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According to "Terra Nova", there were no worlds within 20 ly of Earth which were suitable for colonization. The implication was that a colony at Alpha Centauri had to have a world terraformed before humans could establish a colony.
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Not necessarily, as AC would require warp supply lines while Mars could do with sublight ones. Not to mention that very different physical conditions could exist on Mars and Alpha Centauri Roman-numeral, and thus different technological challenges would emerge.
But technology isn't likely to be the key issue in Trek colonization. We see "primitive" colonies or habitable outposts persisting everywhere in the TOS era, from the harsh Rigel XII to lush mainstream class M worlds to Elba II. Perhaps Mars was colonized out of a sense of pride, even when easy class M pickings were available - failing to do Mars would be an embarrassment for the whole Sol system!
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Failing to do Mars?? HEY! Mars ain't no slut!
Alpha Centauri doesn't have to be habitable... they could have taken equipment to set up pressure-dome colonies! Remember there was that old Earth settlement in TNG ep "Masterpiece Society" that was domed. And there was another episode with a domed habitat - was it "The Ensigns of Command?"
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I reckon that Enterprise could pull off some of those 'aliens' from JtB...
Those pink-skinned people could be updated by Westmore. You could do a lot of things... maybe the pink could be translated on the 'better film quality' as being more transparent skin - or something.
Also the tall guys with the large robes from that episode - I just thought about this the otherday... anyone think they are like Clancy Brown's character from "Desert Crossing"?
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Advanced terraforming wasn't employed on Mars even into the 24th Century. We get to see a Mars vista in a Holodeck recreation of the red planet on Voyager. You can see the isolation domes in the distance. So Mars isn't Class M, even by Voyager's time.
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There are large settlements on Mars - you can see the lights in "Relativity" - but yeah - I reckon that they left Mars in it's natural state. Maybe they found life there?
So again - what is wrong with having Alpha Centauri a colony? Even an orbiting one? Or a domed one?
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quote:Originally posted by Harry: Here's my list of (possible) Federation members from TOS.
(This is from my new webpage.. hasn't gone live yet, and probably won't go live anytime soon. But it has better search functions than the old list).
Nice work Harry!!
Journey To Babel #1. Aisr (Aliens in striped robes) #2. Air'aoe (Aliens in robes, art on edges) #3. Devoians (Whip it, whip it good) #4. Ba'Dhardey (Hair looks like a cartoon) #5. Rawuph (Robed alien with ugly pointy hats) #6. J'Wit (Just what is that?)
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