The pattern has been highly consistent throughout the history of STO and Star Trek in general. Let's start with the following example:
Star Trek Online Makes You Kill Innocent Doctors, Then Cover It Up. (scroll down to #4)
This is further described in the following forum post: Divide et Impera is one of the worst missions in the history of video games and the reason I quit.
Years later, apparently, the lesson was not learned: Why isn't this being discussed?
In KDF and Romulan story arcs, you are essentially forced to play a traitor to your respective factions. The players are told that, in the future, both factions are going to join the "wonderful" United Federation of Planets under a "common threat". Every fibre of your being is telling you that this is wrong; that this is surrender in disguise. Yet, they are trying to force it upon you, anyway. The NPCs who actually try to save their respective empires are portrayed as enemies, while you are forced to ally with traitors like House Pegh. The only way to avoid it is to play nothing but empire defence and duty officer missions.
Does Starfleet lie through its teeth about its military status? TNG: "Peak Performance":
The Borg first appeared on screen in TNG: "Q Who?":
But an earlier episode TNG: "The Measure of A Man" takes place at a JAG office as one of the locations:
Judge Advocate General's Corps, "also known as JAG or JAG Corps, refers to the legal branch or specialty of a military concerned with military justice and military law."
See TOS: "Court Martial".
Court-martial:
Did Roddenberry lie through his teeth too? From Memory Alpha: Starfleet:
From Memory Alpha: Starfleet ranks:
Not wanting to appear "too military" is not the same as not being a military.
TOS: "Errand of Mercy":
How did that get slipped past the creator of Star Trek?
Memory Alpha: TOS: "The Savage Curtain":
Story written by Gene Roddenberry.
What, by the 23rd century Hitler suddenly stopped being an evil figure in human history? Was that Roddenberry's "vision"? Nuremberg, anyone?
Starfleet allies with Lucifer/Satan in Star Trek: The Animated Series: "The Magicks of Megas-Tu":
Writers: Gene Roddenberry (created by), Larry Brody.
EDIT: In case someone thinks that it was a just coincidence, even though Roddenberry would have likely had to approve the script first, here's one of his quotes on record:
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DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight" ("It's a faaake!"):
This, followed by forgery of evidence to drag Romulans into war; and a murder of the Romulan senator, followed by a cover-up and deletion of captain's log. And so on.
Furthermore, why are both, Starfleet and UFP based in the United States? Why do all the ships use the designation of USS, just like the US Navy, instead of UFPS? Nevermind that it stands for United Space Ship; it still makes no sense. Even the early version of Starfleet—UESPA uses a different abbreviation.
What happened to the sovereignty of the Earth's nations in the Star Trek universe? Where are their own space/star fleets? Was Roddenberry's vision of the future that of everyone being forced under USA's control as a global government and military? There's a word for it — fascism. And people are expected to see Starfleet/UFP as the "good guys"? Uh-huh, sure, if you say so.![:)]( ":)")
EDIT: Coronado U.S. Navy base:
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EDIT: [Fascist] Symbols in the US Military: “Accidental” Giant US Navy Swastika Building Was No Accident.
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Signed off on March 5, 1968 by United States Rear Admiral Robert Reynolds Wooding.
Was Star Trek created by a Satanist to promote American fascism under the guise of "democracy"?
Star Trek Online Makes You Kill Innocent Doctors, Then Cover It Up. (scroll down to #4)
In one mission, the player is tasked with aiding an admiral in attacking a Romulan weapons factory developing banned weaponry. So you suit up, beam down, and start lasering people like it's bikini season ... until it becomes painfully clear that you're not in a terrorist base, but in fact are giving a medical research facility and its dutiful staff the Waco treatment.
And then you ... apologize profusely? Turn around and shoot the admiral in the face? Nope: The only thing you can do is to keep offing doctors and scientists who are now just fighting back out of sheer desperation. You're like the Ender of the Star Trek universe, but at least that kid had the excuse of being a brainwashed child. You're just really, really dumb.
By the time your C.O. is revealed to be the warmongering doppelganger you should have figured out she would be seven massacres ago, she's already teleporting away. Then, before you can say "Nuremberg," Starfleet Command decides to keep the incident a secret until they can uncover the underlying conspiracy and send you on a grand adventure of intrigue, misdirection, and, eventually, redemption ... except that they don't. The developers never got around to making the rest of the storyline, leaving only its war crimes-tastic opening chapter. Which means that you, Commander BigD*** of the USS A**, simply massacred an entire hospital, let the villain escape, agreed to a black ops cover-up, and then went on with your life without giving it a second thought.
And then you ... apologize profusely? Turn around and shoot the admiral in the face? Nope: The only thing you can do is to keep offing doctors and scientists who are now just fighting back out of sheer desperation. You're like the Ender of the Star Trek universe, but at least that kid had the excuse of being a brainwashed child. You're just really, really dumb.
By the time your C.O. is revealed to be the warmongering doppelganger you should have figured out she would be seven massacres ago, she's already teleporting away. Then, before you can say "Nuremberg," Starfleet Command decides to keep the incident a secret until they can uncover the underlying conspiracy and send you on a grand adventure of intrigue, misdirection, and, eventually, redemption ... except that they don't. The developers never got around to making the rest of the storyline, leaving only its war crimes-tastic opening chapter. Which means that you, Commander BigD*** of the USS A**, simply massacred an entire hospital, let the villain escape, agreed to a black ops cover-up, and then went on with your life without giving it a second thought.
This is further described in the following forum post: Divide et Impera is one of the worst missions in the history of video games and the reason I quit.
Years later, apparently, the lesson was not learned: Why isn't this being discussed?
I know that some characters show reservations about using the temporal weapon, but it's all in the context of "what if we change the timeline too much" etc.
But um.. why isn't anyone discussing the fact that this is an instant genocide gun?
Don't try to tell me that "if they never existed it's not genocide" because it's a false argument, you're still taking action to wipe out an entire species.. it's worse because you wipe out their contributions too.
I know that things are really desperate... and I'm not saying the gun shouldn't be used if it's an "us or them only" situation, but why isn't anyone even talking about this weapon for what it really is?
We should be seeing this debate for what it really is. It feels out of character to see all those TV show alumni just happily skipping off merry-do to build a genocide weapon and wipe out the Iconians. Why isn't the debate being shown? Too much effort to write?
These episodes are enraging me because not one character has even voiced concern about this beyond "well what if it hurts us more than helps us"?
But um.. why isn't anyone discussing the fact that this is an instant genocide gun?
Don't try to tell me that "if they never existed it's not genocide" because it's a false argument, you're still taking action to wipe out an entire species.. it's worse because you wipe out their contributions too.
I know that things are really desperate... and I'm not saying the gun shouldn't be used if it's an "us or them only" situation, but why isn't anyone even talking about this weapon for what it really is?
We should be seeing this debate for what it really is. It feels out of character to see all those TV show alumni just happily skipping off merry-do to build a genocide weapon and wipe out the Iconians. Why isn't the debate being shown? Too much effort to write?
These episodes are enraging me because not one character has even voiced concern about this beyond "well what if it hurts us more than helps us"?
In KDF and Romulan story arcs, you are essentially forced to play a traitor to your respective factions. The players are told that, in the future, both factions are going to join the "wonderful" United Federation of Planets under a "common threat". Every fibre of your being is telling you that this is wrong; that this is surrender in disguise. Yet, they are trying to force it upon you, anyway. The NPCs who actually try to save their respective empires are portrayed as enemies, while you are forced to ally with traitors like House Pegh. The only way to avoid it is to play nothing but empire defence and duty officer missions.
Does Starfleet lie through its teeth about its military status? TNG: "Peak Performance":
PICARD: Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.
KOLRAMI: Then why am I here?
PICARD: With the Borg threat, I decided that my officers and I needed to hone our tactical skills.
KOLRAMI: Then why am I here?
PICARD: With the Borg threat, I decided that my officers and I needed to hone our tactical skills.
The Borg first appeared on screen in TNG: "Q Who?":
GUINAN: They're called the Borg. Protect yourself, Captain, or they'll destroy you.
But an earlier episode TNG: "The Measure of A Man" takes place at a JAG office as one of the locations:
PICARD: Yes, I came to you. You're the JAG officer for this sector. I had no choice but to come to you.
Judge Advocate General's Corps, "also known as JAG or JAG Corps, refers to the legal branch or specialty of a military concerned with military justice and military law."
See TOS: "Court Martial".
Court-martial:
A court-martial (plural courts-martial, as "martial" is postpositive) is a military court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of members of the armed forces subject to military law, and, if the defendant is found guilty, to decide upon punishment. [. . .] Most navies have a standard court-martial.
Did Roddenberry lie through his teeth too? From Memory Alpha: Starfleet:
Therein, he recalled, "[Roddenberry] was emphatic that Starfleet was not a military organization but something akin to the Coast Guard. This struck me as manifestly absurd, for what were Kirk's adventures but a species of gunboat diplomacy wherein the Federation (read America, read the Anglo-Saxons) was always right and aliens were – in Kipling's queasy phrase – 'lesser breeds'? Yes, there was lip service to minority participation, but it was clear who was driving the boat." (The View from the Bridge - Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood, hardcover ed., p. 81)
From Memory Alpha: Starfleet ranks:
Starfleet ranks were designed by William Ware Theiss with the first versions adopted mainly from the insignia of the United States Navy. According to Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, Gene Roddenberry had not wanted Starfleet to appear "too military" which is why the stripe system was "toned down" by making a Lieutenant begin with one stripe (in the real United States Navy this insignia would be worn by an Ensign) and having ensigns wear no insignia.
Not wanting to appear "too military" is not the same as not being a military.
TOS: "Errand of Mercy":
KIRK: I'm a soldier, not a diplomat.
How did that get slipped past the creator of Star Trek?
Memory Alpha: TOS: "The Savage Curtain":
Kirk and Spock are forced to fight alongside such historical figures as Abraham Lincoln of Earth and Surak of Vulcan by rock-like aliens who want to understand the concepts of "good" and "evil."
The current contest, their first experiment with Humans, is to compare good and evil – "good" being represented by the two Enterprise officers, Lincoln, and Surak (the legendary Vulcan philosophical leader), and "evil" represented by four archetypes: Kahless (founder of the Klingon Empire), Zora of Tiburon, ancient Human conqueror Genghis Khan, and the charismatic but duplicitous 21st century genocidal military officer Colonel Green.
The current contest, their first experiment with Humans, is to compare good and evil – "good" being represented by the two Enterprise officers, Lincoln, and Surak (the legendary Vulcan philosophical leader), and "evil" represented by four archetypes: Kahless (founder of the Klingon Empire), Zora of Tiburon, ancient Human conqueror Genghis Khan, and the charismatic but duplicitous 21st century genocidal military officer Colonel Green.
Story written by Gene Roddenberry.
What, by the 23rd century Hitler suddenly stopped being an evil figure in human history? Was that Roddenberry's "vision"? Nuremberg, anyone?
Starfleet allies with Lucifer/Satan in Star Trek: The Animated Series: "The Magicks of Megas-Tu":
The USS Enterprise is exploring the center of the galaxy, looking for the heart of creation. When the ship is caught inside a tornado made of pure energy, a devil like being calling himself Lucien appears to save them. Lucien takes Capt. Kirk and his crew to the magical planet of Megas-Tu. But when the Megans discover the presence of humans, they put them on trial the same way they were treated when they visited Earth centuries earlier.
Writers: Gene Roddenberry (created by), Larry Brody.
EDIT: In case someone thinks that it was a just coincidence, even though Roddenberry would have likely had to approve the script first, here's one of his quotes on record:
DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight" ("It's a faaake!"):
GARAK: It would mean calling in all my favours, Captain. To do what you're asking would use up every resource I have left on Cardassia. And it may be a very messy, very bloody business. Are you prepared for that?
SISKO: I posted my fourteenth casualty list this morning. I'm already involved in a very messy, very bloody business. And the only way I can see to end it is to bring the Romulans into the war. I am prepared to do whatever it takes to accomplish that goal, but I can't do it alone. I need help. Now, are you in or out?
SISKO: I posted my fourteenth casualty list this morning. I'm already involved in a very messy, very bloody business. And the only way I can see to end it is to bring the Romulans into the war. I am prepared to do whatever it takes to accomplish that goal, but I can't do it alone. I need help. Now, are you in or out?
This, followed by forgery of evidence to drag Romulans into war; and a murder of the Romulan senator, followed by a cover-up and deletion of captain's log. And so on.
Furthermore, why are both, Starfleet and UFP based in the United States? Why do all the ships use the designation of USS, just like the US Navy, instead of UFPS? Nevermind that it stands for United Space Ship; it still makes no sense. Even the early version of Starfleet—UESPA uses a different abbreviation.
What happened to the sovereignty of the Earth's nations in the Star Trek universe? Where are their own space/star fleets? Was Roddenberry's vision of the future that of everyone being forced under USA's control as a global government and military? There's a word for it — fascism. And people are expected to see Starfleet/UFP as the "good guys"? Uh-huh, sure, if you say so.
EDIT: Coronado U.S. Navy base:
EDIT: [Fascist] Symbols in the US Military: “Accidental” Giant US Navy Swastika Building Was No Accident.
Signed off on March 5, 1968 by United States Rear Admiral Robert Reynolds Wooding.
Was Star Trek created by a Satanist to promote American fascism under the guise of "democracy"?