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[OT] 10 Things Wrong With Star Trek
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<blockquote data-quote="s/LaSH" data-source="post: 916340" data-attributes="member: 6929"><p>Didn't China abolish wage variation? OK, so it led to massive corruption as you were guaranteed a certain government stipend, but then someone else would promise you a little more if you did something for them, and next thing you know you've got an army battalion guarding a warehouse full of Triad plutonium. Or something. Doesn't sound good for the Federation, then. (Which is a sector-spanning government, not a planet-spanning government. Vulcans get paid exactly the same as humans, that is to say diddly.)</p><p></p><p>As for the spandex, well, I imagine those Eugenics Wars in the 1990s (see ST:TOS: Space Seed) cleaned out all the ugly people. So moot point.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe they use the 'inertial dampeners' to avoid this. Thus the ship can't shake around unless it's in relation to itself, and that's impossible so you don't need seatbelts. (Well, unless you're in a war zone, but the Federation is Peaceful and Enlightened.) It makes sense to the beureaucrats who fund seatbelts, I guess.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But... but it builds character! Unless you're Captain, in which case you get to sit around drinking tea. Evidently captains are characters already. (Side note: Why didn't Janeway shave her head upon achieving Captaincy? That's what made Picard and Sisko so cool!)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Or Babylon 5, in which everyone's such an inspired speech-maker they can unite both sides in a genocidal war with five minutes of emphatic oration, so nobody ever acts up.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>See also: Yellow-shirted Ensign Gomez manning some station on the bridge of any next-gen series vessel. The moment someone gets unusual energy readings, he'd be parting the Captain's hair - if the captain had any hair.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Were chronatons involved? If so, you could get a visit from a certain Mister deLancie in the near future, and be taken on a roller-coaster ride of surreal visions of the past and future to see the repercussions of your actions as they wipe out entire civilisations distant throughout time. You're probably also your own grandfather.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Two words: Quark's Bar. Besides klingon romance (see also genocide), nothing in there but ahem.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's why nobody follows the damn thing. "Hey, it's Thursday!" "Quick, find a non-warp civilisation with hot women! We've got a directive to break!" You know where it says NCC-1701 on the Enterprise's hull? That's the current count of breaches of the PD by the captain.</p><p></p><p>OK, I made that up. So sue me - for however much of my nonexistant Federation paycheck you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="s/LaSH, post: 916340, member: 6929"] Didn't China abolish wage variation? OK, so it led to massive corruption as you were guaranteed a certain government stipend, but then someone else would promise you a little more if you did something for them, and next thing you know you've got an army battalion guarding a warehouse full of Triad plutonium. Or something. Doesn't sound good for the Federation, then. (Which is a sector-spanning government, not a planet-spanning government. Vulcans get paid exactly the same as humans, that is to say diddly.) As for the spandex, well, I imagine those Eugenics Wars in the 1990s (see ST:TOS: Space Seed) cleaned out all the ugly people. So moot point. [b][/b] Maybe they use the 'inertial dampeners' to avoid this. Thus the ship can't shake around unless it's in relation to itself, and that's impossible so you don't need seatbelts. (Well, unless you're in a war zone, but the Federation is Peaceful and Enlightened.) It makes sense to the beureaucrats who fund seatbelts, I guess. [b][/b] But... but it builds character! Unless you're Captain, in which case you get to sit around drinking tea. Evidently captains are characters already. (Side note: Why didn't Janeway shave her head upon achieving Captaincy? That's what made Picard and Sisko so cool!) [b][/b] Or Babylon 5, in which everyone's such an inspired speech-maker they can unite both sides in a genocidal war with five minutes of emphatic oration, so nobody ever acts up. [b][/b] See also: Yellow-shirted Ensign Gomez manning some station on the bridge of any next-gen series vessel. The moment someone gets unusual energy readings, he'd be parting the Captain's hair - if the captain had any hair. [b][/b] Were chronatons involved? If so, you could get a visit from a certain Mister deLancie in the near future, and be taken on a roller-coaster ride of surreal visions of the past and future to see the repercussions of your actions as they wipe out entire civilisations distant throughout time. You're probably also your own grandfather. [b][/b] Two words: Quark's Bar. Besides klingon romance (see also genocide), nothing in there but ahem. [b][/B] That's why nobody follows the damn thing. "Hey, it's Thursday!" "Quick, find a non-warp civilisation with hot women! We've got a directive to break!" You know where it says NCC-1701 on the Enterprise's hull? That's the current count of breaches of the PD by the captain. OK, I made that up. So sue me - for however much of my nonexistant Federation paycheck you want. [/QUOTE]
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