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>In Trek however, there are two contradictory impressions - A) The Federati=
on
Government is competent and capabl of doing things well. and B) The Prime
Directive says "Don't go there." Intervention is not the
presumption.
In other words, it's hard to imagine a scenario where the Federation would
= invade some
minor little non-aligned world in order to remove a dictator that no longer=
pleased the
Federation. Maybe there is a story idea here. On the other hand, what abo= ut this
scenario. Say some small, out-of-the-way member world, the kind that one w= ould
throw into a story as a name of a Federation planet and then forget about
i= t, had a change
of government and some dictator came to power, a dictator that got friendly=
with
smugglers and pirates and the like, and even supplied them with weapons. T= his
dictator also cruelly put down revolts by his own people. Because the Fede= ration
generally has a hands-off attitude when it comes to the internal
administra= tion of its
member worlds, how would it handle this? Would it blockade the planet to p= revent
contact with the undesirables, would it impose sanctions, would it expel th= e planet
from the Federation or would it invade, either clandestinally or out in the=
open to affect
a "regime change?" Would the Federation have any policies to
follow on thi= s matter?
Definite story ideas here.
Steve
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>In Trek however, there are two contradictory impressions - A) The
FederationGovernment is competent and capabl of doing things
well. and
B) The PrimeDirective says "Don't go there."
Intervention is not the presumption.
In other words, it's hard to
imagine a scenario
where the Federation would invade some
minor little non-aligned world in
order to remove
a
dictator that no longer pleased the
Federation. Maybe there
is a story idea
here. On the other hand, what about this
scenario. Say some
small, out-of-the-way
member world, the kind that one would
throw into a story as a name of a Federation
planet
and then forget about it, had a change
of government and some dictator
came to power, a
dictator that got friendly with
smugglers and pirates and the like, and even
supplied them with weapons. This
dictator also cruelly put down
revolts by his own
people. Because the Federation
generally has a hands-off attitude
when it comes
to
the internal administration of its
member worlds, how would it handle
this?
Would it blockade the planet to prevent
contact with the undesirables,
would it impose
sanctions, would it expel the planet
from the Federation or would it
invade, either
clandestinally or out in the open to affect
a "regime
change?" Would the Federation have
any policies to follow on this matter?
Definite story ideas
here.
Steve
The Universe
Unbounded.
Visit "Star Trek: Athena" at http://ussathena.iwarp.com;">http://ussathena.iwarp.comhttp://ussathena.iwarp.com">http://ussathena.iwarp.com;
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