In a msg on , Brian Davis of 1:362/627
writes to Zorch Frezberg:
 ZF>> ST:R plot line is that a section of space is declared under 
 ZF>> the protection of the Prime Directive, and Starfleet is 
 ZF>> ordered to pull out, leaving it open for the Romulans to 
 ZF>> take over now-former Federation territory.  Picard and other 
 ZF>> captains break off and desert Starfleet, with ships and 
 ZF>> crew, to fight a war against the Romulan takeover.
 BD>  Just my opinion, but - zzzzzzzzzzzz *snore* }}:->
Oh?  A Federation/Romulan War would be boring?
Recall, the Romulans were nebulously based on the Chinese/Japanese culture as 
regards warmaking...
 ZF>> ST:A is the "final" Alpha Quadrant/Dominion War saga...this 
 ZF>> depends on what the writers of the TV series screw up 
 ZF>> between now and then.
 BD>  I like, I like (well, I like better than the ST:R idea)...but as 
 BD> you say,  it depends on what the DS9 writers have up their 
 BD> sleeve for the rest of  this season.
Now that we are seeing "The Shadow War" in DS9...
 ZF>> ...No "garlic muffin" script has surfaced as yet, thank Ghod...
 BD> OK, I give up - just what, pray tell, is a "garlic muffin" 
 BD> script? Picard & Co. attempt to placate the Borg with a large 
 BD> Italian dinner, perhaps? (I can't speak for the Collective, 
 BD> but I know *I* feel less inclined to assimilate other 
 BD> cultures after a big plate of lasagna with garlic rolls. In 
 BD> fact, about the only thing I *do* feel like assimilating is a 
 BD> nap...or maybe a cannoli first.) }}:->
No one has been able to tell me if this is a joke or not, but Michael Dorn 
indicated that for the ST:G, the cast was ready to *not* sign if it was the 
final script.
In ST:G, Lursa and Betor manage to grab the command crew, including 
Data...and won't release the E-D from  unless one of them "has sex" 
with Betor.
Riker tries to go first, but Worf stops him claiming that she'd kill him, and 
decides he'll do it first.  Data, however, pulls rank and goes to Betor and 
says, "Come with me, my little garlic muffin!"...Later, Betor comes out, 
obviously ravished, and carrying one of Data's arms, proclaiming him to be 
the greatest lover she's ever had, and frees the crew, and a one-armed Data 
leads the rescue...yatta yatta yatta.
Collectively, Trek fandom breathed a sigh of relief when this plot was 
announced as DEAD.
Then, for ST:FC, the line surfaced again in an early version of the plot, to 
take place when Data had grown quite a bit of 'flesh', and the Borg Queen 
asks if he's ready to 'give it a test drive'...he then grasps her hand and 
was supposed to lead the way to a holosuite, and say, "Come with me, my 
little garlic muffin!"
We'd hoped it was a joke.  It continued to appear in several rewrites until 
it *FINALLY* went away...like three drafts before the _final_.
For whatever reason, the idea is to get Data in bed with the female villain 
lead, and convert her through sex.
*You* figure it out.
-zf-  Plerb?
 
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