DIS Season 3 (Speculation and Spoilers)

[Makeshift Python]

All of it is true. Especially the lies.

[Simplicius]

There will be a massive war and the attended violence, death and explosions with none of the patience or calm of DS9. The enemy will be either Cardassians, Romulans or the Dominion and they'll have been given a ridiculous redesign (as a culture, if not in terms of their visuals - though the Cardies would definitely get that).

The Federation will be fractured or destroyed and there'll be a Borg plotline that just, sort of, gets dropped with no firm conclusion.

There'll be a bunch of random references but nothing of substance from any season of Trek will be carried over. No Temporal Cold War. The Klingons will behave just as they do in DIS but their visuals will be more consistent with TNG (the writers apparently think that's the issue with their depiction, not the distortion/reduction of their culture). All other ships will use pulse weapons, rather than beam weapons because "pew pew, boom boom" is more epic or whatever.

I'm shaky on some of these but I think I'm in the ballpark. I hope (but do not predict) I will be proved wrong.

[clearspira]

The Federation will be fractured or destroyed and there'll be a Borg plotline that just, sort of, gets dropped with no firm conclusion.

Star Trek: Andromeda. Funny thing; I can see story potential in it. But just because I can see the potential does not mean it is a good idea. To the Titanic's captain, going full speed through an iceberg zone seemed like a good idea too.
I want my hopeful Star trek back.

[King of the owls]

Star Trek: Andromeda. Funny thing; I can see story potential in it. But just because I can see the potential does not mean it is a good idea. To the Titanic's captain, going full speed through an iceberg zone seemed like a good idea too.
I want my hopeful Star trek back.

I mean a federation crew from the TOS era going to a grim dark future where they work to restore hope and peace sounds like hopeful Star Trek. And is probably what the writers might try to do.

Whether or not they succeed is debatable. I'm someone who likes Discovery and I find the writing to be rough in a lot of areas.

[Yukaphile]

You know, the "in the 33rd century there's a new dark age" would actually explain a lot. I know, lots of fans would hate such a shake-up, arguing what they did for Star Wars, that it kills the happy times we saw in TNG, but... I'm not against that on principle. Maybe there was a Kelvan invasion for some reason. However, my big beef is... why would the Discovery be the only ship left? I like that idea, don't get me wrong. The last Federation ship, but... maybe make it a new Discovery? One with less stigma attached to the name that the show has?

[MissKittyFantastico]

That's actually covered in the mid-credits scene - since the remnant of the Federation are now the bad guys (V'draysh = V'd-uh-raysh-un) Commodore April suggests the ship's name should reflect that their new mission is on behalf of the entire galaxy, not just Earth, so they change it to USS Galactica.

[Yukaphile]

Okay then. If it's explained. I'm sure someone could dissect it more. With that said, I'm a bit leery this is just "trailers always lie" trash. However, if they're really sticking to their guns and giving this a scene change, rather than just heading there for like a visit? Well... I could get behind that, tbh.

[jakinbandw]

The sad thing is that whilst I am smart enough to notice sarcasm, and smart enough to check Memory Alpha before I comment further, I actually would not be surprised. Surely that is STDs ultimate sin: you never get a second first impression.

I mean, it's one reason why I never liked TNG. The episodes I caught out of order were trash holodeck episodes (even worse than 'it was all just a dream' in my opinion, and then when I gave it a chance I couldn't make it halfway though the first season without giving up).

[Yukaphile]

Welcome to the forums!

[Karha of Honor]

The sad thing is that whilst I am smart enough to notice sarcasm, and smart enough to check Memory Alpha before I comment further, I actually would not be surprised. Surely that is STDs ultimate sin: you never get a second first impression.

I mean, it's one reason why I never liked TNG. The episodes I caught out of order were trash holodeck episodes (even worse than 'it was all just a dream' in my opinion, and then when I gave it a chance I couldn't make it halfway though the first season without giving up).

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Carry on.