You want to make star trek more of a left utopia than a liberal one. What changes do you make to the federation? What changes do you make to the setting at large?

  • Owl [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    TNG but:

    • The prime directive is interventionist. You can recycle some prime directive plots by saying the Enterprise is not a first contact vessel and is supposed to sit on their thumbs until the experts show up whenever possible.

    • Everyone has way more leisure time. Even more plots are kicked off because Geordi was being weird in the holodeck, or Riker came back from shore leave with something sus. Sometimes the entire plot is just trying to plan a surprise party for someone. People don't wear uniforms off-duty.

    • The ship is run democratically when there's no emergency. Just ask the computer to run a poll. Some episodes start with them voting on the A plot or B plot, then accidentally they get both. They switch back to military organization whenever there's lasers and explosions.

    • Nobody understands capitalism and it's a running joke. They try to play capitalist games and constantly mess up the rules by sharing. Entire episode plots are comedies of errors around trying to negotiate with the Ferengi.