[Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding

Prince Charon · 09-26-2019, 05:47 AM

First Contact question

How do we want to do this Earth's first official contact with aliens?

* Do we want it to be something like the version from the movie Star Trek VIII: First Contact (with or without time travelers), with an alien vessel coming by when the first spacetime warp-drive vessel is being tested (or at least a rather early one)?

* Do we want it to be some form of alien invasion, like the Kzinti (who did appear in an episode of the Star Trek cartoon called The Slaver Weapon, and were said to have fought several wars with humanity, at least one of which may have been pre-FTL)?

* Should it be a peaceful contact that takes place before these humans develop warp drive, possibly later learning or buying it from the aliens?

* Should it be later, after humans have been developing warp travel for a while, and are out exploring beyond the Solar system?

In all cases, should it be a Star Trek canon race, and if so, which one? If not, what race should it be?

09-26-2019, 05:47 AM	#24
Prince Charon Join Date: Dec 2012	Re: [Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding First Contact question How do we want to do this Earth's first official contact with aliens? * Do we want it to be something like the version from the movie Star Trek VIII: First Contact (with or without time travelers), with an alien vessel coming by when the first spacetime warp-drive vessel is being tested (or at least a rather early one)? * Do we want it to be some form of alien invasion, like the Kzinti (who did appear in an episode of the Star Trek cartoon called The Slaver Weapon, and were said to have fought several wars with humanity, at least one of which may have been pre-FTL)? * Should it be a peaceful contact that takes place before these humans develop warp drive, possibly later learning or buying it from the aliens? * Should it be later, after humans have been developing warp travel for a while, and are out exploring beyond the Solar system? In all cases, should it be a Star Trek canon race, and if so, which one? If not, what race should it be? __________________ Warning, I have the Distractible and Imaginative quirks in real life. "The more corrupt a government, the more it legislates." -- Tacitus Five Earths, All in a Row. Updated 12/17/2022: Apocrypha: Bridges out of Time, Part I has been posted.