Star Trek: Starfleet Scouts in development

[fireproof78]

Fans understand the dimensions of the box and know what's already in there. Fans are well aware that the box is full of tropes and clichés that people have grown sick of. Fans have spent time daydreaming of what could be outside of the box and contemplating what the box means. And fans can hire other writers too.

They're really not.

I don't trust fans to actually write a story that will "kill their darlings" to borrow an writer's phrase. If fans want what's outside the box then hiring someone unfamiliar should be a no-brainer.

Instead, we get lip service towards outside the box, self-praising, for copying elements and thinking popular acclaim is the same as something new.

The Borg came back three times under "a fan." :

 

[Quinton]

Moore or Matalas would be great get-backs, sure but how does that move the franchise forward? Fans don't think outside the box enough.

Honestly, though: what is your idea of moving things forward? Setting, tone, types of storytelling, so forth? Whatever it is, can you provide an example or two of something that would, indeed, move it forward?

Matalas, I can get. We’ve seen him do one thing with Star Trek, and as much as I enjoyed it, yeah, it’s steeped in so much nostalgia that there’s no way one can say he took it to new places. I have more faith that Moore might return, after all these years, and think outside the box enough for it to count.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m happy to see new folks take the helm, too.

 

[fireproof78]

Honestly, though: what is your idea of moving things forward? Setting, tone, types of storytelling, so forth? Whatever it is, can you provide an example or two of something that would, indeed, move it forward?

Star Trek: Colony. A series set somewhere unexplored around the mid to late 25th/26th century. Starfleet provides a small colony support as it expands in to a larger area in a recently discovered Star system, featuring several native animals but no native sentients.

Explore a mix of adventure from both Starfleet and civilian points of view, go exploring in alien environments, and adventure.

Less Starfleet, a different mix of stories, and the possibility of failure of the colony.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Oh, definitely. To be honest, I fell off entirely from the actual subject of this thread.

That happens when certain posters get going.

 

[Jayson1]

Moore or Matalas would be great get-backs, sure but how does that move the franchise forward? Fans don't think outside the box enough.

Moore though I feel has shown he can think outside of the box. I would argue even that Galaticia was a chance for him to do something that is very opposite of Trek even though he loves Trek and "For All Mankind" was his chance to do a more modern and realistic Trek. My guess is his approach to Trek would be something along the lines. My guess is his Trek would be more like what Andor was to Star Wars than just being something that is 100% fan service.

 

[Jayson1]

Star Trek: Colony. A series set somewhere unexplored around the mid to late 25th/26th century. Starfleet provides a small colony support as it expands in to a larger area in a recently discovered Star system, featuring several native animals but no native sentients.

Explore a mix of adventure from both Starfleet and civilian points of view, go exploring in alien environments, and adventure.

Less Starfleet, a different mix of stories, and the possibility of failure of the colony.

I have been a fan of the idea of a Star Trek; Colony show as well, Or a alien planet based show were we have humans/Starfleet among other Civilian types living on it. I kind of like the idea of even having a show set on Vulcan but part of Vulcan were most of the non-Vulcan residents live. Like how Earth has non-aliens living on in the future my guess is that would be the case with all Federation planets.

 

[Jayson1]

I'm not against the idea of Moore returning In the slightest, but I think that "Starfleet Scouts" would be both an extreme waste of his talents and his time.

I do agree he wouldn't be right for the "Scouts" show. I

 

[fireproof78]

Moore though I feel has shown he can think outside of the box. I would argue even that Galaticia was a chance for him to do something that is very opposite of Trek even though he loves Trek and "For All Mankind" was his chance to do a more modern and realistic Trek. My guess is his approach to Trek would be something along the lines. My guess is his Trek would be more like what Andor was to Star Wars than just being something that is 100% fan service.

But that's a different box. He thought outside of it because he had worked in the Trek box.

I would not guess his approach, nor do I trust him with Trek. Other work is not Trek work.

 

[Quinton]

Star Trek: Colony. A series set somewhere unexplored around the mid to late 25th/26th century. Starfleet provides a small colony support as it expands in to a larger area in a recently discovered Star system, featuring several native animals but no native sentients.

Explore a mix of adventure from both Starfleet and civilian points of view, go exploring in alien environments, and adventure.

Less Starfleet, a different mix of stories, and the possibility of failure of the colony.

Neat! I like it. Something that’s not been done before, and it feels like it’s got the bedrock to tell meaningful stories.