Talk:The Omega Directive (episode)

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Contents 1 Episode talk page 1.1 Maintenance links 2 Prime Directive information 3 Merge? 4 Picard and The Omega Directive 5 Knowledge of Omega 6 Omega in Novels?

[edit] Prime Directive information

I don't want to get into a debate about semantics or the specific rank, but Commander Sisko allowed his his officers to violate the PD in "The Circle" & "The Siege" with his speech about how it would take so long to pack things up (conveniently) and basically saying "Get out while you still can if you don't wanna get court martialed". Maybe just sticking with a note about Janeway would be better, considering how gung ho she usually was about the PD. Sloan 06:23, 29 Nov 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge?

This page should be merged with Omega Directive - <unsigned>

No it shouldn't. This page is about the episode. The other is about the actual directive proper. They should continue to be separate. -- Sulfur 21:34, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I concur, they are two separate things. - Enzo Aquarius 21:55, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Here here. --From Andoria with Love 03:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I support a merge......Oh, wait, no I don't :P --OuroborosCobra ^talk 03:10, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picard and The Omega Directive

I would like the pose the following question. How would Captain Jean-Luc Picard have reacted to the Omega Directive? Could he have come up with a different solution? Would he have brought Data in the loop knowing that he could trust him implicitly? What else?

These talk pages aren't for idle speculation. They are for discussion of possible changes to the article itself. A question like this should be brought to one of the many Trek forums, like TrekBBS. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 19:15, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Knowledge of Omega

The page about the directive itself says:

The Omega Directive also authorizes a starship captain to violate the Prime Directive if necessary to erase knowledge of the existence of Omega.

In this episode, Janeway doesn't actually do this. The alien scientists apparently still possess the knowledge to make another batch of Omega molecules. Nor does Janeway try to convince them to stop making the stuff. Maybe this should be noted in the article? – gpvos (talk) 22:49, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Omega in Novels?

I'm sure, and have been since this episode first aired that Kirk encountered the Omega particles and like Janeway broke the prime directive and took only Spock into his confidence. This must have been in a novel from the 60's or 70's. of course this would not be canon but if it exists maybe a link to it on Memory Beta Lt.Lovett 19:06, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Or '00's β :) OK, done. --TribbleFurSuit 20:34, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

That isn't the one I'm thinking of, I must be thinking of something with a similar story but with out Omega. Lt.Lovett 16:47, 7 December 2008 (UTC)