You=Imperial officer, which Trek race would you exterminate

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » 2006-02-26 09:14pm

RThurmont wrote:<snip> BTW, wouldn't BDZing the Baku planet be somewhat of an overkill? <snip> Then, as an alternative to harvesting the rings of meta-phasic radiation, you could turn that planet into a luxury resort world on which the Imperial rulers of the galaxy would reside, granting them effective immortality, while the conquered subjects would continue to endure the same pathetic lifespans they always had.

The Emperor would probably say, "Good idea!" and build a fortress on the Baku planet, guarded by combat droids, and go there from time to time to extend his life and enjoy near-immortality.

And he'll kill you and everyone else who knows about the Baku planet, so he alone may enjoy the benefits. Remember, Sith Lords are very selfish people.

RThurmont · Post by **RThurmont** » 2006-02-26 09:30pm

And he'll kill you and everyone else who knows about the Baku planet, so he alone may enjoy the benefits. Remember, Sith Lords are very selfish people.

I don't know about that. While it is true that the Sith are undeniably evil, their evilness, in my opinion, was heavily overstated in the EU. George Lucas himself is quoted as saying that Palpatine actually thought he was doing a good thing by creating the Galactic Empire...bringing peace to the galaxy and so forth. For all their alleged brutality, the Sith rarely do anything without having a motive for doing it. Assuming I was a valued Imperial officer, I imagine the Emperor would be more inclined to keep me around than kill me for the benefit of having an entire planet all to himself (a dubious pleasure, to be sure, unless one enjoys extreme isolation).

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2006-02-26 09:35pm

RThurmont wrote:
And he'll kill you and everyone else who knows about the Baku planet, so he alone may enjoy the benefits. Remember, Sith Lords are very selfish people.
I don't know about that. While it is true that the Sith are undeniably evil, their evilness, in my opinion, was heavily overstated in the EU. George Lucas himself is quoted as saying that Palpatine actually thought he was doing a good thing by creating the Galactic Empire...bringing peace to the galaxy and so forth. For all their alleged brutality, the Sith rarely do anything without having a motive for doing it. Assuming I was a valued Imperial officer, I imagine the Emperor would be more inclined to keep me around than kill me for the benefit of having an entire planet all to himself (a dubious pleasure, to be sure, unless one enjoys extreme isolation).

This is actually exactly what Palpatine did with Byss; funneling a great deal of Imperial resources to his private fortress world, including dark jedi and skilled commanders, especially after his "death" at Endor. Nearly allowed him to retake the galaxy, actually.

RThurmont · Post by **RThurmont** » 2006-02-26 09:40pm

Yes, but my point being, he did not live on Byss in utter isolation. Nor did he needlessly dispose of senior officers in the process, but rather, as you said, kept them with him.

ngc7293 · Post by **ngc7293** » 2006-02-27 02:56am

Well, since the entire Galaxy is not a threat, then I would pick either the Breen or the Talosians (assuming the latter are not already dead)

Everyone on on side of the Galaxy has that saying "Never turn your back on a Breen". There's got to be a reason.

Cyborg Stan · Post by **Cyborg Stan** » 2006-02-27 08:28pm

I wouldn't know who I'd do in. That being said, I could totally see Sonneburg 'genociding' Neelix - I mean, the Talaxians.

He'd just personally shot all the others in the head, and to make up for the lack of numbers, he draws it out longer. (In other words, instead of billions of deaths, he just draws out Neelix's death a billion times longer than it would be otherwise.)

Hell, there's inspiration from Voyager itself. He could steal his lungs and set up holographic replacements again, and everytime Neelix attempts to protest he gleefully presses the 'off' switch. And why stop at the lungs? He could just remove each one of Neelix's organs, one by one until only the brain is left. And all of it would be connected to a holographic body, which could change at whim. Like his stomach can burst and transform into a worm, which eats his torso, which regenerates. And of course, the actual rest of the body is recycled in some replicators to form toilet paper, which is given as a birthday present to Tuvok.

Sonnenburg · Post by **Sonnenburg** » 2006-02-27 08:46pm

Cyborg Stan wrote:I wouldn't know who I'd do in. That being said, I could totally see Sonneburg 'genociding' Neelix - I mean, the Talaxians.

[snip]

I would never do anything like that... I'd have Telaxians declared a rare delicacy.

Cyborg Stan · Post by **Cyborg Stan** » 2006-02-27 08:51pm

Sonnenburg wrote:I would never do anything like that... I'd have Telaxians declared a rare delicacy.

"You're right... they really do taste like shit!"

Sonnenburg · Post by **Sonnenburg** » 2006-02-27 08:54pm

Try another, they're an acquired taste.

wilfulton · Post by **wilfulton** » 2006-02-27 11:42pm

Fuck it, I'd divvy up the fleet and assign them sectors. Then we'd make it a real race. Last team to finish wiping them out has to buy the beer.

Turin · Post by **Turin** » 2006-02-28 04:40pm

Darth Quorthon wrote:I would say Species 8472, but since they live in "fluidic space", do they really count as member of the Star Trek galaxy?

"Fluidic" space? A dimension of... fluid?... wha? I didn't watch much Voyager, was the explanation for these guys really that stupid? Obviously I didn't miss much.

Anyway, I would definitely leave the Borg in place. They're just too darn useful as a boogyman to threaten the AQ with. "Oh, really, Mr. Federation Ambassador, you think the new tariffs on holoporn are too harsh? Well you see, they are necessary to pay for the defensive fleet we have protecting you from the Borg. You wouldn't want us to remove the fleet protecting Earth when there are thousands of Borg cube swarming just outside the Alpha Quadrant, would you?"

Who would I destroy? The Packleds. Just to confuse the hell out of everyone.

Doctor Doom · Post by **Doctor Doom** » 2006-02-28 06:41pm

The Aaamazzarites/Therbians. Those things are fucked up.

Cos Dashit · Post by **Cos Dashit** » 2006-02-28 07:07pm

Why wouldn't anyone wipe out everyone? Kill everyone and just rape the planets of natural resources or start colonies or something. Why would the Empire want to have the responsibility of controlling even more people?

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2006-02-28 07:31pm

Cos Dashit wrote:Why wouldn't anyone wipe out everyone? Kill everyone and just rape the planets of natural resources or start colonies or something. Why would the Empire want to have the responsibility of controlling even more people?

Well... it is kinda what empires do. Expending the resources to wipe the entire galaxy clean of sapient life, will feazible, simply wouldn't be cost effective, and if word ever got back to the home galaxy, even those aristocrats who shrugged off rumors of genocide of a few single-planet species might raise an eyebrow. Far better to destroy their ability and will to fight, exterminate or contain the truly controllable species, and make the whole shebang simply another protectorate.

Cos Dashit · Post by **Cos Dashit** » 2006-02-28 07:33pm

Well let's just hope I never become Emperor.

Plushie · Post by **Plushie** » 2006-02-28 11:54pm

That race that could effect peoples minds from light-years away from the TOS episode "The Cage"?

I Galaxy Gun that shit from the Founder's world, just to be sure.

SVPD · Post by **SVPD** » 2006-02-28 11:57pm

The Borg, for no other reason than the fear the rest of ST has for them.

I'd do it fast... a swarm of ISDs descending on their homeworld, slaughtering their cubes wholsale and then the fastest BDZ ever seen.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2006-03-01 02:16pm

Doctor Doom wrote:The Aaamazzarites/Therbians. Those things are fucked up.

The who?

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-03-01 02:27pm

Darth Servo wrote:
Doctor Doom wrote:The Aaamazzarites/Therbians. Those things are fucked up.
The who?

Background aliens from TMP. The FX crew made a description to flesh them out a bit :

The Aaamazzarites (also known as Therbians) generate their clothing from their own mouths. In fact, everything on Aaamazzara, including furniture, is produced bio-chemically, in much the same way that Terran bees make hives. The Aaamazzarites are members of the United Federation of Planets

Basically, they walk around in their own vomit.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2006-03-01 02:47pm

Bounty wrote:
Darth Servo wrote:
Doctor Doom wrote:The Aaamazzarites/Therbians. Those things are fucked up.
The who?
Background aliens from TMP. The FX crew made a description to flesh them out a bit :

<snip>

Basically, they walk around in their own vomit.

One more piece of evidence that the people who made TMP were smoking crack.

Oh and you missed the joke. When someone asks "The who?" you're supposed to say, "No, not The Who, the _______"

Invictus ChiKen · Post by **Invictus ChiKen** » 2006-03-01 03:01pm

Hehe we'd probably all make good little Imperial Officers...

For myself Cardasians... They are dead meat. If there are still any Maquis left give them the newly open territory. Also rescue Tom Riker!

Oh the fun I'd have... Boil oceans. Hand to hand, tourtre to death high ranking officers. Detonate suns use tractor beams to hurl the hulks of waster warships into major cities.

Hehehe...

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-03-01 05:34pm

Borg are Superweapon-bait. Ferengi get BDZed to avoid their ever-present black market becoming an issue. Founders get as much of their tech lifted in order to aid the Empire.

I'd also order my captains to think creatively in coming up with ways to execute my Exterminatii, and reward them as well.

Oh, and DaSHIT, fuck you for Q-wanking all over this really awesome thread

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2006-03-01 06:52pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:I'd also order my captains to think creatively in coming up with ways to execute my Exterminatii, and reward them as well.

Cool, a chance to use my soy-based alternative to nuclear weapons.

Anomie · Post by **Anomie** » 2006-03-01 10:22pm

Perhaps I could use the ST universes ability to hop to different dimensions to find Cthulhu and drop him on Vulcan. Let's see what happens to the emotionless bastards and their vaunted logic when faced against one whose mere sight causes insanity.

Maybe also find Urotsukidoji and drop him on Risa.

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » 2006-03-02 02:23pm

Cos Dashit wrote:Why wouldn't anyone wipe out everyone? Kill everyone and just rape the planets of natural resources or start colonies or something. Why would the Empire want to have the responsibility of controlling even more people?

Two reasons. One is the natives are a useful source of slave labor-- the Empire enslaved the Wookiees so they'd have enough workers to build the Death Star, after all. Two is the tax revenue the Empire can collect from anyone who isn't enslaved.