Comment Re:not a fan (Score 1) 514
It was next generation that started all the peace missions and transporting elderly statesperson from planet a to planet b
What about the episode of TOS where the Enterprise was transporting Spock's father and a bunch of other alien ambassadors to a peace conference?
What about the episode of TOS where the Enterprise was transporting a bitchy alien leader to some planet where she was supposed to secure peace by marrying some guy?
Kirk and crew were constantly going on diplomatic missions, securing trade rights and the like. There were ambassadors all over the place. Granted, they usually managed to stumble into some sort of intergalactic punch-up as a result, but the point of what the Enterprise was actually supposed to be doing wasn't so different from what it was in TNG.