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   XPost: alt.startrek.voyager, alt.tv.star-trek.tos, alt.startrek.vs.starwars   
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   <405b0c3e-49de-4bd0-a716-71080c16e124@x2g2000prk.googlegroups.com>,   
    Graeme  wrote:   
      
   > They've never been clear about exactly who the PD applies to, how it   
   > works, or anything like that.  The rules change from episode to   
   > episode, but the only time I remember it ever applying to a   
   > spacefaring race was Patterns of Force.  But even then it was unclear   
   > as to whether Ekos WAS a spacefaring race before Gill interfered and   
   > gave them the technology.  The Zeons definitely were, and came there   
   > before Gill did, but I don't think they gave them the tech.  That   
   > missile they fired was implied to be the direct result of Gill's   
   > interference.   
      
   Yeah, I've never been clear on the backstory there.  It seems like some   
   Space Jews invaded Germany, and Germany didn't have the tech to strike   
   back, until a kindly historian intervened.  You really have to wonder   
   why the Space Jews didn't just go home.   
      
   Assuming 'Zeon' is some corruption of 'Zion' does 'Ekos' mean anything?   
      
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