Anyway, I like First of Two's idea of a mixed-race ship. The Romulan-Klingon stuff has so much potential that an "alien-of-the-week" is not required. And the most important thing is that the producers won't create a risky setting that might not be accepted by the fans. This could be detrimental to Trek's popularity once there is only one series. See the permanent picking at Voyager which has even become a "Trek break" discussion after the end of DS9.
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What if they created a series, where the Federation made first contact with another race (similar to when the Vulcan's made first contact with Earth), and the Federation shared ALOT of technology with the new race, bringing them into the future very quickly. Then, the new race decides to form their own "Federation" and end up challenging the Federation for space. It would be a long conflict, like the Dominion war, and it could revolve around a ship, a starbase, or the Academy on Earth. Of course, in the end, the new "Federation" is either defeated (too much of repeating the Dominion war), becomes part of the Federation, or becomes closely allied with the Federation.
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Hercules is not exactly my favorite series, and who knows if more than just Kevin Sorbo is imported into Star Trek. Besides, the guy is Greek, and his name is actually Herakles.
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PPG S: The Prime Directive would not allow the Federation to give technology to a race that is low on the technology scale. The whole idea is for a race to develope at it's own rate. There are episodes where the PD has gone out the window, but not to that point. (Glad to see you have hung around)
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Kosh: Hmm. Well, somehow the Prime Directive would have to be gotten around then. I know that in Insurrection, the Federation tried to hide themselves from the Ba'Ku because they thought they didn't have warp drive yet. Does the Prime Directive apply if the new race has already discovered warp drive and ships and the sort (just are still not that advanced)? (Why? I've hung around for a while, I just could never post because I wasn't registered)
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Warp drive is what makes the difference. When a race gets that far along, the Federation will make first contact, I think they will share medical technology at that point, I don't know about more.
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Well that's what I meant when I said "where the Federation made first contact with another race (similar to when the Vulcan's made first contact with Earth)." The Vulcan's changed course because Earth had discovered warp drive.
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