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Subj: Answers Date: 4/17/97 8:00:18 PM From:  RonDMoore

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I think we'll continue to press for a good mix of character and action next year. As a Dominion fan, you're going to be pretty happy.

<< I am looking for your personal opinion, nothing official by Paramount or anything. Would you like to see DS9 continue beyond it's series run?>>

Sure. I think DS9 is the most interesting Trek to surface since TOS and it would be nice to see it continue.

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We run into this from time to time, but it's never been a big problem. The shows are so different, that there aren't too many stories that we're both trying to tell at the same time. In general, whichever show came up with the idea first would get dibs on it.

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It's a friendly competition, but we're always eyeing one another to see who's putting out the better show, getting the most attention, doing better in the ratings, etc. We're all very driven and creative people and it's only natural that each of us wants to be on the "best" show, but we certainly wouldn't try to hurt or damage the other series or anything like that.

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Well.... we do think Odo has a bit of the fascist in him. His desire for "justice" grows out of the Founder need for "order". Given his head, Odo could easily suppress dissent, stifle free expression, and violate privacy in the name of "justice/order" and we've seen Sisko have to put a stop to these tendencies on more than one occasion. I'm not saying he's not compassionate, but I also don't think he views civil liberties as being more valuable than social order. He's fairly authoritarian in his views and can be rather inflexible about "the law" regardless of whether "the law" is just. Witness his "other self" in "Things Past", which took on the guise of Thrax. Thrax/Odo really believed that the Bajorans were at least partially to blame for their vicitimization because they refused to accept "the verdict of history" and "broke the law" by fighting against the lawful authority of the Cardassians. Not exactly the sentiment of a democracy-loving progressive. But before you mistake my meaning, we're talking about the subtle flavoring of a character, not his dominant characteristics, and Odo is not about to start goose-stepping down the Promenade.

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Well, her name was Kathy and we were watching "Gamesters of Triskelion" and she said to me, "Hey, I have a silver lame harness too." "Really? Well, I have a whip." So then we Oh. Wait. That's not what you meant, was it? Uh, my first Trek experience was uh.... I'll have to think about that and get back to you.

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Presumably, but we haven't had a situation where we wanted to use them for a while.