I always assumed that she was living in a trailer in the desert to get away from people, and just dug the isolated vibe of it… It didn’t seem like it was awful or nuthin. Maybe trailers are nicer in the future lol
Well, she also says something to the extent of, “we don’t all have a family vineyard to live on.” The implication definitely seemed to be that PIcard was a, “have,” and she was a, “have-not,” which seemed very antithetical to the universe established in Old Trek.
TOS is inconsistent about it, talking about “credits to donuts” and the like. TNG gets into it more and applies only to people on Earth as far as I remember. Resources outside still need to be bargained for or paid with latinum. Still doesn’t explain why he maintains the family estate and Raffi’s in a trailer.
I only remember latinum from DS9. I remember Riker/Picard offering outside civilizations federation credits a few times, but they were vague about how those were used. I know Earth is the only explicitly post-currency civilization, but it’s hard to imagine any civilization with replicators and energy abundance still being capitalist. It could be that federation credits are just sort of an IOU for non-Federation groups.
I imagine the Picards are sorta like stewards of a historical landmark. Like, their family has been making wine for generations, so they let them continue doing that, but if they every run out of Picards that want to grow grapes the government would relocate them so another wine expert could take over. That’s basically the head cannon I came up with, but I wasn’t even thinking about it until Picard made it an issue.
I always assumed that she was living in a trailer in the desert to get away from people, and just dug the isolated vibe of it… It didn’t seem like it was awful or nuthin. Maybe trailers are nicer in the future lol
Well, she also says something to the extent of, “we don’t all have a family vineyard to live on.” The implication definitely seemed to be that PIcard was a, “have,” and she was a, “have-not,” which seemed very antithetical to the universe established in Old Trek.
TOS is inconsistent about it, talking about “credits to donuts” and the like. TNG gets into it more and applies only to people on Earth as far as I remember. Resources outside still need to be bargained for or paid with latinum. Still doesn’t explain why he maintains the family estate and Raffi’s in a trailer.
I only remember latinum from DS9. I remember Riker/Picard offering outside civilizations federation credits a few times, but they were vague about how those were used. I know Earth is the only explicitly post-currency civilization, but it’s hard to imagine any civilization with replicators and energy abundance still being capitalist. It could be that federation credits are just sort of an IOU for non-Federation groups.
I imagine the Picards are sorta like stewards of a historical landmark. Like, their family has been making wine for generations, so they let them continue doing that, but if they every run out of Picards that want to grow grapes the government would relocate them so another wine expert could take over. That’s basically the head cannon I came up with, but I wasn’t even thinking about it until Picard made it an issue.