What mysteries of Star Trek would you like to see solved (and, if you want to say it, how would you solve them)?

[at Quark's]

Here's a serious one: an episode dedicated to explaining the history behind the Klingons joining the Federation (and then apparently un-joining it) at some point in time before Samaritan Snare when Wesley says so.

No idea how to make a credible story for that, though.

 

[The Wormhole]

Here's a serious one: an episode dedicated to explaining the history behind the Klingons joining the Federation (and then apparently un-joining it) at some point in time before Samaritan Snare when Wesley says so.

No idea how to make a credible story for that, though.

The way that's been retconned is that Wesley didn't mean join as in become a member, but rather join as in form an alliance.

 

[Shawnster]

No idea how to make a credible story for that, though.

Klingon Brexit.

 

[DonIago]

Klingon Brexit.

...Krexit?

 

[Ovation]

REMAIN KLINGON!!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

A mystery I'd like solved: what exactly are food cubes, anyway??

You mean those colored things we always saw in TOS?

I like the explanation propounded in the novels. They're an Andorian dish called gristhera.

What happened to the Borg baby?

That's not really a big mystery, is it? Either its homeworld was found and the baby returned to it, a Voyager crewmember adopted it, or it went along with Rebi and Azan.

 

[Qonundrum]

TNG did it right already: Don't resolve new mysteries, set it in the reasonable distant-future from day 001, and as the new show finds itself then deftly address some larger issues without packing in so much minutiae that in doing so far more new issues are caused. Enough to round the edges to fit the square peg into the round hole, not to make it into a big spiky porcupine that can't fit anywhere. Making the Klingons allies was a stroke of luck, finding the right writers and cast member who really gets and likes their character to contribute. TNG making the Klingons work was due first to Michael Dorn's portrayal and ideas, and even "Heart of Glory" took a very deft hand at guiding what seemed impossible with the alliance in the right direction.

 

[kkt]

What are the rest of Gary Seven's people doing? Do they still intervene when Earth or the Federation is making a big booboo? He was from what seemed to be a big organization. Their race that captured humans from thousands of years ago and groomed them to take on dirty work, and they had some nifty equipment. Longer range transporters than the Federation has. (Just like the Dominion and the Triskelion gamesters have. Federation transporters are pretty wimpy.) So we should see more humans raised and trained by them, and maybe even the race that did so. They might have done the same with other races too.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

We actually got the answer to a lot of those mysteries recently in Picard and Prodigy.

 

[Shawnster]

What are the rest of Gary Seven's people doing?

We actually got the answer to a lot of those mysteries recently in Picard and Prodigy.

Yes, they are still observing and intervening in Earth's affairs.

PICARD
In the early 21st century, Tallinn was a Romulan supervisor whose duties were more limited in scope but equally important: she was tasked with looking over the safety of astronaut Renée Picard, whose actions laid the foundation for the cultural maturation of humanity, and, by proxy, the founding of the Federation. (PIC: "Watcher", "Monsters").

After leaving Starfleet in 2370, Wesley Crusher eventually became a supervisor. Traveling across space and time, he came to 21st century Earth, where he recruited Kore Soong as a supervisor. Even though he could not guarantee she would be safe, Soong accepted his offer. (PIC: "Farewell")

Spoiler: PRODIGY

In 2385, Dal R'El asked Wesley, dubious of his mental state, if there was a supervisor that they could talk to, meaning Wesley's boss. Wesley asked how Dal knew about the supervisors before realizing that they weren't talking about the same thing, and they didn't have time for that anyways. After escaping from the Loom, Wesley explained that the supervisors were the Travelers' field agents who worked in other time periods. (PRO: "The Devourer of All Things, Part I", "The Devourer of All Things, Part II")

My head canon is the Watchers and Supervisors are one side of the parties involved in the Temporal Cold War.

 

[ananta]

Did Bajor join the damned Federation?!

 

[DonIago]

What are the rest of Gary Seven's people doing? Do they still intervene when Earth or the Federation is making a big booboo? He was from what seemed to be a big organization. Their race that captured humans from thousands of years ago and groomed them to take on dirty work, and they had some nifty equipment. Longer range transporters than the Federation has. (Just like the Dominion and the Triskelion gamesters have. Federation transporters are pretty wimpy.) So we should see more humans raised and trained by them, and maybe even the race that did so. They might have done the same with other races too.

I don't mean to rehash this old chestnut, and maybe this is best discussed in a different thread, but, from our perspective, I kind of wonder what makes Gary Seven's organization 'good' and S31 'bad' beyond that S31 claims to be 'our people'.

That is to say, do we have much standing to assume that one necessarily behaves more or less nobly or ignobly than the other other than the few events we've had exposure to? If you remove S31 from "Inquisition" et al. and put in Gary Seven's group, but without the claim to be a part of the Federation, is there any difference?

 

[Shawnster]

I don't mean to rehash this old chestnut, and maybe this is best discussed in a different thread, but, from our perspective, I kind of wonder what makes Gary Seven's organization 'good' and S31 'bad' beyond that S31 claims to be 'our people

Only one of these two groups has been depicted as conducting operations contrary to the stated ideals of the Federation.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

There's one big difference between the Aegis and Section 31:

The Aegis, by all accounts, operate within the law. They have rules they must follow. Section 31 has no such restrictions - they literally do whatever they want. That makes them much more dangerous.

 

[DonIago]

There's one big difference between the Aegis and Section 31:

The Aegis, by all accounts, operate within the law. They have rules they must follow. Section 31 has no such restrictions - they literally do whatever they want. That makes them much more dangerous.

Isn't the only source we have for that members of the Aegis themselves?

 

[DonIago]

Only one of these two groups has been depicted as conducting operations contrary to the stated ideals of the Federation.

Neither group has been extensively depicted, and it's in both group's interests to depict themselves as positively as possible when they have been depicted. Perhaps the Aegis folks simply do a better job of hiding their dirty tricks.

 

[fireproof78]

There's one big difference between the Aegis and Section 31:

The Aegis, by all accounts, operate within the law. They have rules they must follow. Section 31 has no such restrictions - they literally do whatever they want. That makes them much more dangerous.

Unless they're evolved and overseen by top men.

 

[kkt]

I don't mean to rehash this old chestnut, and maybe this is best discussed in a different thread, but, from our perspective, I kind of wonder what makes Gary Seven's organization 'good' and S31 'bad' beyond that S31 claims to be 'our people'.

That is to say, do we have much standing to assume that one necessarily behaves more or less nobly or ignobly than the other other than the few events we've had exposure to? If you remove S31 from "Inquisition" et al. and put in Gary Seven's group, but without the claim to be a part of the Federation, is there any difference?

As far as we saw, Gary Seven's people never tried to commit genocide. Or bugged the President's office. Or planned to backstab an ally. Gary Seven's people used relatively small undercover operations, like making rockets that were not perfectly reliable at the best of times fail.

Did Bajor join the damned Federation?!

No. If the writers meant for Bajor to join, it would have happened sometime in season 7.

 

[BohandiAnsoid]

Lower Decks showered that Bajor was still independent at the time.

 

[Shawnster]

Neither group has been extensively depicted, and it's in both group's interests to depict themselves as positively as possible when they have been depicted. Perhaps the Aegis folks simply do a better job of hiding their dirty tricks.

How they represent themselves is irrelevant to how the story depicts them to the audience.

Only Section 31 was ever cast in the antagonist role.

Not saying you're wrong, but until we have an episode where the Aegis (where did that come from?) is the villain, we only have evidence of them being on the side of "right".