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possiblylinux127, in Grand Theft Acquisition: The Ballad of Cousin Gaila

“I want the casualties to start at 3 million and then rise to 10 million”

Quark: shocked picachu face

finley, in Grand Theft Acquisition: The Ballad of Cousin Gaila

He was a cute one. Too bad he was also the crazy one.

ummthatguy, (edited )
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I thought Leck was the craziest.

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finley,

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ummthatguy,
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Went through catbox, reload the page and try now

teft, in Grand Theft Acquisition: The Ballad of Cousin Gaila
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I love how slimy Gaila is. To me the only better Ferengi is Brunt, FCA.

ummthatguy,
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finley,

He was the perfect Ferengi businessman. Also, the perfect foil for Quark.

socialpankakemix, in One of us! One of us!

with the original series?

Eheran,

Hell no.

possiblylinux127,

Why not? That is the origins

Eheran,

So? I would also not like the origins of apples or generally almost any vegetable or fruit we have today. They have been refined for 1000s of years to get to where we are today. TOS is just not watchable, not even as a fan, so extremely unlikely for a random person. Maybe it was good at its time, but certainly not compared to what we have had since then.

possiblylinux127,

It really is the only one that is really watchable. It is so much better than anything newer.

criitz,

It’s one of the most rewatchable, too. Good luck rewatching Picard Season 1

someguy3,

No, too campy.

Lemming421,
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Personally, I’d say yes if they’ve heard of Captain Kirk and Mister Spock.

Not all of it, but a couple of select episodes such a Space Seed and Balance of Terror.

Then a couple of TNG episodes like The Measure of a Man and Q Who

If they’re into it after that, some TOS films (2,3 and 4 come to mind) and a few more TNG episodes in order.

The first couple of DS9 episodes to see if they like the space station format, but after season 2 or 3 I think those need to be watched in order really.

Then Voyager, then Enterprise.

If they don’t get on with TNG, maybe look at the first few episodes of Discovery. If that’s a bit grim for them, Strange New Worlds should be light enough.

Prodigy might be a good start if they don’t want to watch 60 years of legacy Trek to catch them up.

And Lower Decks is nice and light but I think they’d get far more out of it if they have some reference on what’s being riffed on.

Neato,

It’s what I watched as a kid on syndication. It’s not “modern” Star Trek. Well it is if you take Lower Decks as Star Trek. But a lot of fans think TNG, DS9 style trek is the only Star Trek. Serious, intellectual examinations of politics, etc.

But I think that’s bullshit. There’s plenty of that in TOS. It’s just layered along with a lot of silly and fun stuff. It’s also historically significant. For instance it has a diverse main cast which wasn’t common back then and it had the first interracial kiss on television.

Kecessa, (edited )

The kiss thing isn’t technically true, it’s the first white man on black woman kiss on American made TV. (edit: and let’s also remember that the characters weren’t willingly kissing each other so there’s that as well)

…wikipedia.org/…/First_interracial_kiss_on_televi…

criitz,

Hell yes

CptEnder, in Captain, Starfleet Command has transmitted the results of their performance review.

Janeway review: jesus that’s a lot of violations

TotallyNotSpez, in Grand Theft Acquisition: The Ballad of Cousin Gaila
grue, in Captain, Starfleet Command has transmitted the results of their performance review.

You say that as if they ever broke more than one of them.

FlyingSquid,
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They did.

For example, Spock defied General Order 7 by entering orbit around Talos IV.

memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/General_Order_7

teft,
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Starfleet general orders are more like guidelines than orders.

<insert Barbossa and Miss Swann>

ummthatguy,
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Fades, in The lady doth protest too much, methinks

Don’t let the spoon heads hear you say that

teft, in The lady doth protest too much, methinks
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“Mom, she called them spoonheads like she was the hero of Setlik 3.”

partial_accumen, in One of us! One of us!

If your friend is asking that in 2024 the answer is “Strange New Worlds”.

superweeniehutjrs,

Is it good with little to no knowledge? I’m only part way through the original series

partial_accumen,

My opinion is that a person with zero Star Trek knowledge in 2024 would be the most comfortable with Strange New Worlds. Its very approachable and has a young adult character useful for exposition (beyond also being a great character) when needed so new audiences can learn about the world.

possiblylinux127,

How about no

pineapplelover,

I started off recently with tng

partial_accumen,

I love me some TNG, but I’m imaging sitting down today, having never seen Star Trek, and for the first time in 2024 and watching “Encounter at Farpoint”. I don’t think that would go over well.

Iheartcheese,
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Yeah I always tell people ‘it gets better’

partial_accumen,

STW Episode one ends with this. That leaves people wanting more. “Encounter at Farpoint” didn’t.

ripcord,
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.,.meh

Teal,

That’s where I started too just a few years ago. I’ve since watched DS9, Voyager, Picard, Strange New Worlds, The Lower Decks and Discovery. I haven’t watched The Animated Series yet and I’ve watched random episodes of The Original Series but it’s not one I’ve had the urge to watch straight through.

These shows can become addictive. :)

phoenixz,

You hate your friends?

Nah, maybe snw isn’t as bad as the rest of the nu trek drek, everyone keeps saying so, but the same was said ad-nausea about discovery, prodigy, lower decks, Picard, and those god awful pew pew nu movies…

Maybe snw isn’t so bad but seriously, start at TOS, or remastered TNG if you want something that looks a bit more current. TNG and DS9 are top tier star trek

partial_accumen,

Maybe snw isn’t so bad but seriously, start at TOS, or remastered

Are you old like me? Are you assuming young eyes see TOS with as much forgiveness for its time as we do? I like TOS, but its absolutely influenced by the day it was made it in both social order as well as production values. Those of the 1960s don’t immediately resonate with younger audiences today.

mercano, in Boimler is totally sus
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We’re not spacing you because we think you’re the Impostor, we’re spacing you because you’re using a premium skin.

FlyingSquid, in Captain, Starfleet Command has transmitted the results of their performance review.
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teft,
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Quark’s rent is too damn high.

FlyingSquid,
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Wrench, in Grand Theft Acquisition: Terok Nor Stories

Damn… is that screen cap from the Smart Refrigerator port of GTA 5?

ummthatguy,
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Idunno, couldn’t find one of higher quality that didn’t have some bulky tag in the shot.

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crusty,

Could be from the PS3 release. Also reminder that GTA 5 is almost 12 years old (released in september 2013)

jawa21, in Boimler is totally sus
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Me am no understand.

negativenull,
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It’s a reference to the covid era game “Among Us” where you had to find the one person in the game who was working against the group.

jawa21,
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OK, cool. My generation gap is showing, isn’t it?

teft,
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ripcord,
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In my case the problem is not watching Lower Decks and not getting the reference on that end :(

OpenStars,
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(This image is in no way meant to make any sort of sense at all - just enjoy!:-P)

FlyingSquid,
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FlyingSquid, in The lady doth protest too much, methinks
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“Also, she doesn’t shapeshift into a giant hairy monster. What a turn-off.”

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