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Don’t a ton of the episodes deal with life outside the federation, boldly go where no (hu)man has gone before and all that? Hell, DS9 took place on a space station outside the federation…

I think it's a stretch to say that they do. The primary characters are nearly always Starfleet/Federation characters, and the events of the episodes are generally seen through their eyes, even if they are technically outside the Federation. The main exception would be the DS9 Ferengi episodes, but there's really only a handful of those.

Risa was part of the Federation. Unless that was retconned with nu-trek or something…

The only reason Risa came up in the article is because the pitch of the new show is that it's set on a resort planet, and people unfortunately lack imagination and assumed that meant Risa, even though the pitch also said it was set outside the Federation.

This interview confirms that the setting is not, and has never been, Risa.

We'll see how it all pans out. I feel somehow skeptical that the Federation perspective won't worm its way in there somewhere.

I'm seeing credible-seeming rumours that Lego has acquired the license, but nothing official yet...

it seems to me that both things can be true: the popular economic indicators can be looking good and everyday people can be experiencing greater levels of financial hardship than they or their parents have ever known.

Absolutely - data-based decision making is good, but the data has to be robust enough to fully capture the reality.

Regularly including cost of living measures alongside GDP would be a good start.

Don't blink - you might miss it.

Wait, I thought that was Doctor Who...

There's no formal coalition agreement, and I don't see Trudeau scrambling to offer cabinet posts to NDP MPs.

The less formal arrangement they had lasted a pretty long time, all things considered.

But Singh doesn't owe him anything.

I'll let Luther Sloan take this one.

We search out and identify potential dangers to the Federation...we deal with them.

They certainly believe they're protecting the Federation.

Well, no.

I want a system that's actually designed to support multiple parties. Westminster ain't it.

I'm torn on this.

On the one hand, I agree that a PP government is a terrible thing.

On the other hand, it's hardly the NDP's job to prop up another political party.

WTF is he thinking?

For better or worse, he's probably reached the point where he thinks they need to cut all remaining ties to the Liberals, and not be seen as propping them up, formally or otherwise.

Get ready for one of the ugliest campaigns in living memory.

Honestly, if there's one character whose upbringing I'd like to see, it's this one.

At least once more, as always.

And yet it endures. Unlike the Terran Empire, which fell centuries ago. Were you aware that the distance between our two universes started expanding sometime after your departure? There hasn't been a single crossing in over 500 years. You didn't know that, did you? You're all alone now.

There's definitely a lot of wiggle room in there.

Hmm yes I did expect it would go without saying, but the extra reminder can't hurt.

to shreds, you say

A mild counterpoint, because I totally get where you're coming from:

Section 31 is probably the one setting that should be high stakes, all the time. Like them or not, this is kind of what they do.

This makes me think that the flashbacks to Georgiou's childhood seen in the trailers might be directly related to the main plot, rather than something that's just there to provide character insight.

I was thinking that it's interesting that crossovers with the Mirror Universe stop completely at some point around the 27th Century. There's a story there.

One has to dig into the novels for some of this, but Picard took his promotion to oversee the evacuation plans, so in theory, Starfleet already knows about the supernova and is beginning their initial evacuation effort.

The Utopia Planitia fleet was a major project, but evacuations took place even before the fleet was built - Elnor's colony was an evacuee settlement, and Laris and Zhaban stuck with Picard after he rescued them.

I had been hoping that such a major re-evaluation of Starfleet's mission would affect this show, but it was not to be.