I sometimes think I'm not that much of a Star Trek nerd, and compared to some people I'm not, but I'm enough of one that I recognized it right away, and I'm going to be hearing a musical cue from that episode in my head for a while now.
The notion of a Doomsday Machine going hog on the Borg was explored in the TNG novel Vendetta by noted writer Peter David. It's set shortly after the events of The Best of Both Worlds and also explains why they never used the nanites that almost took the ship apart in that one episode as a weapon.
Matthew Green
in reply to Michael Lucas • • •Michael Lucas
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Better--the Doomsday Machine from the TV show.
Tinchocongruent
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in reply to silverwizard • • •@silverwizard I avoid Voyager. I wanted desperation and struggle, and this... wasn't it.
tbf, it's the same thing I want from every Lost In Space trope. And never get.
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silverwizard
in reply to Michael Lucas • •Yeah - but sometimes you might go on Memory Beta and be like "Spock and 7 of 9 stole the Doomsday Machine in order to fight the borg.... hmmmm"
Don't make my error
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Michael Lucas
in reply to furicle • • •@furicle @silverwizard Never seen it. The movie didn't grab me.
Looking at the description, it looks like a play on "Space:1999," which is fine. The series ending on a cliffhanger doesn't thrill me, though.
furicle
in reply to Michael Lucas • • •SGU was a departure from the others.
Toby
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in reply to arch-packetmancer • • •@sng fan art, no idea.
But we need the film.
arch-packetmancer
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Ethically: yes.
Legally: Trek novels are all work-for-hire, so Paramount owns all the rights. But they should pay him anyway.
pamela
Unknown parent • • •@silverwizard voyager today would just be everyone gradually getting all amped up to force the federation to disband its military
Also thinking about it, like what are the chances their target demographic had ever read about the maquisards by name to get the reference?