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* We wanted to get away from the heavy, preachy, moralizing sci-fi of shows like Star Trek: TNG, which in my view took all the joie de vivre out of the original series.
* We wanted to get away from the heavy, preachy, moralizing sci-fi of shows like Star Trek: TNG, which in my view took all the joie de vivre out of the original series.
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** [[w:Lex Gigeroff|Lex Gigeroff]] [http://binnallofamerica.com/sfw10.2.9.html Sci-fi World]
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** [[w:Lex Gigeroff|Lex Gigeroff]] [http://binnallofamerica.com/sfw10.2.9.html Sci-fi World]
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* During the years of Captain Kirk's Enterprise 4% of
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galaxy has been charted -- not explored -- since exploration would have required visits to all the approximately 11,000,000,000 stars and planetary systems in that 4% of the galaxy. By the time of our 24th century stories, only 19% of it has been charted.
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* During the years of Captain Kirk's Enterprise 4% of
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galaxy has been charted -- not explored -- since exploration would have required visits to all the approximately 11,000,000,000 stars and planetary systems in that 4% of the galaxy. By the time of our 24th century stories, only 19% of it has been charted.
:If only one of a million of the stars in the galaxy has worlds and if only one of out of a million of these worlds were capable of supporting life, and if only one out of a million were capable of supporting life, and if only one out of a million of those bore intelligent life, there would still be millions of inhabited worlds for us to visit.
:If only one of a million of the stars in the galaxy has worlds and if only one of out of a million of these worlds were capable of supporting life, and if only one out of a million were capable of supporting life, and if only one out of a million of those bore intelligent life, there would still be millions of inhabited worlds for us to visit.
:* [[Gene Roddenberry]] [http://leethomson.myzen.co.uk/Star_Trek/2_The_Next_Generation/Star_Trek_-_The_Next_Generation_Bible.pdf Star Trek: The Next Generation Bible] p.9
:* [[Gene Roddenberry]] [http://leethomson.myzen.co.uk/Star_Trek/2_The_Next_Generation/Star_Trek_-_The_Next_Generation_Bible.pdf Star Trek: The Next Generation Bible] p.9
* Women of the 24th century consider a man in his early fifties like Picard has having just entered his best years. Active duty Starfleet males, (and females for that matter) have the double attractiveness of being in prime physical condition usually through their seventies and being more aware most humans of the rich variety of personal relationships.
* Women of the 24th century consider a man in his early fifties like Picard has having just entered his best years. Active duty Starfleet males, (and females for that matter) have the double attractiveness of being in prime physical condition usually through their seventies and being more aware most humans of the rich variety of personal relationships.
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*Although Riker has a lively interest in women, he considers it a point of honor never to let it interfere with his duty. He is intellectually committed to sexual equality too -- and tried hard to live up to that. The whole truth is, however, he is still young and hasn't yet lived enough to understand how completely different the two sexes can be. He's not fully aware that human females have needs of their own. For example, Riker doesn't yet fully appreciate the power of the female '''need to be needed'''.
*Although Riker has a lively interest in women, he considers it a point of honor never to let it interfere with his duty. He is intellectually committed to sexual equality too -- and tried hard to live up to that. The whole truth is, however, he is still young and hasn't yet lived enough to understand how completely different the two sexes can be. He's not fully aware that human females have needs of their own. For example, Riker doesn't yet fully appreciate the power of the female '''need to be needed'''.
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* Data is an android so perfectly fabricated that only a skilled biologist would know he is not composed of normal flesh and blood.
* Data is an android so perfectly fabricated that only a skilled biologist would know he is not composed of normal flesh and blood.
: Data's favorite story is Pinocchio -- he identifies himself with the little wooden boy who wanted to be human.
: Data's favorite story is Pinocchio -- he identifies himself with the little wooden boy who wanted to be human.
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* Tall and slender, and appearing about thirty years old (no doubt she's actually somewhat older), Lt. Commander Deanna Troi is half Betazoid. Although Betazoids are telepathic, human descendents have only limited telepathic ability, which in Troi's case is mainly limited to being able to "read" the emotions of others. (We consider there to be nothing 'paranormal' inthis ability. For example, Spock's mental abilities in the original series were explained as an extrapolation of the often accepted science theory that all life in the universe is somehow related.
* Tall and slender, and appearing about thirty years old (no doubt she's actually somewhat older), Lt. Commander Deanna Troi is half Betazoid. Although Betazoids are telepathic, human descendents have only limited telepathic ability, which in Troi's case is mainly limited to being able to "read" the emotions of others. (We consider there to be nothing 'paranormal' inthis ability. For example, Spock's mental abilities in the original series were explained as an extrapolation of the often accepted science theory that all life in the universe is somehow related.
:Her starship speciality might have been known in earlier days as psychologist or psychiatrist but now in the 24th century the science of human behavior has grown into a much more precise and important discipline.
:Her starship speciality might have been known in earlier days as psychologist or psychiatrist but now in the 24th century the science of human behavior has grown into a much more precise and important discipline.
:In cases where star ships encounter other life forms in deep space, the counselors role is considered second in importance only to the captain and first officer.
:In cases where star ships encounter other life forms in deep space, the counselors role is considered second in importance only to the captain and first officer.
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* Tasha's (unspecified) Ukranian descent gives her an unusual quality of conditioned-body beauty that would have flabbergasted males of a few centuries earlier. With fire in her eyes and a muscular well-developed and '''very''' female body, she is capable of pinning most crewman to the mat -- or being just an exciting just an exciting sensual and intellectual challange to males who enjoy (win or lose) full equality between the genders.
* Tasha's (unspecified) Ukranian descent gives her an unusual quality of conditioned-body beauty that would have flabbergasted males of a few centuries earlier. With fire in her eyes and a muscular well-developed and '''very''' female body, she is capable of pinning most crewman to the mat -- or being just an exciting just an exciting sensual and intellectual challange to males who enjoy (win or lose) full equality between the genders.
:Tasha has a beau ideal too,which happens to be fifteen year old, Wes Crusher. Deprived of her own childhood by the harsh life of her "hell planet" home, she treats this boy like the most wonderful person imaginable. Wes is the childhood friend that Tasha never had.
:Tasha has a beau ideal too,which happens to be fifteen year old, Wes Crusher. Deprived of her own childhood by the harsh life of her "hell planet" home, she treats this boy like the most wonderful person imaginable. Wes is the childhood friend that Tasha never had.
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* An away mission regular, who is racially black and birth-defect blind. Geordi wears an unusual prosthetic device which gives him a vision superior to that of ordinary human eyes.
* An away mission regular, who is racially black and birth-defect blind. Geordi wears an unusual prosthetic device which gives him a vision superior to that of ordinary human eyes.
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His "vision" extends through visible light upward through the ultra-violet spectrum and down through the infra-red range. Thus he can "see" the warmth of a human body or of a recent foot print, or in total darkness. He can also see telescopically and microscopically.
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: His "vision" extends through visible light upward through the ultra-violet spectrum and down through the infra-red range. Thus he can "see" the warmth of a human body or of a recent foot print, or in total darkness. He can also see telescopically and microscopically.
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: Geordi's
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aboard specialty is the starship school for children. He sometimes has to deal with pupils who feel jealousy at his having vision abilities marvelously beyond their own.
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: Geordi's aboard specialty is the starship school for children. He sometimes has to deal with pupils who feel jealousy at his having vision abilities marvelously beyond their own.
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* Dr. Beverly Crusher is an intelligent and strong-willed diagnostician. She has a profound sense of medicine, th kind of skill that takes years to develop; often, she will use her diagnostic skills only to confirm what she already has seen, smelled and sensed about a patient's condition. She is first and foremost, a brilliant ship's doctor.
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* Dr. Beverly Crusher is an intelligent and strong-willed diagnostician. She has a profound sense of medicine, the kind of skill that takes years to develop; often, she will use her diagnostic skills only to confirm what she already has seen, smelled and sensed about a patient's condition. She is first and foremost, a brilliant ship's doctor.
:Beverly's husband, Jack Crusher, was killed while sering on the U.S.S. Stargazer with Captain Picard. Beverly still has a sense that Jack' death was somehow Picard's fault. She knows that it is not logical to blame Picard, but he is so identified with the event in her mind and it was such a loss that she still has trouble dealing with Picard.
:Beverly's husband, Jack Crusher, was killed while sering on the U.S.S. Stargazer with Captain Picard. Beverly still has a sense that Jack' death was somehow Picard's fault. She knows that it is not logical to blame Picard, but he is so identified with the event in her mind and it was such a loss that she still has trouble dealing with Picard.
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* A four foot ten inch, fifteen-year-old boy. Several centuries previous he miht have been one of the young electronic wizards who were introducing computers to a puzzled world, but here on this starship he begins as the son (sole family) of Beverly Crusher, tthe Enterprise's Chief Medical Officer.
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* A four foot ten inch, fifteen-year-old boy. Several centuries previous he might have been one of the young electronic wizards who were introducing computers to a puzzled world, but here on this starship he begins as the son (sole family) of Beverly Crusher, tthe Enterprise's Chief Medical Officer.
: Wes has inherited the genius of both of his parents. This is apparent in his superior memory and his insight into the mechanics of computer circuitry and starship warp engines.
: Wes has inherited the genius of both of his parents. This is apparent in his superior memory and his insight into the mechanics of computer circuitry and starship warp engines.
: Otherwise, he is a normal fifteen-year-old boy. (He most definitely is '''not''' a '''nerd''''.)
: Otherwise, he is a normal fifteen-year-old boy. (He most definitely is '''not''' a '''nerd''''.)
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* We no longer have consoles studded with buttons and levers and switches. Now out work-stations look like flat black panels until they are activated, than they light up and become interactive display screens with customs keyboards as well. A crew person simply touches the part of the display that has been programmed to the keyboard. This allows any crew member to work at any console with a high degree of familiarity.
* We no longer have consoles studded with buttons and levers and switches. Now out work-stations look like flat black panels until they are activated, than they light up and become interactive display screens with customs keyboards as well. A crew person simply touches the part of the display that has been programmed to the keyboard. This allows any crew member to work at any console with a high degree of familiarity.
* We do not want to go into too much detail about the specific future of our own planet. We have, however, established that most (if not all) of the major problems facing the human species have been resolved and the Earth has since been transformed into a human a paradise, with large protected wilderness areas, grand parks, beautiful cities, and a literate and compassionate population that has learned to appreciate life as a grand adventure.
* We do not want to go into too much detail about the specific future of our own planet. We have, however, established that most (if not all) of the major problems facing the human species have been resolved and the Earth has since been transformed into a human a paradise, with large protected wilderness areas, grand parks, beautiful cities, and a literate and compassionate population that has learned to appreciate life as a grand adventure.
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*Food and drink aboard the Enterprise is instantaneously synthesized by an in-ship transporter system that takes the necessary raw materials from storage and rearranges them into whatever the individual has ordered, delivering them via the wall-slots.
*Food and drink aboard the Enterprise is instantaneously synthesized by an in-ship transporter system that takes the necessary raw materials from storage and rearranges them into whatever the individual has ordered, delivering them via the wall-slots.
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* The Star Trek universe is metric.
* The Star Trek universe is metric.
* Any Captain who does find it necessary to violate the Prime Directive had better be ready to present a sound defense of his actions.
* Any Captain who does find it necessary to violate the Prime Directive had better be ready to present a sound defense of his actions.
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* The turbolift looks like, and is used like an elevator, but with one important difference: it can travel horizontally as well as vertically.
* The turbolift looks like, and is used like an elevator, but with one important difference: it can travel horizontally as well as vertically.
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* The ship's phasers have all the power of the Enterprises matter/anti-matterengines behind them. They are quite capable of disintegrating another Constitution class vessel -- or evena small moon, if necessary. Because the phasers are beams of phased light, they cannot be used at warp speeds.
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* The ship's phasers have all the power of the Enterprises matter/anti-matterengines behind them. They are quite capable of disintegrating another Constitution class vessel -- or even a small moon, if necessary. Because the phasers are beams of phased light, they cannot be used at warp speeds.
: The photon torpedo is perhaps the single most powerful weapon available to the Enterprise. It is a tiny piece of ati-matter held in a magnetic bottle. (ie. the black casket we saw in the Star Trek movies.) A photon torpedo is built around a miniature warp engine and can be used to track and destroy an enemy vessel while either it and /or the Enterprise are traveling at warp speeds.
: The photon torpedo is perhaps the single most powerful weapon available to the Enterprise. It is a tiny piece of ati-matter held in a magnetic bottle. (ie. the black casket we saw in the Star Trek movies.) A photon torpedo is built around a miniature warp engine and can be used to track and destroy an enemy vessel while either it and /or the Enterprise are traveling at warp speeds.
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