Star Trek-31st Century!

[Red Ranger]

Several of the ideas I've postulated -- certainly not all of them -- figure in a treatment I'm writing for a novel of my own, which is a cross between Galaxy Quest, Star Trek, the Matrix, and borrows from some cyberpunk like William Gibson.

I think you'd need some urgent reason for a galactic expedition. Perhaps even have a time travel angle, where a figure from the future Galactic Federation is sent back to make sure the timeline develops as it should to ensure the survival of the universe, for example.

So assuming our central ship is a Federation vessel, it could be a multi-generational ship with a precious cargo -- life forms from hundreds of worlds, who would be transplanted to new worlds in a new galaxy to prevent their extinction, for example, because of a deadly war in the Milky Way galaxy that has a high probability of occuring.

How would you have billions of life forms transported as cargo? As you may recall, in the TOS ep, "By Any Other Name," the Kelvans were able to reduce most of the crew into small hexagonal shapes. What if that technique could be used to shrink life forms down to even smaller sizes, and then held in a cargo space? That would be interesting.

Red Ranger

 

[hellsgate]

Well, I'd have an Iconian Gateway somehow play into the action. A Dominion or Borg threat to the science station constructed in geosynchronous orbit above the "Guardian Of Forever", or something equally off-the-wall that would draw a variety of authorities to investigate.

January 24 2379:

The older races have decided that Humanity & the other warp-faring species are once again at a critical point in their development which require the younger races to be separated like six-year-olds in a school-yard fist-fight.

The Organians (or beings like them,) from "Observer Effect" (from season four of "Star Trek: Enterprise") & "Errand Of Mercy" (from season one of Classic Trek,) & Voyager's Caretaker.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Organian

Something goes awry. The next few moments result in a cooperative expedition between several aggressive ships from the Romulans, Federation, Klingons & Cardassians.

The Powers-That-Be sweep the aggressors from each side into a strange new galaxy. They're (more or less) forced to find something better to do with themselves, such as cooperate, survive, thrive & explore.... or be stranded in a strange new galaxy forever.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Iconian_gateway

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_of_Forever

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Guardian_of_Forever

 

[Red Ranger]

Might be nice to bring back the Iconian Gateways, sure. Stranded forever in a strange galaxy sounds a bit too much like VOY, no offense. -- RR

 

[All Seeing Eye]

Doesnt Cardassia become a member of the Federation during the time of the USS Enterprise-J?

 

[hellsgate]

Well, Ok. Maybe the expedition's required to convince The Q Continuum, Organians (or whomever's in-charge of the Gateways,) that the members of the expedition have gotten the point of them being forcibly separated, in order to get back through the gateway home. They, of course, get successfully home in the end (not all of them get back to the same time period they originally left for a good reason you'll learn about during the course of the story.) But, in the meantime, the expedition learns some history-altering personal, military, spiritual, & scientific truths.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Fire said:
Doesnt Cardassia become a member of the Federation during the time of the USS Enterprise-J?

I think so but I'm not that sure.

 

[startrekwatcher]

Fire said:
Doesnt Cardassia become a member of the Federation during the time of the USS Enterprise-J?

No. The only names mentioned in Azati Prime were Klingons, Andorians and Ithenites(which by the way Coto intended to be the little copper aliens from Journey to Babel).

And besides the timeline we saw in the future aboard the ENT-J won't happen now because of subsequent events most noticably in Zero Hour.

 

[All Seeing Eye]

startrekwatcher said:

Fire said:
Doesnt Cardassia become a member of the Federation during the time of the USS Enterprise-J?

No. The only names mentioned in Azati Prime were Klingons, Andorians and Ithenites(which by the way Coto intended to be the little copper aliens from Journey to Babel).

Didnt some official Star Trek dude say that the inside of the Enterprise-J was designed to show Cardassian features because the Cardassians become members of the Federation? i'm sure I read/heard that somewhere.

Check out the Cardassian designs here in the background. Also the doors on the Ent-J in the episode are similar to the ones of DS9.