yeah they were modified from inscrutable racist caricature orientalist aliens to basically space vikings with some asian aesthetics. this transition occurred after their "berlin wall" so in universe it can be seen as a cultural shift or maybe a restoration of ye olde ways but then there's genetic engineering and some virus and it gets really convoluted.
not sure how much Rodenberry, who was a Maoist, saw them originally as USSR allegory
Do you mean the first star trek series, or am I forgetting some trek? Either way, they're kinda the soviet union but not in any meaningful way, just a powerful adversary with a different culture. They get more.themes of honor worked into their culture in Next generation onwards. Most of the groups are on a gradient of Soviet Union to nazis, sometimes more coherent, sometimes less
Sorry, I meant The Original Series (TOS) not Star Trek Online (STO).
BTW, STO has some cool voice acting including some new stuff with Wil Wheaton. Including I believe the last voice acting by Nimoy in the tutorial for STO.
What does this word mean? Thanks.
making them like the Klingons from star trek. warrior honor aliens like Lt. worf
Klingons were supposed to to be the USSR in STO right?
yeah they were modified from inscrutable racist caricature orientalist aliens to basically space vikings with some asian aesthetics. this transition occurred after their "berlin wall" so in universe it can be seen as a cultural shift or maybe a restoration of ye olde ways but then there's genetic engineering and some virus and it gets really convoluted.
not sure how much Rodenberry, who was a Maoist, saw them originally as USSR allegory
Do you mean the first star trek series, or am I forgetting some trek? Either way, they're kinda the soviet union but not in any meaningful way, just a powerful adversary with a different culture. They get more.themes of honor worked into their culture in Next generation onwards. Most of the groups are on a gradient of Soviet Union to nazis, sometimes more coherent, sometimes less
Sorry, I meant The Original Series (TOS) not Star Trek Online (STO).
BTW, STO has some cool voice acting including some new stuff with Wil Wheaton. Including I believe the last voice acting by Nimoy in the tutorial for STO.