The Son'a...after Insurrection

[The Wormhole]

OTOH, uniforms don't change overnight elsewhere in Trek. Some people used the second TNG style as late as "Tears of the Prophets", and the Admirals always seemed to be out of synch with the line officers. So we could argue that the dress uniforms of ST:INS hadn't yet permeated to the whole fleet - or that they were to be used in "civilian" parties only, including diplomatic occasions with foreign dignitaries, or private weddings.

Actually, that bit about Admrial's uniforms also reminds me, Insurrection featrues Admiral Dougherty wearing the new gray shoulder Admiral's uniform, which hadn't been introduced before Call to Arms. In fact, A Time to Stand features Admiral Ross wearing the old style Admiral's uniform, inctoduced in TNG S6. Of course, TNG S6 still featured a few Admirals still wearing the previous design.

Please excuse this post as nothing more than a shameless attempt to raise my post count.

 

[JarodRussell]

Insurrection takes place in like... 5 days? There's enough time between episodes of DS9 for that.

 

[Timo]

Quite true.

The thing is, our TNG heroes seem committed to months-long tasks when the movie begins. While Worf might spare five days to go say hello to Data even if there was a war on, nobody else acts as if there were a galactic crisis broiling around them. Clearly, going to say hello to Data is much more important than any other event at the time. Either this says something about our heroes' priorities, or then it says something about the events of the time...

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Candlelight]

Quite true.

The thing is, our TNG heroes seem committed to months-long tasks when the movie begins. While Worf might spare five days to go say hello to Data even if there was a war on, nobody else acts as if there were a galactic crisis broiling around them. Clearly, going to say hello to Data is much more important than any other event at the time. Either this says something about our heroes' priorities, or then it says something about the events of the time...

Timo Saloniemi

And does Picard outrank Sisko? He requested Worf stay with him for that mission. Sisko could've equally bitched about him returning immediately, but didn't.

 

[FreddyE]

Yep..Picard outranks Sisko I think. Sisko is a commander. Although....does Sisko beeing the most senior officer of a space station make him "higher" then a commander on a ship? Would it be like that in todays military? If so...that would put him on the same level as Picard.

 

[Timo]

Sisko is a Captain from the episode "The Adversary" onwards. And ST:INS must take place some time after that one, for various reasons.

However, since Sisko got his fourth pip later than Picard did, any argument that hinges on the exact rank of the two participants will end in the victory of Picard, who is "senior to that rank". That'd be true even if Picard got his fourth pip two minutes before Sisko did. But I very much doubt these two grown-up men would squabble about things so much that seniority in rank would ever truly become an issue.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Braxton]

I don't like it being set during the Dominion War.

Why are the Son'a asking the Federation for help with the Ba'ku when the Dominion would have taken the planet for them in exchange for ketracel white? Why is the Federation even worried about whatever fountain of youth might exist there when they're fighting the bloodiest war in decades? Why is the Federation dealing at all with someone who's currently supplying a vital resource to the force they're at war with? Afterward, sure, I could see the Federation working with a former enemy, but during the war?

I'm fine with assuming Worf's there for someone's birthday or something, or even because he requested the Enterprise to ferry him to a diplomatic summit, and the current security chief got sick so Worf offered to take some shifts.

Maybe there's just something I'm missing; I dunno. I haven't seen the movie in a while, so maybe I'm just being stupid. :/

The fountain of youth would actually be beneficial to the Federation. If it makes people younger and can be done so quickly (they most likely thought of perfecting a way to make it work fast), they'd be able to get more 'bodies' into the war and it may also have other effects like faster healing of injuries. Seems like it would be worth the risk from a certain point of view.

Starfleet is not 100% free of corruption. This has been proven throughout all of Star Trek so this deal comes as no surprise. They can lie to the Federation Council but if the truth came out you'd know the Council would not approve of this.

I've always understood that INS takes place during the latter stages of the war. Which is why the Son'a probably approached the Federation. The Dominion at this point was in no shape to press deep into Federation space to take a system for a race that could still provide them with Ketracel White regardless. It wouldn't make sense for the Dominion to waste resources to do such a move. It was easier to work with the Federation because the Federation would be easier to control than a Vorta with a legion of Jem'Hadar at his/her command. You'd know the Dominion would have a bunch of them 'watching' where the Federation only sent a small team and an Admiral.