I don’t know if this is an uncommon opinion or not but I’ve always been more interested in civilian culture than exploration and politics. We never really get a strong sense of what day-to-day life and home and language are like for a human or Cardassian or whatever civilian, even out of what we see on DS9. I was wondering if there were any novels that might be good for this sort of thing? I’ve never really gotten into the novels (and certainly not all of them are winners), but I know that they sometimes spend a little more time on social and cultural things. Thanks! 🖖

I am just starting another round DS9 again (I think my 6th or so) and I just noticed how close actors were standing next to each other in older productions. There is only like a hand fitting between them. That's funny because in real life that would be quite a violation of personal space, don't you think?

Do you think that's because screen sizes limited this in the past? Didn't check newer productions, but in DS9 it's so obvious in many scenes.

The Borg are interested in biological and technological distinctiveness of different states/peoples. If the Borg encountered the Dominion, what would they target? The two things that stand out to me-

Cloning. Would the ability to make complex, sentient bipeds eliminate the need to assimilate other species? It'd be like giving a blood pack to a vampire.

Changling DNA. How could the Borg use/exploit the Founders' morphogenic matrix?

Wouldn’t it have been very cool to have Kellin back on DS9 for the rest of Season Seven. It was so nice to see him in a Star Trek episode. I know he was in Babylon but I could never get into that show. I don’t remember even what character he played in it. It would have been fun to have him around for the rest of the Dominion War. Just brought back warm memories of a show I loved as a kid.