Search results

Is this a reference to Khan Victorious?

I'm looking forward to seeing how they kept "Superior Ability Breeds Superior Ambition" a pervasive meme when it seems rather hollow on actual contemplation.

How many times has Starfleet has effectively marginalized the civilian government(s) of the Federation and it's member nations and could seize power at any time? How did Starfleet become a defacto independent part of the Federation itself? The engineering mishaps seen in Starfleet display...

Everyone is the Hero of their own story.

That reminds me of something from the Old Man's War novels. --- There is a subtly-implied possibility that your consciousness is not transferred to your new body as claimed, but instead, it is copied, and you die in your original body. If this is the case, then in your dying moments, you...

I wonder how Section 31 justified the various atrocities it commits. Much of the people who didn't know now face the situation of deciding whether or not its actions are/were necessary for the Federation's survival. What happens if it turns out that not only are/were they unnecessary (despite...

Well, Ignorance is the foundation of knowledge. "I don't know" must be followed by "Let's find out." What are the secrets of the Federation that Section 31 knows (or thinks they know)? Though...the way that Section 31 operative was behaving...it reminded me of a line from the Original Series...

The conflict between the reality of the Federation and the face the Federation presents to others allows for some very interesting Storytelling. Though sometimes, in the words of Futurama, "THAT JUST RAISES FURTHER QUESTIONS!" For instance, the Treaty of Algernon, which forbids the Federation...

How democratic, really, was the Federation? There's a lot of dodginess behind the scenes. One of the biggest examples is that despite having a cure for the Andorian's fertility issues, which had plagued them for generations and would lead to their extinction, Starfleet (and not the Federation)...

I have the feeling whatever society forms due to the SI's actions will have some inspiration from the Templin Institute Re-Imaginings.

Yeah. I posted it both on the original thread for your story on SB, and on the story thread for Two Worlds.

The Federation has a fundamental lie about their society, one which they spread self-deluding disinformation about. The Federation is hopelessly naïve, and would rather ignore the frankly disturbing idea that such an 'enlightened' society would be capable of something as bad or worse than the...

I don't mean because they were on the wrong side of the political spectrum at the wrong time. I meant because some of those agents had a personal grudge and decided to abuse their powers. I suspect this war is going to force people to do some self-reflection and face some hard truths. Granted...

I wonder now if the New Zealand Penitentiary is the 'slap-on-the-wrist' prison for important people who are too well connected to be really punished and actual Federation prisons are a lot more terrifying. ... How many of the Pluto Popsicle Prisoners are there not because they're directly...

I wonder if Uraei is a thing in this verse. Because that would be one hell of a slap in the face of the 'moral superiority' of the Terrans.