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Posted by DARKSTAR on :

A Starship 500 light years from Earth (9 Months at Warp 6) discovers a unique source of energy. It has the power to destory a whole sector. The starship is attacked by a hostile Species who steal the source and steal some data on Earth. The aliens set a course to Earth. The nearest fleet is 350 light years from the ship. The ship engages her warp drive and pursues the aliens. The fleet moves to intercept but how can they stop a species with the power to destroy a sector?

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

That's material for a single episode.

Without criticizing, what are the "evil species"'s motive? Are they of Kazon-level or dumber? 500 lightyears isn't that long, is it? Maybe it could be stretched out in two episodes.
The other major powers should be interested both in stopping this threat and getting some wonder juice for themselves.

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Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

Concur. It sounds like the aliens want to destroy Sector 001, but why? You need to build some back story there. And, to make this enough material for a series, the aliens' agenda can't be centered around a single event. If all they're doing is running towards Earth, there aren't going to be too many stops to explore worlds or whatever.

The dangerous power supply is harkens one back to "The Omega Directive".

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Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :

This "single starship obsessively chases an opponent" basic premise could work quite well if treated right. Or one could do it the other way round - our valiant starship finds something important whilst in enemy space, and the whole show is about the ship's desperate attempts to get back home with the secret. Sort of Voyager with a vengeance.

Basic premises don't carry shows very far, though. Voyager had the most clearly defined premise of all the shows, and failed to milk it. DS9 chose one of the vague original premises (Bajoran power struggles) and toyed with it, then discarded it in favor of an all-new war motif, and finally even got some mileage out of the Bajoran religion and Emissary business. You never know how a show will develop, no matter how good or bad a premise you formulate for it...

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Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :

Darkstar: I actually meant to say this in the other thread, but I'll say it here. You might want to post yuor series ideas in the "Design, Artwork, and Creativity" forum instead of the General forum. "Series V" is going to be whatever TPTB make it. Make your own name for your series and post it at DA&C.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Captain Ahab's gotta go hunt his starship??!??!

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

"All that most maddens and torments; all that stirs up the lees of things; all truth with malice in it; all that cracks the sinews and cakes the brain; all the subtle demonisms of life and thought; all evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly personified, and made practically assailable in Moby Dick"

Just because I like that sentence so.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Hmmm, First, thanks ... that's actually a good idea ...

If I can visualize it.

Imagine a Trek series with a regular villain ... I mean, name in title credits regular villain. Starship is for whatever reason in enemy space -- perhaps disputed territory between UFP and other race? For whatever reason, this ship, the USS Nameless, keeps coming in contact with villain, and villain's mission (or secret desire) is to destroy NAMELESS ... but he keeps failing ...

Eh. Sounds too much like "Dukes of Hazzard" or "The Smurfs" ...

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

We are Gargamel. You will be de-blueified. Happiness is futile.

Fire the damn Torpedoes. Everyone doesn't love you, blue bastard.

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

JeffK: That's exactly the reason everyone hated the idea of a Starfleet time travel show, with the villain "trying to destroy the Federation in the past." Every week he tries and keeps failing. Two words - note my instinctive grasp of pop culture here, kids - Mojo Jojo.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

I MUST destroy the starship, for it is the starship that is my enemy, and my enemy that is the starship. And so I must destroy it, the starship which is and remains my enemy.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Okay, it's finally starting to bug me, so I have to ask... What the fuck is a "Mojo Jojo"?! *L*

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

And for all you "clever lyrics" fans out there, Mojo Jojo's song on the PPG CD was done by none other than Devo.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Well, gee, that explains everything... *thwap!*

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

TSN: Mojo Jojo is a monkey. He's a bad, bad monkey. He has a superpowered brain in a glass-topped skull, and he likes trying to take over Townsville. He fights the goddy Power Puff Girls, who generally kick his monkey tuckus. He talks like I was talking about the starship above.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Ah... So, the answer is, basically, "the bad guy from The Powerpuff Girls". Okay.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

No, a bad guy.

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