Hi Dark, Well, you are right to a point. Initially when Star Trek began the main purpose was to explore space and encounter new lifeforms. It was first and foremost an exploration type show that was the main theme of the original series as well as Next Generation.
With Deep Space 9 I think the writers were sort of stuck, and it became more military oriented because Deep Space 9 was a space station and not an exploration vessel like the Enterprise was.Therefore throughout the course of Deep Space 9 there were conflicts with the Cardassians over Bajor, there was the Klingon War, and then the Dominion War. This really got into the large fleet engagements more typical of Star Wars than Star Trek, and I personally feel killed the show for me. However, Deep Space 9 was not a huge success for Paramount. Ratings were much lower than Next Generation, and that's when they decided to return to the exploration format/theme.So in 95, on my birthday no doubt, they launched Voyager which is one of my favorite Star Trek series of all time primarily because there were many new alien races, new characters, and Voyager was completely on her own in the Delta Quadrant. By the time Voyager had reached its fourth season ratings were right back up to where they had been with Next Generation. So clearly Trek fans--myself included--like the exploration aspect of Star Trek rather than the war and conflict we saw in Deep Space 9. So over all I agree with you. Star Trek is more about a single ship and its crew exploring deep space, encountering new races, and going where no man has gone before. Yes, sometimes our crew gets involved in conflicts but those are secondary to their primary mission of exploration and adventure. The reason Voyager was so much better than Deep Space 9 in hindsight is that with Voyager there always seemed like something new from show to show where with Deep Space 9 it felt like the same thing being repeated over and over as the Dominion War dragged on show after show season after season. Cheers! On 1/13/12, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > While a stratogy sim would be fun, indeed if the customizations with the > time of conflict engine which Phil reported come into being it might well be > possible without too much trouble, I personally always felt the real point > of startrek was a single ship flying around in space on their own > encountering the unknown, or at least having to deal with alien powers who > were not particularly human in their outlook or culture. this is why I'd so > love a single ship, lw type of game. > > for space war plots, i always thought babylon 5 succeeded far more than even > ds9 did, ---- though that's perhaps a debate for another timme. > > Either way, it's the hole boldly going where no one has gone before in > startrek that rather interested me, and I'd love to see a game that > reflected more of that sort of aspect of things. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
