Star Trek from a Pirate's perspective

[Acenos]

What would Star Trek be like if it were told from the perspective of a Pirate Captain instead of an Explorer.

The Era that I'm going for is the Original Series.

The pirates and the captain would be based on the romanticized image of pirates during the late 17th and early 18th Century. The Captain being based on the adventurous and herioc pirate archetype. Pirate cliches/stereotypes would be invoked. Such as West Country English accents, crude prosthetics for missing body parts, buried treasure, and pets that either repeats the words of it's master or is the animal version of a changeling.

They would be going on adventures and hunt for treasure. they would also encounter and fight against spacefaring monsters, other pirates far worse than them or clash with or outwit Federation authorities

Their ship wouldn't be something new and sleek. it would be an old vessel. Having been repaired numerous times, worn from age and bears the scars of battle like how actual pirates would use the same ship for long periods of time. Causing them to gradually degrade due to having no access to a shipyard due to their criminal status. Probably an old NX-Class ship from the United Earth era. It's transporters no longer function and the pirates would have to use the shuttlepods in a manner similar to launching a dingy to the shore of an island as the ship is anchored in deeper water.

 

[The Wormhole]

So, Jack Sparrow vs the Doomsday Machine?

 

[1001001]

Well, it wouldn’t be Star Trek, so...

I’m not sure this belongs here. Fan Fiction maybe?

 

[Tribble Threat]

Sounds like the potential for a good story, like Treasure Planet. Sounds like you want to create an original story, that doesn't need to have anything to do with Star Trek. And it sounds like you have a good feel for what it would be like. Maybe you'll want to write a short story of a couple pages, and show it to people. If you can polish it to be a story people like, then you can write a better one.

 

[tesral]

Depends on what you call "Star Trek". I've written several pieces that do not involve Starfleet but are clearly set in the Star Trek universe. We do have an entire Galaxy for inspiration, why limit it to Starfleet?

A scruffy band of near pirates would be an interesting vehicle for storytelling telling. I'm thinking more the "small package trade"* less robbing people. You want to keep them respectable enough to be heroes.

Wait, wasn't that called "Firefly?"

*AKA smuggling & risky passengers, like rouge Jedi and farmboys.

 

[Acenos]

I

So, Jack Sparrow vs the Doomsday Machine?

was thinking more along the lines of the pirate characters as portrayed by Errol Flynn.

 

[KennyB]

So...........Star Trek: Mudd?

 

[Tribble Threat]

You don't need to limit yourself to a fictional universe that belongs to someone else when you have an original idea of your own. Perhaps you make something good enough to publish.

 

[tesral]

You don't need to limit yourself to a fictional universe that belongs to someone else when you have an original idea of your own. Perhaps you make something good enough to publish.

Point made. I like to play with Trek. But you have a valid point.

 

[Dryson]

There are a lot of wrecked starships out there in space. I'm certain the 32nd century is just full of Pirates.

 

[Nveid Jo'rek]

What would Star Trek be like if it were told from the perspective of a Pirate Captain instead of an Explorer.

The Era that I'm going for is the Original Series.

The pirates and the captain would be based on the romanticized image of pirates during the late 17th and early 18th Century. The Captain being based on the adventurous and herioc pirate archetype. Pirate cliches/stereotypes would be invoked. Such as West Country English accents, crude prosthetics for missing body parts, buried treasure, and pets that either repeats the words of it's master or is the animal version of a changeling.

They would be going on adventures and hunt for treasure. they would also encounter and fight against spacefaring monsters, other pirates far worse than them or clash with or outwit Federation authorities

Their ship wouldn't be something new and sleek. it would be an old vessel. Having been repaired numerous times, worn from age and bears the scars of battle like how actual pirates would use the same ship for long periods of time. Causing them to gradually degrade due to having no access to a shipyard due to their criminal status. Probably an old NX-Class ship from the United Earth era. It's transporters no longer function and the pirates would have to use the shuttlepods in a manner similar to launching a dingy to the shore of an island as the ship is anchored in deeper water.

Dude, you have no idea how long I've been wanting to start a thread about piracy in the 23rd and 24th Centuries. I've even mulled over a cast of characters for a hypothetical Beta Quadrant pirate ship since 2017.