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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] I liked him a lot in [i]Dark City.[/i] Back to topic: While I hate te calls for a "dark gritty fall of the Federation series, they could make an incredible Trek series where the Klingon and/or Romulan empires crumbled and the federation had to deal with dozens of small factional governments rising from the wreckage (remember that both empires have many member species worlds within their borders) and the crime, refugees and blackmarket weapons that stem from an empire's collapse. Kind of a parable for the former Soviet Union, they could play to modern concerns about missing WMD (and in Trek, that's pretty darn serious), immigration and sentient's rights. Trek started out by showcasing flaws in society with a sci-fi premise (as did Outer Limits, Twilight Zone and a score of other classics). It could work today, if handled well... Mabye have the show centered around a Diplomat and his team as they work off various starships (that would keep the charcaters fresh) and travel from planet to planet resolving disputes and trying to avoid war. They could even keep the general Trek cast structure- the (strong character) Diplomat runs things (in the captain's role), has a right hand man (a starfleet commander as liason) two or three diplomatic specialists (I'd go all out and make them three diffrent species- mabye Vulcan, Andorian and Telerite to showcase the founding races) and two or three security officers (two starfleet and one independant to get around regulations when required and to have shady contacts). The traveling "conflict resolution team" would allow them to shocase unsen worlds both in and out of Federation territory, new races and, by traveling on whatever starship is available, give the viewers a look at all the purdy ships firsthand- mabye they could limit it to three ships total- that way they could introduce intresting secondary charcaters (like DS9 did). -mabye even a strained shipboard romance or two. Opinons? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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