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Which Star Trek planet would you rather visit?
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Those are my two top picks as well. Especially Wrigley's Pleasure Planet. Compared to Wrigley's, Risa's nothin' but a friggin' Club Med.
There is an ENT episode where Archer visits with an Orion man. He was green, just like the women he tried to sell (or give) to Archer.
I voted for Bajor, which would be cool but Earth or Betazed would be ok too.
As much as I hate hot and dry places, I would most like to visit Vulcan. I would love to see where Spock grew up and to learn about Vulcan culture up close.
My second choice would be Andoria. I'm fascinated by the idea of an ice planet and I loved what I saw of it in Enterprise's fourth season.
My second choice would be Andoria. I'm fascinated by the idea of an ice planet and I loved what I saw of it in Enterprise's fourth season.
I would die on an ice planet. And there would be a serious chance of that literally happening because I get cold so easily. Ick. That's one reason I picked Cardassia...not having to fear the cold. Would it be a hard world to live on in a lot of ways? Even if I were in Cardassian form that would be so. But I think that rebuilding a world and a society would ultimately be hard, sometimes painful, but rewarding work.
Bajor and Vulcan just look like California. I wanna see 24th C Earth!
I'm curious about Qo'noS. What does it look like? I have no idea. I have the vague impression that Cardassia is a swamp.
I'm curious about Qo'noS. What does it look like? I have no idea. I have the vague impression that Cardassia is a swamp.
Weird...I always thought Cardassia was arid. Not as much so as Vulcan, but the look of it from space made me think so. Was I the only one who saw that?
I always figured Qo'noS was the swamp.
I always figured Qo'noS was the swamp.
I thought it was pretty arid, roughly Earth as in the mid-Triassic period.
On the other hand, Vulcan can't be as arid as its famous depiction, just based on the fact people can breathe. O2 atmosphere = water and a significant photosynthesizing biosphere (though O2 levels are evidently dangerously low, human-wise). I generally picture it as about as bad as Earth was the Permian-Triassic boundary and early Triassic, which had conditions that would probably be extremely hard for a human being to survive long exposure to, namely elevated H2S concentrations (toxic) and, more dangerously, reduced O3 and consequently highly elevated surface levels of ultraviolet.
Both would have extremely high CO2 levels and are probably facing ongoing or (geologically) imminent marine extinctions, though.
On the other hand, Vulcan can't be as arid as its famous depiction, just based on the fact people can breathe. O2 atmosphere = water and a significant photosynthesizing biosphere (though O2 levels are evidently dangerously low, human-wise). I generally picture it as about as bad as Earth was the Permian-Triassic boundary and early Triassic, which had conditions that would probably be extremely hard for a human being to survive long exposure to, namely elevated H2S concentrations (toxic) and, more dangerously, reduced O3 and consequently highly elevated surface levels of ultraviolet.
Both would have extremely high CO2 levels and are probably facing ongoing or (geologically) imminent marine extinctions, though.
In DS9 the Ferengi characters referred to the perpetual rains of Ferrenginar and (affectionately,) the stink of rotting vegetation. So Ferrenginar is the swamp planet of the Quadrant. Don't know about Q'onos.
Cardies seem adapted to hot, humid climates, which is where I got the swamp idea from. Klingons don't seem like swamp types. Not desert either, exactly. I envision mountainous and rugged landscapes, interspersed with vast plains on which the wild targs run free.
I have the impression that Romulus is watery and green, like Earth. Which ironically must be uncomfortable for Vulcanoids.
I have the impression that Romulus is watery and green, like Earth. Which ironically must be uncomfortable for Vulcanoids.
Actually, that is the model I use for Cardassia Prime in my own writing--the P-T boundary.
Add to that the irony of how so many of the therapsids died, IRL, and then look at what the Cardassians are. (At least, what I consider them to be.)
As for humidity, and Cardassians, I had never seen anything that suggested what humidity levels they liked, only what heating and lighting levels they preferred.
Regarding Romulans...I have a personal theory that the ridge on their foreheads came about as a side effect to manipulating their own genome to better fit the climate conditions on Romulus, perhaps drawing from a polar ethnicity on Vulcan. (Note that their stature and build differs from Vulcans...could have come about by natural selection in that time, but I think intentional genetic manipulation is also a possibility.)
Neither is Vulcan, but hey, quantum theory provides for an infinite number of Romuluses and Vulcans. Suck it, Nero/Supernova.
I saw someone mention it earlier but how could I forget the Shore Leave planet? That rocked!
Vulcan, because I'm already used to living in a desert.
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