^Good counterpoints, although the Organians seemed all too willing to intervene before giving up very quickly for cosmic beings. Perhaps it was just a temporary injunction and the Organian decision-making body--not necessarily the "ones" (if that's accurate, either) we saw--reversed this decision, figuring the humanoids had the right to war with each other after all.
I'll add another counterpoint: the space amoebae might have been actively hunted down and destroyed, insofar as they're not sapient (or even sentient) life, and at least as dangerous as the doomsday machine.
I forgot about the Medusans. Which is odd, because I'm one of the few people who place Is There In Truth No Beauty? in the upper echelons of TOS. The appearance of Kolos was a simple but highly effective special effect as far as I'm concerned, and the bit with Spock was neat.
As for the First Feds, I prefer to think that they weren't really as advanced as they appeared--they were apparently able to "overpower" the Enterprise, but this might be a bit of an exaggeration, since network security was not necessarily the TOS crew's forte, and the Fesarius might merely have cracked the Enterprise's console codes ala TWOK. I similarly envisage the Cheronese hijack to have taken place much the same way.
Alternatively, it may have been a matter of scale far more than technology alone. For example, a third-rate and a rowboat are the same technological level, but I wouldn't bet on the rowboat in a fight. Indeed, not to insult the 1701, but the actual scale as given in Corbomite (hundreds of miles versus several hundred meters), prior to the separation of Balok's scout, would have been more like a model ship trying to fight the tug of a supertanker.
As such, I like to think of the First Federation as actual Federation members in the 24th century. Going further, until a territorial decline in the early 2300s, I posit they were what kept the Cardassians from contacting the Feds far earlier, given the obvious proximity of Cardassia to Earth. The First Feds seem to be the only major starfaring power totally absent from TNG-era shows (except the Gorn), so this explains several loose ends. I have yet to be able to satisfactorily explain why I've given this quite this much thought.
I'll add another counterpoint: the space amoebae might have been actively hunted down and destroyed, insofar as they're not sapient (or even sentient) life, and at least as dangerous as the doomsday machine.
I forgot about the Medusans. Which is odd, because I'm one of the few people who place Is There In Truth No Beauty? in the upper echelons of TOS. The appearance of Kolos was a simple but highly effective special effect as far as I'm concerned, and the bit with Spock was neat.
As for the First Feds, I prefer to think that they weren't really as advanced as they appeared--they were apparently able to "overpower" the Enterprise, but this might be a bit of an exaggeration, since network security was not necessarily the TOS crew's forte, and the Fesarius might merely have cracked the Enterprise's console codes ala TWOK. I similarly envisage the Cheronese hijack to have taken place much the same way.
Alternatively, it may have been a matter of scale far more than technology alone. For example, a third-rate and a rowboat are the same technological level, but I wouldn't bet on the rowboat in a fight. Indeed, not to insult the 1701, but the actual scale as given in Corbomite (hundreds of miles versus several hundred meters), prior to the separation of Balok's scout, would have been more like a model ship trying to fight the tug of a supertanker.
As such, I like to think of the First Federation as actual Federation members in the 24th century. Going further, until a territorial decline in the early 2300s, I posit they were what kept the Cardassians from contacting the Feds far earlier, given the obvious proximity of Cardassia to Earth. The First Feds seem to be the only major starfaring power totally absent from TNG-era shows (except the Gorn), so this explains several loose ends. I have yet to be able to satisfactorily explain why I've given this quite this much thought.
