Think I'd probably be happy pottering round in a crappy old freighter really
Poll If you could live/serve in a StarTrek series
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Think I'd probably be happy pottering round in a crappy old freighter really
Yeah I know what you mean. Honestly I'd want a civvie life of some sort editing and gentleman farming on some quiet backwater (like earth, but Roddenberried, and maybe with more coastline). Starfleet not for me, I'm not an intrepid explorer and I hate the idea of duty shifts for gods' sake. And I doubt cities or high-tech surroundings would appeal to me then any more than now. Just give me the comforts of these later centuries--unobtrusively.
Funny almost sounds like you'd have been at home on the Nostromo. Hey you're not Harry Dean Stanton huh?
Indeed. I'll give you full marks for what appears to be an indomitable constitution, but that would seem like a little too much action for my taste. After having what would seem like a requisite number of adventures for that lengthy a time frame, I think I would prefer to settle down in seclusion for awhile, like Flint.
After my vote the results were 4-13-22-13-4. Such lovely symmetry!
I'd go with TNG because the idealistic message speaks to me.
I'd go with TNG because the idealistic message speaks to me.
The main reasons I mentioned a preference for the ENT time frame are:
- It's my favorite out of all Trek shows. So I just stick with what I like best.
- As I said, I'm not cut out to be in the military. So I'd fit best as a civilian, like a freighter captain or something.
- As the most recent Trek incarnation (as far as time frames go), I can relate to it more. Life in the 23rd or 24th centuries is probably so different as to be unimaginable to somebody like me. I wouldn't know what to do with myself. I wouldn't understand a world like that. The Earth of the 2150's is probably less jarring than any of those.
- It's my favorite out of all Trek shows. So I just stick with what I like best.
- As I said, I'm not cut out to be in the military. So I'd fit best as a civilian, like a freighter captain or something.
- As the most recent Trek incarnation (as far as time frames go), I can relate to it more. Life in the 23rd or 24th centuries is probably so different as to be unimaginable to somebody like me. I wouldn't know what to do with myself. I wouldn't understand a world like that. The Earth of the 2150's is probably less jarring than any of those.
I've sometimes considered my careerlike this:
As an ensign direct from the Academy, I would have joined the security team on the Enterprise due to the events in "Encounter At Farpoint" at Stardate 41153.7 year 2364.
Then, in 2369 at Stardate 46379.1, I would have been transferred to Deep Space Nine where I would have served in the Security team led by Primmin who was also transferred from the Enterprise.
Then, in April 2371 I would have been transferred to the USS Voyager where I would have spent the coming seven years.
As an ensign direct from the Academy, I would have joined the security team on the Enterprise due to the events in "Encounter At Farpoint" at Stardate 41153.7 year 2364.
Then, in 2369 at Stardate 46379.1, I would have been transferred to Deep Space Nine where I would have served in the Security team led by Primmin who was also transferred from the Enterprise.
Then, in April 2371 I would have been transferred to the USS Voyager where I would have spent the coming seven years.
I would be a civilian, and would enjoy my life on 24th century Earth as much as possible, unlike my real life here and now, which I mostly don't enjoy at all anymore.
I'd opt for DS9, maybe working as a Runabout Pilot, Logistics Officer, or Social Sciences Specialist.
Since it is my first love, I voted TOS. I would have loved to have served with that crew. It certainly filled a lot of my boyhood fantasies way back in the day. Second choice would easily be DS9. I've been on duty, far from home, many times and that place just seems to me to be the perfect place to go and do that. So many interesting characters in and out. Love it.
Terok Nor, serving under Dukat during the Occupation, when the Bajoarns knew their place. I would like to be a security officer, something like Thrax, interrogator, social engineering specialist, or data analyst. Doing my best for Cardassia. And I would love drinking kanar at Quark’s.
Or when the Dominion took over DS9, I would enjoy jesting with Weyoun and infuriating Major Kira. If she did not call me a “nasty Cardassian oppressor” seventeen times a day, I would suffer deeply.
Or when the Dominion took over DS9, I would enjoy jesting with Weyoun and infuriating Major Kira. If she did not call me a “nasty Cardassian oppressor” seventeen times a day, I would suffer deeply.
In the world but not a series location. Would be during the time of the Enterprise-E. located on a orbital starbase/dockyard facility. Located on the Federation frontier. Get to see all of the Soveriegns, Galaxys, and Intrepid classes ships come and go. Working as a private tactical missions consultant. Some times going out on StarFleet missions to deal with hostile first contact situations. My personal hero is Captain James T Kirk and have constantly studied his missions. And I am an expert at "Kirking" alien computer mainframes that control their civilizations into stagnation.
Living in the TOS era wouldn't be so bad but I wouldn't want to serve on the Enterprise.
Having a captain that will send you to escort an evil robot that just vaporized the people he sent to escort it would not make me feel like a valued member of the team. Kirk's strategy of "Throw a few ensigns at it and see if they die" to see if something is a threat is not good for your health if you aren't in his inner circle.
TNG and DS9 would both be good, TNG for the idealized human race and DS9 for the fun. Enterprise would be okay, less casual disregard of low ranking lives. Wouldn't want to serve on Voyager. Besides being stuck for long periods of time on rations and low energy mode, if I died they wouldn't even reduce the count of the crew roster.
Having a captain that will send you to escort an evil robot that just vaporized the people he sent to escort it would not make me feel like a valued member of the team. Kirk's strategy of "Throw a few ensigns at it and see if they die" to see if something is a threat is not good for your health if you aren't in his inner circle.
TNG and DS9 would both be good, TNG for the idealized human race and DS9 for the fun. Enterprise would be okay, less casual disregard of low ranking lives. Wouldn't want to serve on Voyager. Besides being stuck for long periods of time on rations and low energy mode, if I died they wouldn't even reduce the count of the crew roster.
I was deciding if it should be TNG, DS9 or VOY
I like Voyager but I wouldn't want to be on Voyager being stranded in the Delta Quadrent for a long time with.
I could go for DS9 as a civilian from Earth.
I voted for TNG instead to be on the Enterprise D.
I like Voyager but I wouldn't want to be on Voyager being stranded in the Delta Quadrent for a long time with.
I could go for DS9 as a civilian from Earth.
I voted for TNG instead to be on the Enterprise D.
I voted DS9, just because a cursory glance shows that DS9 and the command of The Sisco would appear to have the lowest on screen fatality rates among enlisted personnel. And that's truly horrifying when you realize that that was the show with the war.
Easily TNG. The shiny big flagship. The best crew in the fleet. The most moral captain in Starfleet. etc.
What makes DS9 my favorite series is all the politics and intrigue, basically the opposite of what I'd want to live with on a daily basis.
What makes DS9 my favorite series is all the politics and intrigue, basically the opposite of what I'd want to live with on a daily basis.
I'd absolutely echo that! Also, it was (IMO) the best series morality-wise. There was nearly always some important moral lesson you'd learn each week.
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