Cpl Kendall wrote:Anyone know what this is about:
Ilithi said...
If Star Trek: Cardinal does go into production and goes on the air as the next Trek series, it'll only be another nail in the coffin of the Pro-Wars side of the debate, because the technology and energy levels used will far surpass even the SW figures listed on SDN. The Empire is on the order of 80-100 years behind the Federation in firepower, and centuries behind in power generation, as of Nemesis. Tack on another 25 years for Cardinal's time setting, and they just can't compete against that, even if you don't consider the OTHER tech areas that the Empire trails the Federation in.
I haven't heard of a potential new series, has anyone else?
The above quote is from Darkstars blog comments.
I just did a search on Star Trek: Cardinal. This is what I found:
http://www.freewebs.com/stcardinal/index.htm
http://www.trekunited.com/community/ind ... opic=13903
Essentially, it seems to be a Trekkie wank project. Some Trekkie decided that HE is going to save the Star Trek franchise by starting a collaborative internet project where a bunch of trekkies cobble together a pitch for a new 7 year series. What make's this wank is the fact that he talks about how this will be 'true' to star trek (or his personal vision of Star Trek), and the fact that it's basically a retread of DS9 (although he seems blissfully unaware of this fact) set on board a patrol ship named USS Cardinal instead of a space station. It even used the same major races (Ferrengi, Cardasians, & Klingons, with plans for a minor conflict that will expand into a 'grand story arc' with the USS Cardinal going semi-rogue and resolving the 'great war')
Ilithi & Darkstar are just showing their trektardness by believing this wank-job has a chance of even making it past the planning stages, much let getting picked up by Paramount, and by thinking that a 25 jump in the timeline is going to give the Feds an unbeatable tech advantage.
Lets face it, this is never going to get off the ground because its going to turn into a flame war between all the trekkies fighting over who's 'vision' of Star Trek is the right one (like any fight between fanatics -- think of different fundie sects fighting over interpretations of minor passages in the bible, it quickly becomes a fight about who is right).