How would you jump-start Star Trek?

Very good ideas all. Since the USA was founded, there has always been expansion and contraction between Federalism and Anti-Federalism. States rights vs. Federal and that is something that is done with planets as well, since there are always uprisings and bootlegging to try to get around imperial taxes and such. You see this today where the battles are between globalism and nationalism.

The tribbles idea is a good one, too, because in science, there used to be this idea of an “invasive species” that you were supposed to keep out of certain ecologies to maintain the natural balance. Some people would call humans an invasive species. Lately, there have been those “murder hornets.” Also, this was the reason why people were not supposed to transport fruit across state lines or import certain food items because of pests that might dwell within the food. The joke is that they allow illegal alien invaders from south of the border to come in by the millions, but your oranges and mangoes require strict inspection.

If you were selecting your all-star team, would you want quotas and handouts given or would you pick the winners that you knew were the best? This is something I struggle with as I do not know how to select writers or to do casting calls. I do have a theory on writers that I always wanted them to either have a military background or a clergy background as in religious service. The reason is the formal structure and the experience that these people have. Star Trek was meant to be a wild frontier pilgrimage or a Navy ship sailing in the stars, so I’d look for Navy grad writers or chaplain writers.

Last thing, but someone posted the best speeches of Pickard on this site. It was great. The characters on The Next Generation rivaled that of the original cast. To go with No. 1 and 2, which was Kirk and Spock, then you had Pickard and Riker. Instead of Scottie and Bones, you had the Klingon, the black with the visor and Data. I like Data, what a character. I also like that there were about 5 strong primary characters, and then, the secondary and tertiary characters.

Erase all the Kelvin-timeline stuff and start over. Jump another 100+ years into the future. 25th or 26th century. The federation has explored most of the milky way galaxy and either assimilated or made alliances with all the races. The new Enterprise will be the first ship to explore another galaxy. It’s a long journey but advances in warp make it possible.

Why?

To seek out new life and civilizations.

@Legatus_Legionis I actually just saw the episode. It’s not what I’m thinking though.  I think they would go to another galaxy.

I think the show just needs a clean break from everything it’s built up. The Borg are overdone. We’ve been to the delta quadrant.

My idea is they go to another galaxy and after finding nothing for a while stumble upon another Federation-like society. The Star Alliance. It’s far bigger than the Federation, maybe a 1,000 or more member worlds. It seems like a perfect match and a union is quickly established. In fact, maybe the Federation should be absorbed into The Star Alliance. But eventually something seems off. Despite so many different species, so much diversity they all seem so much alike. They read and quote the same stories, have zero disagreement about scientific theories, the same opinion of galactic history and so on.  When the Federation joins they’re expected to fall in line.

The representative of The Star Alliance smiles and says “I know it’s a lot but don’t worry. It may take some time but you will be assimilated.”

I could go on. I’ve actually thought about this a lot.