Arguably, violence in stories does not necessarily make it a dystopia.... Neither does pacifism make it a utopia. It really depends on how the story was going.
I've got a whole stock of plotbunnies that skirt the lines a little (A Cabal of GJ higher-ups manufacturing conflicts to maintain their relevance and influence, or someone trying to get rich off of shorting South Korean stocks by tripping off a 2nd Korean War, the Genaros metaverse incident,), but that's where the most fun is to be had.... like DS9 poking Star Trek's directives in the eye to see how well they stood up. Especially when they get stopped, because it feels like peace and decency has been earned somehow, while at the same time playing off issues the characters pursuing them might have and showing that they don't sink.
A planned SS Ciara story opens with the ship crippled and adrift.... how do the crew get out of this? Raymond Garret navigates a speedboat through open space, another speedboat gets lost, while the remaining crew aboard take a gamble at getting power back that will save them or kill them, while the Chief Engineer wades in wavium-saturated coolant to make repairs. A bit K19 -v- Das Boot -v- Ernest Shackleton. Then something a bit Search for Spock trying to find them and rescue them again... by stealing *something*. (More, borrow without permission, and with intent to return), and giving the pirate fleets of SSX base something to do.
Even Shinji flirts with it from time to time, poking at some of the underpinnings of the setting a little, and it makes for a better story than just 'Oh crap, I'm an AI Shinji', because it's believeable that he could still break down into self destruction and despair (Which'd definitely be contrary to the directive).
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I've got a whole stock of plotbunnies that skirt the lines a little (A Cabal of GJ higher-ups manufacturing conflicts to maintain their relevance and influence, or someone trying to get rich off of shorting South Korean stocks by tripping off a 2nd Korean War, the Genaros metaverse incident,), but that's where the most fun is to be had.... like DS9 poking Star Trek's directives in the eye to see how well they stood up. Especially when they get stopped, because it feels like peace and decency has been earned somehow, while at the same time playing off issues the characters pursuing them might have and showing that they don't sink.
A planned SS Ciara story opens with the ship crippled and adrift.... how do the crew get out of this? Raymond Garret navigates a speedboat through open space, another speedboat gets lost, while the remaining crew aboard take a gamble at getting power back that will save them or kill them, while the Chief Engineer wades in wavium-saturated coolant to make repairs. A bit K19 -v- Das Boot -v- Ernest Shackleton. Then something a bit Search for Spock trying to find them and rescue them again... by stealing *something*. (More, borrow without permission, and with intent to return), and giving the pirate fleets of SSX base something to do.
Even Shinji flirts with it from time to time, poking at some of the underpinnings of the setting a little, and it makes for a better story than just 'Oh crap, I'm an AI Shinji', because it's believeable that he could still break down into self destruction and despair (Which'd definitely be contrary to the directive).
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