New Star Trek TV Series In Development

[GMforPowergamers]

I would love to see Enterprise F launch with a new youg crew at the helm. Meet them in media res, then do flash backs to the launch. Have Admarals Picard and Janeway at the launch.

If I were taking trek in a new direction, it would be fleets. In fact I would call it Star Trek: the 7th fleet.

The 7th fleet is a trouble shooting fleet. It is meant to deploy to hot zones and help problem areas. One week it could be rescuse a colony, the next escort supplies, the next form a wall at a neutral zone.
The flag ship of the 7th fleet is the Enterprise F, a new XXX class ship. It also has 2 Defiant Class, a Soviergn class, 3 Intrepid class, and a new type of ship for trek, a carrier.
The new carrier class ship is bigger then galaxy class enterprise, and looks like it but with a sphere instead of a saucer. It can doc the two defiant class ships on it, and holds run abouts and delta flyers.

the 8 ships each have a small command crew (mostly reaccuring or guest characters) but Enterprise has a new way of doing command crew. Instead of brisge crew as the landing party, there are x number of new characters who ar ethe landing party...I would say 1st officer and 4 named characters.

The big diffrence I would make is you can promote people by adding ships...and give the captian of the E-F the rank of "Fleet captain"

Just imagin a season 2 or 3 finaly having a ship blow up that everyone knows the name of some crew members, and real hard core trekeys can name a dozen people on... extra points if a main character SO is there... and that makes the fight personal.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

Enterprise has a new way of doing command crew. Instead of brisge crew as the landing party, there are x number of new characters who ar ethe landing party...I would say 1st officer and 4 named characters.

That's what they were supposed to do with TNG, but it was way too expensive. Urg, a fleet every week? No way. Not only would it be too expensive, you'd need major enemies every week to keep it from becoming a yawn-fest. (Not that it might not be a great show as a movie-of-the-month deal, but not as a regular weekly series.)

 

[GMforPowergamers]

That's what they were supposed to do with TNG, but it was way too expensive. Urg, a fleet every week? No way. Not only would it be too expensive, you'd need major enemies every week to keep it from becoming a yawn-fest. (Not that it might not be a great show as a movie-of-the-month deal, but not as a regular weekly series.)

first with new CGI you can do it easy...heck the last few seasons of DS9 and B5 showed that.

second, trek really has 3 basic type of stories...2 of witch force is not the answer. that means only 1/3 of the shows need to be anything modified...and those just are BIGGER...with fleets.

Save the planet from natural desater...no change
solve the riddle or mystery... no change
Ambasadoral work...little change

all of those are type 1 trek stories, ones where brains are a must


holodeck... no change
love story... no change

those + a few others are type 2 trek stories, they are ones that can be done on a planet or in a diffrent show intriely

war with alien of the week
invasion of borg
stand off with the romulans

the only changes are they have to be threats to a small fleet not a ship...

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I know there are 2 things that were against Roddenberry's vision that appeared in the later series, that I hope they do use since it would be boring if they didn't.

Which are, continuing storylines and inter-crew character conflict.

I much prefer if they go with a more serialized approach to writing, yes there still should be room for standalone episodic stuff in the series, but that should be in the early to mid season, later in the season everything should favour things that tie into a major plotline. I never got the argument that since something is serialized it's inaccessible to audiences. Especially in this age, where it's easier to catch up with a series. The newer series went with this approach, even if they were forced to go mostly episodic. DS9 could have been strongly serialized, but meddling prevented it from being that way.

With character conflict, it's common sense to writing with just about any type of story that their should be character conflict. Now I'm not talking about over the top character inter-character conflicts that would make it seem like an immature soap opera, but some where it's just natural to have such things. As (inter-crew) character does conflicts leads to character growth. This was also another point brought up by DS9 as they had to get around the guideline that there should never be any conflicts between the Starfleet cast members, by focusing a lot on the non-Starfleet cast members.

 

[Kzach]

One other thing I'd like to see is a reduction in technology. This was one of the major factors which spoiled Voyager for me (aside from the billion other things). I mean, ffs, they single-handedly defeated the Borg in the Borg's home sector. They took technology to stupidly ridiculous levels so that even I could no longer suspend my incredulity. They may as well have a crew of Q's, because nothing in the universe is a challenge anymore.

Have the Federation suffer a major setback, like maybe the ones in the novels suggested earlier in the thread, where they also lose a substantial amount of their technological advantage. Have the Federation on the back foot for once. Starfleet in disarray, Federation space contested, relations with all the factions on a tightrope.

In fact... screw space exploration. Repairing all the political fallout could be an awesome series if done right. Although it'd be under the guise of a diplomatic series, it could be action and intrigue packed as factions within factions vie for power in the vacuum left by the struggling Federation. Each planet and species weighing up its options and having to be convinced to maintain its ties to the Federation and commit resources to Starfleet.

 

[MarkB]

As a show concept, I'd like to see something new to the TV franchise. Maybe something like Starfleet Special Operations - a small, close-knit team of intelligence operatives, working from a ship that looks like a nondescript tramp freighter, but is actually a top-of-the-line Starfleet ship on the inside (maybe with holographic technology to further disguise its appearance).

They're basically Starfleet's Impossible Missions Force, using disguise and deception to infiltrate delicate situations and resolve problems before they can escalate into major incidents.

Use the format to explore the societies and politics of other Alpha-quadrant cultures, throw in some tough choices and some moral ambiguity on the part of their superiors, and it could develop into a decent drama.

 

[Hand of Evil]

For concept: Captain Logs, this way you could show a point of view from any race or battle, and any time.

 

[Fast Learner]

I very, very, very much don't want to see characters from the other series. I have fond memories, but so many bad memories that I wouldn't enjoy any cameos.

What I would like to see is a series set in the Trek universe that's not about Starfleet people at all. Maybe not Firefly in the Trek universe per se, but "regular" people who have conflicting goals but mostly work together for a common cause: making money, survival, whatever.

And ex-Starfleet officer would be interesting, someone who knows Starfleet ways and can take advantage of that knowledge; I'm sure y'all can think of other interesting characters. A few secret agendas and motivations can keep things interesting.

Set this group against whatever Trek canon background you like, including any of those suggested earlier in the thread, and you'd have a show I'd actively want to watch.

 

[Pbartender]

You know what I'd like to see?

This (maybe done as a flack-back miniseries to start the ball rolling):

The Novels that follow the TV Timeline (Destiny and Typhon Pact Series) include a final showdown with...

Spoiler

The Borg. It is a major apocalyptic event. Thousands of Cubes invade Federation Space and destroy a massive fleet assembled that includes Federation, Cardassian, Klingon, Romulan, Gorn, Breen and even Ferengi Ships in seconds. Many worlds are completely and utterly destroyed and made lifeless, starbases vaporized. It spurs the creation of the Typhon Pact, a sort of Anti-Federation which includes the Romulan Star Empire (but not the Imperial Romulan State), The Breen, The Tholians and some other minor races. The Borg however are finally and truly gone, though the Federation doesn't believe it. The fallout is intense, Andoria leaves the Federation...

. Setting the TV Show after these events makes sense. The crews of the Enterprise and DS9 are all split up. Riker and Geordi are captaining their own ships. Worf is back on the Enterprise with Picard and Beverly, Data is still "dead". Janeway (to most of your delights) is also dead and Voyager with most of its previous crew has returned to the Delta Quadrant with a fleet of 9 other ships via Slipstream to continue exploration, look for the Borg and establish diplomatic relations between whomever is out there.

It's a perfect setting for a new crew to tell it's own stories with regular checkins and contact from the previous older crews. The Federation has no choice but to use younger and slightly untested crews as they struggle to explore and rebuild and deal with the new diplomatic landscape. It's just the perfect setting for a TV Show and changes some of the previous crutches (no more borg yay!)

Combined with this:

One other thing I'd like to see is a reduction in technology. This was one of the major factors which spoiled Voyager for me (aside from the billion other things). I mean, ffs, they single-handedly defeated the Borg in the Borg's home sector. They took technology to stupidly ridiculous levels so that even I could no longer suspend my incredulity. They may as well have a crew of Q's, because nothing in the universe is a challenge anymore.

Have the Federation suffer a major setback, like maybe the ones in the novels suggested earlier in the thread, where they also lose a substantial amount of their technological advantage. Have the Federation on the back foot for once. Starfleet in disarray, Federation space contested, relations with all the factions on a tightrope.

...to put not just the Federation, but the entire region of space into the same sort of situation that existed in Europe during the Dark Ages when the Roman Empire finally and completely fell apart. The remnant of the Federation must send young, untested, armed explorers and diplomats out in slapdash, rattletrap ships to rediscover lost colonies, fallen allies, old (and new) enemies and lost technologies. they wouldn't even have to be Starfleet personnel exploring... They could be independent explorers or, as what often happened during the Age of Exploration, a crew backed by a company that expects profits from discovered resources, salvage and trade routes.

IWhat I would like to see is a series set in the Trek universe that's not about Starfleet people at all. Maybe not Firefly in the Trek universe per se, but "regular" people who have conflicting goals but mostly work together for a common cause: making money, survival, whatever.

And ex-Starfleet officer would be interesting, someone who knows Starfleet ways and can take advantage of that knowledge; I'm sure y'all can think of other interesting characters. A few secret agendas and motivations can keep things interesting.

Set this group against whatever Trek canon background you like, including any of those suggested earlier in the thread, and you'd have a show I'd actively want to watch.

Holy Cow... I'd love to see a Star Trek series that wasn't humano-centric. A Klingon based series could be awfully fun.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I'd like if they tried to show a little more of the Romulans with a crew member who is one. Not like Worf who was a Klingon in a starfleet uniform, but more like Kira Nerys who was a Bajoran in a Bajoran uniform. Since I feel it would be interesting if there was a full-fledged member of the Romulan Imperial Navy as part of a crew of mostly starfleet officers, maybe as something such as an officer exchange program. Such a character would be a window into that culture so that we can see that they're more than just "anti-vulcans" and as a bit of an outsider point of view and source of character conflict.