There have been probably a dozens attempts to make a Star Fleet Academy type show, since the late 70s. It would be aimed towards a younger demographic, and more towards women. It would always be a much cheaper show to produce, due to being based on earth, and wouldn't require all the ship sets.#1 would have greatly appealed to me in the 90s or early 2000s. But not anymore. Not with the way Hollywood is now, to the degree that it is.
As for Picard coming back, I think I wouldn't mind them following the books and him being married and having a son. That would certainly make up for his loss in Generations. But if the E returns to the small screen, that would be amazing. I hope they'll update it to include slipstream drive in addition with its warp drive, as well as transphasic torpedoes and ablative hull armor.
Then every time they go to red alert, we can see the gloriousness of:
The Script is currently being written by the writer of The Revenant, Mark L. Smith. Tarantino is planning on directing it after he finishes his next film, which just started filming. So your looking probably 2-3 years out.
There have been probably a dozens attempts to make a Star Fleet Academy type show, since the late 70s. It would be aimed towards a younger demographic, and more towards women. It would always be a much cheaper show to produce, due to being based on earth, and wouldn't require all the ship sets.
In the books, the Federation is is starting to equip its newest ships with a early Slip Stream. It requires a rare element, they don't have ready access to, and ship size and aerodynamics play a big role. The big E was experimented with the drive, but its a little too big for the tech right now. The voyager series books are now really focused on slip streams. Voyager has been fitted with it, and currently is leading a scout fleet expedition(like 10 ships) back to the Delta quadrant to search for that element. Slip Stream has a large cool down time(5-10 days), so using the drives require a lot of planning, and due to the limited supply of the element, can only be used sparingly.
The USS Aventine, is a brand new test ship, built for Slip Stream, and to be a fast response vessel. It has been featured in the epic Destiny trilogy(Seriously if your a trek fan, READ THIS BOOK!) It features Captain Ezri Dax, and a pretty interesting crew. I would love a series based on that, but it will never happen
Its been in novels and other non canon sources.
Nothing in star fleet is a "war ship", but Aventine was made for long science research. But its a fast attack ship. It has the fastest warp engines, and was the first ship built for slip stream. It also has all the latest weapons. It is not a big capital ship like The Enterprise or even Titan, that built to for long term missions and heavily armed and defended,
I agree. In the books hes in his mid 80s, still captain, Banging Beverly, and has a young son these days. As captain of the fleet Flagship, he has ultimate command of the fleet, when a admiral isn't in the sector, that's why in First contact he had to assume command. He's basically a Commodore, these days. If they do make him an admiral, just make sure hes on a ship. Ship can have another captain, maybe Worf at this point, but it would be at the beck and call of Picard.
He will be directing Episode 2 and 10 in Discovery's second season. Hell Jason Issacs is now attending the Star Trek cruises and conventions, because he had so much fun being directed by and hanging out with him.
