Does Star Trek Need Starfleet? (www.youtube.com)

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[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago

A solarpunk Star Trek would be amazing! Tell the story of civilians living in a post-scarcity economy, building a colony, farming, and running restaurants. The "Articles of the Federation" idea of "The West Wing in Space" made my heart skip a beat.

I want to see more of Federation life, through a lens other than the military!

[-] clover@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 year ago

I enjoyed the couple episodes of DS9 where you meet Sisco's dad back on earth running a restaurant.

[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly what I was thinking about. Though I think if you wanted to do a series, you'd probably want a little more conflict than a paradise planet could offer.

[-] ApostleO@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Though I think if you wanted to do a series, you'd probably want a little more conflict than a paradise planet could offer.

I could see a series in the vein of "The Love Boat" centered around Risa.

[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Could we have a spinoff show but it's just every faction except Starfleet going about their day? Klingons, Cardassians, Vulcans, Ferengi....

[-] UESPA_Sputnik@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago

Lower Decks basically did a pilot episode for that.

[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Is it just me or did they do a Borg Lower Decks for like 5 seconds of screen time?

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah it was a post-credits scene

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Vulcan dispute resolution being the snippiest academic back-and-forth.

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Minus Ferengi, they’re boring.

[-] beefcat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

they were the center of some of DS9’s best episodes

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

One dimensional crap imo.

[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

They are excellent negotiators and traders. If you need something like an ionized plasma channel or even a prototype phase cloak, the Ferengi can find it for you.

[-] Rozauhtuno 2 points 1 year ago

TNG Ferengi or DS9 Ferengi?

[-] reverendstanley@kolektiva.social 2 points 1 year ago

@Rozauhtuno @cabron_offsets DS9, because of Quark's bar alone.

I own a Morn action figure, have Mark Allen Shepard's autographed Morn card as well, because of his character being a Cheers reference. I even have a metal die cut Morn card somewhere I think.

.....I may also be an alcoholic. 🤔

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

TNG Ferengi were more interesting. DS9 they just felt like filler B characters and any Ferengi episodes were inane. But then, I think DS9 sucked.

I mean, the Ferengi were a total flop. They were meant to be the big bad guys in TNG but their appearance was deemed too humorous. That’s how we got the Borg - needed a big bad guy.

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

Just watched the video… it seems like it's asking for Prodigy without acknowledging its existence. 😕

[-] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

I would argue that Prodigy is very Starfleet-centric.

[-] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 6 points 1 year ago

idk but I would like to know how they get dome people to be dilithium miners, as like in a moneyless society, what benefit they have in return.

Would love to explore that.

[-] TeacherGriff@mastodon.coffee 3 points 1 year ago

@A_Chilean_Cyborg @ValueSubtracted You might be interested in Ursula K. LeGuin’s book THE DISPOSSESSED. In one scene, the character from the anarchist planet explains to a character from the capitalist planet how they get people to do the dirty or dangerous jobs.

[-] deafmutex@ohai.social 4 points 1 year ago

@ValueSubtracted I don't think so, the canon has a lot links to possible stories without starfleet. i would find stories about living under the Dominion interesting.

[-] crashoverride@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely!

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