I like to think that, just like inn TOS, the uniforms and combadges are just completely random by whatever posting you get assigned to. Eventually you get a new district manager/Commadore, and they swap up the uniforms.
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The uniforms certainly are. That's one of those things that, like it or not, it's just too pervasive not to consider canon. Every new show has a new uniform, and they'll change them at least once again for a refresh, most of those uniforms never to be seen again.
Yeah, each show needs to create and maintain a distinct design to stand out in a field that spans 60 years.
I'm just waiting for the series with the cool, laid-back captain that lets everyone just wear jeans.
I'm waiting for the cotemporary female captain.
"Hey! Cute uniform."
"THANKS! It has POCKETS!"
"Hey! Cute uniform."
"THANKS! It has POCKETS!"
It's hard to see in the show itself, especially given the lighting on those newer ships. The Fansets reproductions make it very clear, though.
hug you're right, that big left field is aching for it. How much would you hate it if they used the Kelvin versions and just pretended they were new to the 25th century
The Engineering / Ops icon in particular across TOS / Disco / SNW looks so, so very bad to me, like it was drawn freehand on a napkin, and then Kelvin badges come along and save the day with their immaculate, uniform little Helvetica interpretations of the division icons, skewing the science atom and emtallening the medical cross to make a delighful, metrically consonant set
For reasons I can't explain when I'm sitting here looking directly at both, I viscerally need the outline delta of the AGT badge over the Picard one, but the Picard one is still sleek as hug with the offset / trimmed trapezoids, and those criiiiiiisp ass vector division icons from the Kelvin badges would be downright sexual punched into the gunmetal field of the Picard badge. Only slightly less sensual, but more readable in the gold version.
I hate how deeply you've made me need this, this idea you've released into the world is too good for it
The Engineering / Ops icon in particular across TOS / Disco / SNW looks so, so very bad to me, like it was drawn freehand on a napkin, and then Kelvin badges come along and save the day with their immaculate, uniform little Helvetica interpretations of the division icons, skewing the science atom and emtallening the medical cross to make a delighful, metrically consonant set
For reasons I can't explain when I'm sitting here looking directly at both, I viscerally need the outline delta of the AGT badge over the Picard one, but the Picard one is still sleek as hug with the offset / trimmed trapezoids, and those criiiiiiisp ass vector division icons from the Kelvin badges would be downright sexual punched into the gunmetal field of the Picard badge. Only slightly less sensual, but more readable in the gold version.
I hate how deeply you've made me need this, this idea you've released into the world is too good for it
Ok. I just saw that I missed like four pages of posts in this thread, so I am going to get caught up on my comments. My apologies in advance.
Dukat is a great character and the best villain of all Star Trek. He legitimately does have character growth through the series, even though its not positive growth in the end.
Section 31 is a great idea, as it gives the Federation a seedy underbelly that even the great admirals, like Ross, tolerate.
Worf, as you now know, does become ambassador to the Klingon empire. Martok is excited for an ambassador that will go hunting with him.
The Targ was a great story, and I loved how Martok describes marriage as a war. The same episode Kasidy destroys Sisko's tomatoes.
Section 31 is great, because it shows that the Federation does have that seedy underbelly, and that perhaps Q was right when he said that Humanity isn't as evolved as it thinks it is.
Yeah, the whole Ferngi culture changing on a dime like that under the last Nagis was a bit weird and out of nowhere. Rom would make a better Nagis in that world than Quark would though.
Sisko doesn't come back in any series or film. Originally, they were going to have Sisko just become a full time prophet but Avery Brooks said no to that, as it would not be a good example of a black man leaving his pregnant wife. So they added that line about him returning at some point in the future or past. My head canon, is that he built a house on the land that he picked out on Bajor, and was there two weeks later when Jake took his step mom and sibling to visit Bajor, ready with lunch.
I like that the Changelings agreed to end the war for the cure and to bring back Odo. Heck, even the foundling that surrendered went to jail.
As for Sisko and Jake, everyone noticed that. Its part of why Sisko is such an awesome character, and I can't say it any better than this one man did to Avery Brooks himself. I looked for the clip but I can't seemed to find it now. What it was, at a convention appearance, this young man told him that he didn't have a father growing up and that watching Sisko and Jake taught him how to be a father to his son. Avery Brooks was so moved, the man jumped off the stage and went and gave the man a hug.
My vote is to Next Generation. It's great once you get past season 1.
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Voyager has some great episodes, and it is definitely worth a watch. The ending also has a tremendous effect on the galaxy as well, which is why Q didn't send them home with a snap. Also, Q has a lot of fun episodes in Voyager.
As for the whole ship should be falling apart or an amalgam of different parts or what have you. The federation tech is pretty good at taking raw materials and making things with replicators, and I imagine that is how they got those extra shuttles, the delta flyer, and all those extra torpedoes. They probably could synthesize anything they needed.
Also,
they had a little help with some future tech at the end.
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I get a lot of hate for the Mirrorverse story on Enterprise, but it did show the Terran empire at its beginning and showed how they actually were able to conquer these civilizations that were far more technically advanced.
DS9 is a great one to watch first. Its more gritty and more realistic characters like Orville has. As I said, TNG is a great show to watch, and after that, I would recomend Voyager, and then Enterprise. If you haven't seen TOS, its worth a go too after that. Then you can check out the new streaming era of Star Trek shows, or even the TNG movies.
Something no one else has mentioned is that the Vulcans also have a telepathic abilities as well. They seemed to require physical contact though. Romulans seemed to not have this ability.
^This. Section 31 is something that you are supposed to dislike about the Federation. However, it also shows a reflection on yourself. Do you adamantly want them gone or do you accept that they are a necessary evil?
I would argue that they helped bring about the end of the Dominion War.
Could I ask for some clarification on this line? Because, obviously, Sisko did come back in the Pocket DS9 stories, about a year after he ascended.
Sorry, I don't really consider the novels canon, but I should clarify that statement.
OK. I don't consider the novels canon, either, although I do enjoy them.
He also comes back in IDW's current Star Trek ongoing.