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<blockquote data-quote="Nutation" data-source="post: 7553421" data-attributes="member: 6749673"><p>I never bought the claim in the Star Trek universe that the Federation had evolved beyond money, and I don't buy it here. (Have we heard of this before on The Orville?) Replicator technology makes most resource shortages disappear, but it's still damned efficient to have a means of tracking the exchange of value.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I generally like the idea of this plot; I agree that it is little-tilled soil. The Union has presumably done several first contacts, so "the book" should advise each captain to talk to a society on its own terms. Mercer would never do such a thing, of course, otherwise 10% of the audience and 50% of the writers wouldn't understand. And so we get 30 days of stonewalling. The eventual solution was plausible enough.</p><p></p><p>I presume that the lightsail we saw was really placed farther out in the star system so that its position was essentially the same from everywhere on the planet. I also presume that Isaac hacked the astrometric satellites so that they produced consistent info.</p><p></p><p>I also presume that if birth dates are critically important and you have a pregnant woman in your prison that you watch her carefully. You at least notice when she suddenly deflates before one of your inspections. Not really important to the plot, though.</p><p></p><p>I did like the cartoon dance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nutation, post: 7553421, member: 6749673"] I never bought the claim in the Star Trek universe that the Federation had evolved beyond money, and I don't buy it here. (Have we heard of this before on The Orville?) Replicator technology makes most resource shortages disappear, but it's still damned efficient to have a means of tracking the exchange of value. I generally like the idea of this plot; I agree that it is little-tilled soil. The Union has presumably done several first contacts, so "the book" should advise each captain to talk to a society on its own terms. Mercer would never do such a thing, of course, otherwise 10% of the audience and 50% of the writers wouldn't understand. And so we get 30 days of stonewalling. The eventual solution was plausible enough. I presume that the lightsail we saw was really placed farther out in the star system so that its position was essentially the same from everywhere on the planet. I also presume that Isaac hacked the astrometric satellites so that they produced consistent info. I also presume that if birth dates are critically important and you have a pregnant woman in your prison that you watch her carefully. You at least notice when she suddenly deflates before one of your inspections. Not really important to the plot, though. I did like the cartoon dance. [/QUOTE]
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