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It's good to have obtainable goals in life. by RuminatingKiwi927 in c/risa@startrek.website

[-] RuminatingKiwi927@startrek.website 4 points 11 months ago

Despite how I like that episode, you don't know how much I want to vomit seeing Quark dressed like that

Searching for Inspirations | The Balance of Terror by RuminatingKiwi927 in c/daystrominstitute@startrek.website

[-] RuminatingKiwi927@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

That was very nice to read. Yes I agree, something that must be done to prevent a war between the two powers.

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Searching for Inspirations | The Balance of Terror (startrek.website)

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I'm searching for inspiration for something I'm not sure, but I keep revolving my head around the TOS episode "The Balance of Terror" for it.

Arguably one of the greatest episodes of the ST franchise, something about a reenactment between a destroyer and a submarine (The Enemy Bellow). But I want to dig a little deeper about what can we learn from the episode and I can't really find a good analysis video of it. What do you guys think can be learned or digested from the episode?

Admirals in The Orville are much better than Star Trek admirals. by RuminatingKiwi927 in c/quarks@startrek.website

[-] RuminatingKiwi927@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

I'd say season 3 wraps things up pretty well for the show's finale. But yeah, I'd love to have season 4, see what new major problems are going to be introduced.

Admirals in The Orville are much better than Star Trek admirals. by RuminatingKiwi927 in c/quarks@startrek.website

[-] RuminatingKiwi927@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

There's this one admiral in The Orville third season, spoilers!

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Admiral Thomas Perry. He betrayed The Union to give the Krill and Moclan the weapon that can destroy Kaylon because the Union considered the weapon as a last resort for they deemed it to be a weapon of genocide, they believe the Kaylons, despite being artificial intelligence have the capacity of change. But Thomas Perry doesn't see this and wants to destroy the Kaylon.

We can see here that this is one of a captain's traits that exists within, even after being promoted to admiral. One of the examples in Star Trek is Captain Maxwell, a decorated captain who destroyed Cardassian ships and outposts because he believed the Cardassians were re-arming and re-equipping themselves, having himself go rogue until his arrest.

Admiral Perry here is an example of such a captain who managed to be promoted to admiral. And when he faced the dilemma that we've seen in Star Trek, that was the path he took. That's whats awesome about the admirals in The Orville. They're not politicians, they're former captains and leaders each in their own way.

P.S. I keep referring to him as Michael throughout the 3rd season because he's such an actor in the sitcom "The Good Place"

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Admirals in The Orville are much better than Star Trek admirals. (startrek.website)

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I finished watching The Orville, it was a masterpiece from the hands of Seth Macfarlane.

Here, they showed some exchange between admirals and the main ensemble cast quite often, but watching these certain scenes made me compare them to Star Trek admirals. I personally think all admirals in The Orville are great captains who got promoted to the rank of admiral as opposed to Star Trek admirals who are just dumb politicians where our main cast captains keep dealing with their nonsense.

Of course, there are a few reasonable and competent admirals we've seen throughout the franchise, but most of them I've seen reflect real-world politicians that never even had sat on a captain's seat.

How the hell did the paramount group on Roblox mess up this badly. by RuminatingKiwi927 in c/startrek@startrek.website