In the midst of Barbie-pink dominance, TAS would like a word.
Star Trek’s own home of pink, purple and lime green has something to say.
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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The episode with the Kzinti in it was called "The Soft Weapon", and was based on a short story by Larry Niven. If the ST producers had any guts, they wouldn't have replaced Nessus (a Pierson's Puppeteer) with Spock.
While I would have been curious to see a Puppeteer, given the role of the Kzinti aggression in motivating Dr. Keniclius 5 to create the giant Spock (TAS ‘The Infinite Vulcan’), it was important for TAS to show us a direct interaction between Spock and the Kzinti in ‘The Slaver Weapon.’
Not to mention that Niven may have needed to make some changes for his adaptation of his story “The Soft Weapon” to get the original story credit.
I’m just glad that the Kzinti are acknowledged as canon in the franchise again.
Edited: just recalled that the reproductive imperatives of Pierson’s Puppeteer’s are enough to make the biological imperatives of the SNW Gorn seem less monstrous. What was Niven thinking?