"The question you'd like to ask the Star Trek universe" Topic

With a nod to Patrick R & his "space Neelix" comment:

Why Neelix? Just why? He doesn't even provide low comedy.

"Why was a twit as annoying as Wesley Crusher sent to the Star Fleet Academy instead of being spaced or abandoned on a uninhabitable planet?"

Why I preferred the BSG remake over Star Trek re-runs. We all know that Tigh would have had that kid thrown out an airlock and when questioned, would say "He was clearly a frakkin' cylon. No one can be that annoying on purpose."

Why so much polyester when the ships keep catching fire? Doesn't the Federation read their own history archives? Besides, it just looks really tacky.

When the essence of all storytelling boils down to the human condition and the struggle of overcoming obstacles why bother making a tv series which largely uses doses of handwavium and technobabble to solve its problems rather than having a decent component of human struggle to make the episode worth watching?

If you can tap the bridge cameras on a Romulan warbird while they're cloaked and watch their conversations in real time, are they really all that hidden?

Why do civilisations that are more ethically advanced then the Federation enjoy gladiator games?

Precisely because they are ethically advanced civilizations, of course. Our juvenile grasp of the nature of things makes us foolishly deride arena death matches while blithely accepting horrors such as daytime talk shows, infotainment programming, and reality TV. Someday humanity will find the true path to enlightenment – most likely lead there by boxing fans.

Why was there never a Trek series where each week was a different ship/crew so they could blow more things up and kill more people… more drama!

Why were there never any Trek stories taken from the rich Trek fanfic and fiction base?

Where is the Trek experience in Vegas and when will it be back?

Etranger LOL!

Why were there never any Trek stories taken from the rich Trek fanfic and fiction base?

Becuse they would have to be paid, and they were not in the Union.

Someday humanity will find the true path to enlightenment – most likely lead there by boxing fans.

Rich for the win!

"Why was a twit as annoying as Wesley Crusher sent to the Star Fleet Academy instead of being spaced or abandoned on a uninhabitable planet?"

Because Picard was doing his mom, and sending him light years away seemed better than spacing him, to keep her in good spirits, instead of pining away at the permanent loss of her son, for the rest of her days.

No question for the Star Trek Universe…just my self.

Why is it that I have an answer for almost all these questions?

and…

What better things could I have done with my life?

-Eli

What's a good receipe for Tribbles….?

First, you have to soak them in Nair….

How many shuttles did the Voyager have and where did Janeway get her extra ones from?

Why do tribbles hate Klingons?

If the replicators can make everything, why is Jean Luc Pikard's brother still a farmer?

Why don't Klingons have bayonets on their disruptors?

Do Gorn like tribbles? (as a food substance)

How many Data's are really out there?
3? yeah right.

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Why does Kirk even bother to wear a shirt? You know it's not going to last the whole episode no matter what happens.

How many Data's are really out there?
3? yeah right.

There were over 200,000 androids on Mudd's Planet during Kirk's era, all of which were more human-looking than Data ever was. The Old One tech Korby discovered and transplanted his mind into were even better, and could definitely understand emotions just fine – a little too well, actually. And when Sargon decided being disembodied wasn't so bad, he left behind blueprints for the still more advanced androids the Arettans were building with the crew's assistance.

When it comes to Trek androids, Data's about as sophisticated as a rotary phone.

Why does Kirk even bother to wear a shirt?

So the bad guys know it's not red.

What DO humpback whales know about space-travel, anyway?

Never mind 3 Datas. There should be 3 Quarks. At least quarks tend to come in 3s in Quantum Physics.

I think my first question would simply be 'Why?'.

Speaking of androids and Harry Mudd, if we can't have a Trek series with him tooling around the galaxy playing scam artist, how about a twisted version of a 1950's style family sitcom instead? Him sitting around on Mudd's Planet with his android wife Stella nagging him, and throw in some android kids, neighbors, and a comedic dog. Each week the androids try to teach Harry to be a better person while he attempts to maintain his sanity. Every episode involves some elaborate plan of Harry's to destroy Stella, whose ID number slowly climbs throughout the series. Bonus points if all the "neighbor" adroids look exactly like Enterprise crewmen, with Shatner as android policeman TJ Hooker.

Never mind 3 Datas. There should be 3 Quarks. At least quarks tend to come in 3s in Quantum Physics.

Watching them all spin would be kind of dizzying.

What DO humpback whales know about space-travel, anyway?

Nothing. That was actually a whaling starship in ST4, and the irritating signal was just a lure.

Why didn't the Daystrom company just do some minor de-bugging and release the M-6? (Or probably just the M-5.1 would have sufficed.)

When you've got ships flying around faster than light, and weapons even faster than that, does it really make sense to have battle commands still done by individuals who have to communicate by voice and push buttons?

Given the number of times that they've gone back in time and changed stuff… How is there even a Star Trek universe at all, anymore?

I'd like to see the alternate plot line in which Spock accidentally gives some weird 23rd century Vulcan flu virus to Edith Keeler, and the entire human race is annihilated, so that when Kirk returns to the future, the Federation is actually run by a bunch of highly-evolved dolphins.

Why do officers of the Federation think that their socialist military dictatorship is a superior form of government?

What happens to peoples/planets that wish to leave the Federation? Do the Feds send a note to the Borg that 'lunch is on' on these worlds?

Why do only the most boring, uncharismatic, one-dimensional characters receive commissions in the TNG and later eras?

With their superior medical abilities, why didn't Janeway have something done about her voice?

If VeeGer was so intelligent, why didn't it figure out its real name from its own programming records?

At what point in time/history did Klingons change from being cunning, crafty, and ruthless to being stupid combat drones with a code of honor?

IF Q was such a superior being, why didn't he just destroy the Enterprise and the rest of the Federation as being too smarmy to be allowed to survive?

What would happen if the Borg assimilated the planet of the Apes? Would they be thinking of bananas?

Would the Borg want to assimilate the Ferengi?

If a cloaked Romulan ship crashes into a planet and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?

Sarg… you almost made me spit my drink out my nose with that last one LOL :)

I am surprised that no one who brought up Neelix brought up Kes.

I want to know what Secret Sex-Jitsu Neelix knew to get Kes to "marry" him?

Or

I want to know if There was something pathologically broken with Kes that caused her to debase herself to think that Neelix was the best she could do.

Try this one on for size -

If the Federation is full of intelligent, peaceful and well-educated individuals who are all seeking to better themselves socially and mentally, then why are supposedly the very best ( Those in Starfleet) still heterosexual?

Did the Pakleds ever seek counselling to combat their inferiority complex?

Does Species 8472 play French cricket?

I am surprised that no one who brought up Neelix brought up Kes.

I want to know what Secret Sex-Jitsu Neelix knew to get Kes to "marry" him?

Or

I want to know if There was something pathologically broken with Kes that caused her to debase herself to think that Neelix was the best she could do.

How about the squick factor of Kes being, what, something like 4 or 5 years old when that affair started? Yeah, the species only lives 9 years and she looks like an adult, but how much can you possible have in common with a sex partner the age of a preschooler who's aging 10 times as fast as you are? Does Neelix' species lack a pedophilia taboo?