05-26-2020, 03:45 PM | #351 |
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Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding
I like the mercenary angle, for #4.
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05-29-2020, 08:35 PM | #352 |
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Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding
OK, it looks like #4 won, so Klingon mercenaries in the Unification Wars lead to communication between the USA and the Klingon Empire. Next question:
Third Klingons/thlIngans question What sort of Klingons/thlIngans are Psi Trek Klingons generally more like? 1. Like TOS Klingons (basically humans with a variant culture, no more interested in melee combat than humans generally are). 2. Like Prime Directive Klingons (a multiracial empire that may include some of the other options as member or subject races). 3. Like TMP Klingons (big teeth and pronounced, rounded forehead ridges, culturally probably like TOS or MOV Klingons). 4. Like MOV Klingons (Star Trek III, V, and VI; physically and culturally between TOS and TNG+ Klingons). 5. Like TNG+ Klingons (Space Vikings, generally honourable, very fond of melee combat, wide range of forehead ridge types which probably run in families). 6. Like something else (please specify). Please include the number of your preferred option when you vote.
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05-29-2020, 09:17 PM | #353 |
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Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding
Leaving aside how they look, I'd go with Space Samurai, blending the whole honor thing and imperialism, possibly even the melee weapons thing too, and pulling it back from a questionably functional society. Call it 6 (or maybe 4, depending on how you dice it).
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05-29-2020, 09:20 PM | #354 |
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Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding
6 with the physical appearance from 4, maybe?
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05-30-2020, 12:09 AM | #355 |
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Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding
Physically, I'd go with 5 (but please do not go with Discovery's Klingons!), but culturally I'd look into a blend of 2, 5, and something else (6). I like the idea of Gorn, Orions, Naussicans, and even some Human colonies willingly joining the Klingon Empire. I also like the idea of "we don't have farmers who fight; we have soldiers who farm", where dying in combat is honorable, but having led a long and productive life without committing dishonorable acts is also held in high esteem. Some of the other races in the Empire may or may not hold the same ideals, but that's okay; they need someone to manage the economy and working the fields and factories while the warriors in the Imperial Defense Force protect and expand the empire. Just don't use money to bring down a Great House. ("House of Quark" is still my favorite DS9 episode... hells, my favorite TNG-DS9-Voyager era episode period!)
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05-30-2020, 05:58 AM | #356 |
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Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding
5. Like TNG+ Klingons (Space Vikings, generally honourable, very fond of melee combat, wide range of forehead ridge types which probably run in families).
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05-30-2020, 06:16 AM | #357 |
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Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding
I vote for option 5: Like TNG+ Klingons (Space Vikings, generally honourable, very fond of melee combat, wide range of forehead ridge types which probably run in families).
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05-30-2020, 08:16 PM | #358 | ||
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Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding
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05-31-2020, 09:36 AM | #359 |
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Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding
Tossing in my two bits. (Sorry, haven't been following the thread well.)
I don't know much about the British empire, outside of what I've read in fiction books. But one thing that was in The Peshawar Lancers was the concept of martial races. Some cultures were judged to be innately militant, and were given preferred status (though still subordinate to the Brits). So I can see that, over time, as the Klingons become an empire, they place themselves in the role of warrior/administrators, and push more of the mundane tasks to the bulk of their subjects. With some species being given preferential treatment and the honor of joining native-species military units. (And the vast majority of subjects being farmers, bureaucrats, etc.)
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