The Post-Burn Galaxy thread or "Post-Apocalypse or Slightly Used?"
No, not really. You said this before and it wasn't true then either.
Feel free to name one story beat that couldn't have worked just as well in the post Picard era.
The whole returning to the campus after a hundred years thing.
Not to mention the Federation being reduced to bare bones and scrambling for survival.
Having to woo a former Federation member world back into the fold.
Had no story beats actually connected to it.
Could have just as easily been the Federation scrambling for survival after the decimation of Starfleet in the Borg attack.
Could have just as easily been having to keep a Federation member world from leaving the fold.
It was kind of the theme.
And you asked what elements had to be connected to the era, not for any qualifications.
What would be a reason to place the show in the post-Picard era? To more easily have cameos from legacy characters occupying that era? No, thank you. To continue the “story of the 24th/25th century”? Not really interested, to be honest.
Frankly, I'm personally not someone who really cares about which fictional era Starfleet Academy (or any Trek show) is set in. That said, I appreciate how it gives the show a fresh feel untangled from everything that was going on in that time period. The fact that they are the first cadets to study at the newly re-opened Academy underscores the expectations placed on this new generation that just wouldn’t feel the same if they were just another year of cadets during Picard’s lifetime.
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