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*** Reportedly, an earlier script had Worf being the captain of the ship ATTACKING the Enterprise, but said revelation was (thankfully?) cut.
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** It's actually sadder than that. Tasha's words right before the ''fully functional'' part of the quote is the line ''what I want now is gentleness. And joy... and love.'' This implies that it wasn't just simple drunken sex for her and we are actually witnessing someone who has never experienced a lot of love in her life and has trouble expressing herself in that way whilst not under the influence. And it makes sense given what she must have experienced from the men in her life growing up. Indeed, who does she choose to be this way with? It wasn't the human man that she kissed in the hallway, it was Data, someone that she knows is incapable of harming her. And what is interesting is the scene prior to this where she is in Troi's quarters lamenting about how Troi always wears such beautiful clothes and wants to change her image. It is possible that we are getting a glimpse here of ''the real Tasha'' beneath all of the defensive layers that she was forced to develop over the years, someone who desperately wants to be like Troi but is unable to be.
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* In "The Wounded", it’s revealed that the Federation has been at war with Cardassia for quite some time, but this is the first time the viewers hear of it as the Enterprise — the Federation’s flagship — has never been involved in combat with the Cardassians. Then you realize that, unlike modern militaries, Starfleet doesn’t prioritize war, instead prioritizing science and exploration. Thus, rather than fight with all the power it can muster, Starfleet devotes the bare minimum of resources necessary to defend Federation interests until the other side agrees to peace talks. It’s only when faced with existential threats, like the Borg or the Dominion, that Starfleet really goes all out.
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** The crew thinks that they passed through a wormhole because that's how the Paxan trap works. Wormholes can send you through both space and time. Riker explicitly mentions that "it's lucky that the wormhole didn't send them both across the galaxy and into the middle of next week."
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* It's been pointed out that MacDuff's plan from "Conundrum" seems [[ComplexityAddiction overly complex;]] after all, if the Satarrans have the power to mind-wipe an entire starship crew ''and'' alter their computer systems as they see fit, why don't they just use this power to defeat their hated enemy, the Lysians? The simple answer is that the Lysians have been at war with the Satarrans for some time, and they have found a way to counter this strategy. MacDuff needed an outside force who have never encountered this technology, and therefore have no defence against it.
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* It's been pointed out that MacDuff's [=MacDuff=]'s plan from "Conundrum" seems [[ComplexityAddiction overly complex;]] after all, if the Satarrans have the power to mind-wipe an entire starship crew ''and'' alter their computer systems as they see fit, why don't they just use this power to defeat their hated enemy, the Lysians? The simple answer is that the Lysians have been at war with the Satarrans for some time, and they have found a way to counter this strategy. MacDuff [=MacDuff=] needed an outside force who have never encountered this technology, and therefore have no defence against it.
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* Kevin Uxbridge, the [[RealityWarper Douwd]] from "The Survivors", is noted by fans to suffer from CreativeSterility; everything he creates is just a replica of something in his life, and he notes that his attempts to fool the invading Husnock with illusions failed, likely due to a lack of imagination from Kevin. This is further demonstrated by the state of Rana IV when the ''Enterprise'' arrives; Kevin could have created a replica of the entire colony and all it's inhabitants in full and therefore make it look like nothing was wrong (although given the facsimile of his wife alone is a form of self-inflicted punishment, this may have been too much for him to bear), but instead he creates a scenario that is incredibly suspicious, and practically screams "something is very wrong here and this sweet elderly couple are not what they appear to be." He fails to consistently or convincingly cover his tracks, something someone with more imagination and creativity could easily do with his godlike powers.
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* It's been pointed out that MacDuff's plan from "Conundrum" seems [[ComplexityAddiction overly complex;]] after all, if the Satarrans have the power to mind-wipe an entire starship crew ''and'' alter their computer systems as they see fit, why don't they just use this power to defeat their hated enemy, the Lysians? The simple answer is that the Lysians have been at war with the Satarrans for some time, and they have found a way to counter this strategy. MacDuff needed an outside force who have never encountered this technology, and therefore have no defence against it.
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** Q's actions, which subjected the ''Enterprise'' to the first encounter with the Borg the Federation had ever had, are not just a petty lesson in humility and satiating his self-inflated ego; he had functionally given the Borg technological details and information galore on the Federation, never mind warning them to the Federation's existence in the first place. The entire war to come that would be devastating for the Federation can be placed squarely on Q being a douchebag and dressing it up with the guise of a warning.
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* While not explicitly called out, it is almost certainly not a coincidence that the Romulans' signature D'deridex warbirds are, from their perspective, ''blood-colored''.
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*** That justust makes things even darker, like some twisted version of Brave New World.
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*** That justust just makes things even darker, like some twisted version of Brave New World.
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* In "Phantasms", Worf makes perfect sense to be the character that's eating the cake (and commenting on the mint frosting), since other episodes such as "Time Squared" show that he's a BigEater.
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** Picard's overt disdain for Offenhouse's fixation with wealth and power is colored by the knowledge that people like him were the ones that led humanity to near-extinction. From Picard's point-of-view, Offenhouse is all but admitting to being a member of the Nazi Party! The ''Enterprise'' crew has nothing but scorn for the 20th Century people's social values because from their perspective they come from a time just before the world plunged into nearly a century of war and brutality because of those social values!
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** Picard's overt disdain for Offenhouse's fixation with wealth and power is colored by the knowledge that people like him were the ones that led humanity to near-extinction. From Picard's point-of-view, Offenhouse is all but admitting to being a member of the Nazi Party! (Or perhaps “just” a jingoistic English imperialist from before UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne — Offenhouse is naive like Kipling, not radically evil like Hitler.) The ''Enterprise'' crew has nothing but scorn for the 20th Century people's social values because from their perspective they come from a time just before the world plunged into nearly a century of war and brutality because of those social values!
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* When Star Fleet personnel transfer, they always seem to have just a small bag of belongings instead of the usually amount of personal items granted to most military members. Why? They simply return raw materials to the replicator(s) at the prior command/ship, and only need a small amount of space for anything special to them.
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* Reg Barclay [[TheTeetotaler doesn't seem to drink]], if his [[LactoseOverLiquor ordering milk at ten forward]] is anything to go by. This makes perfect sense, since Reg is known to be a bit on-edge about his physical health (believing himself to have contracted transporter psychosis in "Realm of Fear" and mistaking his flu for a terminal disease in "Genesis"). He likely wouldn't want to consume anything that would cause him adverse symptoms.
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* Many of the people aboard the ''Enterprise'' are not Starfleet officers. Many are families of officers, including young children. Each time the ship goes to Red Alert, there are at least dozens of children and civilians who have no idea what's going on or whether they're about to be blown into space dust.
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* Many of the people aboard the ''Enterprise'' are not Starfleet officers. Many are families of officers, including young children. Each time the ship goes to Red Alert, there are at least dozens of children and civilians who have no idea what's going on or whether they're about to be blown into space dust.dust (which, for added horror, actually did happen to everyone aboard the ''Yamato'').
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** As we see throughout TNG and ''Deep Space Nine'', the alliance between the Federation and the Klingons is shaky at best, with at least one Romulan-backed conspiracy to drive a wedge between the two. So the Romulans may have had a reason to expect the Klingons to stay out of the conflict.
* The plot of "The Defector" also mirrors that of the Kobayashi Maru scenario from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', with the ''Enterprise'' being given a reason to cross the border into the Neutral Zone, only to be ambushed by a squadron of hostile ships. One key difference is that in the training scenario, the crew is responding to a distress call, while in this case, they are lured into a trap by news of a secret Romulan base. Another key difference is that in "The Defector", it is ironically a squadron of Klingon ships suddenly appearing that save the ''Enterprise.''
** View it from Admiral Tomalak's point of view: Given sufficient cause, he crosses into the Neutral Zone, only to find himself in a no-win scenario complements of a squadron of Klingon ships appearing without warning. At least the real Klingons gave him the chance to escape, unlike the virtual ones faced by Saavik and Kirk.
** Picard defeats the no-win scenario the same way Kirk did: He cheated. While Kirk hacked the computer to change the parameters, Picard changes the parameters of the scenario set up by Tomalak by secretly involving the Klingons!
* The plot of "The Defector" also mirrors that of the Kobayashi Maru scenario from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', with the ''Enterprise'' being given a reason to cross the border into the Neutral Zone, only to be ambushed by a squadron of hostile ships. One key difference is that in the training scenario, the crew is responding to a distress call, while in this case, they are lured into a trap by news of a secret Romulan base. Another key difference is that in "The Defector", it is ironically a squadron of Klingon ships suddenly appearing that save the ''Enterprise.''
** View it from Admiral Tomalak's point of view: Given sufficient cause, he crosses into the Neutral Zone, only to find himself in a no-win scenario complements of a squadron of Klingon ships appearing without warning. At least the real Klingons gave him the chance to escape, unlike the virtual ones faced by Saavik and Kirk.
** Picard defeats the no-win scenario the same way Kirk did: He cheated. While Kirk hacked the computer to change the parameters, Picard changes the parameters of the scenario set up by Tomalak by secretly involving the Klingons!
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*** That justust makes things even darker, like some twisted version of Brave New World.
