Star Trek: Resurgence Cameos Should Be More 'Sequel' Than 'Prequel'
The original Star Trek series began airing in 1966, and the phenomenon it kicked off is still going strong. Between the 1980s and 2000s, fans received four live-action shows: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise. After more than a decade, Star Trek has become a major draw for Paramount's streaming service with five series (both live-action and animated) in concurrent production: Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and the recently started Strange New Worlds. Alongside this content comes other ventures like Dramatic Labs' Star Trek: Resurgence.
Dramatic Labs includes Telltale Studios veterans, and Star Trek: Resurgence will be a «narrative adventure» game with branching choices similar to Telltale's popular works. Few Star Trek video games have seen more success than the MMO Star Trek Online, which lets fans explore its expansive sci-fi universe and meet popular characters, but Resurgence could be a great blend of genre and source material. Fans know that an older Ambassador Spock will appear, and based onResurgence's place in the series' timeline it should focus more on telling these kinds of continuing stories rather than setting up future events.
Resurgence Could Put Star Trek Games Back on the Map
According to Star Trek: Resurgence's official website, the game will take place in 2380 — a year after the events of The Next Generation film Nemesis. This sets it after the events of Deep Space Nine and Voyager, but about 20 years before Patrick Stewart reprises the role of Jean-Luc Picard in the self-titled Paramount+ series Picard. As a result, Spock appearing in the game sets a precedent for cameo characters in Resurgence.
However,Resurgence may not delve too deep into this well given it aims to
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