Star Trek: First Contact

[Bill Frantz]

At  6:02 AM 11/23/96 -0500, Black Unicorn wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Bill Frantz wrote:
>> OBMoney: Picard states the they don't have money in the 24th century. 
>> Instead they work for the good of mankind.  Nanotechnology must have made
>> everything material possible, so the only reward left is status (aka
>> reputation).
>
>Why doesn't everyone have a starship?

(Tongue firmly in cheek) It seems some feel that their best route to high
status is to be the crew member who beams down and dies.


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