rjord2021 -> RE: Star Trek : The Return of Khan (TOS Era) (8/10/2016 8:29:53 AM)
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Before adding the Trading system to this Star Trek mod as well as trying to keep Star Trek as close to what Gene Roddenberry had imagined as possible, I needed to understand Gene's views on money in the Trek Universe. By the time TNG started after so many years of Trek being off air, Gene Roddenberry had stated: ".....money most emphatically did NOT exist in the Federation, nor did "credits" and that was that." Which explained Picard saying "The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity."" Having no credits in the Federation would make this mod not work in Distant Worlds as everything needs money. Federation credits did exist in the TOS period ( as per the Tribbles Episode ) from the year 2227, however credits had started declining in 2364 Picard stated "The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives." in the First Contact movie in 2373 so somewhere between 2364 and 2373 the Federation stopped using money.... This period is well after the period of this mod so Standard Federation Credits will be used by the Federation to buy Star Ships and trade with other races. Now I can get on with building the Trading System for the mod.
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