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!!!

Comments

[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.

[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.

[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?

[ashi.livejournal.com]

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