The traditional monologue, as used in TOS, TAS, TNG, Strange New Worlds, as well as the endings of Enterprise and several movies, can be taken as a sort of overall mission statement for the Enterprise, possibly even one that takes place in-universe.

If the other series-- Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, and Prodigy-- had similar mission statements, how might you phrase them?

  • @T156
    1•1 year ago

    I’m not sure how a Lower Decks intro would work. Despite being a comedy, Lower Decks plays Star Treks tropes straight and with dignity, even if they have some fun with them. The monologue would have to go to Mariner, or maybe Boimler. But Mariner, as she has yet been portrayed on screen so far, would be incapable of giving the intro the gravitas the monologue would demand. Freeman certainly could, but that would steal the focus from the Lower Deckers.

    Have Boimler give the intro, occasionally interrupted by Mariner piping in with another part, or helping him complete the monologue when he forgets parts? That way, it keeps to the spirit of the monologue, but also includes Mariner, and the kind of comedic levity that is tries to bring the show.

    They basically did that with Boimler doing his own log about second contact, back in the first season.