From: di408@torfree.net (Gregory Reid)
Subject: Re: "Coming of Age"
Date: 2000/07/03
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King of Cyberia (garyli@reincarnate.com.GRETHOR) wrote:
: On Jun 28 Wavemaker walked on stage, wiggled said hiney and 

: W :The Starfleet admiral and the inspector in this ep, did they show up
: Admiral's name was Gregory Quinn, the Kenneth Starr inspector was
: Lieutenant Commander Dexter Remmick.

: W :Was the attempt of some outside force to influence Starfleet 
: W :the admiral was talking about a foreshadowing of the 
: W :aliens we later saw?

Yup.  Remember also that "Conspiracy" was followed by "The Neutral Zone" 
(first season finale) where colonies were found to have been scooped away 
from outer planets.  This was all supposed to tie together.  Back when 
Roddenberry still had some say over the series, this new enemy was going 
to be insectoid.  However, at the time, even with their huge (for tv) 
budget, they couldn't get reasonable special effects together to pull 
off non-humanoid aliens.  So the insectoid idea was dropped and the big 
enemy instead became the Borg.

: What do you reckon was Worf's greatest fear as his psychological 
: profile revealed?

I believe Worf said that he had difficulty depending on others.  What the 
specific scenario was, I dunno.  Something humbling, I'm sure.

: Indeed.
: I'm glad this was not a Season 4 ep, Remmick would have enough evidence
: to courtmartial based on Picard's assimilation.

I don't know... Picard survived Admiral (retired) Satie's inquest in 
fourth season's "The Drumhead".  The one who's in real trouble from 
courts martial is Sisko.  However, afraid to offend the Bajorans, I doubt 
Starfleet will ever bring Sisko to justice.