What should the new Trek series be about.

Maybe if it focused specifically on the war with the Dominion.Like a battleship, or a team of elite federation commandoes or something.

Anything, once it isn't one about Starfleet Academy. I don't know but that just doesn't sound very appealing.

Ooh, ooh, finally I get a chance to talk about my plan for the next Trek series :-D

Picture, if you will : The Dominion, licking its wounds after its defeat, slinks back to the Gamma Quadrant. Deciding to take the offensive for once, Starfleet orders a specially designed ship into the Gamma Quadrant, to explore the enemy's territory, find potential allies and keep abreast of any Dominion movement.

The Klingons, having suffered severe losses in the war, cannot send a ship of their own into the Gamma Quadrant, so they send a liaison officer (who becomes the CMO). The Romulans, having fared much better in the war, start sending ships of their own into the Gamma Quadrant. Meanwhile, the Dominion watches, and waits....

I liked the premise of the New Frontier books, although you probably could not copy it for TV.

Pardon me for saying so, but wouldn't this board go better in the general Kitchen Sink?

I still like my idea, Star Trek: YOU DID WHAT!!!
We can see our nits put on the tube in the form of our favorite characters getting raked over the coals for the moral, intellectual, legal, and technical mistakes/things they've done over the course of three series and nine movies.
"So tell me Mr. La Forge. Instead of letting the flagship of the Federation go boom, why didn't you eject the warp core with the 5 minutes you had to play with?"
"......"
"Thats what I thought."

The logical choice for TPTB to make would be
to have a Starfleet Academy series. Financially
and ratings-wise. But hardcore fans will need
better than that after Voyager(groan) stops making
episodes. I always tried to imagine a series
based on a viewpoint aside from the Federations,
but that would be VERY hard to pull off. I don't
think they will give Captain Sulu a show either.
But what do I know?

A new Trek show will be VERY hard to pull off. I think it should go back to the classics - no Dominion, few as possible cardassian. Lots of Star Fleet / Klingon/ Romulan stuff... how about soomething like -
The treaty of algernon(sp?) which prevents Star Fleet from building clocked ship is about to end, and the show will involve Diffrent characters from diffrent races trying to prevent the up comming war, and to prepare to it if it will come... sort of an armunition race. The show should have a premise like this as a base for it's Mythological ( or Acr oriented) episodes, while the stand alones will continue to deal with all sorts of Trek stuff

But that's just me

Are you kidding? I hate Voyager's "What happens
in one episode has absolutely no effect on
any other episode...almost like the episode
never happened!"

Not a Starfleet Academy series please, particularly if the focus of the show is on cadets saving the day.

I agree with Hans. If there was another series,
I would just hope that it would be the same
production crew from DS9 that would work on it.

For my two cents worth, I think they should have a Captain Sulu series. I know that Goerge Takei has been lobbying for one for a long time, and it would be a good way to wrap up the histories of the original characters. We know what happened to Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Scotty, but what about Sulu, Chekov, Uhura and Chapel? What probably will happen, though, is that after Voyager, Paramount will take a break from a Star Trek TV series. This would be unfortunate, but Paramount has always been interested only in the almighty dollar, not what the fans want.

I suppose everyone is going to hate this idea but what's wrong with a return to the STNG format with Captain Will Riker and a completely new crew on the Starship Enterprise or a new starship. Just so long as there is some sort of continuity between episodes. I for one am getting really sick of the reset button being pushed at the end of each episode.

I don't hate it.

I love it, but it will never happen

I thought it would be cool to have the Rotarran in the Delta Quadrant. Some parts of the episodes would overlap Voyager shows, but we would see a klingon spin on things. Just a thought.

Actually, weren't they talking about an Adventures of Captain Sulu show a while back?

Yes, but I don't think we should take a step back like that.It should either be in the trek present, namely wartime, or further in the future.And beside, Sulu wasn't that great.
How about a series about the 29th century Starfleet we saw in Voyager?

I'd like to see a section 31 series. New adventures every week, the possibility of all sorts of people showing up, the fun of a spy show.
Also wouldn't mind a Starfleet Academy show if it were more like "The Paper Chase" and less like "BH90210".

I would like to see a series set back in the TOS era, or even before, like a prequel. With another one of the original 13 Constitution class ships! Imagine TOS with good effects and a new crew. New Adventures. Same theory, give the audience what they want!

ANP

Brilliant idea, Amos! I would love to se the adventures one of the Contitution-class. Or perhaps another class of ship operating at the same time (2266-2269). There will be plenty of stardate nits to be found.

I don't see it happening, Charles and Amos. While I know in the Star Trek storyline, the Constitution class vessel is years beyond us today, in reality that show is severely dated (I mean, do we REALLY need to see that many primary colors - and those uniforms? Thank goodness you can't find that much polyester in one place anymore...) If you try and update it to match today's special effects, you have a conflict between the two series as to which is canon, and if you film more episodes as they appeared on TOS, the episodes look dated.

I still say a series set in the latter end of the movie era would be the best. While we've had a few movies set in this time frame, there are still a lot of areas yet that could be explored. Plus, those uniforms are still among the best, and the sets have an awesome look and feel to them (I love the black and brushed steel look). If not the movie era - you still have plenty of time between the Enterprise-B and the Enterprise-D to cover...

Perhaps an Excelsior-class vessel (not necessarily Sulu's ship, but that's a possibility), and if it isn't Sulu's ship, you might have cameo's by Sulu and crew.

I don't think going further forward would work - you start to have things looking so "futuristic" they end up looking just plain silly (an example of this is the holographic communicator that they used for a total of 3 episodes on DS9).

I think that it could happen, 6 years ago who would have predicted a series about StarFleeters and Rebels on the other side of the galaxy?

ANP

I don't think the holo-communicator looks silly- it was used very well in 'For the Uniform'.

However, later uses were done badly- I think the admiral in 'Dr. Bashir I Presume' was supposed to be using it, but they didn't make it clear.

The holo-communicator was a terrific device in "For the Uniform", certainly. But I just like that ep.

One acquaintance of mine has suggested that they do an entirely Borg-centered series. AOTW becomes "assimilation of the week". Plenty of violence and queens-in-waiting to keep that 18-35 age group happy, no need to pay regular actors since there aren't any individuals.....

Granted that it wouldn't be sustainable over more than a season, but it's a thought.

I have a suggestion for a new series. We have a package delivery company, (or some other comercial venture) called The Federation Package Service, delivering packages on the edge of the frontier. (They will even go to Qu'nos, for a price.) Our show deals with the crew of the SS Pony Express and their adventures on Earth, Mars, Vulcan, Trill, Tribble, Qu'nos, and in the Neutral Zone. Going toe-to-toe (or appliable appendage) with Hew-mons, Trills (claranet trills are the worst), Klingons, Vulcans, Starfleeters, Lissipians, and even the dreaded Q'utnti'jhghhians.

Problems-1. Most charaters would have to be non-human to avoid the "The aquition of wealth is not a driving factor for the species" or say that Picard was a hippocrtit about money.
2. Starfleet would have to used minimally and sometimes would be villans.
3. When does Paramount listen to us?

Why I like this idea- It shows us people we can relate to. Everyone has seen and talked to a postman, but few of us have meet an alien, and android or a warp-field specialist.

I really hope you're not serious.Okay, so maybe we can identify with a postman better than an alien.That didn't save The Postman , did it?No.
Because, the Dominion war is way more interesting than a galactic parcel service.

I agree. My uncle flies for FedEx. It may take him to exotic places, but not for long and always on a routine. It's dull. Besides, Starfleet couldn't be a villain. Federal law prohibits tampering with the mail.

Would this show be called "The Fed-Ex Files"? (Ba-Dum Bum!)

Hey, why do ST movies have to center on Starfleet? Why not civilians? Lots of perfectly good non-sf movies center on civilians. So it would be interesting to have Star Trek: Civilians.

I think a Section 31 series would be a great idea!!I would love all the intrique(SP?).They would more than likely have Bashir, Garak maybe, and probably Ezri.

I think a focus on a science ship or civilians or an honors field study group of cadets would be great. We've seen a lot of war with DS9, the Next
Gen movies and Voyager. Any one of the things would be something different.

As we all know, Star Trek has had a penchant for time-travel shows. I know a lot of people are sick of them, but I'm not one of them. I've always felt that the creators could rename the series "Time Trek" and it would be just fine with me -- which brings me to my idea for a new series, called -- you guessed it -- "Time Trek"!

This series would be set in the 29th century, featuring, say, Capt. Braxton and/or others in a Federation that explores time as well as space. Our heroes could observe key events and time periods in galactic history -- the Vulcan Reformation, the rise of Kahless to power on Qo'nos, the origins of the Borg collective and the Dominion -- the list goes on and on. Of course, they could also observe races that are new to the viewer, and undoubtedly would be called upon from time to time (no pun intended) to stop villains who are out to rewrite history in some fashion or another.

Didn't an episode of Voyager reveal that Starfleet will master time travel sometime in the future? I love the time travel episodes and would enjoy a series filled with them, as long as they could do it without being too cliche.

"Time Trek" sounds too much like "Star Trek" meets the old "Time Tunnel" TV series...which is exactly why I think that Paramount would tend to go in that direction! Everything old is new again in the world of TV - remember, Gene Roddenberry sold "Star Trek" to NBC as "Wagon Train" in the stars, so TV execs LOVE whatever is not original or creative.

Personally, I like the idea of going either civilian or a Federation science ship where we can slough off the endless wars and battles between species (the Borg, then the Romulans wanted to take over Vulcan, then the Dominion tied us up in knots for season after season...) and we can focus on the better aspects of science fiction: compelling stories about dymanic and rich characters with thoughtful plots and something to challenge the viewer to THINK for themselves instead of being a couch potato. The special effects in DS9 have not been done in episodic television before, and IMO, are more realistically rendered (though not always making sense) than the SFX that were on "Babylon 5". But SFX are the icing of the cake, and I for one would not want a cake made primarily of icing and little cake.

If Paramount is going to do anything, I say "Enough with the icing: Give us the cake!"

There is still the Dyson sphere somewhere out there. It's a nice target for many, many expeditions.

Ugh - after (attempting) to read the very, VERY dry novel "The Dyson Sphere" (TNG) that just came out, I never want to hear the name Dyson Sphere again. (Can you tell I didn't like it? :-)

Kyle, they tried that, with a little "Lost in Space" thrown in... I believe it's called "Voyager". Unfortunately, the writing stinks on that. Maybe Mr. Behr will come over to VOY now that DS9 is over?

Actually, to nitpick, all the cool graphics are VFX, not SFX - SFX is when they make things blow up, fly through the air, etc., during production. VFX is what happens during post-production, including filling in blue-screen effects, adding phaser shots, transporter beams, etc., as well as adding the CGI. But that's an aside.. :-)

Anyway - I think the idea of Voyager is OK - maybe even the writing might be tolerable - the problem I see with Voyager is that the characters don't mature. The characters we see today are barely different than the characters we saw during first season. In addition, the characters are still rather one-dimensional. What I mean by both of these two is you have the brash pilot, the young ensign, the unflappable Vulcan, and the (for lack of a better description) motherly Captain. That's all I think about when I think of the characters, to be honest.

Every time that Voyager tries to add another dimension to the character, they quickly abandon it within 1-3 episodes, so that you never really get a chance to see another facet to their character.

That, in a nutshell, is Voyagers problem, IMHO. Totally unrelated to the topic of this board, but thought I'd toss it out for comment. (Yeah, go ahead - I don't particularly care if the Kitchen Sink topics stray a little.)

Star Trek: Century

A crew from the 23rd century is caught in a wormhole that transports them 100 years into the future. Not only is the wormhole clsoed, but starfleet has decided to keep them under lock and key to prevent 'temporal contamination.' Thus, the crew is left alone and isolated. But the captain is not about to be locked away. He hatches a plan to escape. Starfleet intellegence quickly realizes that the crew is from another time, a time when bending the rules was acceptable. The crew is persuaded to enhance some of their technology, but they want to maintain the 'look and feel' of their ship above all else. Accompanying the crew on their new missions is Dorag, a Temporal Investigations expert, to insure that the timeline is not contaminated. His orders are to make sure that the crew stay in the present. Unfortunately, the crew has other plans...

Cool, huh? Keeps the themes and ideals from TOS with the SFX of Voyager.

It's time for a non-human captain. They've done the white guy>bald guy>black guy>woman thing, getting progressively more politically correct(which is a good thing, lest you thought I was complaining!) Now, how about a Vulcan, or a Betazoid? Perhaps a human/alien hybrid to start with, and then, as they have in past incarnations, wait till we get used to that before hitting us with the adventures of a wholly non-human (Terran) crew! Could we handle it, do you think? Of course, they'd still all speak in English (Federation Standard) and use familiar expressions (My God! Piece of cake! No kidding?) and, naturally, they'd know how to play baseball.
Or what about a show that is premised entirely on previous shows. Like TNG's 4th season of "reunion" episodes, it would follow up on the dangling ends of old episodes. What ever happened to that Admiral after he was Court Martialed? Just WHY don't they use that technology anymore? Where did that cute ensign get transferred to? How did THEY ever get admitted to the Federation? Who was that masked man?
*Incidentally, Peter David's New Fronteir series explored facets of both of these, with an alien captain, and the re-appearance of several minor characters (Lefler, Shelby, Selar). He is so cool!(I meant Peter David, but, now that I think about it, Captain Calhoun is also quite cool).

I would love to see a series where both the commanding officer and the first officer are female. We have had male-male, male-female, and female-male. It's about time for a female command team with a friendship like Kirk and Spock's. Of course, this is all IMHO. I understand that the male population of these boards may disagree. :-)

I like that Star Trek: Century idea, too.

I think the next series should be set after the dominion war but for a differnt races view like the klingon or romulans were they would follow the crew of one of thier ships and dealing with problems their way. Or the next show could take place in the mirror universe were we see the terran rebles form fleets of defiant ships to win back their freedom and their rightful place in the alpha quad. What do you guys think?

A mirror universe idea is very interesting. It is not always a comfortable place to visit, and we certainly wouldn't want to live there, but it is fun, and challenging, in all the best traditions of Trek. And it is certainly a thought, as it would keep several of our favourite characters around. I like it!

Star Trek: Century. The idea is not possible. If they go to the future, than history will tell if they did or didnt get back. Either way, youve kiled the suspense. If they did, then starfleet would do everything in its power to return them to avoid time paradoxes, if they didnt, starfleet would tell them to help them adapt, and even if they tried to go back, we would KNOW they never made it. As to Time Trek, It was done this past week on voyager, so maybe its possible

Personally, I'd like a series set in the late 25th century, perhaps something like 2497. The U.S.S. Enterprise-I, one of the first in the new 'Boudicca' (I like this name because the real Queen Boudicca was prepared to do anything, even die, rather than accept defeat, which I think sums up this series) class of starships, is still being built, inside the atmosphere of Neptune. It has a new warp system, E-Warp, which bypasses transwarp, thereby going between Warp 9.999 and infinite velocity. It's been assigned to go to Andromeda and make 1st contact there. (the journey should take about three years) Safe under Neptune's cover, the Enterprise would suddenly find themselves facing a Borg cone. The cone informs them that the rest of the Federation has been assimilated, and they should now surrender themselves for assimilation. The Captain, one Zestri Dax (yes, Dax) realises the Borg aren't a deceitful culture, and accepts what they're saying as the truth. This has the Enterprise as the final ashes of the Federation. The Enterprise escapes from Neptune, and begins a journey towards Andromeda and beyond, hoping to find new allies and with them restore the Federation and ensure the final defeat of the Borg . . .

I do have to say one idea I would like to see
in a possible 5th Trek series is a Mission Impossible-like Starfleet Intelligence-series. I honestly would not want it to be Section 31 though. I think 31 makes better villians and while I do like James Bond-ish stories, the whole 31 "conspiracy theory on your own citizens" week after week would get stale fast.

Several explorerships from the federation crosses a Federation-Made wormhole, but something goes wrong. They end up in a different galaxy, and meeet up. They realize they can't get home at maximum warp, but they can still comunicate with Starfleet. Voyager, with a twist.

We've discussed what the next series should be over. But when should it be on?

Official word from Paramount has been that it will premiere sometime in 2001. This will be right after Voyager goes off the air. it might possibly be rushed to September 2000, putting it in competition with Voyager's last season. This, IMHO, is a very bad idea.

DS9 was put on the air in the middle of TNG's 6th season. The last two seasons of TNG were possibly the best that show had. As a result, DS9 wasn't given much attention. Then TNG went off the air. DS9 was given all of four months to itself before Voyager showed up and Trekkers everywhere cringed. People started thinking that all Trek sucked just becaluse Voyager (admittedly) did. Even though DS9 produced some of the finest hours of Trek in existence, it never attracted the audience that TNG did. Another part of this was that after Tng, TV people realized that there was money to ba had in sci-fi. So we got Babylon 5 and Earth: Final Conflict and Stargate: SG1 and Hercules and Xena and a million other clone shows. Trek has shifted to the side because of all these other shows.

So this is the situation. A million sci-fi shows, all competing against each other. Not a good thing for Trek. Fast forward three years. Voyager is about to go off the air. Sudenly, there will not be a new televised Star Trek series on the air for the first time in fourteen years. However, it would not be a good thing to debut another one immediately.

Why? Think back to the void between TOS and TNG. Practically no quality sci-fi on American TV. Then TNG comes out. Rave reviews. The fans love it. It starts beating network television in the ratings. Nobody can equal it. Wouldn't it be cool if that happened again? If Paramont would wait for a few years after Voyager goes off and the TNG movies die down, they could shock the world again. If it were done correctly, the fifth Trek could be as good as or better than any previous incarnation. But not if it's just slammed in there to fill the spot left by Voyager. (And please let them kill UPN when Voyager dies. There is nothing on there. They've lost huge amounts of money on this thing. Pull the plug.)

Of course, none of this will happen because Paramount is only concerned with making money. They've fallen into the mindset that if some is good, more is better. I just hope that they remember their Trek history when planning for the next one. It's like being a child: We like chocolate, but we don't want raw chocolate being poured down our throats until we explode. Please, Paramount, wait a while before introducing the next Trek. We like it, but we don't want to gorge on it.

On up side to overlapping the series is that it makes it easier to digest the first seasons worth of 'not-so-good' eps if there is still a strong series (Voyager, assuming it gets better) out there. I just dont want the 'only' trek thats on to be a sucky one. Is that possible? Wont I probably watch it anyway? Yeah, I probably will. I hate being lost in a show, I love watching the unpopular shows because the sub-plots are sometimes future big hitters.

So, Those are my thoughts

I heard that it was going to be between the
Fall of 2000 and the Fall of 2002 when the
new series will air.From what I understand it
will take place 15 years following Voyager which
will put it in the early 25th century.
Starfleet will find a cyrogenically frozen
American astronaut from the late 20th century
and will unfreeze him and team him up with a
brainy scientist,a buxom blonde Colonel and
a smart talking ro...Hey,wait a minute that
show's been done already it was called Buck
Rogers In The Twenty Fifth Century...Sorry
when the phrase 25th century came up I just had
to do that to see if you were awake still!!:)
But seriously folks...rumor has it that Brannon
Braga and Michael Piller will be two of the
creators/exectuive producers of the new series
and anything that Rick Berman does will so far
be strictly free lance.

God help us all, then. Isn't Brannon Braga the one who decided they should ignore continuity in favor of bad action stories and Seven of Nine's chest?

I vote for no new Star Trek. It's become a franchise. Give it a rest. Keep making movies, but stop the TV productions for a few years. The momentum is lost, and the ST universe is nearly bastardized.

Sounds like a good idea to me. I really think they should stop the movies for a while too, until abouit 2006, because anything they do from here on out will be in direct competition with tar Wars, and they can't help but lose. (Not to mention that they wouln't be able to use ILM for a while because they're too busy with Star Wars.)

I just think they should remind themselves of why Next Generation was a hit and try to make the same situation come about again.

News and specualtion from Outpost Gallifrey:
During several interviews, executive producer Rick Berman has said that a fifth Star Trek series will be coming "sooner than later". Apparently he has already denied the "Starfleet Academy" series being touted. Other rumors have speculated a jump to the 25th century or even further in the future.

It appears that Mulgrew has signed completely to the seventh season of Voyager, but has said, on the subject of Voyager's return to the Alpha Quadrant, "Don't put a period on the end of that, but I think Paramount does not wish us to return."

Another Film On the Horizon?: At the recent 25th Annual Saturn Awards ceremony, Paramount Pictures Chairwoman Sherry Lansing said commented about plans for the next Star Trek feature film, Star Trek X. "There will be a new movie, probably in two years," Lansing said. "We're going to reinvent it and do something fresh and original." She went on to say: "We've got a lot of ideas boiling in all of our heads. We want to come up with something different, possibly with new cast members. It's really too early to say exactly what it is. We will do another one." That Paramount is even *considering* doing a film without the core Next Generation cast is somewhat unusual, although the chances of them going through with such a choice seems unlikely. (Courtesy the Optical Data Network)

A DS9 Retrospective?: Chase Masterson (DS9: Leeta) reportedly told the May issue of the UK's Dreamwatch magazine that she hopes to convince the Sci-Fi Channel to produce a one-hour Deep Space Nine retrospective. "Isn't this great? I hope it happens. It would be a look on seven years of wonderful television. It would air on the Sci-Fi Channel and probably be released on video." Paul Simpson quoted the actress as saying. "I would produce and host it, but that's not the reason I want to do it. I want to do it because it should be done. I think, to be honest, I'm just the person to put it together having been on the inside and having the relationship with the Sci-Fi Channel and the fact I'm beginning to produce. What I'd like is to bring a bit of what this series has meant home in a cohesive show. I we do it right, there will be a lot of tears." (Courtesy the Optical Data Network)

James Darren CD: Paramount has announced plans to release an album featuring songs sung by James Darren as Vic Fontaine on on Deep Space Nine. (Courtesy the Optical Data Network)

You know... I just got an idea that actually has some potential and throws the direction of the series around a little. What about the next series focusing on the Maquis? They were always mentioned, but we never really got a chance to really see the real workings of them, and there would definetly be some opportunities to add some real depth to the show. Thanks to Voyager's (groan) handy little news about the Maquis getting wiped out, the potential to turn the series into a real epic is pretty clear! Just a thought though... ^_^

Star Trek: Unity? In the mid-25th century, a joint venture between the Klingons and Federation to create a starship capable of transporting a starfleet-klingon crew to Andromeda, in order to destroy the alliance between the Romulans and a powerful Andromedite species called the Dogei. results in the U.S.S. Fearless, equipped with faster-than-ever Quantum warp drive. Fearless sets out on its voyage to Andromeda, knowing it is never to return.

Who needs a new Andromedite species? Bring back the Kelvans from TOS, who already wanted to take over the galaxy becasue their would have become unlivable.

OK, how about a sickeningly awful compromise- the Kelvan-Dogei-Romulan alliance? (we all know who'd lose out, of course- our unfortunate pointy-eared neighbours)

The idea of a combined Federation-Klingon starship is nothing new. There are a few fan movies about the USS Highlander and it's extremely stewpid Captain Norad. Very crazy homemade stuff with good CGI.

I thought maybe they would give Worf a Command of his own.

How about a new series/crew starting out with a movie w/ cameos by central characters from the other series? Establish the new characters, their ship, and their mission. Oh, and YES to an alien captain!

They won't. It's been established that Worf will never have a command of their own. Unless the Voyager people are running the next series.

So, there is hope for a captancy for Worf. Long live Captain Worf!

I wish it could happen, but Michael Dorn says he doesn't want to play Worf any more. Well, he'll do the odd movie, he says, but he doesn't still want to be playing him at fifty.
(Doncha just hate it when reality gets in the way?)

Why do we have to have all of these tie ins and spin offs. Why don't they create a new trek series with a whole new cast exploring a whole new region of space and they meet a whole new bunch of bad guys. When The Next Generation came on, Gene Roddenberry said that he didn't want anything that was like the original series. NO ROMULANS, VULCANS, OR KLINGONS. (Granted these rules were broken from time to time, especially the Klingons and Romulans) The point is that the Next Generation was popular because it was different. We need a positive new series with a whole new cast and all new baddies. And some brighter sets would help too. HEHEHE

How about a series from a Borg perspecitive? Then again that may be boring after not too long. Wouldit's intro go like this;

Assimilation, every species greatest fear.
These are the voyages of the borg sphere T4873-T9
It mission; to assimilate new life forms and civilzation
To boldly assimilate what no borg has assimilated before!

Then you see severl fly by's of a borg sphere, witht he characters names, 9 of 12 , 56 of 457 , 47 of 74 etc.

They`d all say things at the same time.

BTW, when I saw the board heading I thought:

What`s Next?
What
I said "What`s Next"!
What
Are you listening to me?
Yes
Well, What`s Next?
Exactly
Exactly, What`s Exactly?
No, What isn`t Exactly, What`s next!
That`s waht I`m asking you!

etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc

I'd like to see a show set in the alternate universe.

Ronald D. Moore, in an exclusive interview with Star Trek Monthly in England, once commented that if they do go ahead with a new series, it will most definitely be a year or two after Voyager finishes and "may or may not involve setting it in another time period." Now that would be interesting- a pre-TOS series, akin to the "Starfleet Year One" serial novel by Michael Jan Friedman that depicts, amongst other things, the closing events of the first war with the Romulans, as recorded by the starship "Essex" (yes, that one of TNG "Power Play").
[And, whilst mentioning Ronald D. Moore, he said in the same interview, when asked about a DS9 movie, "there probably won't be one". When asked if he would write the script if Rick Berman decides to do one, he paused and said firmly, "yes".]

Saw it somewhere on the net a few days ago, of course I don't know if it's true but..

Star Trek: Excellent

The idea is a starship helping a far distant federation colony, with possibly an alien captain, and they are attacked by a barbaric like race. can't see that storyline holding holding up for seven years.

How about a series lead who isn't Captain/Station Commander/Supreme Master of the Multiverse etc.? Similar to the way things are done on (gnnggnn) Space: Above and Beyond?

Someone mentioned a 23rd century crew in the 24th century. It's been done, the USS Bozeman. (Maybe once the show Frasier ends, they'll be giving Kelsey Grammer something else to do...) I fully agree with everyone who said that if there is another Star Trek series, it should not be made immediately. With well over 300 good TNG/DS9 episodes in syndicated reruns, and the 20 or so episodes of Voyager that didn't bite, I will sleep easily at night, and not fear the utter destruction of the franchise.