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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 8808751" data-attributes="member: 11760"><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" /></p><p></p><p>I mean, you're not wrong that they clearly are on the same page as Star Trek, so much so that I'm pretty sure the Shield Bearers are openly inspired by the away teams.</p><p></p><p>But hating the Federation's politics is an idiosyncratic take.</p><p></p><p>In any case, if it's an issue, I would recommend you just treat all the adventures as taking place in the same world (explicitly true or at least heavily implied to be true in several cases as-is) and skip Deep Space Ethereal if it's going to interfere with your enjoyment of the campaign or derail it into being something very different.</p><p></p><p>(This is also why I get into arguments here about how all art is political, whether or not there's intent behind it. Sigil is also a very political planar nexus, independent of the individual factions. It's rule by immortal strongman who allows free speech and behavior until the moment it interferes with how she wants things to go in her city. There's not even a pretense of democracy or the ability for those who live in Sigil to change how it's ruled. That's an oppressive government in our world, more laissez-faire than a city-state in the UAE but less free than Singapore. Some people from our world might want to live in Sigil, but I suspect many wouldn't after a relatively short period.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 8808751, member: 11760"] :unsure: I mean, you're not wrong that they clearly are on the same page as Star Trek, so much so that I'm pretty sure the Shield Bearers are openly inspired by the away teams. But hating the Federation's politics is an idiosyncratic take. In any case, if it's an issue, I would recommend you just treat all the adventures as taking place in the same world (explicitly true or at least heavily implied to be true in several cases as-is) and skip Deep Space Ethereal if it's going to interfere with your enjoyment of the campaign or derail it into being something very different. (This is also why I get into arguments here about how all art is political, whether or not there's intent behind it. Sigil is also a very political planar nexus, independent of the individual factions. It's rule by immortal strongman who allows free speech and behavior until the moment it interferes with how she wants things to go in her city. There's not even a pretense of democracy or the ability for those who live in Sigil to change how it's ruled. That's an oppressive government in our world, more laissez-faire than a city-state in the UAE but less free than Singapore. Some people from our world might want to live in Sigil, but I suspect many wouldn't after a relatively short period.) [/QUOTE]
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