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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1139873" data-attributes="member: 177">One of the basic rules of fiction is this: Don't include information that doesn't advance the story or characterization.&nbsp; Thus, if the aliens didn't have anything new or interesting, or aksing doesn't have any particular reprecussions, you don't bother showing the question on screen.Btw, we don't know that these aliens were &quot;a powerful race with good ships&quot;.&nbsp; They had ships slightly faster than Enterprise, but that's not saying much, as the Enterprise is only fast by Earth standards.&nbsp; In fact, I suggest to you that these aliens were not particularly powerful.&nbsp; They used flamethrowers rather than energy weapons.&nbsp; Their ships may have been faster than Enterprise, but they backed down from a fight when Tripp warned them to not try to force their way aboard, which is likely an indication that they could tell they shouldn't take the Enterprise lightly.&nbsp; Nor could their science find a cure for the virus, while Phlox's could.&nbsp; They don't sound terribly advanced to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 1139873, member: 177"] One of the basic rules of fiction is this: Don't include information that doesn't advance the story or characterization. Thus, if the aliens didn't have anything new or interesting, or aksing doesn't have any particular reprecussions, you don't bother showing the question on screen. Btw, we don't know that these aliens were "a powerful race with good ships". They had ships slightly faster than Enterprise, but that's not saying much, as the Enterprise is only fast by Earth standards. In fact, I suggest to you that these aliens were not particularly powerful. They used flamethrowers rather than energy weapons. Their ships may have been faster than Enterprise, but they backed down from a fight when Tripp warned them to not try to force their way aboard, which is likely an indication that they could tell they shouldn't take the Enterprise lightly. Nor could their science find a cure for the virus, while Phlox's could. They don't sound terribly advanced to me. [/QUOTE]

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