Okay, how about a series about a reporter for the Federation News Service. Maybe it could be two of them, a Scully/Mulder or Lois/Clark type duo. The central protagonist would cover all sorts of events, be it starship-based exploration missions, diplomatic events, scientific breakthroughs, expose' stories about the Orion Syndicate's illicit activities, etc. He would be in thick of the action, providing a civilian "regular guy" perspective instead of a Starfleet perspective. There would be a lot of variety in terms of mood and stories you can tell, but there would be more focus on the "State of Affairs" of the Federation, and you could consequently make a long-running arc (be it story, character, or both). Another way it would be different would be a small "regular" cast (though the "recurring" cast could be theorhetically be about the same size as DS9's).
New Game: Think up a new idea for Star Trek series VI
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I find it incredibly hard to believe no one has suggested this yet:
A ST that documents the life and adventures of Zephram Cochrane, picking things up immediately after the events of "First Contact". Perhaps he and Lily run off to Alpha Centauri (and points beyond) together, he in a vain attempt to avoid becoming a historical figure, she to keep him out of trouble. No captain, no vulcan, no shields, no weapons, but two neurotic humans surviving by the seats of their respective pants out in the great unknown.
A ST that documents the life and adventures of Zephram Cochrane, picking things up immediately after the events of "First Contact". Perhaps he and Lily run off to Alpha Centauri (and points beyond) together, he in a vain attempt to avoid becoming a historical figure, she to keep him out of trouble. No captain, no vulcan, no shields, no weapons, but two neurotic humans surviving by the seats of their respective pants out in the great unknown.
Maybe it could be about a convoy of ships (or even shuttles?!) rather than just focusing on one. That might make it more Deep Space 9-like without actually setting it on a space station. Or maybe it could be set on a space station, as long as it didn't just feel like a re-hash of DS9.
This concept would bring back Trek to its glory days
Star Trek Brains and Lizards.
In every even numbered episode, the brain of one of the main cast members is stolen.
And in the odd numbered ones, one of the crewmembers turn into a lizard.
This on sounds too much like "Voyage to the bottom of the Sea" except it was werewolves and the brains were stolen from the writers of almost every episode
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How about:
1. Star Trek: Reality - a show about a bunch of trekkors gathered on set who have to stay in character and live together for a period of 12-16 weeks. It would work.
2. I like the Idea of a Security based task force that may be battling Klingons, or chasing Marquis, etc. The show would feature more of the smaller ship designs such as the Saber (Sabre) and Steamrunner class.
3. Unfortunatly, Trek tends to get a bad rap by those not into the genre. Maybe it's time to look at changing the title format as not to suggest that it's another Trek series. You'd know what it is by the uniforms, ships, etc., it just wouldn't Have "Star Trek" in the title. It might be know as just "Federation".
4. Have maybe a Marquis based series and make the Feds pretty much the bad guys. Make the main character(s) one(s) who may have been framed for some wrong doing and have their adventures trying to right the wrongs done to them and others by those nasty Feds.
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Well, I have and idea about a new Star Trek Series. My sixth Star Trek won't be in Abram trek universe or the Prime Universe. It is a Star Trek that happen in different story and has no connection with the previous Star Trek.
My Star Trek : The Star Trek : Frontier
Setting : In 23rd Centuriy. There is no Klingon, Romulan, Vulcan, and other similar Aliens from the prime Universe. The Galaxy is vast, but there are only few colonisable planet (like Earth)
the Team still use the same term. A Star Ship with the crews of 400. The mission is to explore new world and to seek new planet for Colonization.
Federation is exist. But has different taste. What the Federation mean in this version is the Federation of Human Colonies.
The Alien is rarely bipedal and human like. There are a lot of predator like Alien (look at Alien vs Predator Movie), and it is difficult to communicated with them because of the different between Human and them.
The Technology is a bit different than the original series. We don't use the magic box tricoder and handphone as the setup for the away team. Instead we use the today technology to make a whole new technology idea that fit the story.
The warfare is a bit different too. The Crew used drone to combat the enemy (just look at today warfare, where the country choose to use UAV to combat the enemy instead of sending real pilot with a fighter)
The Star ship still use beam weapon (as it can reach farther target in an instant), but they rarely jump in to combat zone if not neccesary. Instead they use drones to combat the enemy.
Robot is used to explore the hazardious location. Captain won't go to the dangerous location himself.
Not every planet has oxygen. Some Planet produces poisonous gas, other has extrame temperature that prevent away team exploring the new place without full protection.
The Alien that must be faced by the Crews : Grey, aggresive giant Insect, Dinosours, and other non humanoid species. Because of the different between species, communication between Human and the Alien is almost imposible without long time study (just imagine of how you communicate with your dog or cat)
Team :
1. The Captain : He is the leader of the Star ship. A middle age male with a lot of experience. He seldom leave the bridge when a situation happen. But his leadership is what the crews need.
2. The Drone Squadron Captain : He leads the drone pilots in the simulation room. When a situation happen, he and his teams will operate the starship drone from the room.
3. Chief Engineer : Self Explanation
4. Chief Scientist : Lead the Ship scientist when the ship survey a new planet or comets. These guys will not go down to a new planet without full protection. Before they send a human team to a planet, they would send a robot or drones first.
5. Marine Commander : He leads the marines in the ship. His job is to protect the starship from boarding invasion, or to guard the other crew when do a mission on the planet.
6. Chief medical officer : Self Explanation
What the story offer :
1. Explore unknown dangerous space just like Star Trek, but with more realistic mission (to seek new planets for Human settlement)
2. Face unknown danger (including alien) that roaming the galaxy; including the predator insect that we have witness in "Starship Trooper the movie", the Mysterious Grey, etc.
3. To protect the new settlements around the frontier (From Pirates, Aliens, and others)
4. Face another fellow humans (Rebel, Pirate, fugitives, etc) who run to the frontier. Sometimes the team have to seekout fugitives as their order.
5. Not Every colonies stay as the Federation member. Some of them has declaring their own independent and stand equal with the Federation. The Federation give them permission to do so and hope to maintain the peace with every human settlements in the universe. The Starship is ordered to maintain the diplomatic relation in the frontier.
6. The captain's rank will raise to admiral. He would be promoted in the middle of the story and lead the frontier as the Federation Representative. There will several starships at his disposal. The starship will change from a mere Cruiser to a battleship size flagship.
Why I don't put a humanoid Alien in this story? Because I hate to see an Actor wearing a clown fit and say that he is a Klingon or Borg. They looks rediculious.
My Star Trek : The Star Trek : Frontier
Setting : In 23rd Centuriy. There is no Klingon, Romulan, Vulcan, and other similar Aliens from the prime Universe. The Galaxy is vast, but there are only few colonisable planet (like Earth)
the Team still use the same term. A Star Ship with the crews of 400. The mission is to explore new world and to seek new planet for Colonization.
Federation is exist. But has different taste. What the Federation mean in this version is the Federation of Human Colonies.
The Alien is rarely bipedal and human like. There are a lot of predator like Alien (look at Alien vs Predator Movie), and it is difficult to communicated with them because of the different between Human and them.
The Technology is a bit different than the original series. We don't use the magic box tricoder and handphone as the setup for the away team. Instead we use the today technology to make a whole new technology idea that fit the story.
The warfare is a bit different too. The Crew used drone to combat the enemy (just look at today warfare, where the country choose to use UAV to combat the enemy instead of sending real pilot with a fighter)
The Star ship still use beam weapon (as it can reach farther target in an instant), but they rarely jump in to combat zone if not neccesary. Instead they use drones to combat the enemy.
Robot is used to explore the hazardious location. Captain won't go to the dangerous location himself.
Not every planet has oxygen. Some Planet produces poisonous gas, other has extrame temperature that prevent away team exploring the new place without full protection.
The Alien that must be faced by the Crews : Grey, aggresive giant Insect, Dinosours, and other non humanoid species. Because of the different between species, communication between Human and the Alien is almost imposible without long time study (just imagine of how you communicate with your dog or cat)
Team :
1. The Captain : He is the leader of the Star ship. A middle age male with a lot of experience. He seldom leave the bridge when a situation happen. But his leadership is what the crews need.
2. The Drone Squadron Captain : He leads the drone pilots in the simulation room. When a situation happen, he and his teams will operate the starship drone from the room.
3. Chief Engineer : Self Explanation
4. Chief Scientist : Lead the Ship scientist when the ship survey a new planet or comets. These guys will not go down to a new planet without full protection. Before they send a human team to a planet, they would send a robot or drones first.
5. Marine Commander : He leads the marines in the ship. His job is to protect the starship from boarding invasion, or to guard the other crew when do a mission on the planet.
6. Chief medical officer : Self Explanation
What the story offer :
1. Explore unknown dangerous space just like Star Trek, but with more realistic mission (to seek new planets for Human settlement)
2. Face unknown danger (including alien) that roaming the galaxy; including the predator insect that we have witness in "Starship Trooper the movie", the Mysterious Grey, etc.
3. To protect the new settlements around the frontier (From Pirates, Aliens, and others)
4. Face another fellow humans (Rebel, Pirate, fugitives, etc) who run to the frontier. Sometimes the team have to seekout fugitives as their order.
5. Not Every colonies stay as the Federation member. Some of them has declaring their own independent and stand equal with the Federation. The Federation give them permission to do so and hope to maintain the peace with every human settlements in the universe. The Starship is ordered to maintain the diplomatic relation in the frontier.
6. The captain's rank will raise to admiral. He would be promoted in the middle of the story and lead the frontier as the Federation Representative. There will several starships at his disposal. The starship will change from a mere Cruiser to a battleship size flagship.
Why I don't put a humanoid Alien in this story? Because I hate to see an Actor wearing a clown fit and say that he is a Klingon or Borg. They looks rediculious.
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