What Aliens would you like to see in Season 2?

[Vger23]

Romulans are cool, but would be a bugger to fit in. But I'm open to it.

Xindi, absolutely, because they should still be relatively recent memory.

Tholians - given their involvement in the Enterprise MU epsiodes, which are the foundation for the Discovery MU episodes, it'd make sense for a follow-up.

I'm totally down with Tholians. That would be really cool.

 

[tomalak301]

Xindi and the Denobulans. Maybe they can do a story about why we never saw the Denobulans in the federation. Maybe they became xenophobic, or the demons of their past (I think that episode was called The Breach, in Season 2?) came back to hunt them. As for the Xindi, I would love to see an updated CGI version of the Aquatics and Insectoids.

 

[Lord Garth]

I'd like to see the Talosians. They're one of my favorite races.

If they can give a common sense reason for the Death Penalty, so much the better. Like if they manipulated Starfleet into keeping them from ever returning. I don't know...

 

[BillJ]

If they can give a common sense reason for the Death Penalty, so much the better. Like if they manipulated Starfleet into keeping them from ever returning. I don't know...

If you like comics, try DC Annual #2 (first run). A great story about the Enterprise returning to Talos IV at the end of the five-year mission.

 

[Lord Garth]

^ I have that.

 

[catshadowsi8]

Tribbles. So cute and yet so bad. Lol

 

[Cyrus]

Kzinti, and get Larry Niven to write the script like he did for TAS.

 

[MakeshiftPython]

Wasn't first contact with the Cardassians in the 24th century?

There was an exiled Cardassian on Vulcan in either the 22nd or 23rd Century.

Though that doesn't mean there was any formal contact between the governments.

The way I always understood it is that the Cardassians have been a well known neighbor in the quadrant as far back as the 23rd century (in fact, Uhura orders a Cardassian drink in her introduction in the 2009 movie). The difference is that in the 23rd century they were not the major power they eventually became. Sometime in the beginning of the 24th century the military took over control of the government and that lead to their rise as a major power, invading and occupying neighbor planets like Bajor.

 

[rhllot]

Cardassian

 

[catshadowsi8]

I have to side with Rahul on this. Give us something new. I'm tired of the wash rinse repeat aliens. We need some creative writing. Dream something up. Tjmo

 

[Trajet]

Bajorans. Show us what Bajor was like before the Cardassians strip mined it for its natural resources.

 

[Arpy]

Discovery is an opportunity to update and flesh out "new" aliens we already love. I hope they do that, instead of retreading where everyone's already gone before.

TOS ALlENS:
Tholians - BADDIES
Orions - the Ferengi of their day
Tellarites - respect where due; lets see then done right
Other people from the "Journey to Babel" conference scene...tall aliens in robes, the short gold ones, others...
Didn't Kirk tell Edith Keeler that he once met a little green man from Alpha Centauri? What about Native Alpha Centaurions? Super cool, if they're not humanoids.

TMP ALIENS:
Deltans - the sexually mature
Arcturian - clones
Megarites - amphibious water-breathers
Betelgeuseians - double-mouthed griffons?
Aaamazzarites - that produce biomatter from the mouth

TAS ALIENS:
Aurellians - tall avian quasi-humanoids
Nasat - short insectoid non-humanoids
Edosians - tri-legged aliens!
Caitians - more adventurous costuming

OTHER:
Denobulans - cool bit of ENT
Bajorans - where are they at this point? It might be interesting to see them wealthy and caste systemed. They were supposed to have brought art and architecture to countless worlds while humans were barely walking upright. That's a long history of rises and falls. Reminds me a bit of nBSG. Or Dune?

Who I DON'T want to see:
Borg - don't ruin them further
Romulans - if we see them, it's ship/helmetted only, and you're out of the will, regardless
Ferengi - no first contact till the 24th C. Besides, you have the Orions
Gorn - no first contact till "Arena"
Q - no first contact till "Encounter at Farpoint." Besides TOS was chock full of other super aliens
Cardassians - not a dealbreaker (esp if makeup were totally redone, like the Borg pre/post FC), and if, like the Bajorans, they were shown very culturally different, but why go there?

 

[Krog]

The way I always understood it is that the Cardassians have been a well known neighbor in the quadrant as far back as the 23rd century (in fact, Uhura orders a Cardassian drink in her introduction in the 2009 movie). The difference is that in the 23rd century they were not the major power they eventually became. Sometime in the beginning of the 24th century the military took over control of the government and that lead to their rise as a major power, invading and occupying neighbor planets like Bajor.

Good point. I wonder whether the Breen and Ferengi were really known at the time - they seem very far away in spatial terms from what seems to be still a core-Centric Federation.

The Gorn are a great race - would be neat to see their culture more developed.

 

[SJGardner]

I've voted for the Breen and the Tholians for basically the same reason... the mystery and their alienness. Enigmatic and dangerous always piques my interest. I'd love to finally see Tholia or the Breen homeworld at some point.

My third choice was the Denobulans, simply because I'd like to see them integrated more into the setting, even if only as extras or secondary characters.

 

[DaveyNY]

I wonder if Denobulans live long enough for Dr. Phlox to still be around?

 

[MrPointy]

I picked Pakled (for the humour), Denobulans (to up the sex quotient) and the Silent Enemy aliens (Could be fleshed out and their STO back story is not canon). There was no xenomorph on the list though.

I thought about the Breen, but I fear they'll reveal what they'd look like and it'll be disappointing. Unless they were all Neil Breen.

 

[Lord Garth]

The way I always understood it is that the Cardassians have been a well known neighbor in the quadrant as far back as the 23rd century (in fact, Uhura orders a Cardassian drink in her introduction in the 2009 movie). The difference is that in the 23rd century they were not the major power they eventually became. Sometime in the beginning of the 24th century the military took over control of the government and that lead to their rise as a major power, invading and occupying neighbor planets like Bajor.

Basically my take on it. All it took was the Klingon War in 2372-73 to make Cardassia almost turn into a "third-rate power" to quote Dukat in "A Time to Stand". They probably weren't a major player until the 24th Century when they started wanting to expand outward, leading to the Boarder Wars.

 

[INACTIVERedDwarf]

Only certain aliens are canonical at this point. The Gorn are not encountered for another decade. That is firmly established. The Borg are just over-used and badly watered down as an enemy.

The Cardassians and Breen however have no first contact date, and there was one Cardassian exile already living on Vulcan before this time, and the Klingons had already fought a war with the Breen.

As another poster said - this was the political situation in DSC:

The United Federation of Planets - Leading a galactic scientific and cultural renaissance, it was established 100 years ago. It is a young, confident and vigorous superpower. Involved in a Cold War with the Klingon Empire.

The Klingon Empire - In a state of Cold War with the United Federation of Planets. It is currently plowing resources into science and the military. It possibly experienced a militaristic cultural revolution after the 2160s.

The Romulan Star Empire - In a state of self-imposed isolation similar to Tokugawa era Japan, following the devastating Earth-Romulan War. Any contact with the Federation is conducted via stealth reconnaissance probes.

The Cardassian Union - The Cardassian Central Command is attempting to lead the Cardassian people out of poverty through a patriarchal statist cultural revolution. The Cardassian people still suffer famines.

The Breen Confedracy - Opportunistic, mercenary and piratical, they have fought conflicts with the Klingon Empire, but are relatively isolated. Unpredictable and aggressive. Known for using captured crews for slave labour.

The Tholian Assembly - Isolationist, like the Romulans, but with no expansionist desires. They are extremely aggressive regarding alien expansion near their space, and will attack others pre-emptively to prevent this.

The Orion Colonies - In a variable friendly/antagonistic relationship with the Federation and Klingons. Home to pirates and criminals. Some colonies political elites are controlled by the Orion Syndicate criminal organization.

The Gorn Hegemony - UNCONTACTED [First contact in 2267 - James T Kirk]

The Ferengi Alliance - UNCONTACTED [First contact in 2364 - Jean-Luc Picard]

 

[Kane_Steel]

I dislike the idea of exploring alien races that we've already seen explored (much better before).

Personally, I would have preferred a new alien race to be introduced. Something like an ancient race of conquerors who were wiped out ages ago, but only left their nano-tech technology behind. Over the centuries the nanites acquired sentience and eventually built synthetic bodies for themselves in the form of their parent species (like The Vision in Marvel), in an attempt to exist like their creators.

And then the question remains whether this new species will be a threat to the galaxy like those who created them, or forge their own path. You can explore some traditional Star Trek-y stuff with that concept.

 

[fireproof78]

Tholian and Kzinti because I don't think we've seen enough.

Also wouldn't mind more background aliens, like from "Journey to Babel" to be fleshed out more. Or more silicon based life forms, and less "traditional" aliens.