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More things like Star Trek? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Over the last few years my family and I have binged all of Star Trek, then moved on to Star Trek adjacent shows like The Orville and Stargate. At the moment we're not really watching anything sci-fi. I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for similar shows (or maybe some books) that fill the void left by Star Trek. In particular I really like the episodes that deal with interacting with other civilizations, diplomacy, and exploration more-so than say, an anomaly episode.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The obvious answers are outside TV media.

Mass Effect 1, the video game, was originally conceived as a Star Trek game, but they couldn't secure the IP rights, so ended up pivoting to a new universe that feels Star Trek like. Play it on story mode.

In print, there are literally a hundred reasonable options, some more or less like different elements of Trek. A good choice (in my opinion) is The Spiral Wars -- rogue ship and crew, diplomacy, great combat, alien civilizations that are non-monolithic... Or CJ Cherryh's Alliance Union universe (a good entry point is Downbelow Station, a good overview of the universe) -- many different scenarios and topics and a lot of ethical dilemmas that would make Trek proud.

Of course, if TV is your thing, try out Babylon 5, Stargate, or Farscape. They all sort of start slow.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you're not into games I can recommend the excellent playthroughs by NitaZera. There's no player commentary, just pure game. It's like watching a TV show. Of course you miss out on making your own choices but the author has made sure to pick interesting ones. There is continuity because the events of each game (and the choices) build on each other.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

The way you describe it reminds me of Primitive Technologies.

Thanks for your post even though it wasnt for meant for me!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Or CJ Cherryh's Alliance Union universe (a good entry point is Downbelow Station, a good overview of the universe)

I didn’t see this before posting my own comment about The Faded Sun trilogy by her. It’s in the same universe

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faded_Sun_Trilogy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I played through ME1-3. I didn't know it was inspired by Star Trek but I could see it. I will say to anyone else that reads this, ME 1 feels really old and janky at this point. I got through it and enjoyed the story, but the gameplay was an unpleasant experience. ME 2 and 3 do a lot better in that regard, but then you have to get disappointed by the end of 3... so...