What if the Star Trek crew were a sea crew instead of space crew?
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That's very good! Master and navigator were the same thing, though. You could make Solow and O'Hara junior lieutenants so they could have more meaningful interactions with the captain and first lieutenant, and Checkers could be a midshipman.
I was mostly pulling it out of my ass and Wikipedia. I figured someone with better knowledge could improve it.
Or how about a starship which explores the stars and lands in the oceans of habitable planets, exploring them one the surface and under the surface their oceans. It is perfectly possible that most planets habitable for humans would have more than half of their surface covered by oceans, like Earth does. And maybe many planets have much more water on their surface, possibly all ocean surfaces.
So the ship in the series could be a specialized starship which specializes in exploring the waters of alien planets and possibly other ships specialize in exploring the land surfaces of alien planets.
And if they are in the oceans of a different planet each and every week, it might be more plausible for them to encounter strange things as often as the Seaview in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea did.
So the ship in the series could be a specialized starship which specializes in exploring the waters of alien planets and possibly other ships specialize in exploring the land surfaces of alien planets.
And if they are in the oceans of a different planet each and every week, it might be more plausible for them to encounter strange things as often as the Seaview in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea did.
I found the show's spinoff set on a deep submerged sealab.
What show is sealab a spin-off of?
lol, I was just making a joke of Sealab 2021 being the spinoff of your hypothetical Sea Trek show. (and using DS9 in place of Sealab, as Sea Trek would be to TOS or TNG)
I think it would the the Deep Space Nine of Sea Trek.
But seriously, this would make an excellent fan series. I mean it's one thing to revive the Enterprise but not being able to bring back the original cast makes it pointless. They should have just made them sister ships to the Enterprise instead with other new crew, set in the same or similar time era.
But a new incarnation of the original characters could see something new by switching to the sea on a submarine enterprise and an amphibious Mr Spock. I mean if you can't bring back the original cast, why not modify the original characters and setting?
A Sea Trek fan series would not only give us something new to wonder on and enjoy, but it would also keep Paramount's nose out of fan works.
Right now fan works are legally limited to the original series. Going underwater will not be an imitation of any official works by Paramount and I'm sure Roddenberry would be proud.
But a new incarnation of the original characters could see something new by switching to the sea on a submarine enterprise and an amphibious Mr Spock. I mean if you can't bring back the original cast, why not modify the original characters and setting?
A Sea Trek fan series would not only give us something new to wonder on and enjoy, but it would also keep Paramount's nose out of fan works.
Right now fan works are legally limited to the original series. Going underwater will not be an imitation of any official works by Paramount and I'm sure Roddenberry would be proud.
Is this true? In function, if not in theory? I just check those "Official Fan Film Guidelines" from a few years back, and it doesn't seem to specify an era.
There are lots of fan films, mostly in the Enterprise or movie era, that seem to be following the guidelines explicitly (15 minutes, "A Star Trek Fan Production", terrible store-bought uniforms).
I'd watch an amateur-made web series called "Sea Trek", following the adventures of a dashing submarine crew as they explore the depths of our very own unexplored frontier on this planet. Might have to avoid called the boat the Enterprise though, I could see CBS trying to ring the creativity from the people who tried to make it if that were used--Nautilus perhaps or Jules Verne.
It would be Deep Sea Nine.
Yes it's true about the 15 minute guidelines, but not applied to the original series near-exact derivations.
As a homage to Star Trek, I would prefer enterprise and would indeed seeing the "other" Captain Kirk, Spock etc. but as a humanoid amphibian.
But if a name change is required then I'd pick another likable name like USS Oceanious or some other logical sounding name.
I wouldn't want the sub to look like SeaQuest or SewView. I'd prefer something similar yet original:
Have to admit, the more I think about it, the more it seems like a grand idea.
@Captain Trekkie that is a great looking sub.
@Captain Trekkie that is a great looking sub.
Thanks! But it's not my work. I linked it from another site. We totally agree on many things.
First crack at a Sea Trek character list 
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: - Commanding Officer: Captain March / Poke / Quirk (a few options for series lead, hehe)
- Executive Officer: Commander Neo
- Atlantian Liaison/Science Officer: Major Spork
- Engineering Officer: Mr Scoot
- Chief of the Boat: Master Chief Boyle
- Weapons Officer: Lieutenant Zulu
- Communications Officer: Lieutenant O'Hara
- Navigator: Mr Chenkov
- Supply Officer: Janet Brand
- Medical Officer: Dr McKay
- Sonar Operator: Mr Taylor
- VBSS Team Leader: Chief Cole
- Helmsman: Gray Mitcham
- Psionic-Adept: Dr Dehling
Having a huge windshield on the bridge of a submarine is an even worse idea than having one on the bridge of a Starship.I wouldn't want the sub to look like SeaQuest or SewView. I'd prefer something similar yet original: