My pitch for a new Star Trek
EXT. STAR FIELD - NIGHT
FADE IN:
A nebula or something. Maybe like a spaceship whooshes past.
STARFLEET OFFICER (V.O.)
The wording of the original
Starfleet charter accidentally
created a secret organization. One
with top-level security clearance,
that has been shrouded in secrecy
and working behind closed doors for
centuries. It is completely
autonomous, reporting to no-one,
not even Starfleet itself.
My pitch for a new Star Trek
INT. STARBASE - DAY
An officer in a Starfleet science-division uniform ushers a
contrite looking officer in an operations-division uniform
into their office; the door closes behind them.
STARFLEET OFFICER (V.O)(CONT'D)
This organization is known as:
Human Resources.
We see that the door is marked "Human resources" as it
closes.
My pitch for a new Star Trek
INT. HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE - DAY
Human resources officer, age 30, sighs and places a folder in
their filing cabinet. The first drawer is AAA-ENT, the last
is ENT-ZZZ and the middle drawer is "Ships named Enterprise."
HR OFFICER
We are trying to change our name to
something less xenophobic, I swear,
but amending the Starfleet charter
is hard.
My pitch for a new Star Trek
@frustratedantiquarian Did you ever read this?
http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/columns/freshly-rememberd-kirk-drift/
It's long but I love it
My pitch for a new Star Trek
@bgcarlisle Oh yeah Kirk as Zap is shitty fanon, but in the first season especially (sis and I have been rewatching TOS) there's a pervasive '60s workplace sexism on the Enterprise. Roddenberry gonna Roddenberry.