Another one of the arguments by the Haters of "New Trek," is what they perceive to be a Shady Starfleet with in canon done by the new series. As from their reasoning Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets in Old Trek was ALWAYS upstanding and filled with integrity... So this got me wondering, is that position true? Well today we find out!
Truth OR Myth? Shady Starfleet
Truth OR Myth? Shady Starfleet
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Re: Truth OR Myth? Shady Starfleet
Always upstanding? Did they MISS The undiscovered Country?!
Re: Truth OR Myth? Shady Starfleet
I don't understand why there's a Starfleet Purity Test running among some of the fandom but, that is a lousy reason to hate Star Trek, old or new.RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:59 pm Always upstanding? Did they MISS The undiscovered Country?!
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Re: Truth OR Myth? Shady Starfleet
Maybe a leftover from the Roddenberry and TNG days. Humans and the Federation don't do those sort of things. Cue the cloaking device argument.Nutso wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:10 pmI don't understand why there's a Starfleet Purity Test running among some of the fandom but, that is a lousy reason to hate Star Trek, old or new.RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:59 pm Always upstanding? Did they MISS The undiscovered Country?!
The only thing I can say is that Section 31 in DS9 sounded plausible in the context that maybe not every Starfleet officer is an upstanding citizen of the Federation and feels like they are being handcuffed to those really high ideals. Section 31 could have easily been part of the Pegasus cloaking device mission for example.
Discovery I didn't like they were that open about it.
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