Star Trek annoyances.

[gridlore]

I have no problem stating that Deep Space 9 is my favorite of the Star Trek series. The situation was grittier, the people more real, and the overwhelming moralistic tone in ST:TNG was gone. (It's easy to be a preachy bastard when you have total matter conversion technology and run the biggest empire in known space.. try doing that when you've just thrown off alien occupation.

I even enjoyed the exploration of religion (and was amused by the fact the Prophets were real) as explored in the series. Plus we got a lot of Klingons and Cardassians, and I was in Trek heaven.

It did turn into a bit of a soap opera near the end, but I can deal with that.

However... after the death of Dax, Sisko takes a leave of absence. Excuse me, Captain Benjamin Sisko, of Star Fleet, perhaps the Federation's greatest expert on the Dominion, takes an open-ended leave of absence in the middle of a freaking hot war!!!

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[thingunderthest.livejournal.com]

Well, sine there was no grief counsellor on DS-9, there was probably a no-exceptions federation policy mandating an off duty grieving period.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

I knew those damn stress cards (http://www.snopes.com/military/stress.htm) would lead to no good!

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

Actually, that did fit in with the whole touchy-feely, too-sensitive-for-their-own-good vibe that the Federation puts out. The last thing they want if for their officers to be over-sressed and make rash decisions, after all.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

And that TNG-era regulation probably hasn't caught up with the f'kin' WAR ... makes sense to me. :)

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Remember he is not just Captain Benjamin Sisko, he is also the Emissary an ambassador from a foreign power very involved in the hot war.

What is one more Captain compared to that aspect of him?

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

Were the Prophets real not-imaginary, or real divine-not-just-godlike?

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

The had real power.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

I mean, what set them apart from any other of the dozens of omnipotent beings in Trek? Making the Dominion fleet vanish could've been done by Q, Trelane, the Metrons, the Organians, and several others whose names escape me.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Well, the Prophets were actually interesting. Very limited range (Bajor was about it) and not interested in meddling with the course of history.

[10binary-cats.livejournal.com]

>Thud<
Q: Picard never hit me!
Sisko: I'm not Picard.

Best Q scene ever!

[ashi.livejournal.com]

DS9 is by far my favorite too, and rather under-rated.