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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 776892" data-attributes="member: 710">I think it will really be difficult to create new trek stories if they rely solely on the old exploration concept and, from time to time, just have some old enemies (like the borg) reappear.But maybe the trek authorities do also fear that relying on something like the political dynamics that lead to the federation and the humans becoming the most powerful race in the alpha quadrant might not reach the audiance...Think of it: Why should a - maybe only casual watcher - be interested in a fictive political system, when he seems not even interested in his own one?But this is what the mentioned andorian episode seems to be about, from what I see. TOS and especially the first movies had the Cold War as a ongoing theme, and used old political themes. DS9 also had in the first seasons a great focus on politics (that had some similiarities to the Isreal/Palestina conflict and similar ones). The former was quite succesful, at its time. But many people consider the first seasons of DS9 weak ...Babylon 5 is considered best during the "war seasons", not in the last few where Sheridan tries to build up his new alliance...The authors of Andromeda are advised to rely more on "stand alone" episodes, and focus less on the "build up the Commonwealth" storyline.So, it seems, that no way seems to lead to a success...Mustrum Ridcully</blockquote>