What mysteries of Star Trek would you like to see solved (and, if you want to say it, how would you solve them)?
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Novels set in an alternate timeline which has since been destroyed. Indeed, the Coda trilogy even established that the Borg have different origins in other timelines than the one depicted in the Destiny series.
(shrugs) And?
No, there's really nothing--certainly not origins--I need to know. I want the stories to progress and be good stories. Origins stories come when the writers start running out of ideas IMO. It would be nice to know Jake landed on his feet, something that could be done in some throwaway dialogue.
Why was the Enterprise A decommissioned?
Plot is always the reason.
To make way for the B, obviously.
But seriously, considering that the B was commissioned in the exact same year that the A was decommissioned, it's pretty obvious that the only reason why the A existed at all was because it was a temporary command for Kirk as a thank-you gift for saving Earth from the Whale Probe, and that Starfleet's plan was always to decommission it once the B was completed. The ship that ended up being the B was probably already under construction at the time of the WP incident, and was probably going to originally be the A until the circumstances changed.
Now keep in mind that this scenario was not the same as the F to the G. The G was still the Titan-A, and there were no plans at all to rename it at the time of the F's decommissioning. So the F was basically decommissioned due to bad writing.
That isn't really a good enough reason for me, however.
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The Trek (okay, mostly TNG) mysteries I wanted to see solved I solved by writing fanfic where they're addressed/explained. It's the only way to get what I want 100%. 
Lower Decks didn't fill in the details, but they did establish that 10 years after "Defiant", Thomas Riker was still alive and no longer in Cardassian custody.
I found it a pleasant surprise. I'd always been assuming he died in the Klingon invasion of Cardassia.
This is the one that has been haunting me. I need to know!
And this is the other big mystery for me. Give me some "Conspiracy" follow-up and tell me who Future Guy is, and I'll be happy.
I missed the Tom Riker mention, glad to know he's doing alright. Well, he's doing better than being in a Cardassian prison or dead at least. Lower Decks really is the gift that keeps on giving.
The trouble with giving us an answer to the Future Guy mystery, is that it'd either be something absurd like Wesley Crusher, Gul Dukat or Captain Archer, or it'd just be some guy from the future. I think the only way that that Enterprise could've revealed it in a satisfying way is if they'd introduced a new character in season 5 who seemed friendly and innocent but then turned out to be Future Guy at the end of the season.
The trouble with giving us an answer to the Future Guy mystery, is that it'd either be something absurd like Wesley Crusher, Gul Dukat or Captain Archer, or it'd just be some guy from the future. I think the only way that that Enterprise could've revealed it in a satisfying way is if they'd introduced a new character in season 5 who seemed friendly and innocent but then turned out to be Future Guy at the end of the season.
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Is this in reference to someone?Became a game show/reality tv host?
Agreed, sort of. I don't think Future Guy should be an established character - reeks too much of "small galaxy syndrome". But what should be important is what species they are and/or who they work for.
Not just small galaxy, but small timeline!
A surprising species reveal brings its own problems, as it would have to be someone established by Enterprise, and which of them would be a surprise? Suliban is too obvious, no one knows what a Romulan is, no one would care if it was human, and so on.
A surprising species reveal brings its own problems, as it would have to be someone established by Enterprise, and which of them would be a surprise? Suliban is too obvious, no one knows what a Romulan is, no one would care if it was human, and so on.
Is this in reference to someone?
Nope. There've been dozens of "reality" shows and I'd stopped counting decades ago. For some reason, I had both "Family Feud" and some of those mid-2000s singing shows on my mind where everyone sounded the same. The only time I thought about calling in was to vote for Nadia, who actually had some originality compared to the same-old acts. You'd be surprised at how my brain gerbil squirrel raccoon droppings everywhere...
Became the world's biggest saltwater aquarium?
Heck yeah. All one now needs is a 90" TV and either a bed and/or bathroom nearby, since the sounds emitted usually induce somnolence and/or nocturia, complete with overactive bladder and all... which is great if you're a bladderfish, but not so much if you're a mammal who'd drank three pints of real ale some six hours earlier... with saltwater taffy, naturally... anything but licorice... yuck...
D'oh! Yes. I thought China Syndrome didn't feel right.
Im just going to go play some solitaire
I was reading what you were describing and trying to figure out how it compared to the threat of a nuclear meltdown.
TBF, Trek could absolutely do a story like that (The China Syndrome, they've obviously riffed on The Manchurian Candidate) if they wished to. Off the top of my head, they've never really done so yet, though a handful of episodes might be in the neighborhood.
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