As I have posted my in first post, here, >>>>>The one-problem with ‘Star Trek’ it is supposed to be exploring space & not interfering with other planets’ beings’ development, but it still has a lot of violence-wars.<<<<<. Let alone the rest of Space SciFi entertainment,
My idea solves that by instead of creating my Better Space, SciFi, Exploration Entertainment on military atmosphere & the experiences in any war(s)- I have no experience in,…
…but to base it upon, what have no experience with, the true scientists of all fields-explorers-peace makers-maintainers (& people needed for them to live, like those of their family that agree to go with them, but none of them have spouses-children of any kind-educators-doctors <including those for mental health>), exploring the unknown-not known enough places of the outer space, with only truly defense weapons. Think of the diplomates, ambassadors & UN, but not dominated by 5-1st World countries/more Socialist & true all countries’ opinions-votes matters, no military atmosphere all, only defensive weapons & in outer space.
Their spaceships have the best possible forcefields, but if need be the forcefields can use the force put into the weapons absorbed by their forcefields back at the attacking spaceships, not to damage, but to make their weapons no longer functional & push the spaceships out of reach of their own spaceships, for as long as needed for their spaceships to escape, the attacking spaceships.
You’ve got the vaguest beginning of an outline of a setting. If you want it to be great entertainment, you’ve got to give it a story and characters. You’ve got to figure out what it is really about, what makes it thought provoking. It takes a lot of work to create all of that. You can’t just hand off this initial description to the world and act like other people are going to pick it up for you. Don’t tell me it’s better than Star Trek, show me.
That is awesome, do start working on it!
Better is subjective. What you describe could well be one of the factions in the Star Trek universe. You are telling a story from a slightly different perspective – an even more nonviolent one.
A good question to answer may be: What will make your story engaging to us all, in an age where so many stories have been told in so many ways?
WOW!!! Thank You, for such positive response & encouragement.
What do mean by better is subjective?
‘Star Trek’ universe is just violent & wars, for what I described to fit into it. Completely nonviolent, when you think of the fact that main Beings are non-violent, negotiators, & their ships would only have defensive weapons that can never directly harm attackers.
You really think the idea I summarized has been done before? I have never been a huge reader & read even less than I did as an HS student, but I never read-watch any entertainment comes close to what I have summarized. I no offense/harmful weapons anywhere, even on their hips, unlike both legendary Space SciFi entertainments.
Consider this scary thought, while I always think better of the middle-poor classes of people than most, has our world & our world’s entertainment become so violent-wars that there would not be a big enough audience for it?
Perhaps I have imagined it too, then, for it feels very familiar. Do go on, I am willing to be your editor, when time etc. permits. Engage! ;)
You have some good replies here, but I’ll add one piece. You’ve imagined a world where your primary characters are Good. No killing, just defensive armaments, all about diplomacy and exploration.
Consider, though, that interesting stories have conflict. Conflict needs to have consequences to the characters you’re following, or it’s not very interesting.
You’re describing a world that would probably be better to live in than that of Star Trek. But I’m not sure it would result in better stories.
I really like the idea, and I am happy to to stumble over this follow up thread. So my questions are not intended as nitpicking or malevolence. Just questions I would have, when reading about the story. Which could also lead to episodes by themselves.
- Any kind of defensive system could be used as a weapon; By accident, or by a splinter group of people (or politicians/power hungry). I believe there lays a nice philosophical question for a space lawyer/judge.
- Did they buy into the prime directive? Wouldn’t the use a lot of drones or cloaking devices to net ever be discovered, because they might become a target of more violent races, which like to take advantage of them or their tech? (Could be about a story about a century long space blockade of their planet. Which is maybe what they used as a bait or Honeypot, while being somewhere else already.
- Trading technology is it a big yes or big no? A story about the problems of trading with more dystopian planets. Cheers
