We are a space station, not a starship, so you’ll be spending a lot of time with all these delightful side characters like: bisexual nonbinary fashion lizard. hologram of Frank Sinatra. goblins. goblin comes in 3 varieties: bartender, nephew, and idiot union agitator. :rommunism:

our doctor is a twink, our commander is antifa/ maoist and the captain talks to the gods sometimes when not leading a protracted people’s war. our constable is sometimes a liquid and possibly ace. the science lady is trans and part worm. :dax-stoked:

we have many fine storylines, such as: Goblin Does A Crime, Watch The Irishman Suffer, Linear Time is A Lie, or The Horrors Of War. As you stroll along our promenade enjoying a raktajino or delicious jumja stick, watch out for our nefarious villains: Pope Karen. capitalism. clones of Jeffrey Combs. and a horny bastard reptile man who seems convinced this is actually his show. we suspect he may be possessed by demons. Have fun!

Deep Space Nine: now with Worf™! :warf-wtf: .

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      I thought so but wasn't sure. We didn't have UPN in my bit of Canadatown at the time.

      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Still remember the promos UPN ran for Enterprise

        Especially the ones that were like "This ain't your daddy's Star Trek!"

        I still don't recall what was more bizarre, those ads or the episode of Voyager that was a stealth crossover with the WWE

        • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Kinda funny since Enterprise is the closest to TOS and runs on pure dad vibes

          • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            Yeah, revisiting TOS reminded me of how profoundly horny it was

            Plus Archer was definitely supposed to be a slightly more cultured version of Kirk

            • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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              4 years ago

              He's a way less cultured version of Kirk. Kirk in TOS is way less yeehaw than people seem to think

              • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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                4 years ago

                Yeah, that's why I said "supposed"

                We really never get more culture out of Archer than the fact that he named his dog after one of the Three Musketeers (pretty sure it's Porthos)

                Apparently the writers thought that would be enough

                He never really muses on subjects in the same way Kirk did and jumps to killing quite a bit faster

                • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                  4 years ago

                  I'm really enjoying their absolute disdain for T'Pol and how they feel the need to argue with her and ignore her advice when she is the only one who knows what they're doing.

                  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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                    4 years ago

                    She's just a green-blooded Vulcan who doesn't understand we're in space to shoot things, steal dilithium crystals from other planets and damn the consequences!

                • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                  4 years ago

                  The movies and a few bits people have heard about TOS episodes are most what people think Trek is. I think you hit the nail on the head with the characterization of Kirk, he's a tactician and a slightly rutheless one.

                  I'm enjoying Enterprise way more this go through than others, but yeah, building the federation should have been the series long background arc like the domion in ds9. The whole series should have been about that, but he Voyager also feel on its ass regarding its core concept so what's new with Rick Berman.