Ryujin
Legend
No, but there's a matter of knowing when the time is right and, to be honest, I'm a little surprised that time wasn't 1999 (The year that "Galaxy Quest" was released).The basic idea of covering such characters has been knocking around since the original "Lower Decks," episode of ST: TNG in 1994.
The pitch for the show came from Mike McMahan - whom folks might know as a former producer and head writer for Rick and Morty - he got an Emmy for "Pickle Rick" for those who are familiar. This was not a guy who needed The Orville to give him ideas for comedy Star Trek.