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Er...economy != money. To put it even more simply, the Federation has great value, however you decide to count it. Raw materials, space, information, etc. The Ferengi, or anyone else, for that matter, should be quite eager to transfer some of that value to themselves.
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Interesting snippet that my trawling of the internet mellieu turned up:
From a post at Psi Phi's BBS, an exchange between Kevin Dilmore (writer w/ Star Trek Communicator) and one Lee Jamilkowski.
Dilmore:
quote:Re: Enterprise's Ferengi show ... If what I hear comes to pass, this is gonna be fun.
Y'all be cool
Kevin
Jamilkowski:
quote:So, Kevin, I presume from your comments that you're privy to some information. Can you at least reassure us that what they're doing isn't a violation of continuity and what was established on Star Trek: The Next Generation?
Dilmore:
quote:Yes and yes. Kevin
Jamilkowski:
quote:How I wish I was telepathic right now... I guess we're going to need to wait for the next issue or two of Communicator to find out what's going on in that head of yours, eh?
Dilmore:
quote:Not next issue - and not necessarily my head, Lee. BTW, telepathy is overrated. I knew you were gonna say that!
Kevin
Read into this whatever you will.
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quote:Read into this whatever you will.
Are they gonna hook up? I can see him totally digging the other guy.
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Regarding something The Tom let slip a few messages ago: was there really a Ferengi at Starbase Earhart in "Tapestry"? I remember reading from Nemecek's TNG Companion that Westmore and other people involved were sent thick memoes with fiery lettering three feet high that said "No Ferengi Allowed In This Facility", and that Westmore complied with that.
The thing they got wrong was putting representatives of the two blood enemies from "Lonely Among Us" standing peacefully next to each other. But no Ferengi, according to Nemecek.
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Indeed. Romeo and Juliet. They made their love on wasteland, across the barricades. . . Oh God, I just quoted Spandau Ballet lyrics. Er. Um. Or, perhaps, some sort of Green Drazi - Purple Drazi type of thing, they only feel the need to kill each other during certain times of the year, century whatever.
But may I ask why you said that TNG was your least favorite Trek series?? Surely nothing can be worse than VOY, not even ENT, I would assume.
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All we are Selay-ing, is give peace a chance
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Quote: If, however, Archer & Co. meet one of our favourite loved aliens, who says "hi, I'm Merchant Bork of the Ferengi, can I sell you something?" then that's a direct violation of continuity. However, the fact remains that most people here won't see it that way, because after all it was only TNG. If DS9 had actually re-iterated the "no previous contact" statement, then you'd likely have a problem. It seems sad to me that my least-favourite Trek incarnation is becoming the yardstick against which all else is judged, but that's by the by.
I thought, by "my least favorite Trek incarnation" you were referring to TNG.
Sorry if I got you wrong.
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You completely miss the point. My issue is with the fact that DS9 now seems to be seen as the 'proper' Trek show, whereas Voyager for all its faults was at least out there boldly going, albeit very slowly. Not liking DS9 doesn't automatically make me a Seven of Nine groupie.
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