(scratches his head)
well how about
Andromeda: you could have either a SF ship stuck in the event horizon of a black hole emerging after the FED fell in the 32nd century. Or, have a ship of a previously unkown/little known or understood galactic power from an earlier era find it's way into a Trek time period. Either way, the noble captain of the ship forges alliances to try to bring back a better period for the galaxy.
Avatar: a pre-FED earth finds a good source of dilithium, but the planet's inhabitants don't want us there. Sympathetic humans help them, and hope other civilizations (notably the Vulcans) will pressure the industrial powers that seek to strip mine a world to back off and let the humanoids that exist there to live in peace.
I haven't seen much of this season, but I had an idea that a Trek-verse version of Fringe might be an early front in the Temporal Cold war, with 21st century humans making surprising breakthroughs in technology, possibly with temporal help. Also in the mix are humans trained by some alien society to keep our development on track (Gary Seven, Eight and Nine, perhaps?). And who is the mysterious genius from Carbon Creek, PA? And why is he at the heart of all of it?
This one is a little sketchy: borrowing from some summer block busters and one big untouched bit of Trek movie information.
A group of explorers from the Machine Planet head to the Alpha Quadrent, curious as to what happened to V'GER. Realizing that this part of the galaxy(universe) is dominated by organic life, they adopt forms that blend in with our society: smaller robots create false humanoid forms to 'pass', while larger entities are rebuilt to look like ships, space stations, etc. The come to study us, but some fear that organics are a plague that will eclipse technoforms like themselves (and maybe the don't like how AQ races have 'enslaved' technoforms to do their bidding!), and a secret war breaks out amoungst them!
Last edited by Tricky; 05-13-2010 at 08:05 PM.
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