I’m watching S7E20 right now and the entire scene before the Defiant undocked from DS9 had that cinematic vibe you only get from a bonafide Hollywood movie.
I’m watching S7E20 right now and the entire scene before the Defiant undocked from DS9 had that cinematic vibe you only get from a bonafide Hollywood movie.
How did quark acquire this holodeck on a federation/ bajoran space station anyhow? oh yeah he traded info on self sealing stem bolts. Next you’ll tell me it cost money to transport and o Brian was raking in coin to buy antique whiskey with…
It was absolutely a plot device; they’ve said as much. The rest is just the in-story rationalizations to give viewers something - however difficult to believe - to accept so the story can go forward.
Star Trek is full of these. TNG was chock fucking full of Mordor Eagle plot devices. Quark is Harry Mudd, with a bumpy head. The Federation exists within a universe of civilizations which haven’t yet reached post-scarcity and, frankly, I think even in a post scarcity utopia we’ll still have money and be trading. Consider, we’ll probably still have the very first profession, and you’ll likely have other services. You’ll still have a lot of people like McCoy, who reject the technological solution and want “the real thing” and not a holodeck.