Closing Klingon War chapter to get back to 'Cardassians and Bajorans'

[DevilEyes]

Re: Closing Klingon War chapter to get back to 'Cardassians and Bajora

Even though I voted for Bajoran/Cardassian stories, I have to say that I really like Klingon stories as well, most of the time (in TNG, they were the highlight, and they were also among the more interesting ones in DS9), even though the Klingons themselves can be annoying. Actually, I like to watch the political problems of the Klingon Empire; episodes like "Blood Oath", not so much.

 

[mattyhugh]

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To be quite honest I'm not in love with options of the poll. Was I glad the Klingon conflict ended to get back to the Dominion Arc? Yes. As others of mentioned did I think it fit in with "The Die is Cast". Absolutely. Did I get tired of Bajor? Not as much as some. Did I prefer Klingon War to Occupation flashbacks. Not really.

 

[GotNoRice]

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I would have liked to have seen the Federation support the Klingons (we were supposed to be their allies after all...) and put an end to the Cardassian Union for good.

 

[mattyhugh]

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I would have liked to have seen the Federation support the Klingons (we were supposed to be their allies after all...) and put an end to the Cardassian Union for good.

Not a very Federation thing to do.

 

[Jono]

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I would have liked to have seen the Federation support the Klingons (we were supposed to be their allies after all...) and put an end to the Cardassian Union for good.

Not a very Federation thing to do.

True, the Federation thing to do is waggle its finger at people from its "high moral ground".

The Federation was surprisingly quick to denounce the invasion. They would have been forced to eat their words if the Klingons had been able to prove Changeling interference, which would really be impossible unless the Changelings wanted it to be proved.

 

[TheGodBen]

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And it served to remind us that DS9 was not some closed-off bubble series, it involved the entire Trekverse and should not have just focused on the Cardassians as the only major AQ race involved.

I've got to agree with this. While the Klingon war arc does seem like a tangent when I look back at the show as a whole, it was also the thing that made the show feel like it was taking place on a bigger stage than before. I did love the Bajor/Cardassian stories of the early seasons, but they felt like isolated incidents and they only had relevance in the Bajor system. The introduction of the Maquis did expand the show's influence across the UFP/Cardassian border but it still felt isolated from the rest of the Federation. Even the introduction of the Dominion felt like a conflict for control over the wormhole rather than a serious threat the the future of the Federation.

But the moment when Sisko announced that the Klingons withdrew from the Khitomer accords was the moment I realised that things which happened on DS9 had an impact on the entire Federation. Deep Space Nine was no longer a struggle for control over an isolated backwater, it felt like the entire Trekiverse was vying for control of this region and that completely changed the way I viewed the show. So while I did enjoy the early Bajor stories, it would have been a let-down to bring the show back to a smaller scale again and I'm glad they decided to focus on the Dominion instead.

 

[GotNoRice]

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I would have liked to have seen the Federation support the Klingons (we were supposed to be their allies after all...) and put an end to the Cardassian Union for good.

Not a very Federation thing to do.

We're talking about maybe 20 years after the first Federation-Cardassian War, that was never really resolved but ended in a stalemate. Atrocities commited during that time (Setlik III, etc) would still be fresh in people's minds.

You have the events that occurred during Chain of Command.

Then you have the Maquis, and while they didn't always play by the rules they were still federation citizens quite obviously being taken advantage of by the Cardassians.

Compared to the Klingons who had been our allies for something like 70 years at that point, even doing officer exchange programs, etc (can you imagine an officer exchange program with the cardassians or romulans, etc?!?).

 

[DevilEyes]

Re: Closing Klingon War chapter to get back to 'Cardassians and Bajora

I would have liked to have seen the Federation support the Klingons (we were supposed to be their allies after all...) and put an end to the Cardassian Union for good.

Not a very Federation thing to do.

We're talking about maybe 20 years after the first Federation-Cardassian War, that was never really resolved but ended in a stalemate. Atrocities commited during that time (Setlik III, etc) would still be fresh in people's minds.

You have the events that occurred during Chain of Command.

Then you have the Maquis, and while they didn't always play by the rules they were still federation citizens quite obviously being taken advantage of by the Cardassians.

Compared to the Klingons who had been our allies for something like 70 years at that point, even doing officer exchange programs, etc (can you imagine an officer exchange program with the cardassians or romulans, etc?!?).

"Our allies"?

You're from the Federation of Planets?

 

[mattyhugh]

Re: Closing Klingon War chapter to get back to 'Cardassians and Bajora

I would have liked to have seen the Federation support the Klingons (we were supposed to be their allies after all...) and put an end to the Cardassian Union for good.

Not a very Federation thing to do.

We're talking about maybe 20 years after the first Federation-Cardassian War, that was never really resolved but ended in a stalemate. Atrocities commited during that time (Setlik III, etc) would still be fresh in people's minds.

You have the events that occurred during Chain of Command.

Then you have the Maquis, and while they didn't always play by the rules they were still federation citizens quite obviously being taken advantage of by the Cardassians.

Compared to the Klingons who had been our allies for something like 70 years at that point, even doing officer exchange programs, etc (can you imagine an officer exchange program with the cardassians or romulans, etc?!?).

Do you think people were imagining officer exchange programs with the Klingons before the Khitomer Accords? My point was that as another put it, the Feds like to wag their fingers from the moralist high ground. Can't do that if you aid the Klingons in genocide even of a long time foe.