The Underscore

There are many species very like the rounded-out humans. Bajorans, while not technologically amazing, are deeply cultural and fiercely defensive. It all depends on what happens first in a society. The first great Klingon hero was a ferocious warrior. The first Vulcan hero was the father of Logic. Also - most cultures are based on local societies. Klingons reflect the Japanese warrior Samurai. Romulans stood in for the Russians during the Cold War. The fact of the matter is - we don't know much more than we have on Earth. Just as they can't show many aliens that aren't humanoid, and they can't discuss things about aliens who can see colours beyond our visual spectrum (because what would that look like to them?), they can't really create cultures that exhibit qualities we know nothing about. At the same time, they can't make them all rounded psychologically and like humans. Because then it's waste of make-up effects.

Rixx A location, presumably the capital of the planet Betazed, the fifth planet in the Beta Zeta system, and home to the telepathic Betazoid species.

Big hats-off in this category, naturally goes to DS9. Episode, I believe, was called "Children of Time", where the Defiant is forced to land on a planet and they find a society formed by their own descendents. Sisko has a choice of doing as he is supposed to, which would condemn his people to a life on a planet two centuries in the past where no human beings will run into them until the 24th century - or condemn the planet's flourishing human colony to non-existence. Not only does Sisko and crew decide to abandon their loved ones back home and stay behind, but Odo totally bones up the plan and the planet's population winks out of existence. It's a SORT OF tidy end. No extra O'briens and Bashirs and Siskos - BUT everyone has to live with themselves, especially Odo. Kudos.

Sabre Class of Starship built in the 2370s

I am mathematicalled out.

It saddened me that Lt. Carey was killed - JUST BEFORE MAKING IT HOME. That would be my luck.

The International Space Station is not very far up into orbit (comparatively), and it has no real engines to speak of (only boosters to maintain altitude). It's orbital momentum is somewhere in the 27000 kph area. I would imagine that any object would have to maintain a similar velocity (from a greater distance than the ISS, obviously) to keep a "Standard Orbit".

I just had a very naughty image of that.

Question: Seven of Nine's "Dermaplastic Garment". WTF? Her outfit is the only costume on the show where you can see the line of her panties as a relief underneath. Why wasn't she issued... you know... clothing? Like a pair of slack or a skirt and a top? And considering how shameless the "uniform" was for her - how come when Seven travelled the corridors, gravity seemed to ignore her... extensions? I don't know about you, but wouldn't it take a stupendous feat of engineering to keep them from bouncing around like a pair of UFC fighters just after the first call? Maybe that's where all the show's budget went after season 4.

I might get whipped for this, but did anyone else like Lieutenant Barclay?

You also have to take into account orbiting speed of the moon around the Earth - plus the fact that a vessel would have to acheive a semi orbit before making a descent to the moon's surface.

Voyager is notorious for ludicrous and wafer-thin reasons for time travel. Or anything, for that matter. A crew of biomemetic clones, fat guys from the 29th century, A Cardassian defecting to the Kazon and impregnating herself with human DNA ... and the damned Telepathic Pitcher Plant.

Not your standard Voyager fare. One of the best episodes by far. I'm also a fan of the episodes in the sixth season involving Fair Haven.

Antedean Humanoid life from Antede III, evolved from fish. Antedean assassins posing as diplomats attempted to set off explosives at the Pacifica conference, though they were thwarted by Ambassador Lwaxana Troi and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D.

Apollo Greek god, as shown in the Original Series episode, "Who Mourns for Adonais?"

Hathaway Constellation Class. Participated in war games in 2365.

4:20 on the bridge!

A contemporary Trekkie would make a terrible script. If they asked me, I would have to turn them down flat, even though I like even the Star Treks that a lot of people hate. In response to the admiral's comment about the series being about the triumvirate of Spock, Bones, and McCoy - it still might be, with the young actors. It's kinda hard to use the elder performers in the same sense, seeing as one of them is dead. And they can't allude to McCoy's passing because, technically, he's lives to be at least 137. I will applaud the film IF, I hear reviews after the fact from nonTrekkies that it was "understandable" or "pretty good", and at least one comment from a Trekker that they "didn't hate it". One has to start somewhere in opening a rather exculsivist franchise to a broad audience.

Sisko. The man who punched Q in the face. End of story.

Elim Garak's first name.

THey wrapped up DS9 intent on not making a movie.

A Lateral Business Move. I know, it means the same-ish thing. But in Business, Sports, the Military and other stuff, it's Lateral.

Oh, I've seen it. The damage is done. And I cried, imagining how many seals had to be clubbed to create them.

DS9 Episode, "The Wire". One of the series' few characters to be fleshed out so early in the show's run, Garak's persona comes out in full force. Brilliant writing. Brilliant acting. Period.

Has anyone seen these so-called "fan-made trailers" for Star Trek XI on YouTube? If you haven't, here's the gist of it. Someone, a few months ago, took the teaser for Star Trek VI, where the Enterprise-A passes by the camera, and we see it from the bottom (which, itself is a shot taken from Star Trek: The Motion Picture). Superimposed of the Enterprise is a montage of shots from the Original Series, and the first five films. That's the Paramount teaser. This someone took that part of it, ripped out the audio track, tossing in an Immediate Music remix of "Serenata" (which sounds good standalone). The second half of the fan trailer consists of random, meaningless shots from the ten films. So while people are praising their editing techniques, only a few have pointed out the plagiarism. Copyright violations aside; the trailers are not fit to show. It's like advertising Star Trek: Insurrection by tossing "Requiem" onto the tv teaser for "Encounter at Farpoint". It's sacrilege. Leave the trailers to the pros. Just because you have Windows Movie Maker doesn't mean you should use it!