-=> Quoting Paul Gray to Martin Nickell <=-
 LF>> * Reply to msg originally in Star Trek (Fido)
 MN>> Here's a way to resurrect an old story line: The shock wave that
 MN>> brought Generations the Nexus, should be drifting and they just
 MN>> happen to get caught  in it. Then go to a point just before they
 MN>> disappeared and make course corrections to avoid the badlands.
 MN>> Effective end to series. And yeah, Seven needs to be a little
 MN>> more than she is. She is still TOO much a Borg.
 PG> The trouble with the nexus is that once you are i it you don't want to
 PG> leave! That means that when the crew of the voyager enter the nexus
 PG> that will be the end of the series - and the crew. Kirk and Picard were
 
True.. but if they were CAREFUL what they wished for and demonstrated the
same freewill and strength to leave the Nexus, they could be transported
to the point right before they got knocked around in the badlands and
made corrections to wait outside for the Maquis ship they were chasing.
Of course, THAT creates a REALLY big hole in the cast though. Chakotay and
B'lanna would still be on that maquis ship, Tom would still be the penial
colony and if I remember the pilot episode correctly, Neelix and Kes would
still be in the Delta Quadrant. Seven of Nine would still be a borg.
But you have to admit, if given that opportunity, they would destroy the
storyline to get themselves home. The other possiblities would be
to encounter another "gateway" like the one that got them in the Delta
Quadrant and end up in the Gamma Quadrant. Spend about a year getting
back to the worm hole and show up at DS9. Or if they wanted to make it 
REALLY easy, "Q" shows up again and simply pops them back into the Alpha 
Quadrant. No ruptures in the space/time continuum or any of that stuff that
the show's writers would create by doing it any number of ways. The show
will NOT last another 60 years in any time lapse period. The characters
would die of old age... well, the HUMAN population would. The alien races
might make it back but oh, what a story they would have for Starfleet (if
SF sitll exists when they go the whole course.)
 
 PG> able to leave the nexus because of their strong self control and
 PG> feeling of duty to do what is right. This wouldn't apply with the
 PG> voyager crew - once in the nexus they could all believe that they were
 PG> at home and not care anymore, maybe one or two would have the willpower
 PG> to leave. But Soran was prepared to destroy a civilisation just to get
 PG> back! The other trouble with the nexus is that it just wasn't thought
 PG> aut at all well leaving many loose ends that couldn't be tied up and
                                  ^^^^^ ^^^^This is what they are famous for! 
 
 PG> causing no end of trouble with fans who watch carefully and are or a
 PG> mind to complain. I think that the nexus is an idea that the producers
 PG> will be only too happy to drop! Thanks for reading. 
 
The fans will ALWAYS complain! But...it goes with the territory. I see
certain things that they do in the show that normally WOULD NOT WORK!
Or would, but would seriously cause a gap in the storyline. But, it is
sometimes the show's imperfections that make it so appealing! :)
Martin 
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