Star Trek: Your Vision

[Hopeless]

STAR TREK WAGON TRAIN

Back during the aftermath of the war that resulted in Noonien Singh fleeing the solar system several other generation ships plunged into the depths of space seeking a new home somewhere among the stars.

A few made it but for one they wake up from their long sleep to find their ship strangely left unmanned with no sign of the skeleton crew that should have been awake.

Having to adapt and make do they discover a solar system nearby and begin the course change to enter the system discovering it resembles their own system as it has an Oort cloud an dwarf ice world at its outer limit with two gas giants, 3 rocks worlds and 2 hot worlds with the third and fourth world world both inhabitable.

Over the course of the first season we see their personal stories told how and why the joined this ship and what they remember before the ship left usually ending their prelude with them waking aboard the ship as per the first episode.

Intermix updates on the system as they venture insystem managing to slow down enough to be able to reach the 4th world in about a year.

We see their reactions to the other still slumbering crew and passengers still trying to figure out what happened to the skeleton crew which remains an ongoing mystery.

Its as they're about to go into orbit of the 4th world that they receive a message from another generation ship whose command crew are upset the other ship reached this system first claiming they only had the right to settle here despite that being blatantly untrue.

An away team is selected to begin the analysis of the 4th world, whilst another focuses on the 3rd world that seems similarly inhabitable.

The climax of the first season reveals they aren't the first to reach this world as a large generation ship not from Earth is detected on the surface of the third world although no life signs beyond normal animal or vegetation has been detected.

The rival generation ship begins colonizing the 4th world in an effort to beat the first arrival and the command crew is finally awakened on the generation ship who blame the team currently in command of negligence despite evidence to the contrary.

They arrange a meeting with the other ship and putting a secondary team in command head over to discuss the situation only the other ship kills them and openly televises this making it clear they're clearly hostile and the secondary team can't deal with this forcing one of them to free the former crew who are now stuck in the position of a war being declared on them by a rival generation ship.

Season 2 deals with them being forced to recall their surveying expedition and move into orbit of the 3rd world now confirmed as inhabited since their ship is unarmed and the rival is clearly armed as they release armed shuttles to fire on the other generation ship.

It takes a year before reaching the orbit of the 3rd world they eventually manage to set up a settlement and prepare accordingly due to the change in environments which is largely clear although bouts of unexpected allergies emerging but the primary focus is the crashed alien generation ship.

Would this premise interest you as establishing the very early days of the Federation prior to Enterprise?

[LibraryOgre]

Reminds me somewhat of the Terra Nova episode of Enterprise.

The first human ships to an alien world went to a place christened Terra Nova. They established a colony and Earth wanted to send more colonists. The Novans objected; they had built their life, and didn't want others to piggyback on their hard work. This led to a conflict with Earth, especially as the new crew was already en route.

It could definitely be a cool series to see, though.

[Trafalgar]

STAR TREK WAGON TRAIN

Back during the aftermath of the war that resulted in Noonien Singh fleeing the solar system several other generation ships plunged into the depths of space seeking a new home somewhere among the stars.

A few made it but for one they wake up from their long sleep to find their ship strangely left unmanned with no sign of the skeleton crew that should have been awake.

Having to adapt and make do they discover a solar system nearby and begin the course change to enter the system discovering it resembles their own system as it has an Oort cloud an dwarf ice world at its outer limit with two gas giants, 3 rocks worlds and 2 hot worlds with the third and fourth world world both inhabitable.

Over the course of the first season we see their personal stories told how and why the joined this ship and what they remember before the ship left usually ending their prelude with them waking aboard the ship as per the first episode.

Intermix updates on the system as they venture insystem managing to slow down enough to be able to reach the 4th world in about a year.

We see their reactions to the other still slumbering crew and passengers still trying to figure out what happened to the skeleton crew which remains an ongoing mystery.

Its as they're about to go into orbit of the 4th world that they receive a message from another generation ship whose command crew are upset the other ship reached this system first claiming they only had the right to settle here despite that being blatantly untrue.

An away team is selected to begin the analysis of the 4th world, whilst another focuses on the 3rd world that seems similarly inhabitable.

The climax of the first season reveals they aren't the first to reach this world as a large generation ship not from Earth is detected on the surface of the third world although no life signs beyond normal animal or vegetation has been detected.

The rival generation ship begins colonizing the 4th world in an effort to beat the first arrival and the command crew is finally awakened on the generation ship who blame the team currently in command of negligence despite evidence to the contrary.

They arrange a meeting with the other ship and putting a secondary team in command head over to discuss the situation only the other ship kills them and openly televises this making it clear they're clearly hostile and the secondary team can't deal with this forcing one of them to free the former crew who are now stuck in the position of a war being declared on them by a rival generation ship.

Season 2 deals with them being forced to recall their surveying expedition and move into orbit of the 3rd world now confirmed as inhabited since their ship is unarmed and the rival is clearly armed as they release armed shuttles to fire on the other generation ship.

It takes a year before reaching the orbit of the 3rd world they eventually manage to set up a settlement and prepare accordingly due to the change in environments which is largely clear although bouts of unexpected allergies emerging but the primary focus is the crashed alien generation ship.

Would this premise interest you as establishing the very early days of the Federation prior to Enterprise?

Are you talking about this book series by Diann Carey?

[Dire_Flumph]

Are you talking about this book series by Diann Carey?

Legend has it that Gene Roddenberry originally pitched Star Trek as "Wagon Train to the Stars" (Wagon Train was a highly popular Western TV show in the late 50's into the 60s).

The New Earth Series (of which book #1 was titled "Wagon Train to the Stars") has some similarities to the pitch Hopeless made, but other than being about settlers colonizing a new planet, it's pretty different. But also pretty good, I remember enjoying reading all six books on a vacation 15 or so years ago. I remember it being about the Enterprise escorting a fleet of settlers to a new planet to colonize, then staying around for several months to help get the colony going, both helping with issues with the planet itself and with a nearby alien species that tries to force the colonists off the world.

Either would actually make a great pitch for a season long Trek story on TV for my money.