• TigrisMorte
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    610 months ago

    “More of a set of guidelines” Kirk and Picard in unison with a chorus of “Exactly” from every other Federation Officer or Official except any featured in anything involving a speech about the prime directive by that episode’s primary cast.

    • pewter
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      510 months ago

      Any good captain knows that’s a rule worth breaking. If your options are: a) save a whole planet of people or b) keep your fancy status job in a post-scarcity economy, then you know it’s morally worth it to get court marshalled.

      • TigrisMorte
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        110 months ago

        And those examples would involve a speech about the Prime would they not?

      • @[email protected]
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        110 months ago

        Besides, federation prison is just a sunny beach on New Zealand anyway. The worst part is getting stuck in the delta quadrant but that happened like one time.

        • pewter
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          110 months ago

          I didn’t remember what their prison is, but that makes the choice so much easier. Was that in Voyager?

          • @[email protected]
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            210 months ago

            Yeah, it’s been awhile, but iirc in the first episode Janeway springs Paris from a prison in new zealand because she needs a pilot.