But there's going to be hell to pay when K-Lo gets back from whatever vacation she's on. Hell. To. Pay:

The best Trek was conservative: it was rooted in the unchanging nature of man, be they hooting hominids on the plains of Earth throwing rocks at prey, or civilized spacefarers Money, power, lust, war: These were the constants, and Star Trek knew they’d follow us to infinity and beyond. At best we could find enlightened, savvy ways to avoid the pointless fights. But some people only understand a photon torpedo up the dorsal vent port, and we’d best be prepared to deal with them. The Federation, after all, had something called General Order 24, which called for the total destruction of a planet’s surface if the civilization was considered a threat to the Federation. As Vader might have said: Impressive. Kirk actually invoked General Order 24, in “A Taste of Armageddon.” He used it as a threat, and didn’t carry it out. You can imagine his relief; the paperwork alone would have been a nightmare.

By the by, Steven Hayward is dead to us: "I hated - hated - Star Trek: TNG." Who says that? Clearly someone with a hollow shell where a human soul should be. Seriously.

References:
* The Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Pelosians
* Get a Life! [NRO]
* Oh Captain, My Captain! [NRO]
* A Conservative Trek [NRO]
* Replacing Reagan [NRO]

Previously:
* Neat! Experiment Spectacularly and Productively Fails To Explain Problems With Physics
* Neat - Germs Taken To Space So They Can Mutate, Come Back Deadlier
* Neat - Israeli Nanobots To Revolutionize Medicine