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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 7432369" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>Star Trek is thematically about exploration (not neccessarily literal space exploration, but exploration of themes, morals and ethical questions and so on). I feel that doesn't really lend itself that well to typical Roleplaying Games, because stories like that are usually very... constructed and only work if everyone behaves according to script. </p><p>You can of course forget about this aspect and still play some rogue xeno-archeologist, a Ferengi businessman, a former Bajoran resistance fighter and a Breen outlaw and fly through space to do adventures, but it doesn't really feel like that is what I'd associate with Star Trek. And once you become part of a starship crew, things feel more constrained. Traditional villains are rare, violence as conflict resolution is rare. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Star Wars really seems to have room for an intrepid group of adventurers that carve out their own place in the universe. It's based on fantasy type heroic journeys, from being a lowly moisture farmer to the most powerful (well, only) Jedi in the galaxy, from a rag tag group of rebels to the ones toppling the rule of the evil Empire.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I really prefer Star Trek over Star Wars, but I think Star Wars just is the nicer setting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 7432369, member: 710"] Star Trek is thematically about exploration (not neccessarily literal space exploration, but exploration of themes, morals and ethical questions and so on). I feel that doesn't really lend itself that well to typical Roleplaying Games, because stories like that are usually very... constructed and only work if everyone behaves according to script. You can of course forget about this aspect and still play some rogue xeno-archeologist, a Ferengi businessman, a former Bajoran resistance fighter and a Breen outlaw and fly through space to do adventures, but it doesn't really feel like that is what I'd associate with Star Trek. And once you become part of a starship crew, things feel more constrained. Traditional villains are rare, violence as conflict resolution is rare. Star Wars really seems to have room for an intrepid group of adventurers that carve out their own place in the universe. It's based on fantasy type heroic journeys, from being a lowly moisture farmer to the most powerful (well, only) Jedi in the galaxy, from a rag tag group of rebels to the ones toppling the rule of the evil Empire. I really prefer Star Trek over Star Wars, but I think Star Wars just is the nicer setting. [/QUOTE]
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