User blog:TangerineOx/Ideas

I have two main ideas I'd like to do for some future Trek fanfics.

The first, which I had intended to start here on my last account, is a series called Star Trek: For Hire. Unlike conventional Trek shows and storylines, this one would follow a number of misfits; a ratty ship of mercenaries, Starfleet fallouts, and lonesome wanderers, all looking for work in an increasingly beaurocratic Federation universe. In short, it starts out like Firefly tacked onto Trek, except with original characters and situations. I say "starts out" because the first "episode" takes them somewhere very unexpected...

The second, which is similar but even more radical a departure, would be called Star Trek: Promenade. The idea for this one is that it revolves around merchants on the Promenade of Deep Space Nine, and their interactions with each other and the characters of the series. Here's the hook: each "episode" of the story happens during an episode of DS9. So, for example, the initial story would run concurrent with the events of "Emissary", the next story would play alongside "Past Prologue", and so forth.

Any feedback on these ideas -- which one you'd like to see more, suggestions for settings or characters, etc. -- is welcome.