Describe YOUR new Star Trek series.

[Brainsucker]

I still remember an old game called "Star Trek : Star Fleet Academy" It had a very good story about a team of Star Fleet Academy Cadets. I think that Star Trek, Star Fleet Academy is a good setting for the new Star Trek series.

Honestly, I'd be afraid that the network would turn it into "Star Trek: 90210."

Why not? It will surely has a chance to attract teen audiences, which is the next generation of Star Trek fans. Let the older audiences give Star Trek a chance to attract the next generation of fans. Plus, it don't has to be 90210, it can be like Harry Potter (without magic), where the protagonist will get adventure. whatever it is on Earth or at outer space.

Plus, we can always go to the space even with the Star Trek Starfleet Academy. The heroes are not always have to be the cadets. They can also be the teachers at the academy, which is Star Fleet officers and Staffs.. So the story can go two way. To tell the story about the teachers when they got order from Star Fleet to engage real space missions, and at the other occasion to go to the cadets, to give us a new sight of the Earth in Star Trek universe.

 

[JTShanks]

Maybe in somebody else's series, but not in mine here.

At least mix it up a bit, have the doctor be the cold unemotional analytical one, like Det. Joe Friday. While the science officer (or whoever the third leg of the tripod is) is the polar opposite.

Kind of sounds like my idea for a Star Trek Doctor.

I was picturing her to be a Trill who has lived many different lives but had become strained and anti-social (or so it would seem) due to witnessing all of her friends dying over the years so to avoid the pain of loss she refuses to learn anything about someone or people in general and makes a more professional and stoic type personality and avoid making friends, which contrasts with the typical personality a ships Doctor has. And in my opinion is a more realistic look of what a Trill would be. (In my opinion of course.)

 

[Jeyl]

What would you like to see in your new series? What setting? Era? Ship? etc.

Well, if they asked me, I think I would go with a DS9 approach to the handling of Star Trek rather than the "human adventure" approach. I just don't like the having Star Trek be a "human adventure" when we have aliens who are a part of our crew joining us on the adventure in question. And all the talk about how awesome and evolved humanity has become is not something you can convey easily without coming off as an arrogant, self-idolizing jerk.

So I've been thinking. What would the best way to move away from "We're the best thing to ever happen in the galaxy" to "We play a role in this galaxy just like everyone else", because that's what I would really like to see. Aliens having more equal and prominent roles and not be used for allegory purposes. Take what makes Star Trek unique and dive head long into it.

I just don't see how Star Trek can be a progressive show if all it's interested in is how we are awesome and everyone else is playing catchup, including god like beings. And unfortunately this is what Gene wanted. If it's not about humanity, what's the point?

 

[Doom Shepherd]

Why not? It will surely has a chance to attract teen audiences, which is the next generation of Star Trek fans. Let the older audiences give Star Trek a chance to attract the next generation of fans. Plus, it don't has to be 90210, it can be like Harry Potter (without magic), where the protagonist will get adventure. whatever it is on Earth or at outer space.

Because if I see Star Trek turn into one more teen wangst show I will have no choice but to hunt down everyone involved and [REDACTED] their [REDACTED] in the [REDACTED] with a [REDACTED] while [REDACTED].

Knock it off, Doom. This isn't a "Fangoria" horror site.

What's Harry Potter without magic? Just another Disney Middle-high-schooler show. I think you underestimate the lowest-possible-denominator audience that TV execs aim for. It takes a lot of work just to keep them from ruining a show. This is why "Firefly" lasted 14 episodes while "The Bachelor" keeps going for season after season after season.

 

[Captain Clark Terrell]

Star Trek: Reliant, set during the late-2270/early-2280s. Chadwick Boseman would be a good fit as Clark Terrell.

--Sran

--Sran

 

[CaptJaneway]

Here is what I would do in terms of crew:

Beatrice Sabriel – Captain

Species: Human
Gender: Female
Nationality: English
Actress: Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Orauna Gouss – Executive Officer, Security Chief

Species: Betazoid/Klingon
Gender: Female
Actress: Rhona Mitra

Jerrold Madden – Second Officer, Tactical Officer, Communications Officer

Species: Human
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
Actor: Toby Kebbell

Terrin – Third Officer, Science Officer, Operations Manager

Species: Vulcan
Gender: Female
Actress: Maggie Q

Radak – Flight Controller

Species: Cardassian/Bajoran
Gender: Male
Actor: Kyle Dean Massey

Cassandra Morrow – Chief Medical Officer

Species: Human/Ktarian
Gender: Female
Actress: Elizabeth Mitchell

Fatima Salik – Chief Engineer

Species: Human
Gender: Female
Nationality: Egyptian
Actress: Christine Adams

Immel Sentus – Counselor

Species: El-Aurian
Gender: Male
Actor: Keanu Reeves

Timur Chichikov – Transporter Chief

Species: Human
Gender: Male
Nationality: Ukrainian
Actor: Vladimir Yaglych

Ganyu – Chef

Species: Benzite
Gender: Male
Actor: Toby Jones

I still am not sure about timeline, but I would want to put it either between TOS and TNG or after Voyager. I'm leaning toward the latter with a plot concerning either an extragalactic alien species that is colonizing the Beta Quadrant or some issue with the barrier around the galactic core. I mostly wanted to get the crew situated first before I get into what I want them to be doing.

 

[mgummelt]

Star Trek Beyond

Set 100 years later on a new Enterprise.

Starfleet discovers that life in the Milky Way may have originated in Andromeda, and mysterious new tech allows them to travel there. They build a jump gate allowing them to cross the incredible chasm between the two galaxies and send the Enterprise through as the first ship to explore it. (This isn't Voyager, this is a frontier concept - Starfleet presence in Andromeda will steadily increase as the show goes on).

The full description of the crew, tech, alien races and even a complete, illustrated pilot script are all up at my site:
www.StarTrekBeyond.com

 

[T'Girl]

^ How would exploring unknown space in the Andromeda galaxy be any different than exploring unknown space in our galaxy?

And what about the Kelvin?

 

[Tim Walker]

The discovery of the Bajoran wormhole encouraged exploration of a very distant region. Of course, the catch was that the same wormhole allowed an invasion from that same distant region.

Couldn't the Kelvins invade through that "jump gate"? They would be far more formidable than the Dominion, perhaps even the Borg.

 

[mgummelt]

Kelvans were going to be a part of it, and they're mentioned in the script. But I don't get into it right away in the pilot.

Andromeda would be different because it wouldn't have the standard Trek races, and there'd be a lot less humanoids with bumpy foreheads. Much more alien species.

 

[mgummelt]

Another goal of my series was to have more diversity. One of the characters is a lesbian, another is transgender (and ends up in relationships with a couple different crewmembers - female and male - over the course of the series). There's a cyborg, which is considered ethically questionable due to the history of the Borg. I tried to avoid the well-known races for crewmembers (Vulcan, Klingon, etc.) I want to be able to use the crew as a way to discuss important issues of today such as religion, race, gender, integrated technology, surveillance, privacy, etc.

 

[Tim Walker]

There's a cyborg, which is considered ethically questionable due to the history of the Borg.

It occurs to me that post-war many cyborgs would be created, using prosthetic parts to patch together people. If this gave the recipients some advantage, it could bring up moral and philosophical questions.

 

[Vger23]

Star Trek Beyond

Set 100 years later on a new Enterprise.

Starfleet discovers that life in the Milky Way may have originated in Andromeda, and mysterious new tech allows them to travel there. They build a jump gate allowing them to cross the incredible chasm between the two galaxies and send the Enterprise through as the first ship to explore it. (This isn't Voyager, this is a frontier concept - Starfleet presence in Andromeda will steadily increase as the show goes on).

The full description of the crew, tech, alien races and even a complete, illustrated pilot script are all up at my site:
www.StarTrekBeyond.com

This is hosed, since this is the title of the new Trek movie.

 

[Dobian]

I posted mine in another thread, the first-ever Star Trek sitcom. Dr. Bashir and Miles O'Brien in 24th century New York City. "Can two divorced Federation men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?"

 

[CaptJaneway]

I posted mine in another thread, the first-ever Star Trek sitcom. Dr. Bashir and Miles O'Brien in 24th century New York City. "Can two divorced Federation men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?"

O'Brien's head is shaped like a potato, and I don't know why they decided to torture me with it in two different series, but I would rather eat my hand off before having to look at another show with that misshapen head in it.

 

[fireproof78]

Star Trek Beyond

Set 100 years later on a new Enterprise.

Starfleet discovers that life in the Milky Way may have originated in Andromeda, and mysterious new tech allows them to travel there. They build a jump gate allowing them to cross the incredible chasm between the two galaxies and send the Enterprise through as the first ship to explore it. (This isn't Voyager, this is a frontier concept - Starfleet presence in Andromeda will steadily increase as the show goes on).

The full description of the crew, tech, alien races and even a complete, illustrated pilot script are all up at my site:
www.StarTrekBeyond.com

This is hosed, since this is the title of the new Trek movie.

Just the name. The concept can remain the same.

 

[Tim Walker]

The idea of exploring another galaxy does have a lot of appeal.

 

[C.E. Evans]

Heck, most of our own Galaxy hasn't been explored yet. Yes, we've had ships go to all four quadrants through various means and make contact with a few dozen civilizations, but they've just barely scratched the surface of what's here (billions of still uncharted star systems and several times as many unexplored worlds).

 

[BillJ]

The idea of exploring another galaxy does have a lot of appeal.

It really doesn't have any more appeal than exploring the unexplored sectors of this galaxy.

Heck, most of our own Galaxy hasn't been explored yet. Yes, we've had ships go to all four quadrants through various means and make contact with a few dozen civilizations, but they've just barely scratched the surface of what's here (billions of still uncharted star systems and several times as many unexplored worlds).

This.

 

[Captain Clark Terrell]

Heck, most of our own Galaxy hasn't been explored yet. Yes, we've had ships go to all four quadrants through various means and make contact with a few dozen civilizations, but they've just barely scratched the surface of what's here (billions of still uncharted star systems and several times as many unexplored worlds).

One idea that's been used before but never been the basis for a series would be a generation-ship featuring officers and crew willing to train another generation of Starfleet officers to take on the later phases of the ship's mission. Combining said concept with an extended exploratory mission to the Gamma Quadrant or the far side of the Beta Quadrant (beyond Klingon and Romulan space) would be interesting.

--Sran