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  • I don’t know the episode name, but I recall them being mentioned during the metamorph episode, I think she is named kamara or something.

    At one point the ferengi (who try to steal her and have infiltrated the ship for that purpose) try to chat up captain Picard and the ambassador who is caring for her, Geordi takes them away to “show them the dolphins”.


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    Supposedly the federation is a lot more diverse than humans with weird ears, noses or foreheads. Just that the old shows did not really have the budget and / or ability to make convincing, actually alien looking species. TAS can get around this by being a cartoon, modern shows use plenty of animation.

    But even in TNG is a running joke about the cetacean officers that are always off screen of course. But supposedly there is a whole part of the ship under water where intelligent dolphins are doing their duties as crew members.












  • As someone who was a bit underwhelmed with starfield, it’s way better lol.

    For example: gravity generators don’t exist, ships are essentially large skyscrapers with a big thruster underneath. Gravity is created only by accelerating the ship, and decelerating a vessel is done by essentially turning the ship around 180 degrees and firing the thrust in the opposite direction. G-forces are also non trivial. Pilots are known to pass out or even die from flying too recklessly.

    Warfare is also very similar to modern day doctrines, weapons are torpedos and missiles with computer-guided point defense cannons as defensive measure against them. Larger ships have a railgun or two, energy shields don’t exist. Getting hit by a railgun shot or torpedo usually spells doom for any ship.

    Should you choose to watch the show, this is the initial setting: mankind has developed a very fuel efficient method of propulsion, and used it to colonize Mars and build mining habitats near asteroids.

    Earth suffers from a resource shortage and overpopulation, and Mars has declared itself an independent nation. They are technologically more advanced than the complacent earth, but far fewer in numbers. They are also very nationalistic and militaristic.

    The third faction is made up of the belters, a term for the humans who live aboard the mining habitats in the asteroid belt. The long time in space has made it difficult to impossible for them to live within planetary gravity. They are largely marginalized and exploited by both larger powers for resources.