Spinoff....

[drt]

If they did this continuation I would assume all the contracts would need to be renegotiated, giving them room to cut out more expensive actors/crew and lowering salaries of some of the others.

The only main cast that has to return are Peck, Gooding, Bush and Quinn; of those, only Peck would likely cost anything to retain. Wesley gets moved up to main cast from recurring. Everyone else on SNW could be dropped via death, reassignment or going to Vulcan for an additional medical residency. Freeing salary space for McCoy (sorry, nobody gives a shit about Mark Piper, he'll just get swapped in at the end of the final episode to satisfy canon) and Mitchell as new series leads. Neither Sulu and Chekov are regular bridge crew, so they could be recurring. Chong and Navia likely also wouldn't be crazy expensive if they wanted to keep Ortegas and/or La'an for some additional female balance (or add in a new female character entirely).

 

[UssGlenn]

Yeah Chekov was 22 in season 2, Implying he was a new graduate but, like Uhura, he could be on board at a younger age while a cadet.

We could take the "Generations" exchange literally.
Chekov:" I was never that young"
Kirk: "No, you were younger"

 

[DarKush]

I would rather not see a Year One spin-off. I'm not into Wesley's Kirk and I don't care much for the SNW showrunners' approach to Trek. That being said, if there has to be a spin-off, I think there's far more flexibility to spin-off Number One, La'An, Pelia, and Ortegas on a different ship and it could be a parallel series to the Original Series, with the occasional crossover with Kirk's Enterprise. They aren't running into as many imposed constraints, and they could use the series to delve deeper into many of the species and stories that are in the Original Series, as well as have their own stories with new opponents.

After finishing SNW, I don't think we need to see yet another series set on a 23rd century Enterprise, unless it's movie era or the Enterprise-B. I would rather they make another Constitution class ship a hero ship and save the next Enterprise adventure for Legacy.

 

[V'Lias]

The only main cast that has to return are Peck, Gooding, Bush and Quinn; of those, only Peck would likely cost anything to retain. Wesley gets moved up to main cast from recurring. Everyone else on SNW could be dropped via death, reassignment or going to Vulcan for an additional medical residency. Freeing salary space for McCoy (sorry, nobody gives a shit about Mark Piper, he'll just get swapped in at the end of the final episode to satisfy canon) and Mitchell as new series leads. Neither Sulu and Chekov are regular bridge crew, so they could be recurring. Chong and Navia likely also wouldn't be crazy expensive if they wanted to keep Ortegas and/or La'an for some additional female balance (or add in a new female character entirely).

I could easily see a scenario like this happening if they decide to continue. I do hope that they transfer all the non TOS characters out instead of killing them off.

I would rather not see a Year One spin-off. I'm not into Wesley's Kirk and I don't care much for the SNW showrunners' approach to Trek. That being said, if there has to be a spin-off, I think there's far more flexibility to spin-off Number One, La'An, Pelia, and Ortegas on a different ship and it could be a parallel series to the Original Series, with the occasional crossover with Kirk's Enterprise. They aren't running into as many imposed constraints, and they could use the series to delve deeper into many of the species and stories that are in the Original Series, as well as have their own stories with new opponents.

You about read my mind on this! I remember laying out a similar idea somewhere, not sure if it was here or elsewhere. I have come to enjoy Wesley's Kirk, and I do enjoy most of SNW's stories, but I think a companion series like this would be the way to go if they want to stay in the same era.