Never served under Archer?
Maybe he transferred to another ship after "Terra Prime?"
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Its possible to bring back most of the cast in some form in a new show that a spinoff of ENT. Even Trip can come back in a new capacity (new head of Section 31 and using a different name, maybe).
For T’Pol, I suppose they could claim that she had a falling out of sorts with Archer due to Trip’s death to explain why she has not come back.
If CBS were to do a West Wing style show about Archer as Federation councilman and Federation president, there would be no shortage of topics to discuss:
- Piracy is still a big issue. And that likely mean that the Earth cargo ships are taking matters into their own hands.
- Fallout from the Romulan War is an obvious one. Veterans of the war, PTSD, war memorials, educating students about the war, classified files. And how does the Federation handle war reparations if they have no contact with the Romulans post-Battle of Charon.
- Radio silence from the Klingons
- Wading through the different cultures of the founding Federation worlds, as well as the influx of new members
- The Prime Directive is in its infancy
- The Suliban-Tandaran conflict is still ongoing
- Dr. Arik Soong’s various inventions. What else did he invent?
- Modifications to human DNA (The Augments, and Sim)
- The merger of Starfleet and the MACOs, and the general effect it has on them both
- Starfleet Intelligence, especially in light of Archer’s knowledge of Section 31
- The various wings of United Earth government (trade, diplomacy, exploration, military, etc) and their jurisdictions within the Federation
- Natural disasters
- The New World Economy, as mentioned in VOY