Thread: Prime Directive at the nBSG Cylon Attack.

Quote: Originally Posted by thtadthtshldntb The Federation is not a strong central body but a weak one. Other than Starfleet and a few other organizations much of the internal structure of the Federation is still negotiated between members worlds via their ambassadors. There is no centralized economy, for example, so no need for organizations like the FTC or the SEC, at least as the US currently has them. The problem here is that it looks to...

Picard might be motivated by self interest a little, wanting the few odd ball technology's around for the Federation.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ralson Isn't Archer the only person on the list who actually let a genocide actually happen? Okay... I guess I'll have to take Archer off my list. I'll admit to not having seen every episode. Quote: I admit, I didn't watch a ton of TNG, nor have I watched any in years, but I think Picard's preference for negotiations gets blown way out of proportion. When they get a distress call, he tends...

Quote: Originally Posted by consequences Besides, if you intervene in a war between two factions you know nothing about, you risk the whole problem of kicking off an interstellar war without even having a basic idea of the blunders that you know not to perform if intervening with a known quantity. If anything the 'but it could turn out badly' argument should be a stronger case against intervention in this scenario. So what do you...

that's just a lack of writing skills/diversity on behalf of the TNG+ era's writers. Kirk and co encountered all sorts of diverse groups and such. Nothing in the shows of the tng+ era indicate that that stuff is gone, just not shown.

Quote: Originally Posted by evilauthor On the flip side, if the Federation openly intervenes and allies with Gowron, that could in fact weaken Gowron in the long term even if he wins in the short term. Klingons are a might makes right society after all and the average Klingon will look at Gowron and say, "Hey, he's not so strong without the Federation propping him up." Long term, open intervention by the UFP would...

Quote: Originally Posted by gmgurp666 Hey man. They resemble that remark. But honestly, that's racial profiling. I'm sure, somewhere, there is a Klingon, or maybe two, who would take offense at that. errgh... Aren't they too busy brawling and picking their noses with their Bat'leths to notice

Quote: Originally Posted by Hypochondriac Wasn't there a Next Generation episode, where Data was in contact with a little girl? Her planet was going to be destroyed but Picard had the enterprise save it? I'll try to find the episode name. Found it was called Pen Pals Yeah, that happened. They helped stabilize the planet's tectonics, saving the entire population in secret, except for the little girl. Then they wiped the memories...

Quote: Originally Posted by gmgurp666 Yeah, that happened. They helped stabilize the planet's tectonics, saving the entire population in secret, except for the little girl. Then they wiped the memories from her mind and left her in her bed. Except ethically he didn't want to help, even though emotionally he did want to help, he only did help because one of the messages the girl sent to Data said something like, please help us,...

Quote: Originally Posted by evilauthor You know, if Picard makes open contact before the actual attack, it just might be enough to get the Cylons to postpone it long enough to figure how who the new guy is. According to The Plan, the attack was on a schedule. Individual Cylons couldn't change it. Changing it might require a vote among the models. If anything, the appearance of the Enterprise might actually accelerate the countdown. For...