[goldstategop]

Starfleet IS a military organization. Its ranks are organized on naval lines with the familiar military chain of command. Peaceful exploration is but one of the things it does. It also defends the Federation. Like against the Borg. They didn't negotiate with the enemy; they kicked butt.

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True dat.

[Darkwolf377]

Like against the Borg. They didn't negotiate with the enemy; they kicked butt.

You have to admit, though, that that's an exception to the rule (and they don't seem to grasp that because it was, the Borg were the only creation of the Next Generation gang that more than Trekkies know about).

Trek became massively PC once Roddenberry started hogging all the credit at sci fi conventions in the later 60's. It's like someone pointed out to him how militaristic the original show was, and he had an awakening.

It's so rare that they "kicked butt" on post-original ST that I stopped watching early on. Too many yap sessions on the Enterprise.