New Game: Think up a new idea for Star Trek series VI
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Hellsgate: I see your point about Romulans dropping in on the 'Promethius' - so, what if they used a personnal cloak, (not unreasonable as they've had cloaking technology for a long time), also what if the 'Promethius' was actually created because of worrying reports of Romulan activity??
So, they kidnap the top scientist, Professor Paul Miles, to force him to make their system work and instead of helping the Romulans he, (as you mentioned) tries to sabotage the Romulan T.R.S. system on the warbird and is caught - the result being the T.R.S. activates and sends the warbird off through time, the Romulan captain persuades prof Miles to help them return to their own time but secretly hatches a plot with his top officers to use the T.R.S. to trawl through time and locations to collect all the information and technology that they can so when they eventually do return to their own time they will have the means to destroy Starfleet once and for all!!!,
Starfleet realising that the warbird was not destroyed - and fearing a Romulan plot, (which would slowly become justified) set out using all of their resources including the 'Promethius' to amass all the help they can (including first contact and helping existing friends (and making new ones) even searching out their own technology etc) perhaps in a few episodes even almost catching the warbird!!.
A further achillies heel to the Promethius could be that it would be impossible to use her transporters while cloaked!!
The basic idea being that while obviously trying to locate the Romulan warbird and tracking its activities Starfleet also do what they do best in exploring everywhere in the past - present (29th century) and the future to find anything they can use to defeat the Romulans (perhaps even attempting to retrieve item(s) from times and places, before the Romulans can find them and use them against Starfleet??), the missions could be almost endless!!!
The finale (a massive star battle ( 5 or 6 series later)) could see a massive fleet including the Klingons, Bajorans, Cardassions, Vulcans and even the dominnion standing together alongside the Starfleet vessels against the Romulan fleet and their allies, (and where would the Borg come in???) What a mindblower!!!
As 'Star Trek Promethius' would be set about 500 years after Voyager it would not be unreasonable that these forces might be willing to set aside their differences and history to save the very fabric of the alpha quadrant from the possibility of complete Romulan domination!!!
So, they kidnap the top scientist, Professor Paul Miles, to force him to make their system work and instead of helping the Romulans he, (as you mentioned) tries to sabotage the Romulan T.R.S. system on the warbird and is caught - the result being the T.R.S. activates and sends the warbird off through time, the Romulan captain persuades prof Miles to help them return to their own time but secretly hatches a plot with his top officers to use the T.R.S. to trawl through time and locations to collect all the information and technology that they can so when they eventually do return to their own time they will have the means to destroy Starfleet once and for all!!!,
Starfleet realising that the warbird was not destroyed - and fearing a Romulan plot, (which would slowly become justified) set out using all of their resources including the 'Promethius' to amass all the help they can (including first contact and helping existing friends (and making new ones) even searching out their own technology etc) perhaps in a few episodes even almost catching the warbird!!.
A further achillies heel to the Promethius could be that it would be impossible to use her transporters while cloaked!!
The basic idea being that while obviously trying to locate the Romulan warbird and tracking its activities Starfleet also do what they do best in exploring everywhere in the past - present (29th century) and the future to find anything they can use to defeat the Romulans (perhaps even attempting to retrieve item(s) from times and places, before the Romulans can find them and use them against Starfleet??), the missions could be almost endless!!!
The finale (a massive star battle ( 5 or 6 series later)) could see a massive fleet including the Klingons, Bajorans, Cardassions, Vulcans and even the dominnion standing together alongside the Starfleet vessels against the Romulan fleet and their allies, (and where would the Borg come in???) What a mindblower!!!
As 'Star Trek Promethius' would be set about 500 years after Voyager it would not be unreasonable that these forces might be willing to set aside their differences and history to save the very fabric of the alpha quadrant from the possibility of complete Romulan domination!!!
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How does one undo an alternate timeline, and since when did Starfleet officers think playing god with the lives of billions becuase their some how inferior was ever a good thing, becuase that's what your proposing.
Nowhere Man
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One of the things that I liked about the new movie was the connection to NASA in the teaser and in the movie. My idea would be to have a chronicle of the developement of Starfleet and the Vulcan interaction with humans and humanity dealing with the fact that we are not alone in the universe. I would have is start off shortly after the Phoenix flight and have it go until Enterprise, but not a " Prequil ". It would be more like From the Earth to the moon, but in series form. To keep it interesting, I would have it deal with the developement of a Moon and Mars colony along with the first interactions Andorians and other Alien races in a non starfleet/exploration way, but with medical ships, frieghters and comercial ships. It would be mainly Earth/Sol system based , but as the show expands humanity would spread out.I guess there would be 3 or different " Crew's " and 3 or 4 main '' Ships" one bieng the ship bieng developed. It would be a continuous arc, and each ship would be interconected somehow, but independant of each other with no higher authority other than United Earth. As time goes on we see the creation of Starfleet and Starfleet Academy and the growing relation with Vulcans and other aliens. If it were to run into 7-9 seasons , then trow in the Romulan war and the creation of the Fed. up until TOS era.Skip ENT. of course. Each season would end with a conclusion of the project and the next season would start of with another project 20-30 years later or whatever signifigant next step would be. Call it Star Trek: Federation. Another idea that i've heard of before is have a twilight zone type of Sar Trek where you have a different cast each week and it would span the whole timeline. It would deal with a little bit of everything, but maintain the prime directive and the basic idea's of Star Trek. Call it Star Trek: Timeline. One last idea would be like ER or CSI Star Trek and just have a focus on Medical, but in space maybe around the time of TOS during the Klingon wars or something.
It needs to be set on a starship to draw in a large audience who arent hardcore fanboys, when people watch Star Trek they expect to see a) stars and b) a trek to the stars.
I'd set it on a smaller ship than the Enterprise with an interior like the Kelvins. No forehead of the week aliens. No time travel plots. No alternate universe plots. No plots where the crew members de-evolve or change into aliens. No holodecks. No body swap plots. I think it would encourage the writers to come up with better stories than "aliens travel back in time and side with the Nazis". If your on a starship in the 23rd century that can travel faster than light and you need to go back in time to tell a decent story then there is something wrong.
First of all they need to develop interesting characters with fleshed out back stories and character history that can be explored in later episodes. No more "hey im Mayweather, im the token black guy, my skin is not the same colour as yours, that provides me with a unique character".
I'd set it on a smaller ship than the Enterprise with an interior like the Kelvins. No forehead of the week aliens. No time travel plots. No alternate universe plots. No plots where the crew members de-evolve or change into aliens. No holodecks. No body swap plots. I think it would encourage the writers to come up with better stories than "aliens travel back in time and side with the Nazis". If your on a starship in the 23rd century that can travel faster than light and you need to go back in time to tell a decent story then there is something wrong.
First of all they need to develop interesting characters with fleshed out back stories and character history that can be explored in later episodes. No more "hey im Mayweather, im the token black guy, my skin is not the same colour as yours, that provides me with a unique character".
It makes no sense that any change to any timeline can be perfectly undone, and you can reset the timeline to 100% normal. That's like trying to unscramble an egg. What I think has been happening all those times when Our Heroes "ruin" and "restore" timelines is that they travel to alternate realities where the "ruined" timeline is the normal one. They don't change anything, just travel between realities, but they have no way of knowing what's really been going on, so they think they've spent the whole time in the same universe rather than visiting a different one.
So don't fret, the "original" timeline still exists. (This was confirmed in Trek XI when the characters suddenly had preternatural knowledge of "how the cosmos works," which they shouldn't have, but the writers just were taking the opportunity to try to set the audience's mind at rest - weird but I guess necessary.) The movies & any future TV series just aren't interested in that timeline for the foreseeable future.
That's a very valid point, and one thing that I liked about Enterprise. What would happen in one episode would spill over on to the next, or the next, or the next after that. Like when the Enterprise was damaged by the Romulan mine, but it was still damaged until it got repaired at that station. Or look at the end of Season 3, when it had 7 shades of crap kicked out of it...it carried that on. So, I agree with you. The new show should stick to its own rules.
I don't know what I'd like to see...well, I do...ANYTHING!!! But one thing I think that could be interesting, is an alien Captain. After Kirk and Picard, we had a Black captain, and a Female captain. Think back to the 60's. Would have either of those two ideas fly? Nope! But, they happened, and they did all right to me. Why not an alien as the lead character?
Another series I would like to see is something set in the 2280's, or 2290's - the era of the Trek movies 2 through to 7. There could be a lot to explore in that era.
Other than that, I'm stuck!
Humor. It is a difficult concept. It is not logical.
alright, this is my own version of Star Trek sixth Series :
Federation is thorn apart. The full scale invasion from the Andromeda Galaxy destroy everything that has been built and established by Humanity. This time, no major civilization in Milky Way Galaxy can survive. They are enslaved by the Andromedan for 100 years.
The protagonist is one of Captain Kirk's decendant. Well, because our captain is not married, then you can consider him as the decendant of one of Kirk's bastard, or his mother come to sperm bank to get Kirk's. He run from the Andromedan with his friends in an old Starship that he can find in the stardock. The ship then named as USS Enterprise F
The Enterprise left Milky Way to the Andromeda Galaxy to find a way to save Humanity. In their journey, they'll find a lot of friends or foes that will help them to oppose the Andromeda Empire.
the story will involve from a mare ship adventure to the establishment of New Federation. Our Protagonist will gain rank from a mere unofficial captain of a Starship to a Fleet Admiral who lead the Milky Way against Andromeda. The story will end when the Andromeda Empire is defeated and a New Federation is established.
Additional Idea :
the Enterprise will enhanced from a mere garbage scow or old timer starship to the ship of the line with a lot of upgrade and tinkering. Because the crews can't get free upgrade from the established Federation, they need to finish missions from people, trading, delivering cargo, etc, etc, etc. In this new Star Trek, money is important, and the protagonists will need money to repair, upgrade, or buying new ships.
Federation is thorn apart. The full scale invasion from the Andromeda Galaxy destroy everything that has been built and established by Humanity. This time, no major civilization in Milky Way Galaxy can survive. They are enslaved by the Andromedan for 100 years.
The protagonist is one of Captain Kirk's decendant. Well, because our captain is not married, then you can consider him as the decendant of one of Kirk's bastard, or his mother come to sperm bank to get Kirk's. He run from the Andromedan with his friends in an old Starship that he can find in the stardock. The ship then named as USS Enterprise F
The Enterprise left Milky Way to the Andromeda Galaxy to find a way to save Humanity. In their journey, they'll find a lot of friends or foes that will help them to oppose the Andromeda Empire.
the story will involve from a mare ship adventure to the establishment of New Federation. Our Protagonist will gain rank from a mere unofficial captain of a Starship to a Fleet Admiral who lead the Milky Way against Andromeda. The story will end when the Andromeda Empire is defeated and a New Federation is established.
Additional Idea :
the Enterprise will enhanced from a mere garbage scow or old timer starship to the ship of the line with a lot of upgrade and tinkering. Because the crews can't get free upgrade from the established Federation, they need to finish missions from people, trading, delivering cargo, etc, etc, etc. In this new Star Trek, money is important, and the protagonists will need money to repair, upgrade, or buying new ships.
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Nowhere Man
Commodore
Sounds like a video game, but I like it
Why not just have the Dominion do that? You don't think that silly peace treaty is going to hold, do you? And that avoids having to send anyone all the way to another galaxy for help.
Either way, here's my question: what makes Starfleet think anyone they don't know would bother to help the Federation? (Presumably all current allies are unable to help.)
While I do support some of your criteria for a series, I think they're a bit too excessive. The fundamental idea of Star Trek is to boldly go where no man has gone before, not to boldly create "Office Space" with a sci-fi theme.
I think I've mentioned this concept on the board before.
Star Trek : Waystation
There is a area of space known as the rift. Here, the nature of space is different and stable warp fields can not be maintained. Crossing the rift at impulse can take a month.
At the center of the rift lies the Waystation. A huge station who's origins are unknown. Populated with a vast array of different aliens. The station is a busy port and resting point. A center for trade and commerce, a hub for smugglers and pirates.
Edward Croft once had high hopes for his career in the Federation Diplomatic Corps, but he must have pissed someone off to be assigned as the Federation Envoy to the Waystation.
But when attacks on federation ships start to become a regular occurrence throughout the rift Croft finds himself trying to uncover who is behind a conspiracy to drive the Federation out of the rift permanently. But alone on an alien station can he stay alive long enough to uncover the truth?
Star Trek : Waystation
There is a area of space known as the rift. Here, the nature of space is different and stable warp fields can not be maintained. Crossing the rift at impulse can take a month.
At the center of the rift lies the Waystation. A huge station who's origins are unknown. Populated with a vast array of different aliens. The station is a busy port and resting point. A center for trade and commerce, a hub for smugglers and pirates.
Edward Croft once had high hopes for his career in the Federation Diplomatic Corps, but he must have pissed someone off to be assigned as the Federation Envoy to the Waystation.
But when attacks on federation ships start to become a regular occurrence throughout the rift Croft finds himself trying to uncover who is behind a conspiracy to drive the Federation out of the rift permanently. But alone on an alien station can he stay alive long enough to uncover the truth?
Well, we have already know Dominion, and we have explored Gamma Quadrant a bit. So, why not boldly go to a new galaxy where no man has gone before?
Plus, making the Andromedan as an old Civilization who have hundred years apart of technology than the major civilizations in Milky Way Galaxy give the reason for everyone to join force. They have already a power that worth a galaxy, so defeated every single civilizations in Milky Way Galaxy should be no problem for them.
And, Starfleet is no more. So don't think about the same Starfleet and Federation exist anymore in my new Star Trek. But, of course, their spirit and heroic story still pass down to the youngest boys and girls in Earth. So Federation is still alive in their heart.
@itisnotlogical : Well, you're right. the concept of Star Trek is always : The Boldly Go Where no Man Has Gone Before. But, it is the TOS concept and theme.
I don't know what is your view about Star Trek; but for me, the TOS Star Trek use the concept of 15th centuries exploration concept. I think I don't need to explain about the Exploration Era of Human History, because i'm not the expert of it, and you are already know about that.
But even in Star Trek, they have involve and move forward. Even the TNG era was no longer use the concept of exploration anymore. I know that some people hates TNG era because it didn't go into the Exploration theme anymore. But, it was acceptable, and it should go like that. Because the era of Exploration can't happen forever. Even in our earth, we didn't in 15th century forever. We evolve, the history was moving.
We can't go like in Middle earth concept (LOTR) where the 1000 years history didn't give a slight improvement / change to the world. You should blame Tolkien for that. Because Star Trek is a sci fi, and not a High Fantasy, so you must expect a change in the story if the era move on (if you want to use 25th, 26th century or more as the background). Because at that time, the galaxy was much smaller than before.
Yeeeeah, I'm gonna need those GNDN records.
The 15th C of exploration, like all the other centuries, were motivated by greed. So Star Trek's model of exploration is not going to be much like anything in human history; the prime motivation has been deleted.
My idea would be similar to whats been done eg exploration and the like but from a Romulans point of view. the ship would be as infamous as the enterprise but instead of exploring new worlds and civilisations they conquer a few, maybe have a run in with the feds every once in a while.
Oh, nuts. I thought my original idea was so promising. It's about this prototype Federation timeship called the Millennium docked at a Federation starbase Deep Space 5 near the Alpha-Gamma Quadrant border. The human captain of the starship, Quincy Queensland, is a former member of the Q Continuum, unbeknownst to the crew. The Executive Officer is a half-human, half-Trill male (who's a member of Section 31) The Chief Science Officer, a female Vulcan, is a Temporal Mechanics Professor at Starfleet Academy and has been assigned to the ship to investigate the Temporal Cold War. The crew of the Millennium travels to different timelines (e.g., between ENT and TOS, between TOS and TNG, and Nemesis). Even McKenzie Calhoun from New Frontier makes a cameo appearance.
EDIT: The ship's CMO is the love child of Regent Worf and Intendant Deanna Troi from the Mirror Universe who got transported to the Prime Universe.
Seriously, I've always thought it would be interesting to see a "renegade" type of ship (not like Serenity) featuring a former Starfleet officer as a captain of a freighter with a crew of smugglers, mercenaries, and outcasts.
ACTUALLY, a Star Trek spin-off without space travel is possible. Of course, it wouldn't necessarily be about the Federation, Starfleet, starship exploration, or alien cultures, and it wouldn't have "Star Trek" in the title. The series could be about Gary Seven from "Assignment Earth." Or let's say a low-budget Holodeck series featuring different characters and scenarios every week.
Pitching an idea for a new show in the Star Trek franchise.
I had to share this which I read:
http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandsc...epage&utm_medium=link&utm_content=channellink
I had to share this which I read:
September 5, 2009
http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandsc...epage&utm_medium=link&utm_content=channellink
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