Just some things I am curious about after 30 years. Most have probably
been talked to death already. Some are obviously hypothetical, some I am
really curious about.
1. What is the purpose of an actual transporter room anymore? In TOS they
talked about the difficulty of beaming people inside a ship, but by VOY it
seems apparent anyone can beam from one spot to another anywhere at anytime. Even shuttles are equiped with transporters. Why a room with a platform you have to stand on?
2. Didn't virtually every episode of TOS involve a direct and total
violation of the prime directive? I am thinking of episodes like the
children of Val, Landrew, and the one where the planets were at war, but
used computers to calculate losses. They landed, they destroyed their gods
and society, and left that society completely altered.
3. Isn't there an organization like OSHA in the 24th century that would ban
the use of holodecks? I mean considering the number of times holodecks have hideously malfunctioned, been invaded by aliens, created sentient holograms, had the safeties disabled, and imperiled the lives of everyone inside, it seems like a very dangerous and not understood piece of technology And what person in his right mind would give children access to a technology like that?
4.Have you ever wondered how species like the Cardassians and Klingons would
handle many of the problems the federation has? Like meeting Trelane or the
Melkotians. Other societies are viewed as much less open minded and
adaptable than humans and much quicker to fire than talk. While they may not
be the explorers the Federation is they are still moving out into the galaxy
and must encounter a ton of strange phenomena.
5. Why are civilazions like the Borg, the Dominion and the Federation
considered so powerful and dominant in the galaxy when there are still so
many species scattered throughout the Galaxy so much more powerful then any
of them(The Zytherians, the Prophets, Metrones, Orgonians,etc.)
6. Isn't the philosophy of humanism the Star Trek franchise is attempting to
popularize virtually the same philosophy as that which racists on earth
currently popularize. Humans are constantly promoted as the superior species
in the Galaxy much more capable of adaption, growth, and compassion than
other species. Earth is the only planet seen as a paradise free of social
problems. The Q, The Iconian Portal, The Metrones, and others have remarked
upon humans uniqueness in the galaxy. Replace the word species in Star Trek
with race here on earth and the arguments would be the same.
7. Why are there still incurable diseases in the 24th century when for a
full century every doctor in Star Fleet has been regularly curing hitherto
unknown viruses and conditions within 24 hours after identifying them.
8. Why are the Ferengi portrayed as warlike and unsrupulous on the one hand
and eager for trade and profit at the same time? Any society looking to
maxamize profit would not go to such lengths to make enemies with every new
species they come upon.
9. Why is it that an insecure psychology student fresh out of the
academy(Ezeri Dax) is capable of surviving battles and shooting straighter
than trained Star Fleet security officers?
10. What exactly are the moral tenets of the Federation? The genocide of the
Founders was unacceptable, the slaughter of millions of Federation and Jem
Hadar was. The using of Hugh was unacceptable, the Borg still assimilating
millions was. They refuse to harm a multitude of life foms on principle, yet
align themsleves with the Klingons for political benefit.
been talked to death already. Some are obviously hypothetical, some I am
really curious about.
1. What is the purpose of an actual transporter room anymore? In TOS they
talked about the difficulty of beaming people inside a ship, but by VOY it
seems apparent anyone can beam from one spot to another anywhere at anytime. Even shuttles are equiped with transporters. Why a room with a platform you have to stand on?
2. Didn't virtually every episode of TOS involve a direct and total
violation of the prime directive? I am thinking of episodes like the
children of Val, Landrew, and the one where the planets were at war, but
used computers to calculate losses. They landed, they destroyed their gods
and society, and left that society completely altered.
3. Isn't there an organization like OSHA in the 24th century that would ban
the use of holodecks? I mean considering the number of times holodecks have hideously malfunctioned, been invaded by aliens, created sentient holograms, had the safeties disabled, and imperiled the lives of everyone inside, it seems like a very dangerous and not understood piece of technology And what person in his right mind would give children access to a technology like that?
4.Have you ever wondered how species like the Cardassians and Klingons would
handle many of the problems the federation has? Like meeting Trelane or the
Melkotians. Other societies are viewed as much less open minded and
adaptable than humans and much quicker to fire than talk. While they may not
be the explorers the Federation is they are still moving out into the galaxy
and must encounter a ton of strange phenomena.
5. Why are civilazions like the Borg, the Dominion and the Federation
considered so powerful and dominant in the galaxy when there are still so
many species scattered throughout the Galaxy so much more powerful then any
of them(The Zytherians, the Prophets, Metrones, Orgonians,etc.)
6. Isn't the philosophy of humanism the Star Trek franchise is attempting to
popularize virtually the same philosophy as that which racists on earth
currently popularize. Humans are constantly promoted as the superior species
in the Galaxy much more capable of adaption, growth, and compassion than
other species. Earth is the only planet seen as a paradise free of social
problems. The Q, The Iconian Portal, The Metrones, and others have remarked
upon humans uniqueness in the galaxy. Replace the word species in Star Trek
with race here on earth and the arguments would be the same.
7. Why are there still incurable diseases in the 24th century when for a
full century every doctor in Star Fleet has been regularly curing hitherto
unknown viruses and conditions within 24 hours after identifying them.
8. Why are the Ferengi portrayed as warlike and unsrupulous on the one hand
and eager for trade and profit at the same time? Any society looking to
maxamize profit would not go to such lengths to make enemies with every new
species they come upon.
9. Why is it that an insecure psychology student fresh out of the
academy(Ezeri Dax) is capable of surviving battles and shooting straighter
than trained Star Fleet security officers?
10. What exactly are the moral tenets of the Federation? The genocide of the
Founders was unacceptable, the slaughter of millions of Federation and Jem
Hadar was. The using of Hugh was unacceptable, the Borg still assimilating
millions was. They refuse to harm a multitude of life foms on principle, yet
align themsleves with the Klingons for political benefit.
