So, what does anyone else have their own ideas of what Star Trek 4 (AOS) could be if it's made? I really want to know.
Here's my thought process for how it could work, in my world at least:
It's near the end of the five year mission and the crew are falling apart
This started when Chekov left the ship (in my later AUs he's there but in terms of how a new film could actually work this is how it could work)
Spock and Uhura are considering leaving Starfleet (oh yeah, only canon ships in these universes) and moving to New Vulcan to start a family and for Nyota to carry on her linguistic skills
Hikaru is considering taking a role closer to home to be with family
Jim doesn't want to leave space and also doesn't want to leave his space family, Scotty's the same
Bones still doesn't have anywhere to go and acts like he's alright and will do whatever's decided, that all he wants is to care and learn, but he's way more scared than he let's on because it's another family that's breaking apart but he doesn't know where to go this time
The problem they face I want to be something that affects the crew as a whole, gives spuhura something to think about in terms of their relationship and something that affects one crew member more than the others
In ST 2009 it was Nero, his revenge against Spock Prime that threw everyone out of the academy, made spuhura go through their first crisis together and destroyed Spock's home world
In Into Darkness it was Khan, the militarized Starfleet idea getting people killed, Uhura getting annoyed that Spock can shut off and then adjusting to life on a Starship and Jim with Pike dying and the whole family thing
In Beyond it was the Krill, his anger at the Federation, Spock and Uhura breaking up and learning how they can be together in on a crisis ship and Jim learning what it's like to get stagnant or start to dislike a role
So for this Star Trek 4 it could be a villain that threatens something bigger than the Federation (because the threat goes from their livelihoods to Starfleet to the Federation), Spock and Uhura questioning if they even should be together and have to live on a Starship (hence them wanting to leave) and some link between the villain and a person in the crew
