The prime directive is the single most infuriating plot point in all of star trek, because anytime there is an obvious good thing for Starfleet to do the prime directive shows up and becomes a bunch of libshit.
But I think what really bothers me, is Voyager. They’re the prime directive is the key feature and why Janeway is the most consistently inconsistent character of all time.
Whether or not she agrees with a prime directive depends solely on whether or not it will get her crew home. If obeying the prime directive would get her crew home, then it is an archaic principle that has no place out in the field, something that sounds good in a textbook but it’s just impractical, I need to be ignored entirely. However if disobeying the prime directive would get the crew home, then all of a sudden it’s the only thing Janeway considers sacred in the entire universe.
God I hated voyager. Deep Space Nine got me into the series, but Voyager took me right back out of it
The prime directive is the single most infuriating plot point in all of star trek, because anytime there is an obvious good thing for Starfleet to do the prime directive shows up and becomes a bunch of libshit.
But I think what really bothers me, is Voyager. They’re the prime directive is the key feature and why Janeway is the most consistently inconsistent character of all time.
Whether or not she agrees with a prime directive depends solely on whether or not it will get her crew home. If obeying the prime directive would get her crew home, then it is an archaic principle that has no place out in the field, something that sounds good in a textbook but it’s just impractical, I need to be ignored entirely. However if disobeying the prime directive would get the crew home, then all of a sudden it’s the only thing Janeway considers sacred in the entire universe.
God I hated voyager. Deep Space Nine got me into the series, but Voyager took me right back out of it