Your Star Trek story ideas?

[StarTrekker]

These kind of threads don't normally do too well since its so incredibly difficult to think up a Star Trek plot, especially one that hasn't been done before.

But feel free here to write any Star Trek plot ideas you might have. You can tie them into a particular show or you just can just write a sci-fi plot that could be done on any past or future Star Trek.

Gateway

An ancient Iconian-type gateway is discovered at an archaelogical site on a Federation colony. The crew of a starship is sent to investigate it and see if they can get it reactivated. When it is reactivated they discover that it is a portal to another planet thousands of lightyears away. The inhabitants of the planet on the other side are actually the descendents of those who originally lived on the Federation colony thousands of years ago who escaped the planet because of a great disaster.
The descendents who have been trying to activate the gateway told of in their mythology to regain their homeland want their homeland back and believe it is rightfully there
The question arises of whether they are entitled to the planet after thousands of years or not.
Possible solutions-
-The inhabitants of the colony destroy the gateway after hearing of the news and the possibility the people at the other side of the gateway are ready to use force to regain their planet
-The descendents of the other planet come through the gateway and everyone agrees to live peacefully together.

It wasn't intentional at all but I'm seeing a real parallel with Israel here, perhaps the ending would be best left ambiguous to avoid offending anyone. Or maybe the living together in peace would be best.

Post your own ideas and any critiques you may have.

 

[barnaclelapse]

That's a pretty good idea. I could get into that.

I have to confess that I don't have a lot of ideas for Star Trek episodes, although I always had one idea of Spock, McCoy and Scotty getting together after finding out Kirk had died at the end of Generations. It was a pretty straight-forward fan fic I was planning to write back when I wrote fan fiction, but I never got around to it.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

I think you'd do best with these ideas in the fanfic forum.

Care to join us?

 

[StarTrekker]

I think its nice just to say short story ideas, people in there are writings pages and page of material I certainly can't be bothered to read through.

 

[Misfit Toy]

I think its nice just to say short story ideas, people in there are writings pages and page of material I certainly can't be bothered to read through.

You don't have to read other people's stories, although you're missing out on some really great entertainment.

Also, short stories (and ideas) are welcome there too, so since this thread is dealing with fan fiction, I'm moving it there...

 

[StarTrekker]

Damn!

 

[Mistral]

I think its nice just to say short story ideas, people in there are writings pages and page of material I certainly can't be bothered to read through.

Considering how much time some of us have invested in those stories, I'd have to say that I can't be bothered with participating further in your thread. Have fun.

 

[ambessalion]

one of my stories revolves around an alien race attacked my main one and they get xenophobic and attack all the neighboring races and create a repressive empire.

 

[StarTrekker]

I think its nice just to say short story ideas, people in there are writings pages and page of material I certainly can't be bothered to read through.

Considering how much time some of us have invested in those stories, I'd have to say that I can't be bothered with participating further in your thread. Have fun.

Erm, was I insulting you in particular? No, I was just saying I can't be bothered to read long reams of fan fiction, get over it. And I'm damned annoyed my thread has just been dumped in this quagmire.

 

[sojourner]

Wow, nice way to influence friends and gain enemies there.

 

[tenmei]

I think its nice just to say short story ideas, people in there are writings pages and page of material I certainly can't be bothered to read through.

It's a shame - you certainly are missing some good stuff. I've caught up on Tesseract and have been devouring all of LTR's work (Bluefin, Border Dogs, Steel Edged Grace and Border Service) in the past week and fully intend to move onto Gibraltar, Kestrel and Star Eagle in the coming weeks.

 

[Admiral2]

I think its nice just to say short story ideas, people in there are writings pages and page of material I certainly can't be bothered to read through.

Considering how much time some of us have invested in those stories, I'd have to say that I can't be bothered with participating further in your thread. Have fun.

Erm, was I insulting you in particular? No, I was just saying I can't be bothered to read long reams of fan fiction, get over it. And I'm damned annoyed my thread has just been dumped in this quagmire.

See, that last line would be you insulting all of us.

By the way, love your idea. In fact, I loved it way back when it was called Stargate and starred Kurt Russel.

Douche.

 

[Warp Rider]

Seems that this fellow just wants other people's ideas to use for his own story, since he can't come up with his own. Just look how he shoehorned Stargate to make it seem like his own and failed miserably at it. All this guy is, is a hack, I recommend everyone don't waste your time in here.

All he's gonna do is continue to insult us and try and get everyone else to come up with an idea for him. That's what I'm seeing here.

 

[Gibraltar]

And I'm damned annoyed my thread has just been dumped in this quagmire.

Quagmire? Really? I guess we won't be seeing you post any fanfic to this board then?

 

[judge alba]

I've got a few ideas mainly a series involving the Gorn where they attack the Romulans and the federation have to try to persuade the Romulans who are beating back the Gorn easily to stop their genocide.

Got a few ideas about a series from the Romulan point of view and how they do things.
I'm actually working on a Romulan based story now trouble with me is my grammar, I'm not too good with that.

 

[BolianAuthor]

I think its nice just to say short story ideas, people in there are writings pages and page of material I certainly can't be bothered to read through.

Considering how much time some of us have invested in those stories, I'd have to say that I can't be bothered with participating further in your thread. Have fun.

Erm, was I insulting you in particular? No, I was just saying I can't be bothered to read long reams of fan fiction, get over it. And I'm damned annoyed my thread has just been dumped in this quagmire.

Hey, guess what... there's a reason threads like this usually don't do well...

Why should we writers, who spend all the time and energy, to develop great ideas, put them up here, for all to see, before we even post a potential story? That's just an invitation for someone ELSE to use the idea, and benefit from it, or it's an opportunity to have an idea just handed to you.

And if you think the fanfic forum is a quagmire, then IDK what to tell you, buddy, other than don't let the door hit you on the way out.

 

[Mistral]

And I'd say a moderator could wrap this up. I suspect further responses will be potshots at this clown's insensitive comments. You don't walk into someone's house and call it a s---hole, and you certainly don't go to a person's art display and tell them that it doesn't matter if their work is good or not because it's inconsequential and not worth the time. What is it the kids say these days? Massive fail.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

I really thought I was being courteous by suggesting the fanfic forum. But I see that no good deed goes unpunished--"quagmire"? Quite a discourteous way to return what was intended to be kindness.

 

[Gojirob]

Quagmire? Gigli-Gigli-Gig!

My advice : There are only six to ten great story ideas in all of existence. Everything else is recombinations of these. Pick one you like, and adapt it to an ST situation. Mine is based on 'The Hidden Prince' archetype.

Write about the E-E ferrying supplies to Romulan refugees in the wake of ST11. Write about Odo trying to de-xenophobe his people after WYLB. Have neo-Pike transcending time and space and becoming a therapist for TOS-Pike. Figure out where Carol, Gary, Number One and others are in the new history. Have Janeway become the new Starfleet CO of DS9 after her return, and combine the crews. Have the UFP deal with a zombie outbreak. Have Apollo from TOS land on the Roman Empire Planet. Write about the fall of the Empire in the MU. Have Smiley O'Brien resurrect it. Have Quark con Rom out of the GN's job.

Write anything. Just understand that FB is not a given, so be a bit more polite, okay?

 

[BrotherBenny]

The main reason this thread was moved is so that the PROFESSIONAL writers don't read possible story ideas. The thread wasn't "dumped into this quagmire" just to annoy you. And FYI, some of the "pages and pages of fan fiction material" are hundreds of times better than the drivel put out by Pocket Books in the past. I can think of over a dozen that I would willing pay for (Nerys, I'm looking at you ), and for you to dismiss it is poor form.

If you think you can do better, write your Gateway story and post it. We'll give you honest criticisms and tell you if it's good, because that's what we do.