Presuming for a moment the anthology rumor is true, and further, that the initial season takes place between TOS and TNG, focusing on a new ship, what ideas spring to your mind? 
"Lost Years" Ideas
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After 25 years of relative peace, the Klingons begin to make noise again. They are not outright attacking federation territory, but retaking systems they felt were theirs but became independent post Khitomer. The USS Independence is sent to maintain the peace in the region. Neighboring systems want the Federation to act, but the Independence is concerned that too forceful a response will cause a war and cost even more lives.
Here's a notion. A controversial Captain (think Ro Laran for example--if she'd stayed with Starfleet and risen to command, there's remain a cloud over her in many eyes, someone like that) is given a prototype new ship. For this reason she's given a very by-the-book first officer, someone she knows and has worked with before, even a friend. But from an old Starfleet family like the Sulus or Stiles. The Chief Engineer is one of the designers of this new ship--let us call her USS Republic. A fairly large percentage of the crew are of a race that recently joined the Federation (within the last few decades) and so the Chief Medical Officer is one of them, as is the Helm Officer. This race (let us call them Gammans, since Alphans/Betazed/Deltans are taken) has a proud warrior tradition, and some of them resent having to obey a non-Gamman Security Chief.
Republic makes contact with a fleet of alien vessels. Let us call the aliens Cygnans (mostly because I just re-read Auden's "Leda and the Swan"). Turns out the Cygnans abandoned all their colonies a thousand years ago, a dozen worlds that now have been colonized in turn, mostly by the Federation but maybe someone else as well. Very private and even a tad paranoid, the Cygnans are none-too-happy to find squatters. But our Captain successfully persuades them to--at least officially--forgive folks for not knowing the Cygnans would return. In fact the Captain makes quite an impression, so much so the Cygnans tend to prefer talking to her in general.
A tenuous agreement is worked out, and another ship--let us call her USS Midway--with a more senior Captain is also sent into the region to help settle things. One mystery in particular is why the Cygnans left, and why they have come back. The most popular theory is that they fled a danger, which has now faded or at least they've found a way of dealing with it--with the implication they aren't telling the Federation about a genuine threat.
Another is the culture shock--Cygnan society being radically different from that of the Federation. Maybe their military have a special place--perhaps they believe that in choosing violence they are condemning their souls to some kind of Hell. But of course this means their warriors feel they have nothing really to lose, while often despising warriors of other cultures as a matter of course.
Just off the top of my head...
Republic makes contact with a fleet of alien vessels. Let us call the aliens Cygnans (mostly because I just re-read Auden's "Leda and the Swan"). Turns out the Cygnans abandoned all their colonies a thousand years ago, a dozen worlds that now have been colonized in turn, mostly by the Federation but maybe someone else as well. Very private and even a tad paranoid, the Cygnans are none-too-happy to find squatters. But our Captain successfully persuades them to--at least officially--forgive folks for not knowing the Cygnans would return. In fact the Captain makes quite an impression, so much so the Cygnans tend to prefer talking to her in general.
A tenuous agreement is worked out, and another ship--let us call her USS Midway--with a more senior Captain is also sent into the region to help settle things. One mystery in particular is why the Cygnans left, and why they have come back. The most popular theory is that they fled a danger, which has now faded or at least they've found a way of dealing with it--with the implication they aren't telling the Federation about a genuine threat.
Another is the culture shock--Cygnan society being radically different from that of the Federation. Maybe their military have a special place--perhaps they believe that in choosing violence they are condemning their souls to some kind of Hell. But of course this means their warriors feel they have nothing really to lose, while often despising warriors of other cultures as a matter of course.
Just off the top of my head...
Captain Sulu vs. Captain Riker: Dawn of Technobabble
Riker travels back in time to face off against his greatest foe in a 26-episode season made to pleasure "fans" who are afraid of doing anything new in a franchise all about exploring new things.
In other news, fans call Star Trek Beyond "the worst thing since Star Trek Into Darkness" as it was, and I quote, "not made 30 years ago".
Riker travels back in time to face off against his greatest foe in a 26-episode season made to pleasure "fans" who are afraid of doing anything new in a franchise all about exploring new things.
In other news, fans call Star Trek Beyond "the worst thing since Star Trek Into Darkness" as it was, and I quote, "not made 30 years ago".
Here's an idea- after Khitomer, a group of Klingons set themselves up in a remote corner of the galaxy and continues to live as imperialist, warlord Klingons. Interfering with primitive societies, taunting the Federation militarily, all the stuff the regular Klingons have set aside by treaty. They could call themselves the First Order, and........
...Those "First Order Klingons" invaded Cardassia; ruined their society which lead the way to what the Cardassians became when introduced by TNG. Expect another redundant thread on the matter.
In the early 24th century (well within the 50 year period given in TUC), a specialist team of engineers and scientists onboard the Oberth-Class U.S.S. Copernicus are sent to help fix the damaged caused to the Klingon homeworld. Of course as they try to carry out their task, they face all the suspicion and corruption of the Klingon High Council, the hostility of the military, and the distrust of the people.
Another season onboard the Stargazer, showing how Picard assumed command at 28 and the treacherous mission he completed that made Starfleet decide to leave him the ship's new Captain.
Captain Alynna Nechayev commands the New Orleans-Class U.S.S. Boudicca during the Cardassian Wars, showing the makings of the staunch and steadfast future-Admiral.
The last mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise-B.
Another season onboard the Stargazer, showing how Picard assumed command at 28 and the treacherous mission he completed that made Starfleet decide to leave him the ship's new Captain.
Captain Alynna Nechayev commands the New Orleans-Class U.S.S. Boudicca during the Cardassian Wars, showing the makings of the staunch and steadfast future-Admiral.
The last mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise-B.
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