I am a Star Trek fan (not the new stuff) and I always heard Deep Space 9 is a ripoff of Babylon 5. Have the DS9 writers ever admitted as much or acknowledged an influence? I’m 19 episodes in and I’m liking it. I can see the concept for sure that DS9 uses.
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Read between the lines. She was suspected of being a sympathizer.
Scorpio is a person that would climb the ranks of your organization with superhuman ruthlessness. Only reason he isn't Peacekeeper ruler, is that ruler can't spend all their time plotting to eradicate Scarrans.
Also he is something of a war hero. Accusing him of being tainted by foreign influence is like accusing Churchill of being a Nazi.
They are very cheap to build. Because they cost nothing and can reproduce. But they are usually cargo ships. Guess whoever transported them in Moya fucked up.
Peacekeeper race, doesn't gestate until triggered by doctor. Aryn was triggered under torture.
Rigel can gestate, because it's Cool or something.
Cleavage chick used her baby as leverage and gestation can be accelerated, and is usually accelerated for troopers to minimize sick leave.
It's not. Dargo is always violent. He's Klingon to Zan's Vulcan. Zan can be pissed, but takes great effort to prevent it. Dargo otoh defaults to violence, unless sexed or drugged.
Yeah, I saw that. What reason did he have to suspect that? Oh that's right -- because it makes the plot happen.
Except they had to invent some sort of control collar to get them to do what they want. Those probably weren't free. And they take time to grow. And it's just a dumb idea to begin with.
Also, I notice you dodged the most important question: why did the creators of this race of ships allow it to continue?
And? So? That doesn't have anything to do with the duration of gestation.
Can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic here. Either way, it was insultingly stupid. A baby is going to gestate in digestive fluid? It's in space so it's science fiction! Durrrr.
No he fucking wasn't. And Zaan wasn't always insane. But when the plot needed them to be, they sure were.
Look, if you like a shitty sci fi series, that's fine. You do you. Hell, I watched the whole thing just to see if it ever "grew the beard." But this series was not well written. They pulled an embarrassing number of Deus Ex Machina out of their asses to get out of the corners that they'd written themselves into in those 4 seasons.
It's like people who like Twilight: it might have been entertaining, but IT WAS NOT GOOD. If you're entertained by people crying all the time because that's the only way the writers know how to make sure you understand that the situation is serious, well, you go for it. I prefer to not be insulted.
"Except they had to invent some sort of control collar to get them to do what they want. Those probably weren't free. And they take time to grow. And it's just a dumb idea to begin with.
Also, I notice you dodged the most important question: why did the creators of this race of ships allow it to continue?"
Never bothered to watch Farscape, but ...... the idea of enslaving living ships seems to kind of ... defeat the purpose? I know I wouldn't trust walking around inside the body of an unwilling slave ....
The space whale from Doctor Who: The Beast Below was trying to help, and was enslaved and abused instead (it was the entire upshot of the episode. Way to go, black queen!) Not really a living ship, I guess, but it was forced to act as an engine. The only reason it didn't rebel against its lot was because it was kind.
The Lexx seemed to just ... accept what it was in the same way one accepts being what they're born as a matter of course. It wants its food, orders and pilot, and it's a happy individual. It's not stupid, just simple. Kind of like a big dog that'll take you anywhere in the multiverse and can wreck planets, but looks like a bug. One of the scarier concepts in sci-fi.
The ones in No Man's Sky seem similar to the Lexx, with an even bigger "touch of alien" about them.
And I don't think people stop to think of what a "living ship" means beyond "potential slave for human use" - it's a species that doesn't need weak-ass monkey tech to get to Earth.
It's just their effed up culture. He was both crazy from grief and in charge. He could do whatever he wanted.
It's still cheaper than building an entire ship. And most Pilot/Leviathan are ok with moving cargo. Moving passengers does seem to not gel well with their nature. They have special consideration for crew.
Scarrans wanted baby to extract DNA memory, hence they wanted it speed up. Plus she got crystalized and reassembled. It's not a standard pregnancy. By any stretch.
Every series has some amount of breaks from reality. Them having Rigel be mom is either being PC or wanting to show their doll off. Hence comment.
I explained. He always defaults to it. Zhann default to peace. Doesn't mean they are 1-dimensional and always like that. People aren't always slothful or always hard working.
Look, if you hate it, that is also fine, but just say I hate it, don't imagine bizzare reasons why.