James Endicott on Nostr: From a real world perspective, I understand why they decided to make the 2390s a ...
From a real world perspective, I understand why they decided to make the 2390s a bleak era full of corruption, cowardice, and a decaying empire. They've been trying to go in that direction with the franchise for a while. But what's the in universe explanation?
#StarTrek has matter energy conversion and the ability to create near infinite amounts of energy. They can convert substances from one form to another with ease. How can the entire Federation be straining from over expansion at the same time with that tech at their disposal? Why did they need to rely on robot labor all of a sudden? How were they able to mass produce entire battle fleets to face the borg, then the dominion, then the Texas class ships, then the living construct, etc. If you can generate that many capital ships that quickly, you clearly have an enormous manufacturing base. But the civilian population probably has 1000× that capacity.
Even major tasks like the Romulan evacuation shouldn't drain everything in the entire Federation.
#StarTrek has matter energy conversion and the ability to create near infinite amounts of energy. They can convert substances from one form to another with ease. How can the entire Federation be straining from over expansion at the same time with that tech at their disposal? Why did they need to rely on robot labor all of a sudden? How were they able to mass produce entire battle fleets to face the borg, then the dominion, then the Texas class ships, then the living construct, etc. If you can generate that many capital ships that quickly, you clearly have an enormous manufacturing base. But the civilian population probably has 1000× that capacity.
Even major tasks like the Romulan evacuation shouldn't drain everything in the entire Federation.