what would our resident Sith Master do if he tried to unilaterally support
the "Trek side"?
I've been thinking: why don't we have a thread in which we all
"switch sides," so to speak? Traditional Trek hard-liners would
support Star Wars, and Wars fans would embrace Trek. In the
Other Sci-Fi forum, B5 fans could pick one of the above, and so on.
I know it'll be difficult, but it could be fun. I'll pick up the gauntlet
and support a Star Trek victory over Star Wars...err, well, when I
think of something
(I might have to jump ship to B5 over ST.)For the purposes of this switcheroo, please accept the canon/official
policies outlined on Michael's site. As a turncoat, my first impulse
would be to try and remove the EU from the debate altogether, but
I don't think this is a valid move; furthermore, it's been done to death
(and is being done to death as we speak).
Also disallowed:
1--Time travel. The Krenim cannot score a Trek win by erasing the Empire from history.
2--Usage or reverse-engineering of stolen technology from another
side. This includes the Borg assimilating hyperdrive.
3--Ridiculous technological progression; e.g., Federation ships using
millions of Omega molecules as a power source.
4--Alliances between sworn enemies. Established alliances are okay.
But it'd be pushing it to have 8472, the Dominion, Borg, and Breen
going into battle together.
5--Intervention of god-like beings or one-hit wonders. Species 8472
isn't a one-hit wonder, but the Voth are. So are "The Hand" from
B5's "Legend of the Rangers."
6--Use of weapons whose effects are hotly in dispute; e.g., transphasic
torpedos. We don't want an argument about how the weapon in question works, why it'd do so-and-so to an Imperial ship, and so on. However,
Federation batmobile armor is allowed, provided you can make a convincing argument that it is in wide enough circulation to make a difference.
7--Extreme technological exchanges between friendly powers. The
Romulans wouldn't allow the Federation to use cloaking devices;
when and if the Federation learns anything from VGR's experience with
better FTL methodology, the Federation won't give the Klingons, say,
slipstream drives, etc.
8--Use of psi-kinetic powers to render an enemy helpless. The Vorlons
or Emperor Palpatine couldn't mind-screw the Borg or whoever with
a mere thought in this debate. We need geniune, physical warfare here: destruction of enemy worlds and assets, occupation, fleet engagements.
9--Use of the Galaxy Gun. Sorry
but it makes things WAY too easy.10--Use of the Shadow missile cloud to counter every invader's move.
Go with what we see: one active cloud on the show itself, one in a movie,
and a confirmed three in a novel.
If that's too many stipulations, lemme know. I just wanted to lay
down a few rules such that someone wouldn't take the opportunity
to turn the whole thing into satire (SW/ST/B5 ROOOOOLZ!)
