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| | === The Next Generation === | | === The Next Generation === |
| − | ''The Next Generation'' followed the theme of the original series, but set about 100 years later with a new crew and a new ship, also named the ''U.S.S. Enterprise''. | + | ''The Next Generation'' followed the theme of the original series, but set about 100 years later with a new crew and a new ship, also named the ''U.S.S. Enterprise'', specifically the U.S.S. Enterprise-D. By this time, the Klingons were at peace with the Federation, and the crew included a Klingon security officer, as well as various other non-human races. |
| − | By this time, the Klingons were at peace with the Federation, and the crew included a Klingon security officer, as well as various other non-human races. | |
| | Also on the crew was ''Data'', an android. | | Also on the crew was ''Data'', an android. |
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| | The Ferengi were introduced, and were initially meant to be villains. However, as the series went on, they became a more comical foe. A major foe introduced with this series was the [[Borg]], a "collective" of [[drone]]s, beings from various races who were "assimilated" into the collective. | | The Ferengi were introduced, and were initially meant to be villains. However, as the series went on, they became a more comical foe. A major foe introduced with this series was the [[Borg]], a "collective" of [[drone]]s, beings from various races who were "assimilated" into the collective. |
| − | When encountering another spaceship, the Borg would often introduce themselves with the statement "''"We are the Borg. Lower your shields. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile!''". The "resistance is futile" phrase has since entered popular culture. | + | When encountering another spaceship, the Borg would often introduce themselves with the statement "''"We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile!''". The "resistance is futile" phrase has since entered popular culture. |
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| | === Deep Space Nine === | | === Deep Space Nine === |
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| | === Voyager === | | === Voyager === |
| − | ''Voyager'' was the name of a Starfleet ship that became trapped in another part of the galaxy, and the series revolved around the crew's attempts to return home, encountering many new races along the way. | + | ''Voyager'' was the name of a Starfleet ship that became trapped in another part of the galaxy, the Delta Quadrant (with Earth being in the Alpha Quadrant), and the series revolved around the crew's attempts to return home, encountering many new races along the way. |
| | The series was set around the same time as ''Deep Space 9''. | | The series was set around the same time as ''Deep Space 9''. |
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| | The part of the galaxy ''Voyager'' was trapped in was also the part of the galaxy from which the Borg originated, and the Borg is an enemy they encounter numerous times. | | The part of the galaxy ''Voyager'' was trapped in was also the part of the galaxy from which the Borg originated, and the Borg is an enemy they encounter numerous times. |
| − | Additionally, one of the characters who joins the series part way through is "Seven of Nine", a former Borg drone, originally human, who is successfully largely transformed back into a human, although retaining some of the Borg implants and struggling to adapt to human society, having been assimilated into the Borg at a young age. | + | Additionally, one of the characters who joins the series part way through is "Seven of Nine", a former Borg drone, originally human, who is successfully largely transformed back into a human, although retaining some of the Borg implants and struggling to adapt to human society, having been assimilated into the Borg at a young age. ''Voyager'' also featured a female captain, Kathryn Janeway. |
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| | === Enterprise === | | === Enterprise === |
| − | ''Enterprise'' is set prior to any other series, at the time when humans are first starting to travel well beyond Earth, and develop much of the technology that would be common-place in series set later. | + | ''Enterprise'' is set prior to any other series, at the time when the United Federation of Planets has not yet been formed, and when humans are first starting to travel well beyond Earth, and develop much of the technology that would be common-place in series set later. |
| | The mostly-human crew travel in a ship also named ''Enterprise'' | | The mostly-human crew travel in a ship also named ''Enterprise'' |
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