Star Trek: Renegades

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It is ten years after Voyager’s return from the Delta Quadrant, and the Federation is in a crisis. The Federation’s main suppliers of dilithium crystals are disappearing. Space and time have folded around several planets, effectively isolating them from any contact with outside worlds. And this phenomenon is not natural – someone or something is causing this to happen. This necessitates drastic measures; some of which are outside the Federation’s normal jurisdiction. For this, Admiral Pavel Chekov, head of Starfleet Intelligence, turns to Commander Tuvok, Voyager’s former security officer and current head of the newly reorganized Section 31. Tuvok must put together a new covert, renegade crew – mostly outcasts and rogues – even criminals. This new crew is tasked with finding out what is causing the folding of time and space, and stopping it – at all costs. But will they be able to put aside their differences and stop trying to kill one another in time to accomplish their mission?

It has been more than seven long years since “Enterprise” left the air, and though we’ve had the recent big screen adaptation of Gene Roddenberry’s futuristic vision (and the sequel coming this year), we feel the true home of Star Trek is as a continuing episodic series. The goal of this project is to make that happen.

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Yes, please!

Looks very interesting!

sweet! but one thing i am wondering: How is Pavel Chekov still around in the 2380's? Has medical tech advanced that much? or maybe he traveled through time?

Regardless, still excited to see how this goes! Big project.

A son?

Also, sad to read that they've moved Manu Intiraymi over from playing Icheb to some other character.

That trailer was epic... :woohoo:

So gone are the days when the future was bright and full of hope. I think I shall watch this series to see how it turns out, it's definitely a very different Star Trek.

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So gone are the days when the future was bright and full of hope. I think I shall watch this series to see how it turns out, it's definitely a very different Star Trek.

Dystopian is the new thing in sci-fi. There are several authors trying to buck the trend, but the... masses want more dark future. I suppose it isn't a stretch of the imagination to come up with a reason why; budget cuts for NASA, scientists and education, space shuttle mothballed and replaced with pre-shuttle style capsules, Honey Boo Boo...

Our future isn't really looking all that bright, so people want a darker future sci-fi to mesh more seamlessly with our impending dark future?

Personally I would like more optimistic sci-fi.

Agreed Angel, that's why my favorite sci fi series of all time, the Honor Harrington universe remains my favorite, just slightly above some others ;)

I watched this for the first time this morning! So now there are 2 hopeful new trek series out there. This one looks as though its getting some good backing already though. I like the Dark side of trek idea, as long as there is some optimism in the general storyline. A new hope for the future of the federation etc...

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So gone are the days when the future was bright and full of hope. I think I shall watch this series to see how it turns out, it's definitely a very different Star Trek.

Dystopian is the new thing in sci-fi. There are several authors trying to buck the trend, but the... masses want more dark future. I suppose it isn't a stretch of the imagination to come up with a reason why; budget cuts for NASA, scientists and education, space shuttle mothballed and replaced with pre-shuttle style capsules, Honey Boo Boo...

Our future isn't really looking all that bright, so people want a darker future sci-fi to mesh more seamlessly with our impending dark future?

Personally I would like more optimistic sci-fi.

Exactly. In my opinion, the dark stuff is an awful trend, everyone is doing it, I'm so over it -the dark bleak future style writing. I guess this is why Star Trek: TNG, VOY, even DS9 had been my refuse for a hopeful future because I see all the other dark stuff in current day television left and right including the real world.

Plus, what you focus on as an individual is what you get, and to some extent that applies to societies as well.

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I watched this for the first time this morning! So now there are 2 hopeful new trek series out there.

Two?

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So gone are the days when the future was bright and full of hope. I think I shall watch this series to see how it turns out, it's definitely a very different Star Trek.

Dystopian is the new thing in sci-fi. There are several authors trying to buck the trend, but the... masses want more dark future. I suppose it isn't a stretch of the imagination to come up with a reason why; budget cuts for NASA, scientists and education, space shuttle mothballed and replaced with pre-shuttle style capsules, Honey Boo Boo...

Our future isn't really looking all that bright, so people want a darker future sci-fi to mesh more seamlessly with our impending dark future?

Personally I would like more optimistic sci-fi.

That's how it's been for a while with Star Trek, though. What was DS9? We'll throw a bunch of folks into the middle of several conflicts and we'll make it dark. What was Voyager? We'll take away the Federation entirely and put the crew in an impossible situation and make it dark. What was Enterprise? We'll take everything to where it began, but they have like no technology at all and they'll always be in the middle of horrible things--hey, we'll even blow up Earth!--and we'll make it dark.

If you look at the arts overall these days, we're in a period of mannerism, a period of derivation and copying. We're not going to see anything bold or fresh for a while yet. Which sucks if you're an artist working right now.

I agree with you when it comes to Enterprise, mainly because I think they learned the wrong lessons from DS9 and Voyager. I felt that DS9 was about maintaining the light of civilization in times of peril and darkness. I also thought Voyager was about integrity and personal morality in the face of despair. Now if only the Walking Dead survivors could show a little more Janeway and a little less Ceska.

I know that dark is the new 'future' lol but I enjoyed the 'feel good' at the end of each episode like with T'pol kissed tucker's (sim), as a single example from Enterprise. I found the first two seasons pretty good despite their many run-ins with violent species, after all, without the negative conflicts, there wouldn't be a show!

TNG had many moralistic 'lessons' as did ds9. Things to make you sit and think about it for a second after the episode is over, "what if people really did think like that?" or "what turn of events in our reality would cause our people to go in that direction?"

Albeit, I am excited to see if this new series kicks off- TUVOK is in many different roles throughout the franchise and I am happy to see he is back to his hold self in this trailer! :P:P:P

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sweet! but one thing i am wondering: How is Pavel Chekov still around in the 2380's? Has medical tech advanced that much? or maybe he traveled through time?

Regardless, still excited to see how this goes! Big project.

In Encounter at Farpoint, retired Admiral Leonard McCoy, who was the oldest member of the original Enterprises senior staff, was 137 years old. Pavel Chekov was supposed to be the youngest member of the senior staff so it stands to reason that he would live a similar amount of time thanks to Federation medical technology's ability to clone and replace failing internal organs.

The the Utopian ideal that Gene Roddenberry envisioned has always been my favorite thing about the franchise, having said that I don't mind it taking a darker tone every now and then. DS9 was rife with dark tones and morally murky scenarios (In The Pale Moonlight). From previous shows we know that not everyone embraces Utopia and there are still misfits in the galaxy, I'd be interested to see how that plays out.

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TNG had many moralistic 'lessons'

TNG also had a godawful amount of soap opera episodes centering around Troi. Old square britches was my absolute least favourite part of TNG.

I swear if I ever am flipping stations and land on TNG with Troi flopping around on a wire harness shouting "Where are you?!" I'm going to flip out.