Complete Voyager and First Contact/Insurrection Rewrite Fanfiction

[Simplicius]

Will your Intrepid-class version of the Equinox be tied up in the same basic plot? If not it would make sense to have them be encountered either very early (mixed up in the Kazon arc) or at you season four mark (dealing with the Borg). Otherwise, they can obviously come in whenever because they'd still be faster than Voyager.

You'd just need to find a good groove to get into, when it comes to adding new crew. Either they come in early and just fall into the nascent Starfleet/Maquis tension or they come in just in time to heat the tension back up. Possibly, bring them in at around the same time that Jellico wakes up?

I think that the Kazon can definitely be saved as a concept.

Edit:

Here's a link to a (short) summary of my own ideas: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TLjZco8DdyoyiHvTrdvVQ7Pa_6RDP-ZLzbSicDPjtCw/edit?usp=sharing

[Yukaphile]

Yeah, that's the point. They are the scout in this new fleet.

Er... I wanna save him waking up further down the line. Perhaps even with time travel.

I wanna cut down on the number of trips back to Earth. Maybe save a few, maybe not.

And in Season 4, I want tensions to keep increasing with 8472. They don't run right away. They just regroup. We could still the KGB village thing, but... with other Federation worlds. And perhaps Romulan worlds too.

Obviously, Season 4 is when the Dominion thing will turn up, a Founder on board, and them grudgingly agreeing to fly back with them, though they only see themselves as serving the Founder.

I need to draw up a personality for this Founder, as one of the Hundred, experimented on by the Borg. I could actually see them trying to assimilate it.

Cool! Got ideas?

[Yukaphile]

Plus, give me a thread to discuss yours in. Not mine?

[Simplicius]

I'll make my own thread for mine.

I think it would be really interesting to see how the Changeling would behave around the Vorta, it might be a relationship similar to the one between Odo and Weyoun 6; a desperate devotion that feels unearned. Of course, being raised/tortured by the Borg could also have turned it into a psychopath.

[Yukaphile]

Since I discuss yours as well as mine, well, here goes.

Won't lie, I like the idea of Chakotay as a Mayan. Makes sense since Beltran is Mexican.

I love the idea of Tom Paris being the alter ego to Captain Proton! I am so stealing.

I never even thought about including Ro Laren. HOLY SHIT! Now I wanna do that!

Tarses seems weird, but okay. Sito Jax is still dead in my story. It became what I feel, based on concept alone, is the far superior "O'Brien in prison story."

Hmmm... I'm thinking maybe the Doctor keeps the Crell hologram in mine.

I do like your idea of "reforming" the Delta Quadrant with you, though I'd suggest also having the history "rewriten" as they go. It's sadly how we treat our heroes. And how we treat our criminals. The heroes are spit on, treated as monsters. The criminals are uplifted, their crimes forgotten, and by the time it comes out, there is a new political bias to twist them into being justified in order to serve the needs of the present.

I have toyed with making the crew a generational ship, but that also sometimes requires leaps into the present. How do you plan to handle this?

You never, I'd never thought to expand on the Trabe stuff. Good call!

Looks good so far, but honestly, I am not going for the "reforming" the Delta Quadrant angle. That might be one angle, but I want another angle to be hard survival, and so on.

[Yukaphile]

HERE!

I have FINALLY written up how I want Season 1 to go, more or less.

SEASON 1

EPISODE 2 ("Parallax")
The black hole serves as a focal point for the drama. it needs retooling, though.
Chakotay wants B'Elanna as Chief Engineer. Janeway initially thinks it's espionage, but Chakotay goes on to add it would be an exchange, his man for her man. that ends up being Carey.

EPISODE 3 ("Time And Again")
they come to this planet to trade, with a bomb under every street, and it can generate discussion on the Prime Directive. Chakotay is not in favor of it, Janeway wants to rigidly adhere to it.

EPISODE 4 ("Phage")
First Encounter with the Vidiians. Chakotay wants to kill one to send a message and save Neelix, but Janeway stills to canon decision, which ends good and Janeway takes it as proof of her righteousness. she defends it saying they are the only representatives out here.

EPISODE 5 ("The Cloud")
energy crisis must be consistent. no holodecks. if they appear, it's being used by the Maquis for battle simulations.

EPISODE 6 ("Eye of the Needle")
this could still work, but needs retooling.

EPISODE 7 ("Ex Post Facto")
cut entirely. focus on something new, and interesting.

EPISODE 8 ("Emanations")
cut entirely, focus on something new.

EPISODE 9 ("Prime Factors")
they come to this planet to trade. rework a lot of it.

EPISODE 10 ("State of Flux")
this can still work, but needs major retooling on how to deal with Seska. she was an agent of the Obsidian Order, perhaps even knew or knew of Garak. perhaps is Garak's sister.

EPISODE 11 ("Heroes and Demons")
rework the photonic lifeforms into a useful premise. like maybe it's interrupting battle simulations.

EPISODE 12 ("Cathexis")
cut entirely. focus on something new.

EPISODE 13 ("Faces")
this can stay, but needs retooling.

EPISODE 14 ("Jetrel")
again, this can stay, but needs reworking.

EPISODE 15 ("Learning Curve")
the Maquis stuff can stay the same, and fuse it to "Good Shepherd" to create a subplot of Janeway trying to get to know Harren, Tefler, and Celes.

[Simplicius]

Garak's sister!? I'd be very interested in hearing more about that!

[Yukaphile]

Why not? Tain probably could have had a mistress, or Garak never talked about her.

[Yukaphile]

He'd have raised her just like Garak.

[Simplicius]

I'm a big fan of Seska so I'd be very interested in seeing where you take that idea.