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Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :

Ok, i'm not so sure in wich forum to post this..

Make up your own worst plots for a new series!! Let's call the ship the USS Whateverhernameis.
I'll start with mine:

The crew of the Whateverhernameis get stuck in a alternative universe and discover that they, and the rest of the ST universe are the stars in a TV series!
(actually, this already happened in "Past Tense" DS9)

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Posted by D-S on :

Don't know about an episode but it could have a doctor who starts of being normal then during the 4th or 5th season suddenly becomes unbelievably brilliant and can do almost anything.

Oh sorry that also happened in DS9.

Posted by D-S on :

How about some Klingons from the 2260's go into the future to DS9 and try to find out why the future Klingons have bumpy fods.

Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

Well, I think SNL did it best:

The series is set some time after Trek 6. The Excelsior, old and somewhat broken down, is towed into Risa orbit and converted into a restaurant/hotel. Captain Sulu remains aboard as the boss and the uniform pants are replaced with shorts.

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

A crew member falls ill from an alien and his memories good bad and indifferent have to be brought to the surface... thus ensuring a full recovery!

Oh, Shades of Grey

Well then how about...

The whole crew is beamed aboard a shuttle craft...

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

How about a show where a crew get stranded decades away from the Federation and they have to get back?

Just like Voyager, you say? Au contraire, my friends. You see, this ship wasn't transported into the far reaches of the galaxy. This ship was blown up, and its crew are puttering on back to Fed space in their escape pods... :-)

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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :

Si on...wait this isn't my French class.

How about having a kid onboard a starship that knows everything but is actually 98 years old who had a shuttle accident that made him young. He was an old admiral near retierment when the accident happend and now has decided to stay in Starfleet, where he has to deal with people who think he's too young to be an admiral.

I took the element of the episode where Picard and company become young again and expanded on it.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Hasn't this been suggested before at some point? I'm almost certain that I've heard this idea in the past...

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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :

That's because I suggested it..LOL.

I made an entire story about it with background info on the character and his involvement with the USS Prometheus Project.

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Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

Here's a plot that should be retired:

Some vital component of the ship starts to malfunction. The ship is in danger of blowing up. It gets fixed in the nick of time. End of story.

Add a teenage whiz-kid (like that NAMBLA refugee) as the fixer for more aggravation.

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Posted by Savar on :

If we're talking about plots that ought to be retired, I have one:

A situation has developed somewhere and our ship is the only one that can respond to the crisis in time.

This was the basic plot for:

Star Trek - The Motion Picture
Star Trek II - The Wrath of Kahn
Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home (somewhat of a stretch)
Star Trek V - The Final Frontier
Star Trek - Generations (Enterprise B at the Nexus)

All of these stories involved either a new ship, just out of spacedock, or an understaffed/inexperienced crew. Talk about going to the well once too often...

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

So let me get this straight...the plot you want to see retired is the one where a problem arises and the stars of the show have to solve it?

Star Trek: Test Pattern here we come, I guess.

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Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

Sol: That's right. Starships are supposed to be well-functioning machines. A vital component shouldn't suddenly stop working and endanger the entire ship. What if there were a show set on a submarine, a car or an airplane and the plots revolved around the engine not working correctly and endangering the cast with death? I know a starship is supposed to be a character, but such plots are rather contrived, I think. The same goes for holodeck malfunctions. Conflicts should come from the characters or from situations outside the ship, not from the ship itself. Futhermore, if the highly trained Starfleet engineers were unable to fix it, but a 14-year-old boy can, it makes the plot even more stupid.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

But that isn't what the post said. It specifically said there should not be anymore plots where a problem arised that only our heroes could solve. So I ask you, should we watch anything at all, ever? Lots of hospitals in Chicago, yet this guy just happens to wind up on ER? Plenty of people in the audience, but only one person is allowed to answer Regis? How likely is that?

I for one am sick of all these shows where these "characters" have to deal with some sort of "plot". I mean, come on, how often can we be expected to buy all this?

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Of course there should be a plot. Just not the same crappy one over and over.

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Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

Well, I was referring specifically to plots in which a piece of equipment on the Fleet's flagship or other commissioned ship suddenly stops working correctly and the crew has to race against a deadline to fix it. I think most people are tired of this particular plot. I was not attacking the whole basis of a series with a continuing cast! Jeez!

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