Spoilers Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x01 – “Kids These Days”

[Turtletrekker]

With as long as Cheronians live, they could have used Virgil in both shows.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

With as long as Cheronians live, they could have used Virgil in both shows.

Every episode is just Cadet Virgil, Captain Pelia and the Doctor talking about how great the 23rd and 24th centuries were.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Holy shit, I am definitely getting cross-eyed comparing Cheron photos. I've finally consulted Memory Alpha on the matter, and yeah, she is Bele's ethnicity. Damn it, I somehow had it in my head she was Lokai's and even thought that made sense. She's Lokai's and gets into Starfleet, Virgil was Bele's ethnicity and thus works for Georgiou. But I was wrong.

So, I guess either this cadet is an outlier or the surviving black/white folks learned to put aside their differences with the white/black ones, given I don't see Starfleet accepting anyone who was so opening bigoted.

The Belean and the Lokaish

 

[cooleddie74]

My favorite Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen series.

 

[NCC-73515]

Begging your pardon, but I think you might be incorrect.

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Any prime Lokai could be a Mirror Bele

 

[Farscape One]

No, they're an exploratory corps.



Not really, it just means you have to put in a bare minimum level of effort about why the transporter can't be used to solve a problem.

It is very easy to do, as was shown by the writers in TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, LD, and Pro.

Also Artificial Aging =/= Actual Aging.

And historically, the military of many countries, including our own, have ALSO acted as explorers. They funded expeditions, actually went on expeditions, were in charge of them, etc.

We have the Army Corps of Engineers. Starfleet has their Corps of Engineers. (Carol Marcus said it took them months to build those tunnels in TWOK.)

We have USAMRIID. Starfleet Medical also researches diseases and infectious agents.

The military does relief missions after disasters. Quite a few episodes have our crews performing relief missions after disasters.

The military has a rank structure. Starfleet has a rank structure.

The military have court martials. We've seen Starfleet have court martials.

The military fight wars. Starfleet has fought MANY wars.

"I'm a soldier, not a diplomat."
Captain Kirk, "ERRAND OF MERCY"



Short version: Starfleet IS a military.

 

[Mudd]

It's Star Trek's sonic screwdriver.

But we did get the great episodes with Barclay and his transporter fear in TNG.

Realm Of Fear (episode)

Lieutenant Barclay faces his fear of transporting, but now he thinks that he's being attacked by a creature inside the transporter beam. "Captain's log, Stardate 46041.1. We have located the USS Yosemite, a Starfleet science vessel sent to the Igo sector to observe a remote plasma streamer. The...

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That one was pretty awful.

 

[Mudd]

No, they're an exploratory corps.

So was the British Navy.

Starfleet is explicitly military. People are contrary about that because Gene Roddenberry told them to be, but there's no getting around it.