Given Trek’s history of treating current events/ideologies through the lens of SF, I’d prefer a series set a few hundred years after TNG. It would take place in a Federation that is the dominant technological force in the galaxy, but is losing its grip through internal and external forces. The core values that…

Yes. Yes it would.

Well, setting it in the Abramsverse would certainly be cheaper to produce; no need for any starship CGI at all, just a large holdall.

...yeah.

I can only speak for myself. The rebooted Universe destroyed everything that was unique about Star Trek. I will not watch any series with the Star Trek label that takes place in that universe. If you drop the label, then I might be interested. But the rebooted universe is not Star Trek.

Yes! I swear if they boot roddenberryverse for abramsverse they wont see a penny from me.

I think setting it in the new universe handicaps it from the beginning with what I’ll cal the “Agents of SHIELD/DCTV” problem: in short, it’s going to ensure that a lot of stuff is off limits, either because it’s being used in the movies or might be down the line. If they set it it the prime universe, nothing else is…