michaelgemar

@cyd True, I guess Hornblower participated in various hijinks even as captain.

@cyd @startrek Well, you also don’t send most of your senior staff, Including the captain, on landing parties.

@USSBurritoTruck @startrek And of course Pelia did explicitly describe the Federation as having a “no money, socialist utopia thing”.

@Prouvaire @startrek Given that replicators seem to be able to produce literally anything (*except* latinum), it really seems like the Federation is an actual post-scarcity culture, where money would have little to no utility.

@andthenthreemore @startrek Good one — I’d also recommend the Hornblower series (although they are nowhere as good as the books IMO). Supposedly Roddenberry once described Star Trek as “Hornblower in space”.

(But really, read the books — the character in the novels is fascinatingly complex, an introvert full of self-doubt who is also incredibly talented.)