Due to the success of the previous incarnation, I'd figure we do another 'OSNews Asks' item; it's a nice way to get to know each other a little more on matters that are in itself fairly irrelevant. We'll continue down the path of irrelevance by asking: What Star Trek race would you want to be, given the choice? And, of course, why? I'll start: definitely Betazoid. Reading minds, telepathy, maybe even empathic abilities, no weird ridges or other facial deformations, black eyes - what's not to like? Post your choice in the comments!
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I would have to go with Trill; immortality alone is overrated, but the possibility of immortality with several separate and unique lifetimes is quite intriguing.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Trill
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This might be a tad cliché of me, but I'd like to be Vulcan:
-Long life, and an 'eternal soul' (katra)
-High intelligence and excellent memory
-Empathic abilities
-Ration, Logic, meditation, and restraint as a way of life
-Physical strength
-...not being a slave to your irrational emotions.
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The most notable of the StarTrek characters I would like to be is a T'Khasian, a.k.a. Vulcan.
The Vulcan character has an ability for intellectual decontruction of emotional patterns.
Similar to my basic Buddhist beliefs, it's a lifelong process which strives for absolute detachment from all emotion, greed, deception, anger, and all other vices which plague those without any internal controls.
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If I were to choose, I would choose humans. They were cool and had awesome technology.
However, I really liked the Cardassians and their warfaring culture. They had some weird taste in art and a really weird justice systems. But they were always proud and knew how to negotiate.
And then there's Q, of course.
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If I had my druthers, I'd prefer to be a half breed like Spock. He has the right mix of traits that I like. If I were to be a Vulcan, I would move away from their home planet and their weird customs - like their marriage ceremonies. Spock's human side at least seemed to represent the best of humanity, and not the worst.
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from that website id pick this:
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Greek_god
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Of course I'd like to be a Soong-type android. Like Data. Not immortal, but incredibly resilient. Having tons of things to aspire to and to discover. Being very often right, but not always.
Being Q might be cool, but they really seem to have no goal in life. Vulcans are good too, but their old-age weakness that makes them affect other people's minds and the side-effect the illnes has: feelings. Blah!
If I couldn't choose being an android, like Data, I'd go for Klingon. Berserk, always eager to kick some butts, true to the warrior code and loyal to the mighty empire, and never commenting their own code. Kaplah!
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I think Vulcans feel all of those things but control them. Like Vulcans, I am occasionally prone to extreme emotional trips, and I'd like to control that.
I would like peace, science, and exploration to be the focus of our civilization. Vulcans also create art, play musical instruments, and so on.
If you met me, you'd probably guess I'd be into Klingons, but in fact, Vulcans in the Star Trek universe represent the direction (not the destination, perhaps) that I would like to see the human species move in.
I always hated people giving Spock shit for being collected. When he found something beautiful and awe-inspiring, he said so. He just didn't feel the need to rhapsodize and go into histrionics every ten minutes like, say, McCoy.
I don't agree that Vulcans are cold. They merely do not let their emotions carry them away. I would have no interest in them if I thought they were incapable of experiencing beauty and awe. But they do, and they are definitely the species I'd like to be more like.
Unfortunately, in life, I'm a bull in a china shop.
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T'Pol: You presume that my time spent with humans has left me susceptible to their emotions?
Ambassador V'Lar: They're our emotions, as well. We simply hide them better.
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Being a Vulcan is a different thing than the pursuit of Kohlinar. Few Vulcans choose that sterile path. Sarek chose not to, finding such a life to be too sterile for his tastes. Observe the bond between Sarek and Amanda, and tell me that it is less fulfilling than a human marriage. Observe the troubled relationship, spanning over a century, between Spock and his father, and tell me there is no feeling there.
Watch Spock in The Wrath of Khan and The Undiscovered Country... and note the aura of serenity and self acceptance that he projects. Then tell me about how undesirable it is be to be Vulcan. (Admittedly, Spock is half-human, and spent decades struggling with his identity before achieving that serene state.)
To be a Vulcan, and to follow the Vulcan path is, first and foremost, to acknowledge and accept the existence of the passions within us... passions so intense that they once threatened to obliterate our civilisation, and to master them, so that they serve us and thus enhance our lives, rather than the converse, which once led our entire race to the very brink of destruction.
20th century humans have much to learn from our history. And it would be supremely unfortunate if they failed to do so before it is too late.
Edited 2008-04-08 17:00 UTC
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- Who are you?
- I am Richard, Chief Warlock of the Brothers of Darkness, Lord of the Thirteen Hells, Master of the Bones, Emperor of the Black, Lord of the Undead. And the major of a little village along the coast, very scenic during springtime. You should visit sometime.
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Being half Saudi half German in reality it seems only fitting ...
In order to represent the German part better, you should exchange one of the half parts into a Cardassian, because they are the better Germans (see first mentioning above). :-)
This would mean that I'd have to be a Cardassian employed at the Obsidian Order... how strange... =^_^=
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