# Star Trek:TNG "Sub Rosa" - Ripoff of Anne Rice or original as claimed?

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**Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-sub-rosa-ripoff-of-anne-rice-or-original-as-claimed/528779/10 "2010-02-13T12:46:38Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> cite? According to IMDB records DS9 was over a year before B5.Abd I think it had its plot arc planned out from the start.

People who say this kinda thing like to yammer about “but but but they both take place on space stations! And they both have commanding officers who like baseball! And they’re both about _wars_! In space!”

But aside from that, they’re pretty dissimilar. It’s like complaining that Band of Brothers is a ripoff of Hogna’s Heroes because they’re both about American soldiers fighting Zee Germans.

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