The New People
But other than all these megastructures, we additionally see improvements in microtechnology. Starfleet officers may not have cell phones, however what they do have is “senceivers”, mind implants that enable Starfleet to ship messages that seem within the recipient’s mind like a reminiscence. In a nod to close future historical past, Roddenberry factors out that Starfleet retains these telepathic mind chips a secret to avert associations with the “Thoughts Management Revolts” of 2043 to 2047.
However the factor is “thoughts management” appears to be… a gray space, within the paradise of the 23rd century.
All through the Starfleet canon, from TV to films to videogames, books and comics, from the canon and permitted to these annuals the place the Enterprise bridge had seatbelts, the depiction of what a Starfleet officer is has remained the identical. Starfleet officers are the bravest, the neatest, essentially the most adaptable. A Reginald Barclay on the Enterprise is a ten wherever else. Whichever manner you slice it, if you happen to put on Purple, Gold and Blue (or the beige, white and pale blue if we’re within the Movement Image period) you’re the absolute cream of humanity’s crop. Not that humanity has a cream of the crop, you perceive, as a result of we’ve got carried out away with all types of discrimination. Ahem.
However in his novel, Roddenberry pitches issues… a little bit otherwise.
In Kirk’s preface to the novel, he notes that his masculine identify is uncommon in most circles, however not in Starfleet. “We’re a extremely conservative and strongly individualistic group. The previous customs die exhausting with us,” he says, whereas conceding that “Some critics have characterised us of Starfleet as ‘primitives’ and with some justification.”
Kirk goes on to clarify that early house journey for humanity was disastrous, stuffed with ship disappearances, crew defections and mutinies. For all of the lifeless redshirts in his wake, even Kirk stands out as distinctive for having returned from a five-year mission with a lot of his ship and crew nonetheless intact. By the point of Star Trek, it’s accepted these early disastrous missions have been as a result of Starfleet’s requirements have been too excessive.
