My New Campaign Idea (kinda long)

[First of Two]

I'll admit, that's got me thinking too, about maybe expanding Phalanx 9's MO. Maybe they're not just there to stop the Borg, but to investigate all of the strange technology that Starfleet and UFP finds, to prevent any similar, future threats.

And all of this technology end's up at 'Cold Station 51' to be tested, examined and assessed for a potential threat. Sort of like what's supposed to go on at the 'real' Area 51!, or from a purely Sci-Fi point of view, like Torchwood in Dr. Who.

Hmmm....

Don't forget that Starfleet would probably like to be able to reverse-engineer any technology more advanced than their own, and try to incorporate it into the next generation of Starship. Breakthroughs there could jump technology forward by centuries.

(Your technological distinctiveness will be added to our own...)

And naturally, other interested parties (Ferengi, TalShiar, Borg) might want to do the same, and others (DTI, Timefleet) might want to prevent it in some cases.

That's the major problem I have with the continuation of the Voyager books beyond the end of the series... really, with all that Borg and Delta quadrant tech, and Admiral Janeway's "Batmobile Armor," Voyager should have been spirited away and stripped down to the deck plates for the treasure trove of technology it represented.

[The Tatterdemalion King]

I posted this somewhere else before, but I think it bears repeating...

There's a whole bunker of hyperadvanced technology somewhere, hidden away on an asteroid they call Memory Omega. Tkon planet shapers, Orion windeaters, artifacts from dozens of different possible futures, all preserved in quantum stasis fields.

We're never going to use them. Why? The Prime Directive. You see, we're not hypocrites. If we're going to deny warp drive to a culture that hasn't developed it yet, we must be prepared to forgo the miraculous wonders we have, but do not understand. If it can be done, we will discover how, but by our own efforts, not through theft and appropriation.

Of course, when push comes to shove, there's always someone with Omega level clearance calling for the Orion windeater or the Singing Nanites to be deployed against the enemies of the Federation. And maybe, if the situation is ever desperate enough, the Federation might sell out its ideals to ensure its survival.

The irony is, if they ever do, the Federation has died.

[Mirror_Sulu]

I think, that if i can do it right, this could turn out to be a great series, with the do we/don't we? side of the technology they work with, offset against the numerous threats to the Federation, and then toss in the Prime Directive.

Thanks!