But from a real-world perspective, I'm not sure it would have been a good idea to have had a film that dealt with the E-E's involvement in the Dominion War either (in place of INS).

Too much backstory that the general public wouldn't have known or understood.

Plus...from a purely personal POV, I'm happy that B&B stayed the hell away from the Dominion War storyline. They could have EASILY FUBARed it.

 

[Photon]

AT FRIGGIN LEAST, have the USS Enterprise taking the brass to Romulus instead of Voy....er... Belpheron. I think it'd been really cool for a 2 or 3 parter w/the Ent's crew and DS9 regulars interacting. Maybe even having Quark catering.

 

[mythme]

Gotta ask -

What stupidity from BOBW?

 

[Nebusj]

od0_ital said:
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And Worf's duties as the Federation Ambassador to the Klingon Empire had him settin' a defense perimeter?

A representative of an Allied power doing an inspection tour of a defense facility at a time that both Federation and Klingon interests are showing they've got a solid grip on things? Seems like sound policy all around: it demonstrates that even with the war over they're not cutting back on vigilance, they're showing this colony is important enough to get official attention, and they're giving the new official something to do that doesn't require any greater expertise than being his charming self in public.

 

[kipron]

Sadly, the studio wanted to keep the TV and film franchises completely separate.

Stupid? Sure, but that's just how it is.

 

[StarMan]

PKTrekGirl said:
Well, I personally thought it would have been really cool to have least seen the ship in Favor the Bold/Sacrifice of Angels, The Changing Face of Evil, and What You Leave Behind.

Diplomacy or not...those were some major battles and the flagship of the fleet should have been there.

That was a specific call on the studio's part. They wanted to keep the Sovereign class "special" by reserving it solely for the movies.

 

[Delta1]

Nebusj said:

od0_ital said:
And Worf's duties as the Federation Ambassador to the Klingon Empire had him settin' a defense perimeter?

A representative of an Allied power doing an inspection tour of a defense facility at a time that both Federation and Klingon interests are showing they've got a solid grip on things? Seems like sound policy all around: it demonstrates that even with the war over they're not cutting back on vigilance, they're showing this colony is important enough to get official attention, and they're giving the new official something to do that doesn't require any greater expertise than being his charming self in public.

If he was acting as a "representative of an Allied power," he'd be in civilian clothing. Since he was wearing a Starfleet uniform and engaged in hostilities under the command of a Starfleet officer, it stands to reason he was still a member of Starfleet at the time.

Granted, he could have been in Starfleet and the UFP diplomatic corps at the same time. The Klingons would love having an ambassador/war hero who wore the uniform of an ally, and Starfleet could use his dual role to help re-establish the "Starfleet is not a military" myth. But I think it's unlikely, from a story standpoint, that any "Dominion negotiations" took place after WYLB. I imagine the Alpha Quadrant was rapidly dedominionized and there was little contact with Gamma Quadrant.

 

[Apogeal Alpha01]

Much the same as Americans generally have a huge problem with our military forces being under the command of NATO, I can't imagine that the Captain of the Flagship Sovereign class vessel would be put in the position of taking orders from a Klingon Supreme Commander or a space station Captain. Picard couldn't take charge in this situation, not being intimately familiar with the enemy, the Enterprise had to be involved elsewhere. Just my opinion.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

StarMan said:

PKTrekGirl said:
Well, I personally thought it would have been really cool to have least seen the ship in Favor the Bold/Sacrifice of Angels, The Changing Face of Evil, and What You Leave Behind.

Diplomacy or not...those were some major battles and the flagship of the fleet should have been there.

That was a specific call on the studio's part. They wanted to keep the Sovereign class "special" by reserving it solely for the movies.

Yeah, but the result of that decision is that it made the flagship of the fleet look like a bunch of girlymen who didn't want to get their hands dirty defending the Alpha Quadrant, and indeed, the very existence of the Federation itself.

Bad idea.

 

[nx1701g]

Why Enterprise was probably kept out of the war (in universe region):

As the Federation Flagship vessel it was a ship with a BIG TARGET on its outer hull. Destroying Enterprise would have been just as big a morale buster as destroying entire fleets of ships in battles to the troops. From a military standpoint (even though it's the most powerful ship) keeping it away from the front lines is the better way to go. Let it stay close to home to make the citizens feel safe.

In the novels (yes I know they're not canon) the Enterprise was assigned to several battles in the war including the liberation of Betazed, but was usually kept close to Earth and the core worlds.