I dunno, having Yar's baby momma show up and drop off a kid would have been a challenge to write in the late 80s / early 90s.
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It's always been both, just with our current problems offloaded to aliens for scrutinization. That they're no longer using aliens for commentary is the problem.
Something I would have liked to have seen is Vidiians being assimilated by choice on the basis that being part of the Collective had to be better than suffering from the Phage. Instead of them just being enemies, they should have really leaned into how horrible it would be to live with that plague hanging over their heads. It's also implied in an episode or two that there are uninfected populations somewhere, probably under quarantine, which would have been interesting to explore.
I'm still impressed McNeill was able to say, "Yes, ma'am, his army of evil," with a straight face.
M'Benga still wears blue. Chapel wears white, but she's also a civilian contractor in SNW and hasn't joined Starfleet yet, so how her uniform color interacts with everyone else is unclear.
Firmware updates fix some bugs and introduce others.
Fun fact - the actress under that makeup also went on to play the Female Changeling.
It's also not even remotely how DNA or evolution work.
And yet, all the carts are collected and all the shelves fully stocked.
Seems bland as hell on the surface, but hiding a spicy side.
*any port in a pon far
I was thinking maybe a seahorse kind of thing.