Kommentaaar Lobjaka halvasti varjatud apologeetikale.
Ma nüüd seletan Star Treki fännina kõik lahti. Et ei tekiks valestimõistmist või muid arusaamatusi.
(Varuge aega, sest on pikem jutt.)
Planeetide Ühendatud Föderatsioon (i.k. United Federation of Planets, aka UFP, lühidalt 'Föderatsioon') pole mingi ulme, vaid samasugune väärtuspõhine maailmade liit, nagu seda praegu Euroopa Liit.
Star Treki Föderatsioon sisuliselt ongi nagu Euroopa Liit, mis pole üldse kommunistlik.
Föderatsiooni Tähelaevastik on oma kaitseotstarbelt sisuliselt sama, mis NATO praegu.
Kui planeedi tsivilisatsioon on ühinenud, üleplaneedilise juhtimisega (e. pole lõhestunud) ja saavutanud tehnoloogiataseme liikumaks valgusest kiiremini, ning planeedi valitsemine ja väärtushinnangud vastavad Föderatsiooni põhiväärtustega, võetakse maailm liitumisavalduse esitamisel Föderatsiooni liikmeks. Enne liikmeksvõttu tuleb loomulikult vaatlusperiood ja läbirääkimised.
Igal planeedil on oma kultuur ja tõekspidamised, ning Föderatsioon ei lämmata neid. Igal maailmal ja tsivilisatsioonil on samuti õigus lahkuda.
Star Treki Föderatsioon ei ole loomult kommunistlik, ning raha kui ressursside vahetusühik pole ka kuhugi kadunud, vaid kasutatakse krediite. Paras võrdlus eküü ja bitcoiniga. (Huvitav, kas on võimalik Star Treki krediite võrrelda euroga, sest kohalike kollaste lehtede artiklikommenteerijad kraaksuvad alatasa, et eurol pole nagu tagatist.)
Tehnoloogia arengust johtuv ressursside paljusus ja korruptsioonivaba administreerimine Föderatsioonis on teinud raha kui sellise olemasolu sisuliselt mõttetuks: kui kõik on olemas, milleks meile raha?
Edasine eesmärk on enese ja teadmiste arendamine ja uute maailmade ja tsivilisatsioonide avastamine — "Minna sinna, kuhu keegi mees pole varem kunagi läinud," nagu Star Treki tuntud moto räägib.
Armand Sukles kirjutas:
"Star Trekis ei valitse kommunism, sest seal ei kehti igaühelt tema võimete kohaselt ja igaühele tema vajaduste järgi - seal kehtib igaühelt tema huvi kohaselt ja igaühele tema soovide järgi."
Sellega olen nõus.
Föderatsioon teistelt asustatud planeetidelt ja liikmesmaadelt väe ja võimuga ressursse ei võta, vaid pigem avastab uusi ja seni vallutamata territooriume. Kosmos on nii suur ja lai, et ressursid on igal pool olemas.
Nagu ka siinmail Euroopa Liidus, tehakse liikmetega ja tollivaba kaubavahetust.
Tsensuuri Föderatsioonis pole.
Küll on range keeld mürgitada oma kultuuriga vähearenenud maid.
Teisitimõtlejatest rääkides saab silmas pidada näiteks Maquis'd, kelle puhul oli tegemist terroristidega. Nimelt olid Maquis liikumise eelkäijad koloniseerinud piiriäärsed planeedid, mis Cardassia Liidu ja Föderatsiooni läbirääkimiste tulemusel läksid üle Cardassiale. Umbes samal ajal kui Bajor (hääld. Beidžor) Föderatsiooni protektoraadiks sai.
Föderatsioon pakkus piiriäärsete kolonistide ümberasustamist, kuid sellega kolonistid nõus ei olnud, otsustades jääda kohapeale, lootuses, et nendega midagi ei juhtu. (Yea, right.)
Cardassialased hakkasid enda territooriumile sattunud peamiselt inimestega asustatud kolooniate elanikke taga kiusama, et kolonistid äsja süllekukkunud viljakatelt planeetidelt välja süüa. Sellest sündis liikumine nimega Maquis (hääld. 'makii'), mis tahtis kolonistide (peamiselt inimeste) elu ja elukorda kaitsta, kuid nad muutusid suhteliselt kiiresti terroriorganisatsiooniks, mis meeleheitest johtuvalt vahendeid eriti ei valinud.
Maquis'de lugu on sellest, mis juhtub, kui põrkuvad kokku erinevad huvid, reaalpoliitika, pragmatism ja põikpäisus.
Romulane Föderatsioon ei hävitanud, vaid Romulani Täheimpeeriumi koduplaneet jäi ette supernoova lööklainele, sest mitte väga kaugel asuv Hobus'e täht läks ebastabiilseks ja plahvatas.
Suursaadik Spock peatas küll supernoova edasiliikumise Vulcanil toodetud Punase Mateeria abil (vrd "Punane elavhõbe"), kuid jäi Romuluse päästmisel hiljaks, sest Vulcani poliitikud venitasid kummi ega adunud olukorra tõsidust.
Romulani kaevanduslaeva kapten Nero, kelle noor pere juhtumisi Romulusel oli ja surma sai, hullus sellest, ja muutus kättemaksuhimuliseks. Nero ja Spocki laevad sattusid lühikese võitluse järel Punase Mateeria tekitatud musta auku ja Nero laev ilmus välja minevikus natuke enne James T. Kirk'i sündi. Juba siis pääses vastsündinud Jim Kirk Nero eest päris napilt.
Kui Kirk oli täisealine, hävitas kapten Nero suursaadik Spockilt kaaperdatud laevalt saadud Punase Mateeria ainult ühe tilga abil kättemaksuks terve Vulcani, mis on genotsiid. Ellu jäi umbes kümme tuhat vulcanit, kes juhtumisi Vulcani planeedil ei olnud.
Nimelt oli Vulcan ainus, mis tootis peauniversumis (-ajavoolus) Punast Mateeriat, ning nende valitsus lohistas kõvasti jalgu, sest ei tahtnud, et Punane Mateeria läheks kellegi (romulanide) käsutusse, kuna vulcanid teadsid, et seda saab relvana kasutada, ning kõigile oli selge, et romulanid on parasjagu agressiivne rahvas.
Romulani Täheimpeeriumi senat lohistas omakorda koduplaneedi evakueerimisega jalgu, sest arvati, et Hobuse täht niipea noovaks ei lähe, kuigi Spock hoiatas aegsasti ette, et täht on väga ebastabiilne.
Kui rääkida Star Trekist kõrvalvaatajana, siis tegemist on frantsiisiga, mis näitab sõjaväelist ulmet (i.k. military science fiction). Küünikud võivad näiteks väita, et see on sõjaväkke värbamise propaganda.
Star Treki peamine väärtus on siiski teisenenud, sest ta näitab ideaali, kus erinevat päritolu ja erineva taustaga inimeste ja tulnukate vahel on koostöö, ning kedagi ei diskrimineerita.
Ainus Star Treki sari, mis endale omase sõjaväelise ulme näitamisest kõrvale kaldus, on Deep Space Nine (DS9), mida Eestis näidati ainult 13 osa.
DS9 põhilugu algab sellest, et planeet Bajor (hääld. Beidžor) on vabanenud Cardassialaste viiskümmend aastat kestnud okupatsioonist.
Cardassialastest jäi alles Bajori orjatöö tulemusel ehitatud kaevandusjaam Terok Nor, millele Föderatsioon andis uue nime Deep Space Nine (e.k. "Süvakosmos 9").
Bajori kui planeedi ja tsivilisatsiooni lugu on suhtkoht täpipealt Eesti, Läti, Leedu ja teiste anastatud ja vabanenud rahvaste lugu: oli raske okupatsioon, orjus, terror, massimõrvad ja repressioonid, sekka vabadusvõitlus, siis vabanemine, päris sarja lõpus või natuke peale seda liitumine Föderatsiooniga.
Vastukaaluks esitatakse Cardassia saatust kui territooriumi kaotanud teise- ja lõpuks kolmandajärguline impeerium, mille rahvas töötab surma hinnaga ennastohverdavalt riigile.
Peale lühikest demokraatiapuhangut satub Cardassia etteotsa võimujanus kõvakäeline liider Gul Dukat, kes vingub enda meelest "õiguspäraselt Cardassiale kuulunud" territooriumi kaotamisest, kes tahab, et Cardassiat "keegi ei alandaks," et Cardassia "tõuseks põlvilt püsti," ning et "Cardassia jälle suureks teha." Iga diktaatori retoorika.
Lõpp on mõneti ootuspärane, kuid DS9 sarja tegijad ei osanud oma unenägudeski ette ennustada tulevikku ja seda, et praegugi territooriumilt suurte riikide diktaatorlikud ja diktaatoritest riigipead laiavad täpselt samamoodi. Paralleelid tänapäevaga on kõhedad.
Bajori süsteemist avastatakse peale Cardassia ikkest vabanemist stabiilne ussiauk, mis viib galaktika teise otsa Gamma-kvadranti. Seal valitseb veerandit galaktikat raudse rusikaga tehnoloogiliselt kõrgeltarenenud Dominioon, mis kavatseb Alfa- ja Beeta-kvadrandid iga hinnaga ära vallutada. Aga see on juba teine lugu.
teisipäev, 29. august 2017
teisipäev, 22. august 2017
Comments on America and the transactional marriage.
This is a comment I posted in Google+, and also a comment to America, Home of the Transactional Marriage, published in The Atlantic.
If I'm not wrong, then this Dr. Denmark could have been the same lady, who eventually became the world's oldest practicing pediatrician. She died in 2012 at the age of 114 years and 60 days.
Yet the article seems to have been left intentionally open-ended, stopping short of projecting what may happen in the future; because the present is not shiny, and there is no legislative movement to change anything for the better within the next three years and five months. — Not even in terms of marriage, but in terms of couples actually choosing to stay together as a cohesive unit.
(Even if the midterm elections fare well, the results will simply make the situation less worse.)
The article's pointing out the cultural differences is also salient: In the U.S. these are set remain deeply entrenched, and will not change until enough safety nets become implemented, and then given at least a generation to be in force.
There is re|post ruminating about 'Generation X/Y/Z killing this or that industry.'
The comments pointed out, that it's poverty.
Some even, that it's white middle-class poverty. Well, actually, poverty is pervasive, universal, and does not discriminate.
Despite the economic upturn and inspite of who is occupying the Oval Office, the U.S. shockwaves of the Great Recession have since not stopped reverberating into the present, and maybe even the future.
Maybe I'm too harsh here.
These rings in water have slowed down all right, yet the accumulated effects of the many crises in the U.S. are not at all likely to be undone or improved in the near-to-long-term, because many of the necessary safety nets are weak or non-existent. Apparently by design.
The Affordable Care Act (collectively dubbed "The ACA" and "Obamacare") offers some relief. The fact, that it could not be repealed after four times of trying, and that in a Republican-majority Congress, says a lot about the strength and force that the ACA possesses.
about not marrying
Marriage has become quite formalised, and it's wisely avoided by men (I think) simply to avoid divorces. If the coupling is amicable, then open marriages allow shared custody of children, and without the possibility of one of the parties adversely affecting the finances of the other through divorce proceedings. There's still alimony.wrt family planning
If I recall correctly from the "Living Longer" episode of BBC's "People's Century" documentary, then one of the early XX _c._ proponents of family planning was one Dr. Denmark, whom I saw make her case in a black-and-white recording from the 1920s or 1930s.If I'm not wrong, then this Dr. Denmark could have been the same lady, who eventually became the world's oldest practicing pediatrician. She died in 2012 at the age of 114 years and 60 days.
Solutions?
I read the article the other night, and the end offered a number of solutions that would offset the stresses that unemployment would place on the cohesion of families. These policies were long ago implemented by Canada. Ditto most of the EU.Yet the article seems to have been left intentionally open-ended, stopping short of projecting what may happen in the future; because the present is not shiny, and there is no legislative movement to change anything for the better within the next three years and five months. — Not even in terms of marriage, but in terms of couples actually choosing to stay together as a cohesive unit.
(Even if the midterm elections fare well, the results will simply make the situation less worse.)
The article's pointing out the cultural differences is also salient: In the U.S. these are set remain deeply entrenched, and will not change until enough safety nets become implemented, and then given at least a generation to be in force.
There is re|post ruminating about 'Generation X/Y/Z killing this or that industry.'
The comments pointed out, that it's poverty.
Some even, that it's white middle-class poverty. Well, actually, poverty is pervasive, universal, and does not discriminate.
Despite the economic upturn and inspite of who is occupying the Oval Office, the U.S. shockwaves of the Great Recession have since not stopped reverberating into the present, and maybe even the future.
Maybe I'm too harsh here.
These rings in water have slowed down all right, yet the accumulated effects of the many crises in the U.S. are not at all likely to be undone or improved in the near-to-long-term, because many of the necessary safety nets are weak or non-existent. Apparently by design.
The Affordable Care Act (collectively dubbed "The ACA" and "Obamacare") offers some relief. The fact, that it could not be repealed after four times of trying, and that in a Republican-majority Congress, says a lot about the strength and force that the ACA possesses.
laupäev, 12. august 2017
Xenomorph points of origin
This is |from| a reply to a comment under one of the more gruesome Alien/xenomorph expanded universe narratives.
As far as I've gathered, David learned of the xenomorph from one of the murals.
My best theory is, that the Engineers had captured a presumably xenomorph specimen in order to study it, and kept the xenomorph in stasis, appearing to the uninitiated as part of the mural.
Thence, if not that the outline of the specimen was in stasis, David seems to have become aware of xenomorphs, and seeks to recreate them from the outset; thinking maybe, that the black goo was extracted _from_ xenomorphs.
Thus it's not wrong for Ridley Scott to say, that 'David created the xenomorph.' It's only, that the wayward synthetic finalised this particular version of the species, per information he could gather from the black goo during his interaction with the Engineer ship and subsequent stay on "Paradise".
It could be a plausible claim, that the black goo that we know, was perhaps developed by the Engineers on LV-223 through the xenomorph specimen kept captured in the mural.
I actually like to think, that the black goo is of a different source, which the Engineers may simply have stumbled on. I think there's a hint to that in "Prometheus".
The conclusion of all this, is, that both the point of origin for the black goo and the xenomorph species should be much earlier than the "Prometheus" and "'Covenant" films would make us believe.
As far as I've gathered, David learned of the xenomorph from one of the murals.
My best theory is, that the Engineers had captured a presumably xenomorph specimen in order to study it, and kept the xenomorph in stasis, appearing to the uninitiated as part of the mural.
Thence, if not that the outline of the specimen was in stasis, David seems to have become aware of xenomorphs, and seeks to recreate them from the outset; thinking maybe, that the black goo was extracted _from_ xenomorphs.
Thus it's not wrong for Ridley Scott to say, that 'David created the xenomorph.' It's only, that the wayward synthetic finalised this particular version of the species, per information he could gather from the black goo during his interaction with the Engineer ship and subsequent stay on "Paradise".
It could be a plausible claim, that the black goo that we know, was perhaps developed by the Engineers on LV-223 through the xenomorph specimen kept captured in the mural.
I actually like to think, that the black goo is of a different source, which the Engineers may simply have stumbled on. I think there's a hint to that in "Prometheus".
The conclusion of all this, is, that both the point of origin for the black goo and the xenomorph species should be much earlier than the "Prometheus" and "'Covenant" films would make us believe.
neljapäev, 15. juuni 2017
Mina ja muusika
Siin ma veidi avan ennast oma muusikamaitse suhtes.
Muusikat ma armastan.
Muusikat ma armastan.
| Hehee, 26 ja nooremad on Vabariigi lapsed :)
Ise 35, kuid AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, Jon Bon Jovi, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne ning alaline kõrtsibänd Smokie on kõik nagu mingid vanemast ajast pärit bändid. (Mäletab keegi Charismat ka?) — Selliseid nimetati kunagi peene sõnaga rokkansambliteks :-)
Miskipärast läksid just need kõik minust mööda. Või läksin mina neist... Aga ma ei kahetse. Erandiks on Queen.
Guns N' Roses on YouTube'is muuseas väga populaarne, st. vaatamisarvud on kaunis suured iga nende Vevo video all.
Veidi alternatiivset maitset, mida 18+ inimestel veel on:
Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Chic / Nile Rodgers, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Hole (Courtney Love ja Eric Erlandson), The KLF, Front Line Assembly, Nine Inch Nails / Trent Reznor, The Smashing Pumpkins, Rob Zombie, Skunk Anansie, Garbage, Filter, Edelweiss, Thomas D (Liebesbrief), Semisonic (Closing Time), The Notwist (Chemicals), Mahavok, HU?, Leslie Da Bass, Pedigree, Terminaator, 3Pead, Bon Iver, Greg Holden, Nick Mulvey, Fink, Pendulum, Michael Kiwanuka, Death Cab for Cutie, Kaleo...
Tõsi, nendestki pole lõviosa enam noored ja mitte kõik 100% rokkarid või rokipeerud.
pühapäev, 28. mai 2017
United Federation of Planets and the EU
A reply to a comment in a YouTube thread.
I never wrote, that the Federation was weak by any means, but that Starfleet had many weak points, including the use of legacy hardware. It's okay to use older equipment during peacetime, when there is little to no incentive for accelerated defensive development.
In many of the Dominion battles, a single Cardassian phaser shot easily disabled a Miranda-cass vessel to the point of almost destroying it. The later Cardassian orbital weapons were even more deadly.
Recalling an earlier Federation-Cardassian War, then this was the state of ships between the powers: mostly Galor-class vessels vs. Miranda-class fleet, peppered with Excelsior-class and Constellation-class ships, and maybe an Ambassador-class vessel for stronger flavour.
That conflict ended up in a stalemate, because the Cardassian Union was exhausted, and neither did the Federation think it viable to keep it going like that.
The formation of the Federation was rather based on the idea of peaceful exploration and strength in numbers, which provided the basis for a strong defense.
Offense would have meant an intentional incursion into Klingon or Romulan territory.
The Federation works like the EU, but with a difference, that the Starfleet is as capable as the U.S. military now.
Each U.S. state is not as independent as each EU country, and seceding from the U.S. is almost impossible; whereas each Federation member world does maintain their independence to such an extent, that leaving the Federation is as "easy" as Brexit, with and without the quotes.
I never wrote, that the Federation was weak by any means, but that Starfleet had many weak points, including the use of legacy hardware. It's okay to use older equipment during peacetime, when there is little to no incentive for accelerated defensive development.
In many of the Dominion battles, a single Cardassian phaser shot easily disabled a Miranda-cass vessel to the point of almost destroying it. The later Cardassian orbital weapons were even more deadly.
Recalling an earlier Federation-Cardassian War, then this was the state of ships between the powers: mostly Galor-class vessels vs. Miranda-class fleet, peppered with Excelsior-class and Constellation-class ships, and maybe an Ambassador-class vessel for stronger flavour.
That conflict ended up in a stalemate, because the Cardassian Union was exhausted, and neither did the Federation think it viable to keep it going like that.
The formation of the Federation was rather based on the idea of peaceful exploration and strength in numbers, which provided the basis for a strong defense.
Offense would have meant an intentional incursion into Klingon or Romulan territory.
The Federation works like the EU, but with a difference, that the Starfleet is as capable as the U.S. military now.
Each U.S. state is not as independent as each EU country, and seceding from the U.S. is almost impossible; whereas each Federation member world does maintain their independence to such an extent, that leaving the Federation is as "easy" as Brexit, with and without the quotes.
laupäev, 27. mai 2017
Tain and Garak on an Excursion to the Gamma Quadrant
This is a reply to a comment under a DS9 clip from "Improbable Cause".
Tain reveals to Odo and Garak his genocidal grand scheme. This is a warning sign, since Tain doesn't really want anyone to know much about his big beautiful plan, because the premise of the story is, that Tain wanted to off all of his former associates, including Garak.
Garak then expresses displeasure about the entire trip, and makes a correct assessment, that the mission is pointless by calling it an excursion. Garak apparently knows more about the Dominion than Tain.
Yet Tain does not, or chooses not to notice the analysis, dismissing it as Garak's throwing of shade. Another option could be Tain's magnanimity, and the fact, that the Obsidian Order and the Tal'Shiar as so far into the mission by then, that calling it off would discredit Tain.
Tain retorts, that Garak once betrayed him, perhaps asking, why should he spare the life of his former protégé, and so Garak pleads for his life by presenting an argument, that he came to save his mentor from the Romulans. Tain believes Garak for the first time in his life, suggesting, that it was the most honest thing he's ever heard Garak say.
Then Tain offers Garak an impression, that he will have Garak killed if Garak leaves, Odo confirms as much, to which Tain then offers a way out for Garak to work for him.
At the point where Garak looks at Odo, the simple tailor realises, that the Constable's warning was correct, so he makes a decision to side with Tain.
I also think, that Garak somehow gathers, that Odo is still on his side, despite Garak being a Cardassian, a former Obsidian Order operative, and Tain's former and soon-to-be right-hand man. This reverberates later, whereby Garak decides to be the one to interrogate Odo, and later on to go into the interview room to save the Changeling during the Battle of the Omarion Nebula.
I don't know exactly, if Tain changes his mind when Odo warns Garak, or if he wanted Garak by his side from the outset, given, that Garak still lives, and may prove himself a useful asset. Though, later on, Tain tells Garak, that he's missed him, so.
The story and dialogues are well structured, because all of those little actions have small reactions.
Tain reveals to Odo and Garak his genocidal grand scheme. This is a warning sign, since Tain doesn't really want anyone to know much about his big beautiful plan, because the premise of the story is, that Tain wanted to off all of his former associates, including Garak.
Garak then expresses displeasure about the entire trip, and makes a correct assessment, that the mission is pointless by calling it an excursion. Garak apparently knows more about the Dominion than Tain.
Yet Tain does not, or chooses not to notice the analysis, dismissing it as Garak's throwing of shade. Another option could be Tain's magnanimity, and the fact, that the Obsidian Order and the Tal'Shiar as so far into the mission by then, that calling it off would discredit Tain.
Tain retorts, that Garak once betrayed him, perhaps asking, why should he spare the life of his former protégé, and so Garak pleads for his life by presenting an argument, that he came to save his mentor from the Romulans. Tain believes Garak for the first time in his life, suggesting, that it was the most honest thing he's ever heard Garak say.
Then Tain offers Garak an impression, that he will have Garak killed if Garak leaves, Odo confirms as much, to which Tain then offers a way out for Garak to work for him.
At the point where Garak looks at Odo, the simple tailor realises, that the Constable's warning was correct, so he makes a decision to side with Tain.
I also think, that Garak somehow gathers, that Odo is still on his side, despite Garak being a Cardassian, a former Obsidian Order operative, and Tain's former and soon-to-be right-hand man. This reverberates later, whereby Garak decides to be the one to interrogate Odo, and later on to go into the interview room to save the Changeling during the Battle of the Omarion Nebula.
I don't know exactly, if Tain changes his mind when Odo warns Garak, or if he wanted Garak by his side from the outset, given, that Garak still lives, and may prove himself a useful asset. Though, later on, Tain tells Garak, that he's missed him, so.
The story and dialogues are well structured, because all of those little actions have small reactions.
kolmapäev, 24. mai 2017
Garak's friend "Elim", and Cardassians
This is a reply in a thread to a DS9 YouTube clip
Now, about that daughter of a prominent Cardassian military official that Garak spoke of... here.
Then the follow-up story here,
and the conclusion here (with the 'Sons of Tain' comment here).
Interestingly, Garak places Tain's retirement to a point of time at which Tain, per Garak, could not protect him anymore.
There's a possibility, that Tain was duly informed of the scandal, and chose to retire to avoid being implicated in it, or having fingers suspiciously pointed at him, had he stayed as head of the Obsidian Order.
Effectively, Tain washed his hands off the matter, thereby forcing, or rather, allowing Garak to slip into exile. Dukat's return to Cardassia, and Tain's retirement meant, that Garak was without protection on Cardassia.
My suspicion is, that "Elim" was really that daughter of a prominent Cardassian military official, and she got blown up in the shuttle.
It appears to me from Garak's tales, that at one time, she was a close colleague of Garak, and she found out, that Garak might not have been entirely loyal to Cardassia, of which Tain felt, that Garak betrayed him. We learn in episode "Cardassians", that Garak at one point was boastful of his contacts with the Bajoran underground. Strange, is it not?
Garak most likely released the children, then his colleague (the daughter) discovered that, decided to report it, and Garak had to make sure she didn't.
I also have another theory:
This daughter of a prominent Cardassian military official may have been the same woman linked to Dukat, who brought Rugal, the lost-and-much-later-found son of Cardassian exarch Kotan Pa'Dar, to the Bajoran orphanage.
Note, that Pa'Dar was Gul Dukat's rival in Cardassian politics, and Pa'Dar was the one, who decided to end the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor.
Garak may have gathered, that this same woman linked to Dukat was about to expose the scandal around Pa'Dar on her departure from Bajor, so he chose to subdue the scandal by letting the shuttle explode.
Cardassians
Garak did not intend to expose Dukat, because during Dukat's reign over Bajor, Garak's life on the planet probably depended on him not telling about the affair of Dukat's associate bringing Rugal to the orphanage. And other things. Garak knew that about Dukat, and Dukat knew that Garak knew.
Dukat didn't have any need to humiliate Pa'Dar so long as Dukat was reigning over Bajor. What kept Dukat quiet, is, that Garak knew, too.
As the occupation of Bajor ended, the situation changed, and upon his return to Cardassia, Dukat may have intended to save his face by way of exposing Pa'Dar and undermining the politician who ended his occupation of Bajorans, and to simultaneously neutralise Garak's knowledge.
Garak, apparently, had enough foresight to make sure that there wasn't anyone else left to corrobarate Dukat's words.
Now, about that daughter of a prominent Cardassian military official that Garak spoke of... here.
Then the follow-up story here,
and the conclusion here (with the 'Sons of Tain' comment here).
Interestingly, Garak places Tain's retirement to a point of time at which Tain, per Garak, could not protect him anymore.
There's a possibility, that Tain was duly informed of the scandal, and chose to retire to avoid being implicated in it, or having fingers suspiciously pointed at him, had he stayed as head of the Obsidian Order.
Effectively, Tain washed his hands off the matter, thereby forcing, or rather, allowing Garak to slip into exile. Dukat's return to Cardassia, and Tain's retirement meant, that Garak was without protection on Cardassia.
My suspicion is, that "Elim" was really that daughter of a prominent Cardassian military official, and she got blown up in the shuttle.
It appears to me from Garak's tales, that at one time, she was a close colleague of Garak, and she found out, that Garak might not have been entirely loyal to Cardassia, of which Tain felt, that Garak betrayed him. We learn in episode "Cardassians", that Garak at one point was boastful of his contacts with the Bajoran underground. Strange, is it not?
Garak most likely released the children, then his colleague (the daughter) discovered that, decided to report it, and Garak had to make sure she didn't.
I also have another theory:
This daughter of a prominent Cardassian military official may have been the same woman linked to Dukat, who brought Rugal, the lost-and-much-later-found son of Cardassian exarch Kotan Pa'Dar, to the Bajoran orphanage.
Note, that Pa'Dar was Gul Dukat's rival in Cardassian politics, and Pa'Dar was the one, who decided to end the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor.
Garak may have gathered, that this same woman linked to Dukat was about to expose the scandal around Pa'Dar on her departure from Bajor, so he chose to subdue the scandal by letting the shuttle explode.
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Garak did not intend to expose Dukat, because during Dukat's reign over Bajor, Garak's life on the planet probably depended on him not telling about the affair of Dukat's associate bringing Rugal to the orphanage. And other things. Garak knew that about Dukat, and Dukat knew that Garak knew.Dukat didn't have any need to humiliate Pa'Dar so long as Dukat was reigning over Bajor. What kept Dukat quiet, is, that Garak knew, too.
As the occupation of Bajor ended, the situation changed, and upon his return to Cardassia, Dukat may have intended to save his face by way of exposing Pa'Dar and undermining the politician who ended his occupation of Bajorans, and to simultaneously neutralise Garak's knowledge.
Garak, apparently, had enough foresight to make sure that there wasn't anyone else left to corrobarate Dukat's words.
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