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Well, Iron Wolf is working on something, and I'm working on something. Well, mostly Iron Wolf. I'm just sitting around destressing after (some) finals. (Just one more...)

Commander Oliver Rondeau:

The squadron is disappointed that they didn't have to do any fancy flying, but everyone's happy that we didn't lose anyone.

Also, I dub the SFI Runabout Squadron "Nighthawk Squadron". Because Night, silent predator, flight, etc.
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Really? Because by the current naming scheme I was thinking something like Rainbow for being the big happy arch over top of everyone stuck on the ground :D
 
The Bolians strike me as giving us another race that's more than just Vulcanoid color-changes, or Andorian color-changes.
I mean, they're largely human-like, but their body has that weird ridge thing.
They seem pretty stoutly built; I bet they're stronger than they look!
They're probably foodies, but kinda weird ones. Memory Alpha references them eating straight-up acid, and decaying meat. So Bolian Gordon Ramsey's show is probably super-weird. (This tendency is probably why they are notorious for causing toilet-centered problems on ships.)
I think there's plenty of room for Bolians to be unique!
 
OneirosTheWriter said:
Really? Because by the current naming scheme I was thinking something like Rainbow for being the big happy arch over top of everyone stuck on the ground :D
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Or that.

If it hasn't been published, it's not set into stone. :p

Well, in my case, barely been started. :/

I might just split it into several squadrons, with Nighthawk specializing in covert insertion, whereas Rainbow specializes in infiltration, with there being a rivalry like 19/24. ... Which office is which, again?

Also, can you compile an org chart megapost?
 
Void Stalker said:
Off the top of my head the ones involving the Borg and the Xindi (Xindi took up about a season or so of episodes I believe). Which is fine with me, Enterprise suffered from trying to have all the big name Star Trek races even when it did not make sense for them to be there. Though it had some nice ideas as well.

Also I miss the Trill though DS9 is my favorite of the Treks so Dax was a cool character and we got to see a lot of the race through her instead of being a one off race. I think the biggest issue is most races in Trek never got much screen time so did not develop a character. The Bajorans got it thanks to DS9, though Ro from TNG helped there, Betazoid kind of had it with Troi (both of them). Klingons and Romulans were antagonists that became recurring along with the Cardassians and Ferengi so they had their cultures developed and fleshed out. Otherwise expies from other sci fi modified to fit the Trek feel works best since there is more to draw on.

So for me races I want to see: Trill (liked the Dax character and the symbiot that provides an extended time frame can really make things interesting since they may have witnessed events that took place well before the rest of the crew was born but we also see in the Jazdia to Ezri transition that the host brings their own perception to the mix and in many ways allows them to re-examine past memories in a new light.)
Ferengi- major race that is not necessarily antagonistic but can be and provide both completion and I think could be key to having a non-aligned bloc thanks to their economic power along with a solid military (Marauders were no joke even for a Galaxy Class).
Gorn- they are a personal favorite of mine both from the episode in TOS and from Starfleet Command 2, I loved playing their big tough ships with plasma torps. They also provide a sort of peer power that would not be an affiliate which keeps things interesting. And for that matter the Ferengi provides a power that has no interest in being anyone's servants but also is big enough that you have to engage with them.
Breen- from DS9 they show a certain level of strength to be independent in their own right so them showing up at some point as another power (maybe bigger than the Apiata but smaller than the Romulans?)

Just having multiple powers like the Breen and Gorn and Ferengi can shake up the diplomatic and power balance without needing a group as big as the Federation. Shifting alliances and diplomatic relations between multiple factions would make for an interesting peace time. Are we trying to stop a war between the Breen and the Romulans? Is one side trying to pull us in? Are the Klingons and Breen making common cause? Just having the larger species all trying to influence smaller ones and having different relationships prevents the need from having species X expand to be a threat.

After all it wasn't just the Cardassians but the Dominion as well that gave them the power to oppose the Federation and Klingons, and then when the Romulans joined to tip the balance the Breen joined later to tip it back. So with just 4 major races or blocks it either is a 2v1 or 2v2 situation or 1v1v1v1, put in a 5th race or 6th race with their own interests and the situation changes.
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Personally, I'm thinking the Breen should be a major power coreward and tailward of the Ked Paddah on the Romulan border. This fits with them being promised Romulan territory by the Dominion, and with how the Romulans seem familiar and hostile with them.

As to other races, it'd be nice to see some of them show up, but the OC species we're encountering are a lot of fun on their own.
 
I wouldn't mind the Xindi & their plot line being transplanted from Enterprise to the 2310s / 2320s. Just so long as the 'Temporal Cold War' is dropped entirely, that was a particularly stupid plot tumor...

@AlphaDelta, my post wasn't meant to be funny. I linked a WW-I documentary for Christ's sake.
 
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Eddie Leslie:

"No they probably haven't started planting disruptor bombs. But if you're interested, I've found a frightening number of my employees whose trousers can be taken apart for spare electronic components in case anyone wants to putter around the shop. The shop in a non-secure building, thank you very much"
 
Simon_Jester said:
@Night :

What do you think happened to the competing tailors?
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Buyouts and being run into the ground by the new managers. Mysterious issues with legbreakers and trash collection or fabric supply (ironically those have been big mob fronts in the past). Problems with vole infestation. Water and power issues. Maybe a fire or two, but no bodies as a result.

Many things to many people. No patterns to give it away. No bodies to make someone dig deep, and because no one is actually needed dead. Good, professional work, as the Tal'Shiar do.
 
Leslie:

"Sure thing. Just make sure the capacitors powering all those bugs sewn into your inseam don't short out. Then something will go boom."
 
Void Stalker said:
Off the top of my head the ones involving the Borg and the Xindi (Xindi took up about a season or so of episodes I believe). Which is fine with me, Enterprise suffered from trying to have all the big name Star Trek races even when it did not make sense for them to be there. Though it had some nice ideas as well.
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Another obvious example is that in Enterprise, Risa was an interstellarly famous vacation spot before the Federation existed. In TBG, Risa didn't even have its first contact until Nash's five year mission.
 
That's a good one.

I mean, I can see the Xindi having just not been mentioned so far, I can even think of extremely good reasons why nobody talks about them at all in any post-ENT storyline that also help to explain other relevant facts about Federation space. But the Risa thing is good.
 
I liked the Xindi arc, myself, and most of S4. But I'm hardly upset that ENT is broad-strokes in this quest. A lot of stupid decisions were made by network execs and B&B, especially during the first two seasons, that Trek is probably better off without.

Also in my own headcanon the NX-01 never got photonics or phase weaponry, they dealt in spatial torpedoes and possibly some short-range lasers for the entire length of their story. And polarized hull acts nothing like shields, for that matter.
 
I mean I don't really care about ENT enough to comment on its canonicity here in TBG, but I did like the show, and some of the arcs were cool. The Xindi arc had a lot of great episodes and no more stinkers than your average Trek, and almost all of season 4 was good.
 
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