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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 6879972" data-attributes="member: 32740"><p>If I were to run a Star Trek game it would be in some corner of the Federation that wasn't actually crawling with Starfleet. Oh, there'd still be aliens to fight and new worlds to explore, but it would be getting done by planets who are defending themselves and doing the exploration on their own, rather than watching/expecting/ALLOWING Starfleet to do it. I'm interested in exploring the Star Trek universe with minimal involvement of the stifling influence of Starfleet. When planets are finally brought into the Federation, does the Federation just immediately come in and handiwipe the residual traces of their politics, sociology, and what-all? No, because the Prime Directive says they're not _allowed_ to interfere with a planet's natural development. So when a new system is granted membership they probably aren't yet up to the level of tech we see in the movies and series. They still have decades, or maybe even centuries of technological assimilation to get through. THAT's what I'm interested in seeing some of.</p><p></p><p>For example, in TOS episode "A Piece of the Action". One of everybody's favorites. The Ionians developed a gang-based culture based on 1930's Chicago because of a book they'd got hold of. Kirk sort of sets them back onto a normal course of development but says "the Feds will be back regularly to take our cut." And then McCoy leaves a tricorder (?) behind. Maybe. What does that culture look like in 100 years when it's advanced to the point where it can actually join the Federation? What if there are (gasp!) unscrupulous smugglers who regularly (and ILLEGALLY) supplied them with new technology? When a culture has it's own perfectly capable military are they required to scrap their ships and rather than protect themselves let Starfleet now do it for them? What if a culture LIKE the Klingons enters the Federation? Do they trade out ALL their military hardware and tradition to be replaced by Starfleet hardware and tradition when they join, or are they allowed - as the Prime Directive requires - to continue to largely manage their own affairs even while being members of the Federation?</p><p></p><p>I want to explore the idea that Starfleet is not the be-all/end-all of the Star Trek universe. I think there's VAST amounts of unexplored potential in the setting that is wasted simply because the focus has never been shifted off of Starfleet.</p><p></p><p>Sacrilege, I know. But that's where MY Star Trek takes me these days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 6879972, member: 32740"] If I were to run a Star Trek game it would be in some corner of the Federation that wasn't actually crawling with Starfleet. Oh, there'd still be aliens to fight and new worlds to explore, but it would be getting done by planets who are defending themselves and doing the exploration on their own, rather than watching/expecting/ALLOWING Starfleet to do it. I'm interested in exploring the Star Trek universe with minimal involvement of the stifling influence of Starfleet. When planets are finally brought into the Federation, does the Federation just immediately come in and handiwipe the residual traces of their politics, sociology, and what-all? No, because the Prime Directive says they're not _allowed_ to interfere with a planet's natural development. So when a new system is granted membership they probably aren't yet up to the level of tech we see in the movies and series. They still have decades, or maybe even centuries of technological assimilation to get through. THAT's what I'm interested in seeing some of. For example, in TOS episode "A Piece of the Action". One of everybody's favorites. The Ionians developed a gang-based culture based on 1930's Chicago because of a book they'd got hold of. Kirk sort of sets them back onto a normal course of development but says "the Feds will be back regularly to take our cut." And then McCoy leaves a tricorder (?) behind. Maybe. What does that culture look like in 100 years when it's advanced to the point where it can actually join the Federation? What if there are (gasp!) unscrupulous smugglers who regularly (and ILLEGALLY) supplied them with new technology? When a culture has it's own perfectly capable military are they required to scrap their ships and rather than protect themselves let Starfleet now do it for them? What if a culture LIKE the Klingons enters the Federation? Do they trade out ALL their military hardware and tradition to be replaced by Starfleet hardware and tradition when they join, or are they allowed - as the Prime Directive requires - to continue to largely manage their own affairs even while being members of the Federation? I want to explore the idea that Starfleet is not the be-all/end-all of the Star Trek universe. I think there's VAST amounts of unexplored potential in the setting that is wasted simply because the focus has never been shifted off of Starfleet. Sacrilege, I know. But that's where MY Star Trek takes me these days. [/QUOTE]
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