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 From LT. Mishbe
 Hi, well my question is that do you agree that working on
Star Trek, can be a look into the future. Do you believe that by watching
Star Trek, people can, learn better ways to handle conflict?
 I believe that by showing heroes like Picard, using logic
and communication skills to solve problems instead of violence, that we are
providing unique role models for young people today.
 From ToddPT
 What is the one thing that you always wanted to do with
"Star Trek" but never got to?
 Good question!
 I wanted the child of Chakotay and Seska to die in part 2
of the second season cliffhanger as a counterpoint to the birth of Ensign
Wilder's baby on the planet, but it was deemed to be thematically too
violent and so the baby lived but turned out to be not Chakotay's after
all, which undermined the effectiveness of the story I was trying to tell.
I was a lame duck and leaving, so I couldn't fight very hard. That's the
only thing I ever remember not getting that I wanted in my entire Star Trek
career.
 From Captain Crunch
 Trek is passed over for science fiction awards (Best of
Both Worlds for instance did not win the Hugo). We never hear science
fiction publications praising Trek. Why do you think Trek is passed over?
And on a similar note, do you feel that Trek's future lies with the
traditional science fiction audience, or a more broad based appeal as the
 I think when a television show becomes a phenomenon that
it's harder to get respect, however, I think Star Trek has received it's
share of recognition for quality over the years. I think the future lies
with the broader audience, strictly because it's such a rich marketing
franchise for the studio.
 From Data:
 Is the enemy in Star Trek IX going to be a new enemy or an
old favorite? Also, can you give a current [working] title? (other than
"Stardust" ?)
 Well, I'll take Khan again!
 We still don't know what to call it, but one of the
villains are called the Son'a. In the first story they were the Romulans,
but noone here felt a great deal of enthusiasm for that decision.
 From mickeyd
 Now that you are writing and producing ST9, do you find
that you miss the daily grind of doing a ST series enough to come back and
take a seat again as exec producer or head writer at ST:Voyager?
 I miss the cameradie of working on staff, but I don't want
to look back, I want to look forward.

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