Captain Jacobs Of The USS Ent-F

[Lorna]

My imagining of early 25th century Star Trek would be that following the destruction of Romulus, the Klingon Empire decides it is the best opportunity to attack. Klingons after all are a warrior race, they look for battle and war. Would the Klingons value their alliance with the Federation above the very foundation of their society?

During the invasion of the Romulan Empire in 2389 the Federation/Klingon alliance came to an end and hostilities resumed. The Federation re-enforced their border with the Klingon Empire by deploying Defiant Class ships armed with Transphasic torpedoes.
The Klingons had no defence against the torpedoes and were too busy anyway with the war against the Romulans.
In 2390 the Federation and Klingons re-established the neutral zone and contact between the two powers ceased. The Klingons focused all their efforts in their war and spent many years fortifying their hold on Romulan space.

Hundreds of millions of Romulan refugees headed for Federation space in 2391 to escape the war and a Romulan colony planet was established within Federation territory in 2391. By 2393 the Romulan colony now named Aeneas submitted an application to join the Federation. The application was successful and the Romulans gained a seat on the Federation council. The Romulan elected to the Federation council voiced his opinion vigorously and often that the Federation should help free the Romulan Empire from Klingon occupation, an opinion that was always rejected by the rest of the council.

In 2395 Starfleet perfected the Transwarp technology they acquired by the Borg and began the construction of conduits between all the major planets of the Federation. Construction was completed in 2406.

In 2408 a new Chancellor takes charge of the Klingon High Council, a Chancellor who believes it is time to turn the Empires attention towards the Federation.
In 2408 the USS Enterprise-E is destroyed whilst answering a distress call in uncontrolled space. The distress call was a fake and the Enterprise-E was attacked by a new class of Klingon vessel which utilised a new type of weapon and whose shields could protect against Transphasic torpedoes.
Although the Ent-E was destroyed the Klingon ship was a prototype, with the success at destroying the Ent-E the Klingon Empire begins rapid construction of more of this new class of ship.

All attempts by the Federation to contact the Klingon Empire failed. With the new threat from the Klingons and the loss of the Federations torpedo advantage, Starfleet gave the order for all Federation ships to be fitted with cloaking devices.

In 2410 the new USS Enterprise-F is commissioned. The ship is fitted with all the latest technology including a cloaking device and the ability to access the Federations Transwarp network but not generate it's own conduits.
As the ship is about to leave spacedock Captain Jacobs receives new orders. A Transwarp generator ship, a ship built to create and re-enforce conduits has been hijacked by unknown assailants, but Starfleet believes it may be the Klingons. If the Klingons get their hands on the Transwarp technology it will pose a serious threat to the Federation. The Klingons could launch a full attack directly against Earth.

The new series actually follows Jacobs from his position as tactical officer in 2389 aboard the Sovereign Class USS Odyssey all the way to his captaincy of the Ent-F in 2410.

Everything I wrote above we learn within the first series by following Jacobs life. The final episode of the first series is where the Ent-F is commissioned and sent to locate the Transwarp generator ship. That particular story follows on in series 2.

That's all I have for now but I will be back with further series information on how we learn everything above and biographies and likely other ideas.

 

[Lorna]

Just to clarify why this series will be different. Each episode will begin with a black screen and white writing telling us what the date is (date and not stardate, so we understand when things are happening).
The first scene will always focus on Jacobs and every episode will show things that happened on significant dates during the timeline I gave in the OP.

Some episodes may jump forward a few weeks only but some may jump forward almost a year. Depends how many eps are in the series and how many significant occurrences are to take place.

I'm thinking of adding a new significant date which Jacobs gets to attend on the USS Odyssey and that will be the joining of the Cardassians with the Federation in 2407. In that episode the Odyssey has to prevent a terrorist attack from taking place by a Cardassian terrorist group which is against the joining of Cardassia with the Federation. They resent that they once joined the Dominion and never wanted to see Cardassia joining another Empire ever again.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Aren't you overlooking the fact that it has been established in ST09 that Romulus was destroyed some time after the events in Nemesis? It's unlikely that there would be a Klingon/ Romulan war given this.

 

[Lorna]

Aren't you overlooking the fact that it has been established in ST09 that Romulus was destroyed some time after the events in Nemesis? It's unlikely that there would be a Klingon/ Romulan war given this.

Excuse me? I don't understand what you're trying to say. Nemesis takes place in 2379 and Romulus is destroyed in 2389, or at least 2389 is what I've read somewhere, I've also seen a date of 2387.
Why would the Klingons not attack the Romulan Empire in 2387/89 after the destruction of Romulus and possibly many other Romulan worlds?

What possible events from the film Nemesis 10 years prior to Romulus' destruction would prevent the Klingons from attacking?

The Klingons and Romulans have never gotten along. The alliance against the Dominion was a long time before the destruction of Romulus and was only temporary.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Sorry, I seem to have missed the reference to the destruction of Romulus in opening paragraph of your first post. Forget it.

 

[the skullcowboy]

sounds interesting

 

[Admiral_Young]

An interesting premise but I do have one issue with your premise. While the Klingons are a warrior species and have had a long antagonistic relationship with the Romulan Star Empire I don't think they would just "pick a fight" because "it's their nature". Like the rest of the major powers the Klingons would have to think about resources and funding for such a conflict.

I doubt that the Empire would have the resources for a prolonged invasion of the Star Empire and as well defending themselves against a collapsed alliance with the Federation. Unless of course you would plan to touch on this over the course of the series. I also could see the Star Empire appealing to the Federation for aide against the Klingons unjustworthy attack of their worlds. There are political, economic, and military concerns in this type of plot that I'm not totally on board with. Plus "Star Trek" has already done a war story so I probably wouldn't be interested in something like that.

 

[JarodRussell]

Did you really just kill Picard, Worf, Geordi, etc... in a side note?

 

[Lorna]

Did you really just kill Picard, Worf, Geordi, etc... in a side note?

By the time of the Enterprise-E's destruction (2408, which is 29 years after Nemesis) Picard is Admiral at Starfleet Command.

Do also keep in mind that Worf hasn't been a permanent fixture on the Enterprise since he was assigned to Deep Space Nine and later became Fed ambassador to Quo'nos (you did watch DS9 right?).

Geordie has been assigned to Utopia Planitia shipyards and is working on the design and construction of the latest class of ship which will later become the Ent-F.

Do try to realise that 29 years post Nemesis the entire crew of the Ent-E we came to know and love has gradually been replaced and they've all moved on to greener pastures.

Heck, 29 years post Nemsis I don't even think Riker is still in command of the USS Titan.

The Ent-E by 2408 is an old design and has been refitted at least twice.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ This doesn't address my concerns though. So Picard is an Admiral. I've never would see Jean-Luc pursuing a promotion. I like in "Countdown" that he was an Ambassador. I think he'd want to be involved as part of the diplomatic solution to this conflict rather be apart of the military hierarchy. Geordi working at Utopia Plantia seems like an interesting progression for him. Riker I could see as an Admiral if you wanted to use him as such.

 

[Lorna]

^ This doesn't address my concerns though.

Which are?

So Picard is an Admiral. I've never would see Jean-Luc pursuing a promotion.

That's your concern?

It's been 29 years, the guy's 99 years old. I doubt he's got much spunk left in him for being an Ambassador which takes a lot more work than being an Admiral. Dont forget he's Human and not Vulcan like Spock, Vulcans live longer than Humans even in the 24th and 25th centuries.

Ok, tell ya what, he finally succumbed to retiring from the strains and stresses of Captaincy and spends the rest of his days working aboard a special Starfleet Archaeological ship doing what he loves to do.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

It would make sense that the Klingons would invade the Romulan Empire following the destruction of Romulus. There is a history of aggression between the two, and the Klingons would be foolish not to take advantage of it. Even though they would know that such an action would harm their alliance with the Federation, it would depend on whether Martok was still Chancellor, or if he had been succeeded by someone else.

The Enterprise-E being active in 2408 would make her the second longest (established) ship to bare the name, after the original (which was destroyed after 40 years of service, and we don't know how long the B and C were around for). Though I would have thought that Starfleet would retire the ship before then and commission a new one, as the Enterprise always seems to be at the forefront of design and technology.

Who is Captain Jacobs? And what of his crew? Would they be in the "All Good Things" uniforms?

As for the date thing at the beginning, Stardates have always been a part of Trek and should be included. Maybe something like:
December 10th, 2410
87940.7
Just a thought.

Personally I would see Picard more as an Ambassador than an Admiral. La Forge should be in command of the S.C.E. at Starfleet Command. And as for Worf, in Nemesis he was back onboard the Enterprise-E in uniform (obviously he's no longer the Federation Ambassador to Qo'noS), but I would see him being KIA in a previous mission saving the ship in a glorious battle.

Just my thoughts. An interesing backstory to the universe, though I'd like more on the characters as they are what drives the series.

-Bry

 

[Eckauskas]

I'll be keeping my eye on this, looks quite good so far.

 

[iguana_tonante]

Not that I don't enjoy fan-fiction, but I fail to see why this series would be different from a hundred thousand other series ideas about the Ubership Enterprise under the command of Captain Kick-Ass. In short: beyond all the window-dressing, why should we care about the story? The characters? These are the concern you need to address, not transphasic torpedoes and transwarp conduits.

 

[Lorna]

And as for Worf, in Nemesis he was back onboard the Enterprise-E in uniform (obviously he's no longer the Federation Ambassador to Qo'noS),

Yes by the time of 2408 it's highly unlikely that he's still ambassador to Quo'Nos and especially would not be after the Klingon Empire has gone to war with the Romulans and cut communications with the Federation. I disagree however with your assessment that Worf in Nemesis was not ambassador and was back on the Ent-E.
Worf had just been to Rikers wedding and the ship was given fresh orders to go to Romulus, they didn't have time to drop Worf off anywhere so he tagged along and they made use of his tactical skills.

Just one final note, about Martok. Martok was overthrown as Chancellor by the Klingon General Kain. Martok refused to go to war against the Romulans because he favoured good ties with the Federation, something the rest of the high council and the majority of Klingons disagreed with. Martok was accused of becoming a Federation lapdog because of his dealings with the Humans during the Dominion war and because of his close ties with Worf and so he was overthrown in a battle to the death.
General Kain was declared the new chancellor and his first act was the declaration of war against the Romulan Empire.

 

[Admiral_Young]

@Lorna read my first post. I make my concerns quite clear about your post, for some reason you're ignoring me. As for Picard's age as we've seen already in Star Trek 99 is not what 99 is now and how would being an Admiral be less work than an active diplomat? Just because he's bound to a desk wouldn't mean he is twiddling his thumbs. I'm trying to help you by providing critical thinking about your plot which has holes in it but obviously you're taking offense so forget it.

 

[Lorna]

An interesting premise but I do have one issue with your premise. While the Klingons are a warrior species and have had a long antagonistic relationship with the Romulan Star Empire I don't think they would just "pick a fight" because "it's their nature". Like the rest of the major powers the Klingons would have to think about resources and funding for such a conflict.

I doubt that the Empire would have the resources for a prolonged invasion of the Star Empire and as well defending themselves against a collapsed alliance with the Federation. Unless of course you would plan to touch on this over the course of the series. I also could see the Star Empire appealing to the Federation for aide against the Klingons unjustworthy attack of their worlds. There are political, economic, and military concerns in this type of plot that I'm not totally on board with. Plus "Star Trek" has already done a war story so I probably wouldn't be interested in something like that.

This isn't a war series, the war takes place in the background and is a Klingon Romulan war not a Federation war. The Klingons have simply reverted to their previous status of pain in the arse for the Federation. Yeh we get to see a lot of the war but it does not take up the whole series.
The Klingons are more than capable of waging a major war especially a war against a damaged Romulan Empire. They're a warrior race, their entire society is based around battle. How much of their GDP (so to speak) do you think is going into their military? A LOT.

You don't think they would just pick a fight? They picked a fight with the Cardassians and THEN picked a fight with the Federation at the very same time in DS9, this was when also the Dominion was posing a threat to the Alpha Quadrant. Picking fights is what they do, THEY'RE KLINGONS.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Again you seem hostile and not wanting help so I'm going to bow out of this thread...I wish you luck with your project.

 

[Lorna]

I'm not being hostile at all. We're having a discussion and I'm pointing out why you're wrong. Pointing out why someones opinions are wrong is not being hostile.

 

[Admiral_Young]

How am I wrong though? They attacked the Cardassians because they believed they were a THREAT to them and only engaged Starfleet when the Federation didn't support them (rightfully so). They then (this is where you are wrong) reaffirmed their commitment to the Kitomher Accords when the Cardassians joined the Dominion and realized the greater threat.

Also again the Star Empire doesn't just encompass two worlds. they're a star spanning EMPIRE. Yes granted, they would be significantly weakened and opened to attack from an invading force and yes as I pointed out in my first thread there is precedent for the Klingons to attack them because of their centuries of hatred but that still doesn't give them a motivation or reason to. When crafting a series you need to think about motivations and reasons why you're characters (or groups of characters, in this case a nation) are doing something. "Just because they're Klingons and are warlike" isn't satisfactory to me. Create some kind of political reason for them to attack them.

My Federation suggestion wasn't alluding to them being involved in the war, although they would have a big time interest in a Klingon/Romulan conflict since the aftermath of that war would directly affect them. Also a long drawn out war against the Romulans (even at a faction of their strength) would affect their military budget even when a majority of their GDP is dedicated to that conflict (Iraq, Afghanistan ahem). Remember Spock stated after the Klingons lost Praxis that they would have about "50 years of life" left to them because of an OVEREXTENDED MILITARY BUDGET.

Again I'm not trying to pounce all over you. I'm attempting to be helpful by pointing out holes in your premise. I'd still be interested in reading a first script or however you are going to proceed with this.