Honestly, my preference would be sticking to the 32nd and 33rd centuries from this point forward. This is all theoretical.
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Legacy would be a direct continuation of the 24th century, the period where 75% of the Trek franchise takes place in. And it would basically wallow around in the continuity of the period like a pig in a mudbath.
United takes place in a century that has had just lip service, in a decade which hasn't been touched and by being centered on the Federation government it's basically covering new ground, something which across the entire franchise and its tie-ins has only been barely scratched, that scratch being a novel from twenty years ago. United has much more potential than Legacy could ever hope to have.
There are, IMHO, two 'untapped' time periods I would have loved to see explored more.
1. The era between ENT and TOS, and
2. The Lost Era between TUC and TNG.
Of the two, I would have preferred the Lost Era, but I have zero confidence that the current producers would make it an any way that would be realistic to me. However, at least with a President Archer show, we'd have the ENT aesthetic to bounce off of. And since ENT seems to be in CBS/Paramount's consciousness more than the Lost Era, it would have a better chance of success (especially with Bakula involved.)
Unfortunately however, I don't see either of these concepts becoming the next TV series.
Star Trek is a TV show, not a historical document.
There's approximately 700 years separating Legacy from SFA. That's plenty of uncharted ground to cover without bumping up against other shows' canon.
They did do a "Lost Era" show.. its called Section 31.. ... Nevermind. It doesn't exist.
If they bring backs some of the old people to run the thing, I would like an Archer series. New band.. Not so much.
If they bring backs some of the old people to run the thing, I would like an Archer series. New band.. Not so much.
Agreed. This, more than any other proposed project right now, is what I'd like to see happen, especially with Mike Sussman at the helm.
Whether or not it will happen is another thing, but I'm hopeful that it does.
Legacy just reeks of more of the same shit we've seen time and time again in the franchise, just with xerox'd characters, relatives, yet another Enterprise, and more legacy characters. I cannot imagine a series concept more boring.
United is something different, at least.
United is something different, at least.
TNG was the most successful Star Trek TV series, in terms of popularity. Picard took a new spin on the character decades later. It wasn't massively successful. I just don't see the new execs saying, hey, what if we did another series that revisits a main character decades later, but instead of following up on the most popular show from the 1987-2005 era, we follow up on the least popular show?
SFA seems to imply that absolutely nothing worthy of note happened in those 700 years other than the Burn, and that only the 22nd/23rd/24th centuries matter.
You mean that movie that looked like it had the production values from
The adventures of the USS Miyazaki in 3067.
The comic book may have been a bad idea then.That was top secret need-to-know.
The comic book may have been a bad idea then.
Did the comic talk about the ship's super-secret singularity drive?
Actually I'm kind of curious if IDW will do their own version of it. Seems right up in their wheelhouse. 
Was it super secret? I actually don't recall. Reviewing the episode it shows it was experimental but nothing about top secret
To be honest, I don't recall either. But the ship was only operating for two years before it killed all the crew, so I wouldn't say there was a whole lot of adventuring going on.
Bro, do you even Star Trek? In two years you can save the Galaxy, fight two wars and bring peace to five planets, with time left over to discover new worlds and find common ground with misunderstood monsters,
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