What happens next?

[CylonHybrid]

If the star trek Franchise sometime in the future were to create a new series, it would probably be set in the future in the 25th century. But with the collapse of the Dominion after the treaty of Bajor, the collapse of the Cardassian Union after the Dominion destroyed Cardassia and the Alpha Quadrant Alliance annexed Cardassian territory and the Romulan Star Empire collaped after the supernova in the Romulus star system, what new enemies will the federation face?

The Klingons annexed the Romulan Empire after its collapse and are now becoming more aggressive, but the franchise needs a new enemy to fight as well because the klingons have been done to death.

Note of Interest: In the next generations final episode when Captain Picard was thrown 25 years into the future by Q its interesting that Geordi mentions the Klingons annexing the romulan empire and becoming more aggressive which is what just happened following the recent star trek movie.

So what will the new challenges of the 25th century be?

 

[The Wormhole]

The Dominion itself did not collapse. They're still a stable power in the Gamma Quadrant. Their planned expansion into the Alpha and Beta Quadrants failed forcing them back into home territory, but they're still as powerful as they were before the war.

 

[JiNX-01]

I think I'd like to see a Trek series featuring a section 31 team aboard a small scout ship and nobody on board is human.

 

[sojourner]

the Klingons annexing the romulan empire and becoming more aggressive which is what just happened following the recent star trek movie.

Really? what new episode/movie was that in? Books/comics are not canon.

 

[-Brett-]

If Star Trek returns to TV it's most likely to be in the form of a reboot, with some new version of the original cast. Since the whole chronology will be thrown out, speculating on the century it'll take place in is pointless.

Even if they did revisit the old continuity, it's a pretty big stretch that these large, galactic civilizations with hundreds of planets would be completely dismantled by any single setback. Even something as cataclysmic as Romulus's destruction isn't going to make those tons of warships that the Enterprise was always running into disappear.

That future Picard saw in TNG's finale is probably not the definitive future of that continuity. Picard came back with knowledge of it, and that knowledge changed things in subtle and unpredictable ways. It also could have been Q's fabrication to begin with.

Also, I don't think it's a given that a Star Trek series needs a single all-powerful villain race to drive most of the conflict. Even if one was needed, the Star Trek universe is more than big enough to conjur a new one.

 

[C.E. Evans]

I'm more inclined to think what comes next will be an animated series set in its own continuity, and featuring yet another take on Kirk and the gang, but for a slightly younger audience...

 

[Shatnertage]

^ Trek Babies?

 

[C.E. Evans]

^^^
More like recent Marvel animated shows like Spectacular Spider-man, Wolverine & The X-Men, and the just introduced Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, IMO.

 

[Mr Radioactive]

What I want to see is a new Star Trek series set in the 25th century with completely new characters, new stories, and new themes. I don't think Star Trek should be about politics or wars. Exploring ethical problems has been done to death.

The new series should be founded on what Q said to Picard at the end of All Good Things...

"For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you had never considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebulae, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence."

 

[seekertwo]

Maybe they discover the pilot of the 20th Century space probe "Ranger One" who has been frozen for 500 years......

 

[sevenstars]

25th Century? How about "Federation: Decline and Fall." Founded on high ideals, the Federation has become greedy and stagnant, held in thrall to corporate and military interests and the endless warfare they promote.

 

[Nardpuncher]

How about re-do TNG but extrapolate it from the 2009 movie.

 

[BillJ]

If the star trek Franchise sometime in the future were to create a new series, it would probably be set in the future in the 25th century. But with the collapse of the Dominion after the treaty of Bajor, the collapse of the Cardassian Union after the Dominion destroyed Cardassia and the Alpha Quadrant Alliance annexed Cardassian territory and the Romulan Star Empire collaped after the supernova in the Romulus star system, what new enemies will the federation face?

The Klingons annexed the Romulan Empire after its collapse and are now becoming more aggressive, but the franchise needs a new enemy to fight as well because the klingons have been done to death.

Note of Interest: In the next generations final episode when Captain Picard was thrown 25 years into the future by Q its interesting that Geordi mentions the Klingons annexing the romulan empire and becoming more aggressive which is what just happened following the recent star trek movie.

So what will the new challenges of the 25th century be?

Sorry... that first paragraph put me to sleep.

 

[Shatnertage]

25th Century? How about "Federation: Decline and Fall." Founded on high ideals, the Federation has become greedy and stagnant, held in thrall to corporate and military interests and the endless warfare they promote.

Please, no.

How about the Enterprise just boldly going?

 

[BillJ]

How about the Enterprise just boldly going?

This and add in some scantily clad babes.

 

[Kertrats47]

How about the Enterprise just boldly going?

This and add in some scantily clad babes.

Brilliant! Cut, print, that's a wrap!

 

[Shatnertage]

^ I'm there.

And to appeal to all demographics, we'll have some E-Z rip shirts for the guys, too.

 

[sevenstars]

Now I'm fine with that.

 

[Nardpuncher]

^ I'm there.

And to appeal to all demographics, we'll have some E-Z rip shirts for the guys, too.

Though we're joking a little, I do think that the 2009 movie showed how to make Trek more fun and exciting.
I'm tired of the 24th century-stle of the last few shows (even Enterprise!) and want something where each episode is iconic like the original show was..with lizard men and white gorillas and Nazis and Romans and space amoebas and all kinds of wacky stuff. The kind of fun fast exciting universe where a recent graduate of the academy gets to captain the newest starship!
I mean that. It may have sounded sarcastic but it wasn't.

 

[indolover]

the 24th century has been exhausted now. i think a 25th century show with the following elements would be good:

- A non-American captain (both in terms of the character and actor), so no Sisko or Janeway-esque (or Kirk in character, though obviously not actor terms). Somebody from either Europe, or even Africa, India or the Far East.

- A Tellarite and an Andorian as major cast/senior staff crew members.

- The Federation and the Romulans had signed a non-aggression pact, and there is no neutral zone.

- New technology (some things I think would be cool would be personal holodecks, transwarp jumps across sectors, or shields that can absorb and even deflect energy).

- An enemy that comprises other humans/Federation members. Not a civil war as such, but an alien species as an enemy has been overdone. It could be Section 31.