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Message: <blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 876459" data-attributes="member: 426">I agree that Enterprise needs a new direction, however wiping out entire countries because someone receives a message from the future has a few problems.First, did not Chakotay's ancestors originate in Central America.  I seem to recall that they did, thus creating a problem in continuity if there is no one left alive from Venezuela to Florida.Two, I think the Federation would have developed into something a lot more militant if this incident had occurred.  Prime Directive, bah!  Enlightened self interest with a lot of fire power to back it up.Third, time travel was thought only to be theoretical in TOS.  (The episode where Spock mixed anti-matter "raw" lead to the Enterprise travelling back in time three days.  Spock seemed amazed at the possibilities.)A better approach would be to have an attack on one of Earth's extra-solar colonies that might lead into the Romulan Wars.Mind you, I think it is good that Braga and Berman are stealing from Babylon 5.  I honestly think that Babylon's 5 view of the future - with humanity still struggling with itself - is a bit more realistic than some of the latter Star Trek shows.  (Where it seems any possibility of human evil has been eliminated.  As long as human beings have free will, some people will chose badly.)So, I will give the new direction a chance, although I am skeptical of it.  After Voyager ended, I thought it would be perhaps best to let the franchise rest for a while.</blockquote>

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