[historical hijack] Actually, you better hope they’re not like that at all. At Midway, the 1st torpedo planes to attack were Torpedo 8 from Hornet They were all shot down, only one man, and Endign Gay, survived. The torpedo planes from Enterprise were next, they had similar luck, altough several of them survived. Yorktown was the only ship to get her strike in intact ( torpedo, dive bomber AND fighter squadrens together.) Her torpedo planes attacked next, and had no better luck then the previous attacks. More of them survived for the simple reason that Jimmy Thatch led his Wildcat fighter planes down to cover them.( an interesting historical side note. In reading accounts of the battle, you will often hear it said that the torpedo planes drew all the covoring Japanese fightes down to water level. This is true. What you almost never hear is that it was Thatch’s fighters that KEPT them there. The Zero was the finest naval fighter of that time, and had plenty of time after the last torpedo attack to climb and disrupt the dive bombers from Yorktown and Enterprise who were about to change the course of the war. They didn’t because they were too busy with Thatch) Inspite of the incredible bravery and sacrifice of these valient men, not a single torpedo hit was scored on the Japanese ships. Moment’s later, however, Yorktown’s dive bombers roared down on Kaga, followed almost immediately by those from Enterprise,attacking Soryu and Akagi. Five minutes later, 3/4 of Nagumo’s carriers were in flames.
I’d like to see the bits where all of the lesser crew members nominated to be part of the next away team draw lots to see who will actually go, and to see who will wander off to investigate the strange noises coming from around the corner.
They must have twigged by now that no-one above the rank of liutenant ever comes back from the mission…
And I’d like to see an explanation of why starfleet still trains doctors despite the fact that all illnesses are now curable by waving a tricorder at them, or, if psychological and involving a coma, via some personal struggle involving an entire episode.
I second that. She could do a nude hot oil wrestling match with Deanna Troi or B’elana Torres.
On a serious note, I would like to see a show on sexual depravity. Have them encounter a race of child pornographers. Or some pirates rape Janeway during an away mission. Or the moral dilema of sex with a non-sentient being.
Kirk: Spock, McCoy, and I will look over here and you (to redshirt) go look behind that big rock…
Red Shirt: No fucking way, If you wanna see what’s behind that rock look yourself. Kirk goes behind rock and we hear his screams as he’s ripped from limb from limb
Picard: “Worf, please escort ensign Crusher to airlock three and toss his ass out”.
Picard: Data… EVASIVE MANOUVERS!!
Data: Nuh duh “dick-ard”, did it like… 5 seconds ago, if I waited for your permission we’d all be dead mutters ~ stupid humans… should kill them all
Riker: Picard, I’m resigning. I’ve slept with everyone and everything on the ship and I don’t feel as if there are any more challenges left for me here.
Yep, Roddenberry had the same wet dream. And it’s just as unrealistic as everything else in the Star Trek universe :p.
As for Voyager: I want to see an episode where it’s revealed that the Maquis crewmembers have been planning a mutiny all along. As they enter the Alpha Quadrant, they finally act. Tuvok and that other vulcan character are shot just because they’re so damn sanctimonious. Chacotay (sp?) is reluctant to hurt Janeway, the object of his lust, but he gets over it and Janeway is blown out an airlock sans spacesuit. Tom Parris becomes the new First Officer and finally gets the respect he deserves. And then the Voyager becomes a pirate ship looting the galaxy for fun and profit.
How about a small breasted woman in star fleet. Seriously, is it just me or does it seem that there must be minimum bra size requirement for star fleet?
Kes was unstuck in time, and when they finally stablilized her, they were a a couple years ahead of where they’d been. (As a side note, because of that, even if Kes hadn’t gone to another state of being a couple seasons ago, she’d be at the end of her natural life-span this season.)
Also, Naomi is half Kterian, and thus ages at an accellerated rate, compared to human children.
Though, it seems to have leveled out somewhat, since she would be about 9 or 10 this season, and doesn’t look older than that.
I second matt_mcl - queers, queers, queers. LaForge and Worf. Kyra and Dax. Kim and Paris (especially since we all know about Harry).
And speaking of, let’s give Harry a little respect. I truly loved the remarks Kim made in the first two episodes of this season of Voyager - one that he never gets laid, and two that he’s been on the ship for six years and is still an ensign, and Paris has been given a commission, demoted, and promoted within the same timeframe. WTF!!! Poor Harry…
Continuity across all the shows. The original Enterprise was involved in some of the flashiest exploits in space, but gets mentioned in the later series about once every three seasons. (Major exception: the Mirror, Mirror episodes on DS9.)
Why can’t they have a Gorn or a Andorian in an episode? How about mentioning that Kirk and Spock were the first to lay eyes on a Romulan? Or even between the modern shows: How about mentioning some bit of technology on Voyager that was developed by Data or LaForge? Was Barkley really the only TNG genius that had anything to do with that ship?
[Aside: Paris was once a Macquis, though never a very sucessful or loyal member. He was put in a prison for it, where Janeway offered to get him freed in exchange for leading her to Maquis cells. That’s how he was on Voyager when they were drawn into the Delta quadrant.]
Something like that… Don’t forget to add more young, female ensigns, fresh from the academy too (in the classic short skirts & boots).
Otherwise, bring the good’ol Capt Kirk and have him dual in more hand-to-hand combat with aliens such as Klingons, the Dominions, and Narciccans (sp?). Oh yea, like someone said earlier, more boarding/commando style raids too where lots of red shirts getting killed.
We need to see more realistic ground fighting. Black clothes, body armor, sound and light suppressors on their phasers!!! Haven’t these people learned anything from 20th century SWAT teams?!?
We need to see Klingons go into more “berserker rages” like they’re supposed to, rather than acting like grating-voiced Vikings.
I think we need to see more civilian life in ST. We’ve seen nothing but military outfits (except for Quark’s bunch in DS9). Perhaps a group of merchants/smugglers who travel around the galaxy trying to evade sector patrols and bounty hunters? Oh, wait, they already have that… it’s called “Star Wars”
We need to have a part where a doctor picks up a vial of a newfangled medicine he just cobbled together and say, “I’d explain to you how it works, but it’s far too complicated.”
And, as Esprix said, we need to see more “alternative lifestyles”. Hey, 'sprix, I bet you’re just wondering what it’s like to have sex with an android, huh? (I know I am)
Farris: Paris used to be with the Maquis, but what I was thinking was that, given all the abuse he puts up with, I can’t imagine Tom not siding with any mutiny that gets rid of Janeway.
