In-universe, I say it's because humans breed more and we're very expansionistic. Andorians require four adults to make one kid, Vulcans perhaps only mate once every seven years, and we've few examples of multiple offspring in-universe.
Why is Starfleet so dominated by Humans?
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Just want to make a small correction here, but it's been said that Vulcans don't just mate when it's pon farr; otherwise, that wouldn't explain why there are Vulcans that are only a year younger than another, rather than 7 years apart.
I believe this matter was highly stressed by the writer, so as to not cause any confusion...
Starfleet was started by humans, but that doesn't really explain why it was dominated by humans two hundred years later. The answer is most likely budgetary as far as TV/movies go. In trek comics and books, there tend to be more aliens in Starfleet than we see on screen.
Simply put, because it is cheaper for the make-up department. In the books, Starfleet is more diverse and non-humanoid because the cost of make-up and effects are not a factor.
Also, how many races look human but aren't?
Also, how many races look human but aren't?
Every other one met in TOS.
Trelane
Lieutenant Commander
cwl: You're assuming quite a bit. The so-called Humans, aren't even 100% Humans considering how many generations have gone into intra-species mating since First Contact with the Vulcans, and the ENT-era Coalition.
So there may be a ~visible~ majority, but consider how many of them may be bi-racial in more ways than one. How many races since Archer & T'Pol have homogenized? Humanity as we used to know ourselves have blended and vanished by attrition on Earth, Tellar, Deneb, etc. by ENT, TMP, or TNG at very latest.
So there may be a ~visible~ majority, but consider how many of them may be bi-racial in more ways than one. How many races since Archer & T'Pol have homogenized? Humanity as we used to know ourselves have blended and vanished by attrition on Earth, Tellar, Deneb, etc. by ENT, TMP, or TNG at very latest.
Most likely the humans will mate with humans and vulcans with vulcans, etc, for the most part. It's that way today with different colors, it will probably be the same with different species.
As for the main thread problem, the best in-universe explanation is that we only happen to see the human part of Star Fleet.
antiquityscion
Commander
Face it, we're just better than all them damn aliens!
Is that you Trip?
I gotta admit, I got kinda tired of the whole "forehead-of-the-week" thing...
The majority of whom were officers. So, there are a proportional number of crewmembers from all over the federation aboard the starships, but the officers are mostly humans.
That actually make's it sound worse.
They had the budget for makeup when the ships visited alien planets. So why couldn't they have added a few alien crew members to bottle episodes?
Tuvok had a bit of a rant about this in that Voyager episode, set during Star Trek VI. Well, as much of a rant as a Vulcan is capable of. His younger opinion seemed to be that humanity expected everybody to conform. Be like us.
You see this in all the outsider alien characters in the show. Ending up very different people due to being around humans. They let their standards slide and presumably have trouble fitting back into their own cultures afterwards.
The "humans-only club" jibe made by the Klingons would seem to reflect, what exposure to us does really.
You see this in all the outsider alien characters in the show. Ending up very different people due to being around humans. They let their standards slide and presumably have trouble fitting back into their own cultures afterwards.
The "humans-only club" jibe made by the Klingons would seem to reflect, what exposure to us does really.
Real reason: budget.
In-story reason: hew-mons are the suckers of the galaxy, taking all the risks so other lazy-ass, cowardly Fed species can live in safety and comfort.
However, I can't explain why the Andorians (who are culturally or perhaps genetically aggressive) aren't more abundant in Starfleet. Perhaps they can't stand the smell?
Begone with your Star Warsy plotline!!!
Personally, I've wondered why there aren't more Medusans in Starfleet by the 24th C. Their madness-inducing-sparkly-lights problem could be solved by them inhabiting humanoid-looking exo-suits (also lets them fit in better). They would make excellent engineers and navigators since they could interface directly with ships' computers, as well as great spies (or assassins, if they joined S31).
But starships segregated by species jes' don't sit right. The logistical problems of temperature, length of day, gravity, food etc are simply ignored for situations like DS9, so I don't buy that as an answer.
In-story reason: hew-mons are the suckers of the galaxy, taking all the risks so other lazy-ass, cowardly Fed species can live in safety and comfort.
However, I can't explain why the Andorians (who are culturally or perhaps genetically aggressive) aren't more abundant in Starfleet. Perhaps they can't stand the smell?
Begone with your Star Warsy plotline!!!
Personally, I've wondered why there aren't more Medusans in Starfleet by the 24th C. Their madness-inducing-sparkly-lights problem could be solved by them inhabiting humanoid-looking exo-suits (also lets them fit in better). They would make excellent engineers and navigators since they could interface directly with ships' computers, as well as great spies (or assassins, if they joined S31).
But starships segregated by species jes' don't sit right. The logistical problems of temperature, length of day, gravity, food etc are simply ignored for situations like DS9, so I don't buy that as an answer.
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