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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HeavenShallBurn" data-source="post: 3426359" data-attributes="member: 39593">I watched the DS9 series frequently, it was my favorite of all the ST series.  Many people go directly to the Dominion War and miss the progression leading up to it.  At the beginning of the series StarFleet retained a feel and attitude very much in line with TNG.  During the lead-up to the Dominion War storyline you see how the deteriorating situation and hostility leads to them gradually adopting many characteristics of a true military force.  Which would be very fitting for an organization not really intended as a truly military force or with a great deal of experience at full-scale warfare that suddenly finds itself required to do so by an impending large-scale war.The reason every military force in the world has a very similar core set of behaviors and regulations is that they simply don't work properly without them.  Gene Roddenberry was a utopian and his hopes for the future colored his writing.  Nothing new about that, but it should still be recognized for what it is. Their skill at "blowing the hell out of things" is highly variable.  As the Dominion War progresses it burns the organization down to a more properly military core.  But even so their competence and training are somewhat limited.  Luckily they never face a really competent enemy.  The Klingons were disorganized raiders akin to the Barbary Corsairs in ordinary circumstances and even collectively rely on substandard techniques for cultural reasons.  The Dominion is a much greater threat but relies upon simple numerical advantage and "human-wave" tactics.  Of all the threats they face the Romulans or Cardassians were really the most competent.  Luckily for the Federation the Romulans appear more interested in detente through mutual threat and segregation and the Cardassians simply weren't large enough scale-wise to last against them.</blockquote>

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