Being new, I have no idea if this has been discussed before, but does anyone think it a possibility that the toxic freigther in "Final Mission" TNG could be a centuries old Malon tug that found its way into Federation space?
I like to tie the series together when we can...
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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
As Mod of General Discussion, I welcome you Aban to the forums......
Now that you mention it, it somehow makes sense. That freighter could have been floating in space for hundreds of years........
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Posted by Chimaera on :
It's certainly possible, although it seems unlikely that an abandoned freighter would drift so far. Unless there were unusual circumstances such as a wormhole or something.
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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
Welcome, Aban.
I like the idea, like the Malon point the freighters toward the center of the galaxy, they go until fuel is exhasted, then drift. But it would have to get past the center, and through Romulan space.
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
Maybe it was a smart freighter?
But, if we go this route, this also means the Malon have had warp for undreds of years and haven't developed a non-polluting engine...
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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
I guess they could have had low warp (limited to 1or2) for a long time. They don't seem like a race that would be creative, but they may well have been so a century ago, and exposure to toxins over 2 or 3 hundred years could curb your creativity.
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
Especially since it appears everyone of the Malon does garbage scow duty, too...
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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I find this an intruiging concept too.
The malon freighter may have been continually 'repelled' by species along its path until it was dealt with in the Alpha Quadrant by the Federation.
What were the episodes around that episode 'Final Mission'?
We might roughly be able to work about a position of the E-D at this time.
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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
All great ideas. I've been reminded of this TNG episode ever since the Malon were introduced. My theory is this:
A couple centuries ago, the Malon were just beginning to explore space as a dumping ground for their waste. No warp yet, but just impulse garbage scows. They started sending these barges out filled with waste realizing that their system would soon be polluted if they didn't get rid of them. This particular barge maybe fell through a worm hole and drifted into Fed space. Like I said, I really like tying the series together. In one of the Borg threads, I posted something I heard in a non canon book that the planet killer from TOS was built by a race to fight the Borg. I thought that was a great thought too.
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Well, two episodes prior to "Final Mission" ("Reunion"), they would have been around Klingon space. Two episodes after FM ("Data's Day"), they would have been arouns Romulan space. Of course, there's a difference of about a month between FM and each of those eps. The ep between "Reunion" and "Final Mission" was "Future Imperfect". If you can find a location for Alpha Onias, you might have a better chance figuring where they were... :-)
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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Well, I'd rather just keep things seperate. But that's a personal quirk. More power to the rest of you!
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
Keeping things not jumbled is much easier, true...
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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Ah, yes simpler, but wouldn't it be cool if the producers and writers cared as much as we do about making a continual story arc that actually seemed to exist in the same universe. Ever since DS9 started I have been of the mind that these are no longer the voyages just of the Starship Enterprise, but rather this is a bigger story now. It encompasses so much more story! Just my opinion of course
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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Hey, I like connectedness as much as the next guy. More than some, even. But retroactively forcing plot points into prior episodes isn't something that I think works every time.
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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
well power to the DS9 writers, the Bashir genetic story line retroactively fits into the rest of DS9 SO well!
Andrwe
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
Besides the fact that we really knew so little about Bashir up until that point, unfortunately.
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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I agree that forcing plot lines from past things usually sucks hen they try to ADD stuff to the past episode that wasn't there before. When they pick on on subtle hints that were given and don't contradict the past, I think it just counts as furthering the storyline...like with Bashir.
