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Objectivism doesn't work.
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lars573 said:Actually this concept is like a fusion of elements of Firefly and Farscape. You have 1 normal human, travelling with a bunch of alien outcasts.
Take a look at the original crew of the leviathan Moya and compare them (in very broad strokes) with your concept.
John Crichton -an astronaught from earth who while testing an experimental propulsion system gets pulled into a wormhole (alos knowledge of how to form and use wormholes is downloaded into his brain along the way) and spit out somewhere on the other side of the universe.
Ka D'Argo -A luxan (a race of warriors ie a rip off of Klingons) who was imprisioned by the peacekeepers for the murder of his Sebacean (name of the peacekeeper race) wife. They are real big on genetic purity.
Zhann -Exiled from her race of humanoid plant people because she can feel anger. For them anger is a poison.
Dominar Rigel XVI -Former ruler of the Hynerian empire. He was deposed by his cousin and sold to into slavery.
Officer Aeryn Sun -A Sebacean peacekeeper (who are a lot like Nazi's) who ends up on Moya and is decalred irreversably contaminated. And thus marked for death.
Pilot -The creature that is a symbiatically linked with Moya and communicates her will to the crew. He was not her original pilot though, he was killed by the peacekeepers who wanted to engineer a leviathan warship. Pilots bond with Moya was unatural and painful, as it takes decades to fully bond pilot and ship. But the peacekeepers scientists rigged a way for it to happen in a few weeks.
The first season was driven by Moya and crew running from Captain Crais (who's brother's fighter was taken out by Crichtons ship coming out of the wormhole), who wanted revenge. Intermixed with the crew trying to avenge their wrongs. Like Crichton getting home, Rigel getting his throne back, and D'Argo getting revenge. The other seasons resolved some of the characters motivations, then became about the impending war between the Peacekeepers and the Sacrins. And how Crichtons knowledge of wormholes would save the day.
Again, I've only seen one or two episodes of Farscape. hasn't influenced my ideas in the slightest. Basically, there would be no evil bog brother figure or arch villain. At least, not at first. It would be alot more character driven. However, there would be a storyline where the group is on the Klingon homeworld just as a major military coup against the empire starts up.
Mrh7448 said:you know I don't hate the idea but I think it needs more of a purpose. People are kind of turning from the single episode story arcs like they had in ST:TNG. I think it would need a strong ongoing plot like a lot of shows are using now, especially sci-fi shows. It would be interesting to see a different take on the federation by someone outside looking in.
Well, my veiw of the Federation in this wouldn't be that negative or positive. It wouldn't be like in Firefly, where most of the main characters are at odds with the Alliance. Based on the situation, the Federation is either a help or a hinderence for the main characters. They would, in fact, hitch rides on none military based Starfleet ships alot. There would even be a streatch where they're passengers on the Enterprise.