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Rename TNG

You mean the meetings in which wisdom was discerned as opposed to trying to zap god-aliens with phasers and lucking out alive?

No need to be so defensive over TNG's problems expressed in the various (and telling) alternate titles in this thread.
 
It occurs to me that TNG is the only series (other than TOS), which does not feature the setting name as the most prominent part of the title. In both cases, it's more about the mission. As far as we know, it was the first Enterprise to serve as flagship, and the first class to be designed as hybrid Starfleet/civilian ships. The original idea was that it was going to be a more long-term exploratory vessel instead of the explorer/diplomacy/rescue/patrol ship it became (I kind of think the ship probably should have been called something like Generation-class). The show probably wouldn't have been called Enterprise at that time, but they might have used a name that reflected the mission or the ship in a more indirect way. For example:

Star Trek: Flagship
Star Trek: The Great Experiment
Star Trek: Society
Star Trek: Galaxy
Star Trek: Family
Star Trek: Generation Ship
 
It occurs to me that TNG is the only series (other than TOS), which does not feature the setting name as the most prominent part of the title. In both cases, it's more about the mission. As far as we know, it was the first Enterprise to serve as flagship, and the first class to be designed as hybrid Starfleet/civilian ships. The original idea was that it was going to be a more long-term exploratory vessel instead of the explorer/diplomacy/rescue/patrol ship it became (I kind of think the ship probably should have been called something like Generation-class). The show probably wouldn't have been called Enterprise at that time, but they might have used a name that reflected the mission or the ship in a more indirect way. For example:

Star Trek: Flagship
Star Trek: The Great Experiment
Star Trek: Society
Star Trek: Galaxy
Star Trek: Family
Star Trek: Generation Ship

This is the sort of thing I was looking for personally but you worded it better than I did in my original post. And yes, I love Star Trek: Galaxy.
 
Star Trek 24.

Simple. Defines the era. Sets it apart from TOS (which might have ended up being called ST23 by fans). DS9 and Voyager could have been Star Trek 24: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek 24: Voyager since they're essentially different settings in the same reimagined universe.
 
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