Bashir would be an outstanding medical professor of genetics, xeno-biology and disease. His own personal background with genetic manipulation not withstanding, he personally cured at least two major virulent genetic diseases (The Quickening and the manufactured Changeling plague), in addition to gaining extensive knowledge of the biological details of some of the most complex humanoid and non-humanoid species in the galaxy (the Founders, the Jem Hadar, the Vorta, and a host of other Gamma Quadrant species). IIRC he also almost figured out how to eliminate the genetic addiction of the Jem Hadar to Ketresel White.
And please, for the love of the Prophets, bring back Terry Ferrell as Dax. One of the biggest missed opportunities was not having Adera become the new host of the Dax Symbiant. That would had been awesome to bring back Jadzia in her joining.
I agree with bringing back Dax because the producers and Paramount heads messed up by firing Terry. Had Terry been Patrick or Avery, they would have allowed her to work part-time or found a solution.
@@fredrika27 yeah, I really do think that it all came down to producer Rick Berman was butthurt that Terry was electing to leave for Becker and rather than simply writing out Jadzia, he wanted to go for the shock factor killing her off, and from a character development standpoint, it did make DuKat irredeemable come finale time but it pissed us all off. It could had been handled so much better and the blame really did fall solely on Berman. Terry tried so hard to compromise and work with them. She went from syndication to prime time television, that was a big time payday for her. And she did not want Jadzia to be killed off, she wanted to continue, and even come back in the finale.
kinda feel like there is enough memberberries in star trek at the moment, its nice to not just have them be somebody we remember and have new and interesting characters instead
@dainbramage3558 At issue here is that the studio could have taken the series Picard to help wrap these loose ends up. Instead of that, they put onJeri Ryan who is after Picard the biggest draw in terms of fandom to placate the Voyager fans. Meanwhile, they gave everyone else guest appearances to try to appease their fans while not bringing closure to many big issues that fans would have liked to see. It was asinine for them to think Patrick could do everything by himself while giving him a son no one cared a rat's as$ about! But hey, Terry Matalas is a great writer and producer!
How about the living witness copy of the EMH? He left their system some 700 years after voyager passed through which would mean he would be back in federation space around the time discovery arrived (give or take a few decades).
It would be a cute twist if he also taught introductory seminars at flight training… A holo-image of his brightest cadets who achieved high skills who are called the B-Team… for Barclay.
Nearly all characters in Trek would qualify for this list. If Wesley Crusher's massive intellect wasn't enough (first season TNG), then anyone we've seen could get there. Even non-Starfleet types, like Guinan and Quark, could easily teach important courses and the like (philosophy, history, finance/commerce, intelligence/counter intelligence, etc. based on their varied skills and experiences.
I think the irony of the whole Ferengi arc is that Brunt would be the best fit for this list. Not only is it always welcome to see more Jeffery Combs, but I think he would take the position as a way to suck up to Grand Nagus Rom and find out he loves it because he always feels superior to his students and gets to screw with them on a daily basis.
Outside of folks from Discovery, Pelia would probably be the most fun to see. Especially if she's just there (as a recurring character) and nobody ever addresses her age or talks about the SNW era. That being said, the character I'd most love to see would be Jett Reno (as a recurring character since Tig prefers that). I don't think this requires any explanation.
@@paulpeak1512 I think we could let Bl'ana go there. Roxane Dawson has been very politely implying for years that she doesn't want to reprise the role. At the same time, Tom as a single father would be an almost natural evolution of the character's arc.
I'm sad, I think you missed a very important person. She was abducted from the USS Raven by the BORG. She could easily teach Astrometric Fundamentals as well as advanced technology. After all, she is BORG. 🙂And most likely a variety of other topics. AND, if you still don't know who se is... she's 7 of 9 or (human name) Annika Hansen
Considering their impact on Starfleet and Federation history, I think that having holographic Sarek and Spock would be in order. Since Burnham was an adopted family member, she could give great insight into the natures of her brother and father.
Odo (yeah, it'd be a tough casting...). But speaking in universe: there's no canon info on how long shapeshifters may live, so it is at least not unthinkable that Odo might be around in the 32nd century. Given his unique perspective on "solids" and being a living witness of history, I think his demeanour and knowledge would make his the best history-class in... well, history.
Nog is in starfleet. he could teach about the history of the ferengies or some economics. no better economics teacher than a ferengi Also Garak as guest teacher would be amazing in teaching espionage. Tuvok would also be a good teacher in general I think. And William Riker for something music (preferable jazz) related teachings
As a professor, I don’t want us to be replaced by holograms. That said, this show is set in a world where Starfleet is rebuilding so they can just say the holograms are filling in for faculty vacancies.
Given the level of CGI that will likely be generated, having mock holodeck case studies for diplomacy or strategy tutorials, cadets could be immersed in ‘old footage’ which is paused at a particular moment to determine what they would do next.
Oh you missed some GOOD possibilities here...Barclay, captain Bateman (if Kelsey would do it), Harry Kim the model first rank officer, Tuvok, LaForge, many options for good teachers as an ending position for their career or a promotion. Toss Data in that conversation while we're at it...Brent has already said he is open to doing more trek since his makeup isn't so thick anymore.
Given that it's still streaming instead of broadcast, they won't have enough money to bring back all these legacy characters anyway who will be undesirable to the production company/network because they will be more expensive given their longer working history, harder to negotiate with because they are more experienced in the business and can cite that there is no one else who can play that character, and older (unlikely in business terms to test well in the coveted 18-49 age market). I have no idea why they cap it off at 49. We don't even hit our earnings peak until our 40s-60s. We love them, but look at Picard. The fans brought him back but the writers deliberately wrote him as a shambles of the man he used to be to force wean us off our favorite captain. We had to cry foul until S3, then we finally got back the TNG crew but they still have their wonky way of writing and producing. They built up his dreams like a horror story. And they built up Amanda's character only to have her die at the end. That weird hand was an unnecessary horror special effect. Star Trek is not a horror show. Now that I'm watching Fringe and realizing that it was also a Kurtzman production along with Sleepy Hollow, I realize his production team conflates SciFi and horror. Really, it would be great if they could do Star Trek more like Alias.
@@auberginebear Sorry for the confusion. I was referring to choosing to include a legacy character by design from the beginning... not as a ratings grab half-way through the series.
Funny thing about Worf's evolution is he went from stereotypical Viking Barbarian to Samurai Bushido. Going Zen isn't contradictory to the Way of the Warrior, it complements/supplements it.
"In holographic form"...."In holographic form"...."In holographic form"....This video just proved that the premise for the Starfleet Academy show is wrongfully misplaced in the 32nd century time period, and that it should have been set in an early time where there were more beloved characters.
I can see one or maybe two at most, but they can't rely on nostalgia for the entire faculty. I think the EMH would be a good choice, of course he'd age himself to appear more "professorly". As for Discovery crew, I'd like to see Pelia, Tilly, and Reno. Reno is so freakin' funny I can't imagine NOT including her.
Garth of Izar. With his powers he's effectively immortal. Now that he's sane again, he could teach courses in Strategic Thinking, Tactics, Diplomacy and Dealing with Trauma.
Yes please. And either don't explain why he's there at all, he just always was. Or, plot twist, he's the 8472 Boothby .. just because he genuinely finds it relaxing just being Boothby
The Dax symbiote, if still alive, would be too old and large for joining, it'd be in the pools breeding. Or just as likely is that they died in The Burn given their love of Starfleet.
First, in the Pelia segment it should be the FIRST time Spock hijacked the Enterprise. But you forgot about support staff. How about Neelix running the mess hall, and putting Quark in charge of the student union?
You know Tilly did bring up a good point Things would be a lot more interesting if SFA Had a mentorship program Having notable individuals becoming professors and mentoring promising individuals
About Dax, we do know where a later version of the symbiote ends up...though not the actual time. Enterprise has Captain Dax of the Enterprise NCC-1701-J
I always thought that the Academy should have Academy Starships, where cadets get some hands on training with Starship operations and a training in the department they are considering specializing in. Like smaller ships that usually do stellar phenomenon observation, planet surveys, and cargo runs, lots of cargo runs to move the smaller cargo that larger cargo transports don't have to move, with head officers on board that serve as instructors in their specific department, like it could be the final years before graduation, that way the cadets are already familiar with how starships operate before getting their first official assignments after graduation.
What about from TNG: Data, & Geordi LaForge, and Dr. Beverly Crusher, From enterprise: Dr. Phlox, and T'Pol, From DS9: Dr. Bashir, and Quark, From Voyager: Captain Janeway, Seven of Nine, & Neelix,. From Discovery: Tilly, and Reno.
Not as a teacher obviously but, as some inspiration for a command class, it would be amazing if they could work in the footage of James Kirk's opening speech from the 1990's Starfleet Academy game as a hologram in the same way they used the recording of Zefram Cochrane at the launch of the NX-01 to send them on their way.
I absolutely agree with Pelia being in SFA. Holograms are impractical because the hero ships didn't have the only heroes in Star Fleet and the heroes we know are aging up , symbionts aren't really going to be the characters that we loved (we may love the new character, but they won't be the same. I liked Ezri, but she wasn't Jadzia, it was a neat gimmick to make her Dax but didn't really give me an inbuilt connection to her. Ezri just earned that as a new character). Cast members from SNW are currently the age we know them as and Pelia is just damned cool. She could be on both shows for a couple years (guest starring on SFA every few episodes until the SNW finale, then taking a front seat afterward). Maybe she left Star Fleet a few times over the centuries, just to keep from getting bored and happened to be away from any starships when The Burn hit. She spent a couple decades living a simple life on a planet disconnected from the rest of the galaxy and now that Star Fleet is back, she'll decide it's time to "get back to work" but since she's been out of the technological loop for so long she wants to study current tech while teaching Fed History until she feels comfortable being an engineer again. She gets to be a student and instructor at the same time. It would also be neat to see healthy hologram Christopher Pike in command of the NCC 1701-T... but there are going to be a lot of heroic captains and crews between 2400 and 3069. They could bring him back just because of hotness, that hair should guarantee him a spot in eternity.
Here is one that could possibly live that long: Earth History Teacher Guinan. I mean we saw her in the time of Mark Twain looking the same as in The Next Generation. As an El-Aurian she may not be exactly as long living as Pelia, but she lived through a lot of Earth's history.
Having recruited professors to teach at university, your choices are based on favoritism toward particular characters instead of actually asking yourself if the characters you chose even like to teach, and have good people skills. Data, Worf, Belanna, the holo Doctor, and even Picard aren't given me teacher vibes. Many on this list aren't flexible and don't understand how to actually interact with people. Data, although patient, is always searching to be human. Students would find his courses boring and unrelatable. Worf, who would be a good instructor for self-defense and war tactics, failed as a father and has rarely shown interest in mentoring students. Belanna, despite being hot headed, was a skilled engineer, but didn't have a lot of friendships. That Paris and she hooked up was a surprise. Picard has never liked kids and tolerated Wesley. Despite being upset about not knowing about Jack, one got the feeling Picard never really bonded with Jack or mentored him. If he had, Jack would not have been such a jackass at his first posting. Second, you forgot core courses that all students must take in the first years of university such as sociology, psychology, anthropology, languages, art, diplomacy, PE, and even travel and hospitality management. So here are my recommendations! Sociology and Psychology: Deanna Troi, Ezri Dax (you need these two women because of the high levels of unliving, homesickness, parental and relationship problems) Languages and Communication: Uhura, Hoshi Sata, Jake Sisco Art and Education: Keiko O'Brian Diplomacy: Spock, Mrs. Troi (yes, she gets on people's nerves, but also gets things done), Saru, Muggi (who was responsible for getting women to wear clothes and the clean up of her home world) PE and Dance: Beverly Crusher, Worf Travel and Hospitality Management: Joseph Sisko, Leeta, Rom, Quark Science and Engineering: the LeForge family, Scotty, Reed and Mayweather, Miles O'Brian (not because of his drinking game, but because of his outstanding experience of fixing things with little resources) Religion: Kira, Chakotay, Neelix Nursing: Dr. Chapel and Nurse Ogawa Officer Training Program: Burnham, Georgiou, Tilly, Riker, Troi (it's not all about being a captain, but being a good follower and doer), Sulu, Bashier, Stamets and Culber (the one-two punch when it comes to crazy things that happen to officers) The reason I picked officers from different departments is because everything isn't about flying the ship and battle tactics! Most never make captain, but have to actually run the departments they have been assigned to! And why isn't Kirk on here? It has nothing to do about me not being a Kirk fan and everything to do about how Kirk would carry himself. Like Picard, Kirk is missing the human touch. Plus, his style of cowboy diplomacy would be fine for his time, but not for the future. An example of this is how the Federation President Rillak and Suru had to talk down the Breen from starting a war. The fact that you can't go in most situations guns a blazing is of upmost importance. Furthermore, Kirk really didn't take time to self reflect aside from the point of him getting older. At least with Burnham, we know she's done the work on herself. The same for several others on this page.
Kurtzman's IMDB says SFA won't be released until 2026. Section 31 is already in production to be release 2025 while SFA is in pre-production. There also appears to be a podcast in production called Khan Ceti Alpha V.
Missing Guinan, another long lived member of Star Trek. Also missing Data. Tuvok, a Volcan that would still be living. 7of9, though would be a ship captain her self. Then there is the actor ' Jeffery Combs ' who has been in every single Star Trek series since Next Gen at least as a guest in one episode.
I agree that Pelai would be a great teacher at Starfleet Academy, not just of engineering but of history from her experience traveling incognito on Earth for centuries. I especially would like ot hear her stories of being the wife of a taxicab mechanic in New York City in the 1970s and 80s. 😏
fun thought experiment but, due to demonstrated reluctance for paying royalties for previously created characters (why Nick Locarno became Tom Paris) it seems more likely they will NOT go to the well of past Trek characters for ongoing roles. guest roles, sure. ongoing roles are unlikely unless it's a main role, ie Picard.
Data, assuming his new form can live as long as his TNG self could have had he not been atomised in Nemesis, although there'll probably be just yet another Soong that just happened to look identical to all the previous Soongs (and of course, Data, Lore and B4!), because there always is... :P
You know, it was originally a seven year mission... I sort of believe that space work is tough and that after the 'mission,' Star Fleet officers need to have some time on their home worlds to retrace themselves, work on their theories, research, recouperate, and perhaps those qualified should be given Academic Fleet Sabbatical. In STO the idea of emergency holographic automation seems to follow suit with like that which we know from the Dr. and VOY. If in battle, the crew should be compromised, or for some other reason, the holograms relative to the mega computer on every starship, should avail themselves to mission fidelity until the crew is capable. I think in places in the galaxy, like say the Dyson Sphere, or some very remote place other than that, that yeah, holo-education is really practical. In SFC it seems almost like a template for the assailability of holograms relative to interstellar endeavors. I'm a firm believer in the seven year mission concept, and larger more deep space capable star ships might find themselves simply docked at seven year intervals and perhaps intentional chronologies for mission intent might find itself in a seven-base chronological scheduling.
Since it seems his lineage has been involved in every Trek since 2024, they would have some Soong. Though one was not on-screen, you just *know* a Soong got his hands on Korby's tech.
Improvisation and smuggling techniques: By Prof. Harcourt Fenton Mudd. "How to disappear and be nowhere, yet everywhere." A course on subterfuge, by Luther Sloan.
Villains. You have holographic teachers in the form or James Kirk (please oh please have Vic Mignogna playing him) and The Doctor. There is this AMAZING opportunity to have classes taught by persons with very much non Star Fleet perspectives. A sort of multiple lessons environment. Obviously the students would need regular reminders that the philosophies taught in these classes are NOT the Star Fleet way. That said, a lot more than st54rategy could be learned in Khan Noonien Singh's military tactics class. A lot more than organization and bureaucracy could be gleaned fro, the Borg Queens seminar on large scale governments. "Q's" theoretical physics classes would be more about thinking outside the continuum than inside the box. You get the idea. From a series perspective this is definitely an opportunity for some fun cameos from people that would otherwise not be able to be in further Star Trek for obvious reasons AND would be an amazing opportunity for a "FootHold" episode. You know where the villain(s) that you have been WAITING for the holo-deck malfunction to allow to actually BE a villain secretly is taking the academy over in a 2 part season finale only to find out at the end of the episode that it was all a team work exorcise for the entire student body that only the faculty we in on. Even Prof Moriarty, now an actual professor of dimp9omaxy and espionage, was only partly 3ware of the nature of the exorcise as he added a few lines of code to himself to make it interesting for himself. And serious note guys, if the actual Moriarty is not finally free and an actual professor in this, Star Trek should just give up and go home.
If you're including Pelia for having been around forever & a day, how about Guinan? A Vash hologram could assist Picard with archeology. What about a Q? They've seen everything. And IMAGINE THE FIELD TRIPS...authorized or otherwise😂
I would swap out ANY engineer for Torres. Charles Tucker, Reno, and most certainly Scotty! Captain Sulu would be a superb instructor, as would JAG Capt. Phillipa Louvois for UCMJ studies.
B'elana would go insanely mad having to deal with obnoxious students like herself. In terms of spaceship engineering Harray Kim might be the better pick as a professor as he would be more patient with his students and he has a lot of practical and theoretical knowledge. Also how on earth could one ignore Ensign Sato on languages? She basically created the basis for the translator and she is a genius in terms of analysing and comprehending languages. Plus she already has teaching experience from the tme when she lived on earth before the events of the enterprise series.
I think James T. Kirk would excel more as an instructor on Strategy and Tactics. Given his preference for talk, Jean-Luc can take Interspecies Relationships.
How could you not have Picard for Archeology and what Capt. has had more dealings with the Romulans even fighting for a rescue effort after the destruction of Romulus?
This is a great idea/concept for maybe three or four possible great series; incorporating holographic iconic characters strategically interspersed among the myriad live officers for maximum effect. I really hope TPTB are getting swamped by diehard fans letting them know in no uncertain terms what they want to see, if they want to fully realize the potential for future growth of this franchise. *** PLEASE HAVE THE U.S.S. DISCOVERY, AND THE PROTOSTAR'S CREW, EACH RETURN FOR MORE ADVENTURES!!!!!!!
Subterfuge 101 with Professor Garak 😂
The twist is the cadets think it's a class on warp fields until the final exam, when they're thrown into a maze with a razorblade and a live targ.
'The penitent spy kneels'
@@theevilascotcompany9255and all but one student fails 😂😂
Great one! He can collaborate with Holographic Moriarty!
The History and Practice of Human, Tactical & Strategic Intel . . . .
Coping with PTSD with Professor Nog & guest speaker Vic Fontaine
Oh that's brilliant! 😂❤
Its actually a mandatory class.
and Commander Detmer
Vic Fontaine: Glee Club Advisor . . . .
Aron Eisenberg's dead, though, and the fans would probably riot if they cast someone else as Nog.
Bashir would be an outstanding medical professor of genetics, xeno-biology and disease. His own personal background with genetic manipulation not withstanding, he personally cured at least two major virulent genetic diseases (The Quickening and the manufactured Changeling plague), in addition to gaining extensive knowledge of the biological details of some of the most complex humanoid and non-humanoid species in the galaxy (the Founders, the Jem Hadar, the Vorta, and a host of other Gamma Quadrant species). IIRC he also almost figured out how to eliminate the genetic addiction of the Jem Hadar to Ketresel White.
And his tennis knowledge
Dr. McCoy for 'being a "Country Doctor."
He was also declined from the opportunity for immortality of being modeled for an EMH. Could make up for it be beying a holo-professor.
And please, for the love of the Prophets, bring back Terry Ferrell as Dax.
One of the biggest missed opportunities was not having Adera become the new host of the Dax Symbiant. That would had been awesome to bring back Jadzia in her joining.
I agree with bringing back Dax because the producers and Paramount heads messed up by firing Terry. Had Terry been Patrick or Avery, they would have allowed her to work part-time or found a solution.
@@fredrika27 yeah, I really do think that it all came down to producer Rick Berman was butthurt that Terry was electing to leave for Becker and rather than simply writing out Jadzia, he wanted to go for the shock factor killing her off, and from a character development standpoint, it did make DuKat irredeemable come finale time but it pissed us all off.
It could had been handled so much better and the blame really did fall solely on Berman. Terry tried so hard to compromise and work with them.
She went from syndication to prime time television, that was a big time payday for her. And she did not want Jadzia to be killed off, she wanted to continue, and even come back in the finale.
kinda feel like there is enough memberberries in star trek at the moment, its nice to not just have them be somebody we remember and have new and interesting characters instead
@dainbramage3558 At issue here is that the studio could have taken the series Picard to help wrap these loose ends up. Instead of that, they put onJeri Ryan who is after Picard the biggest draw in terms of fandom to placate the Voyager fans. Meanwhile, they gave everyone else guest appearances to try to appease their fans while not bringing closure to many big issues that fans would have liked to see. It was asinine for them to think Patrick could do everything by himself while giving him a son no one cared a rat's as$ about! But hey, Terry Matalas is a great writer and producer!
@@fredrika27 You've perfectly summed up my feelings about Picard's son.
How about the living witness copy of the EMH? He left their system some 700 years after voyager passed through which would mean he would be back in federation space around the time discovery arrived (give or take a few decades).
Something I've always wanted to see. Even if it was done as a one off movie or if it was an animated series
She specifically pointed that one out. Even speculated on backup and original teaming up to run Starfleet Medical.
Ooooo that's a good one!
@@lovehawks2814 DOH! I missed that in spite of watching for it. I'm getting too old! I need an android body.
Genuinely wonder if the Living Witness EMH backup is the reason Zora and Discovery are waiting wherever she is waiting.
What, no Reg Barkley???
Honestly that's an obvious choice, a Holo of Barkley teaching a class on holography
It would be a cute twist if he also taught introductory seminars at flight training…
A holo-image of his brightest cadets who achieved high skills who are called the B-Team… for Barclay.
Unfortunately, Reg got caught making holo-recreations of other staff members for personal use and was let go from the academy. :(
I think Reg and Scotty would make an amazing engineering team.
Pelia and Jett Reno would make the best teaching combo!
Would Jett really tie herself down in a teaching position though? She could have 5-7 other jobs... maybe she'd enjoy being a Courier?
@@petertrudelljr guest lecturer? Their lectures would be packed!
And hell, Pelia might even still be alive 1000 years in the future!
Nearly all characters in Trek would qualify for this list. If Wesley Crusher's massive intellect wasn't enough (first season TNG), then anyone we've seen could get there. Even non-Starfleet types, like Guinan and Quark, could easily teach important courses and the like (philosophy, history, finance/commerce, intelligence/counter intelligence, etc. based on their varied skills and experiences.
I think the irony of the whole Ferengi arc is that Brunt would be the best fit for this list. Not only is it always welcome to see more Jeffery Combs, but I think he would take the position as a way to suck up to Grand Nagus Rom and find out he loves it because he always feels superior to his students and gets to screw with them on a daily basis.
Tailoring 101, taught by professor Elim Garak. Compulsory for all cadets pursuing a specialisation in Starfleet security.
@@Peatingtune he's busy running the Cardassian Empire.
Wesley could still be alive, too.
Outside of folks from Discovery, Pelia would probably be the most fun to see. Especially if she's just there (as a recurring character) and nobody ever addresses her age or talks about the SNW era.
That being said, the character I'd most love to see would be Jett Reno (as a recurring character since Tig prefers that). I don't think this requires any explanation.
I think the Academy could do with a simple tailor, they could teach how to properly hem your uniform and topple a regime.
I always felt like Tom and Bl'ana would end up at the ship yards, designing and building new ships.
Given what happened to Utopia Planitia I would hope they had moved on by then.
@@paulpeak1512 I think we could let Bl'ana go there. Roxane Dawson has been very politely implying for years that she doesn't want to reprise the role. At the same time, Tom as a single father would be an almost natural evolution of the character's arc.
I think he’d rather be flying the ships
I'm sad, I think you missed a very important person. She was abducted from the USS Raven by the BORG. She could easily teach Astrometric Fundamentals as well as advanced technology. After all, she is BORG. 🙂And most likely a variety of other topics. AND, if you still don't know who se is... she's 7 of 9 or (human name) Annika Hansen
Considering their impact on Starfleet and Federation history, I think that having holographic Sarek and Spock would be in order. Since Burnham was an adopted family member, she could give great insight into the natures of her brother and father.
Spock actually WAS an instructor at Starfleet Academy at the beginning of Wrath of Khan.
@@johncronin9540 true. That's why a holographic OG Spock would be awesome. 🖖
Odo (yeah, it'd be a tough casting...). But speaking in universe: there's no canon info on how long shapeshifters may live, so it is at least not unthinkable that Odo might be around in the 32nd century. Given his unique perspective on "solids" and being a living witness of history, I think his demeanour and knowledge would make his the best history-class in... well, history.
Nog is in starfleet. he could teach about the history of the ferengies or some economics. no better economics teacher than a ferengi
Also Garak as guest teacher would be amazing in teaching espionage.
Tuvok would also be a good teacher in general I think.
And William Riker for something music (preferable jazz) related teachings
Well, Tuvok was an instructor at SFA at some point, so that makes sense. I agree on all of those options though.
Doctor Noonien Soong. He even got a nod in Discovery.
yeah .. he would teach ethics and critical thinking 😀
All these AI hologram instructors are taking away jobs from living professors.
Or freeing them up to go do things (lead, research, teach other courses)...
It's not like anyone in the Federation gets paid at all but the professor's enjoyed teaching for sure
They took our jobs!!
As a professor, I don’t want us to be replaced by holograms. That said, this show is set in a world where Starfleet is rebuilding so they can just say the holograms are filling in for faculty vacancies.
They took our jobs. 😂😂
I think Miles O’Brien after his tenure on DS9 was going to teach there
I hope to everything that is holy that Miles Edward O'brien will be in this new show
@@nathanos42at most, a picture on the wall or a bust on a podium. He's been dead for 800 years...
Yes he was. Miles and Keiko were still deciding where on Earth to move. Maybe Brazil
She goes over that in the video
@@Lordoftheapes79hologram O Brien
Uhura should be on this list. A holographic Uhura could teach a wide range of subjects.
How about 10 holographic Uhura's? why not a thousand?
Yes❤️💕💕🥰🥰
Tuvok or Sisko as commandant, Dax in Ops, LaForge in Engineering, Tom Paris in Flight Mechanics, Worf in security...
2:32 😂 putting Wesley's face there is perfection!
Self Sealing Stem Bolts. I always laugh when I hear that term. When Mol and L 'ak mentioned them, I fell off my chair! 🤣🤣
Given the level of CGI that will likely be generated, having mock holodeck case studies for diplomacy or strategy tutorials, cadets could be immersed in ‘old footage’ which is paused at a particular moment to determine what they would do next.
Zimmerman, would be the Dr. Cox of Starfleet Academy.
Oh you missed some GOOD possibilities here...Barclay, captain Bateman (if Kelsey would do it), Harry Kim the model first rank officer, Tuvok, LaForge, many options for good teachers as an ending position for their career or a promotion. Toss Data in that conversation while we're at it...Brent has already said he is open to doing more trek since his makeup isn't so thick anymore.
I hope not for Harry. The next time I see him on screen, I expect him to out rank Janeway. Poetic Justice.
Let SFA be it's own thing! :D
Full focus on new characters except one supporting character from Discovery - a la Chief O'Brien in DS9.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Tilly being the O'Brien of Disco/SFA. :)
DS9 had 2 from TNG, so…
Given that it's still streaming instead of broadcast, they won't have enough money to bring back all these legacy characters anyway who will be undesirable to the production company/network because they will be more expensive given their longer working history, harder to negotiate with because they are more experienced in the business and can cite that there is no one else who can play that character, and older (unlikely in business terms to test well in the coveted 18-49 age market). I have no idea why they cap it off at 49. We don't even hit our earnings peak until our 40s-60s.
We love them, but look at Picard. The fans brought him back but the writers deliberately wrote him as a shambles of the man he used to be to force wean us off our favorite captain. We had to cry foul until S3, then we finally got back the TNG crew but they still have their wonky way of writing and producing. They built up his dreams like a horror story. And they built up Amanda's character only to have her die at the end. That weird hand was an unnecessary horror special effect. Star Trek is not a horror show. Now that I'm watching Fringe and realizing that it was also a Kurtzman production along with Sleepy Hollow, I realize his production team conflates SciFi and horror. Really, it would be great if they could do Star Trek more like Alias.
@@auberginebear Sorry for the confusion. I was referring to choosing to include a legacy character by design from the beginning... not as a ratings grab half-way through the series.
Funny thing about Worf's evolution is he went from stereotypical Viking Barbarian to Samurai Bushido. Going Zen isn't contradictory to the Way of the Warrior, it complements/supplements it.
"In holographic form"...."In holographic form"...."In holographic form"....This video just proved that the premise for the Starfleet Academy show is wrongfully misplaced in the 32nd century time period, and that it should have been set in an early time where there were more beloved characters.
I think they should’ve done a Starfleet Academy series based on The Enterprise time. No Federation
Who put Wesley's head on the alien? Fess up!
Sorry :(
I can see one or maybe two at most, but they can't rely on nostalgia for the entire faculty. I think the EMH would be a good choice, of course he'd age himself to appear more "professorly". As for Discovery crew, I'd like to see Pelia, Tilly, and Reno. Reno is so freakin' funny I can't imagine NOT including her.
Garth of Izar. With his powers he's effectively immortal. Now that he's sane again, he could teach courses in Strategic Thinking, Tactics, Diplomacy and Dealing with Trauma.
(holo?)Quark could teach business and economics.
Someone cut out part of the intro in the final edit lol.
Please bring Boothby back. He teaches the cadets as much as any of the professors!
Yes please. And either don't explain why he's there at all, he just always was. Or, plot twist, he's the 8472 Boothby .. just because he genuinely finds it relaxing just being Boothby
If he's not tending the roses, what the hell are any of us doing there in the first place?
@@himdel He might well be El Auran, like Guinan.
Ray Walston is no longer with us
@@potsdam28 ever heard of AI holographic animation?
Business school taught by the Grand Nagus. Inconceivable!
The Dax symbiote, if still alive, would be too old and large for joining, it'd be in the pools breeding. Or just as likely is that they died in The Burn given their love of Starfleet.
First, in the Pelia segment it should be the FIRST time Spock hijacked the Enterprise. But you forgot about support staff. How about Neelix running the mess hall, and putting Quark in charge of the student union?
That would be cool
You know
Tilly did bring up a good point
Things would be a lot more interesting if SFA Had a mentorship program
Having notable individuals becoming professors and mentoring promising individuals
10:53 Yes, more Boilmer and Mariner in live action would be great. Especially since the animation show is ending. ❤❤❤
About Dax, we do know where a later version of the symbiote ends up...though not the actual time. Enterprise has Captain Dax of the Enterprise NCC-1701-J
Worf. LOL. Every time he gave a valid suggestion, Picard was always like, "Wait a minute Mr. Worf. Let's see what they do first."
I always thought that the Academy should have Academy Starships, where cadets get some hands on training with Starship operations and a training in the department they are considering specializing in. Like smaller ships that usually do stellar phenomenon observation, planet surveys, and cargo runs, lots of cargo runs to move the smaller cargo that larger cargo transports don't have to move, with head officers on board that serve as instructors in their specific department, like it could be the final years before graduation, that way the cadets are already familiar with how starships operate before getting their first official assignments after graduation.
What about from TNG: Data, & Geordi LaForge, and Dr. Beverly Crusher, From enterprise: Dr. Phlox, and T'Pol, From DS9: Dr. Bashir, and Quark, From Voyager: Captain Janeway, Seven of Nine, & Neelix,. From Discovery: Tilly, and Reno.
Wouldn’t the new Data have also survived?
Not as a teacher obviously but, as some inspiration for a command class, it would be amazing if they could work in the footage of James Kirk's opening speech from the 1990's Starfleet Academy game as a hologram in the same way they used the recording of Zefram Cochrane at the launch of the NX-01 to send them on their way.
Positronic studies with Prof. Data. He could also teach an evening class in feline care.
Odo would be great at teaching inter-species diplomacy. Guinan should run an on-campus lounge to give advice to students.
Guinan would be an excellent guidance counselor.
Odo could conceivably be alive
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@@tsharabrown3719oh I agree
You absolutely nailed the rest of this episode love!
One person that I would say is Ginan from TNG
I absolutely agree with Pelia being in SFA. Holograms are impractical because the hero ships didn't have the only heroes in Star Fleet and the heroes we know are aging up , symbionts aren't really going to be the characters that we loved (we may love the new character, but they won't be the same. I liked Ezri, but she wasn't Jadzia, it was a neat gimmick to make her Dax but didn't really give me an inbuilt connection to her. Ezri just earned that as a new character). Cast members from SNW are currently the age we know them as and Pelia is just damned cool. She could be on both shows for a couple years (guest starring on SFA every few episodes until the SNW finale, then taking a front seat afterward).
Maybe she left Star Fleet a few times over the centuries, just to keep from getting bored and happened to be away from any starships when The Burn hit. She spent a couple decades living a simple life on a planet disconnected from the rest of the galaxy and now that Star Fleet is back, she'll decide it's time to "get back to work" but since she's been out of the technological loop for so long she wants to study current tech while teaching Fed History until she feels comfortable being an engineer again. She gets to be a student and instructor at the same time.
It would also be neat to see healthy hologram Christopher Pike in command of the NCC 1701-T... but there are going to be a lot of heroic captains and crews between 2400 and 3069. They could bring him back just because of hotness, that hair should guarantee him a spot in eternity.
Here is one that could possibly live that long: Earth History Teacher Guinan. I mean we saw her in the time of Mark Twain looking the same as in The Next Generation. As an El-Aurian she may not be exactly as long living as Pelia, but she lived through a lot of Earth's history.
I could see a descendent of Miral Paris played by Dawson, or a class on the writings of Jake Sisco and the Dominion War.
I want more Tig Notaro.
I wanted Nog, barclay, dr mbanga to teach self defense, tpol, and worf.
Loved this..need a second set.
2:10 Thank you KANSAS!!
Deanna Troi teaching psychology at Starfleet Academy
Riker could teach command
Chakotay would also be a great interspecies relations instructor
And *sigh* Flox could teach exobiology.
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Having recruited professors to teach at university, your choices are based on favoritism toward particular characters instead of actually asking yourself if the characters you chose even like to teach, and have good people skills. Data, Worf, Belanna, the holo Doctor, and even Picard aren't given me teacher vibes. Many on this list aren't flexible and don't understand how to actually interact with people. Data, although patient, is always searching to be human. Students would find his courses boring and unrelatable. Worf, who would be a good instructor for self-defense and war tactics, failed as a father and has rarely shown interest in mentoring students. Belanna, despite being hot headed, was a skilled engineer, but didn't have a lot of friendships. That Paris and she hooked up was a surprise. Picard has never liked kids and tolerated Wesley. Despite being upset about not knowing about Jack, one got the feeling Picard never really bonded with Jack or mentored him. If he had, Jack would not have been such a jackass at his first posting.
Second, you forgot core courses that all students must take in the first years of university such as sociology, psychology, anthropology, languages, art, diplomacy, PE, and even travel and hospitality management. So here are my recommendations!
Sociology and Psychology: Deanna Troi, Ezri Dax (you need these two women because of the high levels of unliving, homesickness, parental and relationship problems)
Languages and Communication: Uhura, Hoshi Sata, Jake Sisco
Art and Education: Keiko O'Brian
Diplomacy: Spock, Mrs. Troi (yes, she gets on people's nerves, but also gets things done), Saru, Muggi (who was responsible for getting women to wear clothes and the clean up of her home world)
PE and Dance: Beverly Crusher, Worf
Travel and Hospitality Management: Joseph Sisko, Leeta, Rom, Quark
Science and Engineering: the LeForge family, Scotty, Reed and Mayweather, Miles O'Brian (not because of his drinking game, but because of his outstanding experience of fixing things with little resources)
Religion: Kira, Chakotay, Neelix
Nursing: Dr. Chapel and Nurse Ogawa
Officer Training Program: Burnham, Georgiou, Tilly, Riker, Troi (it's not all about being a captain, but being a good follower and doer), Sulu, Bashier, Stamets and Culber (the one-two punch when it comes to crazy things that happen to officers) The reason I picked officers from different departments is because everything isn't about flying the ship and battle tactics! Most never make captain, but have to actually run the departments they have been assigned to!
And why isn't Kirk on here? It has nothing to do about me not being a Kirk fan and everything to do about how Kirk would carry himself. Like Picard, Kirk is missing the human touch. Plus, his style of cowboy diplomacy would be fine for his time, but not for the future. An example of this is how the Federation President Rillak and Suru had to talk down the Breen from starting a war. The fact that you can't go in most situations guns a blazing is of upmost importance. Furthermore, Kirk really didn't take time to self reflect aside from the point of him getting older. At least with Burnham, we know she's done the work on herself. The same for several others on this page.
The holo Doctor would be a great teacher. I would take his classes.
Spock would be great when it comes to classes related to: legal matters; diplomacy; linguistics; statistics; history; debate; Ethics
Seeing both Pelia and the doctor going at it would be an absolute treat. I would love to see a dynamic with those two together.
Kurtzman's IMDB says SFA won't be released until 2026. Section 31 is already in production to be release 2025 while SFA is in pre-production. There also appears to be a podcast in production called Khan Ceti Alpha V.
Data would be a fun teacher
Missing Guinan, another long lived member of Star Trek. Also missing Data. Tuvok, a Volcan that would still be living. 7of9, though would be a ship captain her self. Then there is the actor ' Jeffery Combs ' who has been in every single Star Trek series since Next Gen at least as a guest in one episode.
Writers, make it so!
Agreed
Well done. Thanks
I agree that Pelai would be a great teacher at Starfleet Academy, not just of engineering but of history from her experience traveling incognito on Earth for centuries. I especially would like ot hear her stories of being the wife of a taxicab mechanic in New York City in the 1970s and 80s. 😏
fun thought experiment but, due to demonstrated reluctance for paying royalties for previously created characters (why Nick Locarno became Tom Paris) it seems more likely they will NOT go to the well of past Trek characters for ongoing roles. guest roles, sure. ongoing roles are unlikely unless it's a main role, ie Picard.
Data, assuming his new form can live as long as his TNG self could have had he not been atomised in Nemesis, although there'll probably be just yet another Soong that just happened to look identical to all the previous Soongs (and of course, Data, Lore and B4!), because there always is... :P
Not "per-SEE-do." It's "Pre-si-dee-OH."
Teaching requires patience and wisdom. Hence, both Spock and Guinan should have been on your list.
Boimler should be the one to give the first command to the newly rebuilt Enterprise D saucer section.
You know, it was originally a seven year mission... I sort of believe that space work is tough and that after the 'mission,' Star Fleet officers need to have some time on their home worlds to retrace themselves, work on their theories, research, recouperate, and perhaps those qualified should be given Academic Fleet Sabbatical. In STO the idea of emergency holographic automation seems to follow suit with like that which we know from the Dr. and VOY. If in battle, the crew should be compromised, or for some other reason, the holograms relative to the mega computer on every starship, should avail themselves to mission fidelity until the crew is capable. I think in places in the galaxy, like say the Dyson Sphere, or some very remote place other than that, that yeah, holo-education is really practical. In SFC it seems almost like a template for the assailability of holograms relative to interstellar endeavors. I'm a firm believer in the seven year mission concept, and larger more deep space capable star ships might find themselves simply docked at seven year intervals and perhaps intentional chronologies for mission intent might find itself in a seven-base chronological scheduling.
"a BEER?!"
I guarantee you, O'Brien drinks "whiskey on-the-rocks". That or 150-proof black-spiced rum.
From the Highlands
@@potsdam28 If I were DS9's mechanic, I'd be shipping my booze in direct from Qo'nos
@@andyb1653 as long as you don’t touch Martoks stash you’ll be alright 🤣
@@potsdam28 Sheeit, Martok steals from MY stash. Not that I'd ever rat on him, dude's metal AF
No Capt. Sulu? Oh, my!
Data is all we need.
Maybe any of these in a guest role for an episode or 2
Since it seems his lineage has been involved in every Trek since 2024, they would have some Soong. Though one was not on-screen, you just *know* a Soong got his hands on Korby's tech.
Improvisation and smuggling techniques: By Prof. Harcourt Fenton Mudd.
"How to disappear and be nowhere, yet everywhere." A course on subterfuge, by Luther Sloan.
It is worth mentioning that Avery Brooks is a Professor in real life.
That is so cool
Villains. You have holographic teachers in the form or James Kirk (please oh please have Vic Mignogna playing him) and The Doctor. There is this AMAZING opportunity to have classes taught by persons with very much non Star Fleet perspectives. A sort of multiple lessons environment. Obviously the students would need regular reminders that the philosophies taught in these classes are NOT the Star Fleet way. That said, a lot more than st54rategy could be learned in Khan Noonien Singh's military tactics class. A lot more than organization and bureaucracy could be gleaned fro, the Borg Queens seminar on large scale governments. "Q's" theoretical physics classes would be more about thinking outside the continuum than inside the box. You get the idea.
From a series perspective this is definitely an opportunity for some fun cameos from people that would otherwise not be able to be in further Star Trek for obvious reasons AND would be an amazing opportunity for a "FootHold" episode. You know where the villain(s) that you have been WAITING for the holo-deck malfunction to allow to actually BE a villain secretly is taking the academy over in a 2 part season finale only to find out at the end of the episode that it was all a team work exorcise for the entire student body that only the faculty we in on. Even Prof Moriarty, now an actual professor of dimp9omaxy and espionage, was only partly 3ware of the nature of the exorcise as he added a few lines of code to himself to make it interesting for himself. And serious note guys, if the actual Moriarty is not finally free and an actual professor in this, Star Trek should just give up and go home.
If you're including Pelia for having been around forever & a day, how about Guinan? A Vash hologram could assist Picard with archeology. What about a Q? They've seen everything. And IMAGINE THE FIELD TRIPS...authorized or otherwise😂
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Great ideas!
Theres 2 versions of the Doctor EMH out there
Finnegan would be the most fun professor
I would swap out ANY engineer for Torres. Charles Tucker, Reno, and most certainly Scotty! Captain Sulu would be a superb instructor, as would JAG Capt. Phillipa Louvois for UCMJ studies.
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B'elana would go insanely mad having to deal with obnoxious students like herself. In terms of spaceship engineering Harray Kim might be the better pick as a professor as he would be more patient with his students and he has a lot of practical and theoretical knowledge. Also how on earth could one ignore Ensign Sato on languages? She basically created the basis for the translator and she is a genius in terms of analysing and comprehending languages. Plus she already has teaching experience from the tme when she lived on earth before the events of the enterprise series.
I have to agree with you. I also don't see Worf teaching either unless it is self-defense.
Guinan would be a great teacher too.
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I think James T. Kirk would excel more as an instructor on Strategy and Tactics.
Given his preference for talk, Jean-Luc can take Interspecies Relationships.
Wrong kind of "interspecies relations".
How could you not have Picard for Archeology and what Capt. has had more dealings with the Romulans even fighting for a rescue effort after the destruction of Romulus?
Way too many holograms.
This is wish fulfillment of a fictional series for at not yet made TV Show.
I say 'bring on the Holograms!'
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Data - Professor of Soongian Life
Reg Barkley- Professor of Holo Technology.
Dr Flox - Exobotany
Teacher or not, O’Brien needs to have an entire class of starships named after him.
What about Data?
why didn't Wesley crusher make the list? retired from the travelers and having to go to a time period away from where he had knowledge to influence
This is a great idea/concept for maybe three or four possible great series; incorporating holographic iconic characters strategically interspersed among the myriad live officers for maximum effect. I really hope TPTB are getting swamped by diehard fans letting them know in no uncertain terms what they want to see, if they want to fully realize the potential for future growth of this franchise. *** PLEASE HAVE THE U.S.S. DISCOVERY, AND THE PROTOSTAR'S CREW, EACH RETURN FOR MORE ADVENTURES!!!!!!!