^They did mention having dolphins onboard in "The Perfect Mate." According to the Tech Manual, they were navigational consultants -- more of those civilian scientists the show usually forgot were onboard.
Novel Series about the Enterprise-J
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Cetacean navigators, it was; a section devoted to them. And I think they at least had some background audio mentioning them on TNG once? I can't remember where, though.
Edit: whoops, beaten.
I'm more curious about the far-future Enterprise from the novel "Federation" than the Enterprise-J, to be honest. (Non-canon? Perhaps. But the Ent-J will not, technically, exist either, since its timeline has been wiped out, so it's no more OR less real than that one.)
"Science tanks"? "Translator tanks"? I wonder what those are like...
"Science tanks"? "Translator tanks"? I wonder what those are like...
^I bet they're just like those "communications tanks" where Kirk found Uhura in Star Trek '09 
(I also thought of the Federation future Enterprise, glad I'm not the only one!)
(I also thought of the Federation future Enterprise, glad I'm not the only one!)
Or Romulus.
I would tend to assume that Romulus gets destroyed in both timelines. The meddlings of a couple time travelers wouldn't really affect the destiny of a supernova.
Except that in the Abramsverse, there would've been over a century's worth of warning that the supernova was coming, so a defense for Romulus could've been devised well in advance.
I imagined the crew of that Enterprise were post-Singularity post-humans, and I thought of the "translator tanks" and "science tanks" as group minds, organic rather than cybernetic a la the Borg.
Wish the pitch of the planned "Star Trek Federation" Series would be available to be read on the internet! I read all the information about it and want more 
Thank you!
I already assimilated it
I just wish ST Federation would be available, too! It sounded like a very interesting series concept...
Wish the pitch of the planned "Star Trek Federation" Series would be available to be read on the internet! I read all the information about it and want more
The only concept from that one I really digged into is the transformation of the Klingon Empire into a society of monastic warrior monks, rather than Mongolian/Viking warriors. It seems like a credible way for Klingon society to become civilized while staying true to themselves. We got a glimpse of that with the secret order that pushed Martok to realize his potential as the Leader of Destiny in DS9: The Left Hand of Destiny.
Otherwise, the idea of the Federation becoming a Humanized club (again) that is decadent on top of that - too cheesy. I can see a morally challenged time like it was implied in DTI: Watching the Clock but not Romanesque decadence.
Wish the pitch of the planned "Star Trek Federation" Series would be available to be read on the internet! I read all the information about it and want more
The only concept from that one I really digged into is the transformation of the Klingon Empire into a society of monastic warrior monks, rather than Mongolian/Viking warriors. It seems like a credible way for Klingon society to become civilized while staying true to themselves. We got a glimpse of that with the secret order that pushed Martok to realize his potential as the Leader of Destiny in DS9: The Left Hand of Destiny.
On a similar note, the one idea that stood out for me was the suggestion for the development of the Cardassians, that they're a harsh, ascetic people who have embraced a spirituality based on pacifism and loss; it keeps them true to their disciplined, unflinchingly hard outlooks while easing them into something functional, at peace with themselves and their neighbours.
Wish the pitch of the planned "Star Trek Federation" Series would be available to be read on the internet! I read all the information about it and want more
The only concept from that one I really digged into is the transformation of the Klingon Empire into a society of monastic warrior monks, rather than Mongolian/Viking warriors. It seems like a credible way for Klingon society to become civilized while staying true to themselves. We got a glimpse of that with the secret order that pushed Martok to realize his potential as the Leader of Destiny in DS9: The Left Hand of Destiny.
Otherwise, the idea of the Federation becoming a Humanized club (again) that is decadent on top of that - too cheesy. I can see a morally challenged time like it was implied in DTI: Watching the Clock but not Romanesque decadence.
I find the ideas for this series very interesting and original. The idea of cultural evolved Klingons and Cardies and Romulans as Federation Members are what i like most about it! The 31th Century Technologie sounds amazing too...
There would also be an interesting contrast between 24th Century Humans and their 31th century descendants!
The only thing I'm worried about with another Primeverse canon, no matter which period it was set, is the Litverse cannot go against it. So, once again, the Litverse will be bound to the ever changing ideas of the canon.
As much as I like to see another canon series set in Primeverse, I'd rather not if it's going to affect the Litverse. For one, 150 years in the future is too close. Primeverse touched as far as Daniel's 31st Century.
Speaking of that, re: E-J. I'm not sure how it will fare. There is only so much we can imagine and write about. E-J being able to travel to other galaxies for one, that's bordering Star Wars and StarGate Destiny (not that they have exclusivity with it, but you get the idea).
Also, if I remember correctly, E-J was pre-31st Century. What then is the tech level in Daniel's time, since the Alpha, Beta, and Delta quadrant powers that we know are mostly still there, probably one big happy Federation, if I understood the hints in Christopher's 3rd DTI book
But I like Christopher's approach. There are epochs in time, then it will reach it's maximum point and they'll transcend, collapse, or destroyed by their own wars or some other "visitor from another galaxy". Then a new epoch begins. I think this was in 1st DTI mainly, and the last part of 3rd DTI.
Still E-J and the 31st Cent is still too close We probably should wait for 2100 real-time to get newer ideas re: tech and science.
As much as I like to see another canon series set in Primeverse, I'd rather not if it's going to affect the Litverse. For one, 150 years in the future is too close. Primeverse touched as far as Daniel's 31st Century.
Speaking of that, re: E-J. I'm not sure how it will fare. There is only so much we can imagine and write about. E-J being able to travel to other galaxies for one, that's bordering Star Wars and StarGate Destiny (not that they have exclusivity with it, but you get the idea).
Also, if I remember correctly, E-J was pre-31st Century. What then is the tech level in Daniel's time, since the Alpha, Beta, and Delta quadrant powers that we know are mostly still there, probably one big happy Federation, if I understood the hints in Christopher's 3rd DTI book
But I like Christopher's approach. There are epochs in time, then it will reach it's maximum point and they'll transcend, collapse, or destroyed by their own wars or some other "visitor from another galaxy". Then a new epoch begins. I think this was in 1st DTI mainly, and the last part of 3rd DTI.
Still E-J and the 31st Cent is still too close
We probably should wait for 2100 real-time to get newer ideas re: tech and science.
It definitely would help if we knew exactly how far in the future that Enterprise was...it used a completely different stardate system, but that doesn't mean much. Who knows, it could have been the Enterprise from, say, the 29th century, so maybe it's a ship like the Relativity?
As for the crew, the few officers we actually met - the captain, the helmsperson, and the 'data officer' - actually still had to use their hands to work the controls, so I doubt they were 'singularity' in that sense.
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