ST: First Contact and ENT s4e18 "In a Mirror Darkly"
best case scenario is we're one of those "gotta break the prime directive here because jesus fucking christ" scenarios
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I'm just having trouble envisioning which species might have enough empathy to bother. Perhaps some help from our own past.
Shortly after...
Hmm... maybe the Kelpiens.
Never mind. We're screwed.
Another thought is that an alien species have affected us and just want to keep us stagnant for some reason ..... kind of like how we hold young cattle in restraint to raise controlled beef that will produce nice soft supple muscles - veal that is a delicacy to eat ..... maybe an alien race is just raising and controlling us to harvest a steady supply of dumb humans for some reason.
It is said ignorance is bliss, so they're probably making drugs out of us.
Breaking Bad - The Galactic version
Ed: Take a ride on the Milky Way!
The Romulans are definitely trying to mess with time to keep humanity on Earth
We'd get the ones who take one look and say "we're not letting them fuck up our society".
At this point the first contact we'd get is they'd raid the alien ship, find crazy tech that could cure most of the world's diseases and end starvation...but small groups of people hoard it and get rich instead of advancing us 100 years to create a utopia
That or they'd use to tech to try and conquer other countries, inadvertently start another world war and nukes start flying in every direction
You ever watched any of the mirror universe episodes?
Because that's basically what happens. Vulcans make first contact, humans shoot them in the face, loot their tech and use it to build an interstellar racist empire.
The intro alone is worth the price of admission.
This is the type of interesting thing that I apparently miss by diligently always skipping the Enterprise theme religiously every single time without fail.
Looks to me like someone's due for a rewatch.
I'm 3 episodes away from finishing DS9 for the first time and all I can think is "Is that Jeffrey Combes?"
HOLY SHIT! i read that in Weyoun's voice!
(Edit) Also maybe it's the current mood but the Cardassian terrorist cells are really hitting me hard right now. I never thought I would find Demar sympathetic.
He can't take back what he had done, but damned if he doesn't give his all to retaliate against the Dominion.
Fuck Yeah!
And, most importantly, everyone has a goatee.
Oh yeah, very familiar with mirror episodes...at least the ones not discovery.
First Contact?
All galactic species have posted a 'do not disturb the wildlife' sign just outside our system and only allow visitors in on strict conditions to view us like some kind of zoo and for entertainment.
DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS!
We have no idea how much and how often we have been Neuralized
vulcans, please just unleash evil lincoln on us already
Wait... We're the evil invading aliens?!
Delta Quadrant
Our Delta Quadrant is their Alpha Quadrant
.... and our Alpha Quadrant is their Delta Quadrant
"Aliens have landed! They call themselves 'humans' and they crossed a billion-trillion miles of empty, deadly, radioactive space to reach us!"
"UGH! Some species just can't take a hint!"
“Aliens have landed! They call themselves ‘humans’ and they crossed a billion-trillion miles of empty, deadly, radioactive space to reach us!”
Humans: We've come to bring you democracy and freedom in exchange for your oil.
