Memory Alpha:AOL chats/Ronald D. Moore/ron091.txt

Subject: Answers Date: 3/6/98 3:15 PM Pacific Standard Time From: RonDMoore Message-id: <19980306231600.SAA23512@ladder03.news.aol.com>

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The week of 4/20.

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It's possible, but we don't have any further abilities waiting in the wings at the moment.

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This is not our thinking. The race of beings who "seeded" the galaxy with humanoid DNA are separate entities from the Changelings.

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I doubt it.

<< I heard that you said that The prophets are not allowing ANY dominion ships through the wormhole, period, is this true, and in what episode was it that implied this if it is? >>

It seems to me that since we don't see Dominion ships coming out of the wormhole every week that it's implicit that the Prophets aren't allowing them to come through.

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The planet was christened by Rene as are all the other names in the episode. I don't think it was a play on "nefarious." As a general rule, the writer creates all of the proper names in an episode, but will sometimes, in an act of desperation, ask for input from the rest of the staff.

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No. Sovereigns belong to the feature department.

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Actually, we had to make a brand-new model for this episode, so the Defiant won't be getting a NCC registry number after all. The specific requirements for "Valiant" prohibited us from using stock elements. When all was said and done, making a new model made more sense than revamping the Defiant then returning it to its original state.

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My question is this:

WHY??? If this is the case, then wouldn't that make Odo handicapped?>>

Odo has not yet mastered all of his abilities as a Changeling, hence he still needs to regenerate. This is not a disability.

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I don't know why, but in the UK and several other territories, Trek is released on home video before it goes to free television.