Some obvious examples
- the holodeck gets a fatal software error and people are stuck in a classic novel
- a shuttle breaks down and crashes into a habitable planet
- the federation loses a space battle, but thankfully there’s some space jungle (nebula, asteroid field, etc) to hide out in, thankfully within sub light distances
everyone is really into 20th century earth stuff
an admiral is crazed and evil (Starfleet really has some corruption problems)
I would love to see an “Upper Decks” series of some kind. Set at the admiralty, have it be about the decent ethical admirals who are going out of their minds trying to rein in their crazy colleagues.
I always find that very odd across the series. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure there are history dorks in the future, but it always seems like a missed opportunity to explore the what the dorks of the 23rd century may be in to. It seems like a big worldbuilding and character building creative opportunity. I’m sure there is more “current” stuff in their world people may be into.
Wolf 359 was an inside job
There’s a time travel episode and it’s always to some place that looks like southern California in the mid-1990’s