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1 - USS Yosemite, an Oberth-class ship from TNG "Realm of Fear", had a crew of five.
2 - Madge Sinclair, who played Geordi's mom, died some time before "Equinox". I guess they could have recast her role, or given it to the inexperienced first/second officer, who'd help justify some of Ransom's command ineptitudes...
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Believe it or not, aside from some of the incredulities, I actually enjoyed "Equinox" -- at least, the overall story, if not some of the details.
It's possible that the plot line could've involved the Hera instead... as has been suggested, the "inexperienced" first officer could've been in command instead. But with a ship of mostly Vulcans, how much fun would that be?
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I, too, enjoyed the "Equinox" two-parter. However, MiniutiaeMan echoes my thoughts about the crew of mostly Vulcan's. If you went w/that premise and the situation we see in the episode, it'd be rather boring, IMO.
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At the time I remember thinking that maybe what should happen is that Voyager gets destroyed, and what's left of both crews continues on in the Equinox. . . and by "what's left" I meant that some of the original cast would buy it.
Perish the thought, of course. Star Trek is far too rigidly formulaic for that. Oh, sure, there are practical considerations - could you have a show named Voyager without the ship named Voyager? Also, departing cast members' contracts for the seven year run (not that that stopped them dumping Jennifer Lien) - but I think it would have given the edge they never even bothered to get from the Maquis-Starfleet mix in the first place.
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I think, though, that if Voyager had been the kind of show to take that sort of risk, it wouldn't have needed to. Which is to say, those sorts of stories would have already been told, or in the process of being told.
It would have been interesting to see a show in which it was the Maquis ship that survived, with the Starfleet ship getting sacrificed to save the day. Not that I think any of Voyager's problems were a result of its premise.
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I think if they used the Hera instead of the Equinox then the "Good Captain/Bad Captain" role would be reversed. With the Vulcans having a 200 to 300 year life span I don't think they'd be in any particular hurry to shortcut home. A seventy year trip must seam like just an extended cruise to them.
That might have been a slightly more interesting dynamic, with Janeway acting irresponsibly (shock horror) in the Vulcan XO's eyes.
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Did ANYONE read my post about the Hera idea instead of the Equinox. I'm talking about ditching the whole Equinox episode idea - and using a ship like the Hera opens up a whole new avenue of story possibilities. I even mentioned how to deal/make the Vulcans interesting.
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Aw, poor baby. Issa widdle Andy feeling ignored? Welcome to my world - no-one's paid attention to a thing I've said here in three years. I could say "The Defiant is a Valiant-class starship" and no-one would notice. 8)
But, you see, CAN they make Vulcans interesting? We now have Enterprise, from the same creative team, which features major Vulcan characters and storylines, and - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. . . My hair?! Oh, sorry, I nodded off for a moment. . .
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Yeah, but...what's the difference? The Ferengi show up and you don't like it? But if the Hera had you would have? This is the part I'm confused about.
Perhaps because it was the Ferengi?
I would point out that the connection to a TNG ep DID likely make the episode better than I would have been. Otherwise you'd have had Ferengi sitting in the middle of nowhere next to a very nice pseudo-stable wormhole that the crew knew about but that nobody on our side of the camera had ever heard of. It may have sucked, but at least it was an attempt at some sort of continuity, which makes it that much better than Voyager's later attempts at retroactively inserting things into earlier seasons. And as for the probability of finding the Hera or the Equinox, well, any ships that got pulled into the DQ by the Caretaker would likely take at least reasonably similar courses to get home, no? For that at least they might have a reasonable excuse.
I'm curious: given the apparent existence of at least a couple fan-made sci-fi series (EFC:Restoration and Star Trek Renaissance) which seem to be of decent quality, has anyone considered rewriting Voyager? The premise WAS cool, after all, and the writers did have some neat ideas, even if they hadn't a clue how to handle them properly.
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