From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Fri Jan 11 2002 - 21:26:14 MST
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> Given that Paramount is open to developing scripts from outside writers,
> it would, I think, be a good idea, I think, to write a new character for
> the Star Trek: Enterprise series into a script that portrays an
> individual with a healthy avocation of pursuit for individual
> optimization and perfection. I'm rather disturbed that the luddites seem
> to have more influence in the new series, as evidenced by the presence
> of the Sulabon race, represented by individuals who are corrupted by
> evil time travellers in the pursuit of genetic/physical/mental
> perfection. So far we have only seen one 'good' Sulabon character in one
> episode. Perhaps we need to write in a new crewman who is Sulabon and a
> member of the majority of Sulabon society, who pursue improvement and
> perfection as consensual individuals. S/he would serve on the Enterprise
> as a sort of scout/intelligence liason in it's continuing conflict with
> the time criminals.
They seem to prefer the concept of evil races, so a continuing good
Sulabon would probably get rejected. But perhaps a neutral one...
--- [On leave at one of the seedier multi-species starports, the crew witness a brawny Sulabon wrestle various other aliens for show. After the show, T'pol walks up to her, curious crew in tow, and starts speaking quietly.] SULABON: [notices crew] Let us speak the human tongue. So few races' translators know it, ya? ARCHER: [surprised] But you do? SULABON: [smiling] If there is one thing the Sulabon are known for, it is our quest for perfection. The dark side of that quest is what drew your Vulcan friend's interest. [looks around, smile fading] We should go someplace less public. [They wander away from the crowd.] SULABON: There are rumors floating around my people, rumors of military buildups and secrets. They say you humans have even attacked and destroyed our installations, but I do not believe that. What harm have we ever done you? [Sulabon eventually talks her way into a tour of the Enterprise. Later, in the Enterprise's "sweet spot".] TRAVIS: You're a boomer too, I can tell. SULABON: If you mean born in orbit and rarely setting foot on a planet, yes. Population pressures forced the Sulabon to build orbiting habitats. A bit less than half our people are now off-world at any given moment. We've come so far in so short a time. TRAVIS: What do you mean, 'so short a time'? SULABON: I...no, perhaps it is better if you experienced this for yourself. [holds TRAVIS, then gently pushes off the wall so as to be in zero-g for a minute or so] TRAVIS: What...what is this? SULABON: When we were granted the enhancements, we experimented and went beyond what even our benefactors knew. I've 'forgotten' a copy of the results in Dr. Phlox's office; I'm sure he knows what to do with it. We gained a very weak form of telepathy...and I can tell it's working. TRAVIS: How? SULABON: I can feel the discomfort this grip gives you. [shifts slightly] And the mild pleasure this one does. [[Note: hey, they'll never accept it without some softcore. ^_-]] TRAVIS: They're from the future. SULABON: Yes. They intend to make us their pawns, but some of us know better. Power only corrupts if you let it. The secret is not to become dependent. Make your own power, and let others make theirs, so that you may become even stronger. TRAVIS: But they want power for themselves. SULABON: They are deluded. They think, by destroying that which was noble and great in the past, they will be the best of what remains in the future. TRAVIS: And they're not the only ones who have contacted you. SULABON: No, they're not. I have heard from both sides. I'm not fond of either one. I don't care who is in charge in the future, I just want a better one than either side offers. I'm almost worried they are but two sides of the same vice, playing off each other to suck away resources from those who would see every sentient being filled with power, and who would force the rejection of their power over others. [And so on...]
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