We are a space station, not a starship, so you’ll be spending a lot of time with all these delightful side characters like: bisexual nonbinary fashion lizard. hologram of Frank Sinatra. goblins. goblin comes in 3 varieties: bartender, nephew, and idiot union agitator. :rommunism:
our doctor is a twink, our commander is antifa/ maoist and the captain talks to the gods sometimes when not leading a protracted people’s war. our constable is sometimes a liquid and possibly ace. the science lady is trans and part worm. :dax-stoked:
we have many fine storylines, such as: Goblin Does A Crime, Watch The Irishman Suffer, Linear Time is A Lie, or The Horrors Of War. As you stroll along our promenade enjoying a raktajino or delicious jumja stick, watch out for our nefarious villains: Pope Karen. capitalism. clones of Jeffrey Combs. and a horny bastard reptile man who seems convinced this is actually his show. we suspect he may be possessed by demons. Have fun!
Deep Space Nine: now with Worf™! :warf-wtf: .
The movies and a few bits people have heard about TOS episodes are most what people think Trek is. I think you hit the nail on the head with the characterization of Kirk, he's a tactician and a slightly rutheless one.
I'm enjoying Enterprise way more this go through than others, but yeah, building the federation should have been the series long background arc like the domion in ds9. The whole series should have been about that, but he Voyager also feel on its ass regarding its core concept so what's new with Rick Berman.