Ha!

😂

@@democrrrracymanifest with a bunch of female Cardassians with surgically altered spoons covered in makeup.....

@@democrrrracymanifest I have thought of that, I think a lot of us have.

​@@democrrrracymanifest Lower decks might use it for sure.

One of the best TV villains of all time, a complete tour de force every second he was onscreen. Even on inserted communications clips where Dukat is on a viewscreen, he owned the scene every time.

If you like Marc and classic shooter games, play Call of Juarez. He plays the hell out of that, too.

He was everyone's favorite scoundrel ... lol.

Agree

Yeah he was awesome. An absolute psychopath, but he just wanted to be loved, haha.

most fascinating Star Trek character, i maybe put Q on that level. genius

Thank you so much!

Hahaha

I love to shout "FOR CARDASSIA!" when I see a group of people moving fast.

Glory to their great leader Kim!!

“For my son. For ALL our sons.”

@@norwegianzound Harry Kim?

Kim Cardassian is the worstttttttttttttttttttt

Thanks Gavin!

Not just peak sci-fi but also peak Trek.

It wasn’t colonialism it was conquest. There is a deference.

@@timesthree5757 Keep trying.

@@gavinhillick keep trying what it’s the truth.

They did stand apart. They were the only Nazis. Interesting that they were your favorite.

Man mentioning me in the same sentence as Quinn's Ideas is a real compliment! Thank you

what is Quinn's channel?

This is pretty close to what _Stitch in Time_ says, yeah! That has the added wrinkle of a new civilian government trying to rebuild, and that's where the Federation aid gets funnelled. Very much as Bajor was about a year before DS9 S1.

Cardassia Prime had the population being shot up by Dominion ground troops, but all the industry and stockpiles would still be intact. Plus the rest of the Cardassian Union would still be intact, which could provide supplies to Cardassia Prime. The fun part is if the Cardassian leaders actually decide to help out or if they decide to bargain for more political powers from the now-weakened Central Command. Central Command has the fun part that it is semi-recognized as Cardassian government, and Cardassia has traditionally ruled from Cardassia Prime. So lots of fun for after-war politicking.

Japan.

Enjoy!

While season 1 is far better than TNG's equivalent season, all I can say is it's going to get a lot better, you're going to see better character arcs on guest stars than most of Voyager's main crew

Thanks for watching!

Tapestry or In The Pale Moonlight?

​@Beep Boop is this a question? ITPML

Lmao

My take: 1) The Nebula Class is not old, nor out of date, it is a top of the line Heavy Cruiser in 2365 and is relatively new. 2) There are a number of variations of Galor Class, and lots of them in general. While one is not a match for a Galaxy Class, most variants of Galor Class are very effective against the average starship. Again, the Cardassians have lots of Galors while Starfleet has relatively few heavier vessels like the Galaxy or Nebula. For every 100 starships, maybe 3-4 will be a Galaxy Class, and maybe 10-15 will be newer designed from 2360 on. However, as far as we've seen, 90 of the Cardassian ships would be Galors, and the remaining 10 would be Keldons. An example: Sherman tanks and T-34s were quite inferior to the Tiger and Tiger II, but there were not enough Tigers to matter and the Sherman was perfectly fine against Panzer IIIs and IVs. On the balance, the Cardassian fleet was powerful enough to make any drawn out war painful. 3) You under estimate Cardassian technology. They had advanced weapons and technology, they just didn't have the ability to mass produce their best stuff to universally equip their fleet. Even prior to the Dominion, we get glimpses of Cardassian advanced tech, like the Dreadnaught missile. 4) War is not just about the best weapon systems. It is about the balance of the forces, supply, tactics, doctrine and circumstance. The Cardassian Union represents a very dense concentration of military power. Because the Union is small compared to the Federation, and doesn't border any other major powers, it can concentrate 100% of of its military power in a small area allowing for sufficient mass to cause issues even for a far superior power. Moreover, the Federation has to defend vast borders and against several major powers. Whereas the Cardassians could mass all the forces in one place, are fighting in their support zone and have fortified their systems. The Federation would have a difficult time massing enough forces on the Cardassian front without denuding the rest of Federation space. Add to this that Starfleet had grown complacent and less oriented toward conflict during the "Long Peace." An analogous example is the US and North Korea. The United States is many times more powerful than North Korea. However, to invade and destroy the NK military would be too costly for the US to consider.

Thanks Bill!

@@OrangeRiver Thanks for the vid. Also, I keep meaning to do a detailed fanfic about the Cardassian-Federation war, focused on the era 2358-63, mainly: may finally get round to starting it, this month! Dates and details vary, so research had to be selective.

Yep, and they're namedropped in "Chain of Command" so there's definitely a basis for it!

Thanks JAG!

Have the Romulans allready claimed that they invented the Station first?😂

Thank you!

Unfortunately I think your answer's right there: they were in like two episodes and they have lower name recognition than my cat :/ (Jokes aside I've done videos about niche species before like Sheliak so we'll see!)

It's likely a matter of the Federation and Starfleet being stretched way too thin. The number of border conflicts they got into during the Lost Era seemed to be pretty crazy - the Talarians, the Tzenkethi, the Cardassians. It seemed to suggest that in the 70-odd year period they had three Trek versions of Vietnam, and unlike the existential conflict with the Dominion, they had a lot of internal conflicts about whether the Federation should even be involved (TNG "Unification"). Given that the Klingons and Romulans were much less of a threat and these weren't likely to be proxy wars, it was more likely related to a massive expansion of the Federation over that period, where colonists encroached on disputed territories in multiple locations at a time when Starfleet became much less combat oriented with much less of a capacity to fight major conflicts.

Perhaps the Federation didn't want to expend the effort to make the Cardassians stop? Similar to Chamberlain and his treaty with Germany managing to get 'peace in our time'.

Especially considering they gave up Federation colonies which led to the Marquis.

as someone who is autistic, and deeply insincere and disingenuous, i had a real interesting conversation with my parents about this episode and why the number of lights was so important

@@subraxas It is a drink from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

gravity issues.. ore would weigh less on the stations and it also alowed for much easier transport to have th refinery in orbit

The Vulcans were against it for cultural reasons and we were inside of their space

Yep. As we've seen throughout the series, in some alternate timelines where Vulcans don't make first contact with us in 2063, Earth is conquered by the Romulan Star Empire. (Or the Klingons, in some beta works.)

One idea for how tech gets spread so well, is Ferengi traders. They buy older warp drives from established races at a discount, then sell those older warp drives to barely-starting races for much higher value, making money in the process. For example if the Vulcans had Warp drives capable of Warp 6, then a Ferengi trader might try to buy older warp drives that are only good for Warp four. The Ferengi then go to Earth that only has Warp 2 and Warp 3 engines being churned out, and sell those Warp four drives. This would only be practical if the Ferengi could access those worlds though.

Japan is the way it will probably go in my opinion. Economic powerhouse withal cultural aversion to warfare

False. In DS9 Season 7, Damar said to Weyoun, "There are no minor planets in the Cardassian Union!"

What is rizz?

@@timmiller1954 sexual proclivity.

Thanks Troy!

I also find it unlikely, although it does make you wonder just what kind of stuff went down during that 94% of Bajoran history before the Prophets showed up :0

I had a suspicion Liliana Ghemor stole her Mirror Universe counterpart's identity, and attempted to replace Intendant Kira. It failed, and she became stowaway aboard _ISS Voyager_ .

Movies and shows only.