OT: Enterprise New thread....

geoschmo · #1 October 5th, 2001, 03:22 AM

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Originally posted by dmm:
I didn't like how the two alien ships encountered both had WAY WAY higher tech level than Enterprise. How the heck did humans manage to put together the Federation, and be so dominant in it?

This is not that far fetched when you take into account the whole of Trekdom. Historically the Human Race in Star Trek is always a little more eager than everybody else. More curious, always wanting to explore and expand into other regions. So far "Enterprise" is right on in this regard. So our ships usually get pasted in the first encounter with any new race. (Except those named Enterprise of course.

) We are always protected from anialation as a race by the fact that it's always on "their turf" and they never seem to come looking for us until we've managed to come up with a way to defend ourselves. Also in the generally accepted Trek history (as much as their is one) the Humans usually seem to have better engines, and worse weapons than anyone we meet. That allows us to keep the conflicts at a distance from Earth as well.

Think of it in SEIV terms. It's a lot easier to wipe out other races explorer ships poking around your space than it is to send a fleet to wipe him out in his home system. At least early on anyway.

Geoschmo

Suicide Junkie · #2 October 5th, 2001, 03:28 AM

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I was sitting in the episode thinking..."Get that ship back to Earth and Analyze it for tech!!"

LOL! That's exactly what I was thinking too

. Then, seconds later, "Oops, too much damage: [seinfeld soup nazi]No shields for you!!"[/seinfeld soup nazi]

CaptSpoogy · #3 October 5th, 2001, 06:33 AM

I have really enjoyed the series so far. I think it has a lot of potential. Even the theme song doesn't seem so bad now after hearing it a few times. Look for a Klingon ship in next week's episode. I hope they come up with something interesting, in tune with the Enterprise...

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tesco samoa · #4 October 6th, 2001, 01:33 AM

http://www.treknation.com/reviews/fi...r_flight.shtml

Warning.
Funny.

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Baron Munchausen · #5 October 6th, 2001, 04:40 PM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
http://www.treknation.com/reviews/fi...r_flight.shtml

Warning.
Funny.

Yes that is funny. The fans seem to have the "routine" for the crew chemistry down already. The Archer/T'Pol/Tucker triad seems to be headed for the Kirk/Spock/McCoy treatment, too.

Cheeze · #6 October 8th, 2001, 08:29 PM

Had me laughing loudly for several minutes...I wondered what happened to those weapons from the first episode. Although they did miss...often. (Obviously Earth needs to develop combat sensor technology)

Maybe I imagined them too.

Baron Munchausen · #7 October 8th, 2001, 09:31 PM

Yeah, you'd think they would try the lasers, too, if they were that desperate. But you'd also think the Axanar ship would be able to guess that the ship that won't respond to his hail, and is attacking the other ship, is the villain.

For that matter, is this likely to be a "new" thing? Wouldn't there be a history and the Axanar would already know if there's someone out their who thinks of them as a resource to be harvested? But this is television. They have to crank out stories very quickly and deliver their 22 episodes per season.