Alpha/Beta Quadrant Races in the Delta Quadrant

[Varthikes]

I spotted at least two in "Survival Instinct" and a third in "Tsunkatse".

In "Survival Instinct", I saw an Evora (the aliens in Insurrection for whom the Enterprise was hosting a reception) in the Mess Hall scene when the three ex-drones were talking about Seven. Later, in the corridor scene with Seven and Naomi talking about family, there is a Dopterian (seen several times on DS9).

In "Tsunkatse", I saw several Tygarians (another race seen several times on DS9) among the fight spectators.

[Mikey]

You saw nothing, got it?

[Graham Kennedy]

Two thoughts on this. One, in Trek we very frequently see alien species that are visually identical to humans. I see no reason why there can't be alien species that look identical to Evora or Dopterians.

Second, why can't it be that the Evora or Dopterians or others are very widely spread? Such would not necessarily imply a high technology level, after all. For all we know the Dopterians are nomads who have wandered space for the last 50,000 years in clunky warp 2 ships and are thus found in every quadrant.

[Varthikes]

Two thoughts on this. One, in Trek we very frequently see alien species that are visually identical to humans. I see no reason why there can't be alien species that look identical to Evora or Dopterians.

That's true.

Second, why can't it be that the Evora or Dopterians or others are very widely spread? Such would not necessarily imply a high technology level, after all. For all we know the Dopterians are nomads who have wandered space for the last 50,000 years in clunky warp 2 ships and are thus found in every quadrant.

Dopterians and Tygarians maybe, but not the Evora. In Insurrection, they had achieved warp drive just the previous year. Though, I suppose at some point in their history, they could have had sleeper ships like the DY-100 or solar sail ships like the Bajorans.

[Graham Kennedy]

Or perhaps had an interstellar civilisation in the distant past that fell to barbarism - Trek does that a lot - and is now rebuilding.

[Jim]

Convergant evolution...

[alexmann]

Second, why can't it be that the Evora or Dopterians or others are very widely spread? Such would not necessarily imply a high technology level, after all. For all we know the Dopterians are nomads who have wandered space for the last 50,000 years in clunky warp 2 ships and are thus found in every quadrant.

This seems likely.