u/Blue_box_42

I was just talking with my fiancee about how interesting that would be. Garak would be in a very unusual position, being a former high ranking Obsidian Order operative but also having lived with Starfleet personnel and Bajorans for 7 years. He'd be trying to build a better Cardassia. You could also do something interesting with Garak and Bashir's relationship because at first they'd have to keep it a secret to avoid weakening Garak's position (and minimize the threat to Julian's life). Not out of homophobia, but because when rebuilding Cardassia into something better Garak would take inspiration from the Federation and it'd be really easy for people to use their relationship to claim Garak's been corrupted/suborned by the Federation. So it could be homophobia coded as many of the same tropes could apply, but it wouldn't actually be homophobia.

Does something like this exist?

'Clash' instead of 'war', 'nullify' instead of 'kill'. I get that it was part of a trend for a while to use words differently to make worlds feel more alien/dystopian, and most of it doesn't fit with the TikTok censoring algorithm, but it's so funny to me whenever they say 'nullify'.

Think about it. The president of the Federation was a Grazerite who declared martial law on Earth. Not just San Francisco, troops were patrolling in New Orleans too. So the Federation government has the capacity to make decisions for Earth in a way we don't see for any other nation. It's like how the Capital of the US is Washington DC, but DC can't do much without the approval of the Federal government.

And the reason most of the people we see in Starfleet are humans? Humans are the only species who don't seem to have their own fleet. A Vulcan who wants to explore space can join the Vulcan fleet, or they can join with a fleet that requires then to be among illogical aliens, possibly even take orders from them. Because humanity got into space and within a few years founded the Federation, they don't have their own fleet.

Generally I do not like MMOs or anything else I can't pause. However, I am very interested in the lore of other nations in TES. I even tried playing Arena because I knew you traveled everywhere, but I kept crashing and getting killed by assassins before I woke up fully. Upon further research I'm not sure the buildings in different nations are distinct in Arena anyway.

So, is Elder Scrolls worth it from a wandering around and seeing the nations perspective? Would I have to pay extra to visit all of them? How do the deep lore fans feel about the portrayal of everywhere in ESO?

Edit: thanks everyone for your replies. Once I am no longer unemployed I'll get a subscription to ESO at least for a bit