[Billy_bob_bob]

Not just different crews, different starbases and planets. Sometimes an episode could revolve around the activities of a scout ship in a distant quadrant. Let's say they commit some kind of galactic faux paux that pisses off some newly contacted race. The next episode could revolve around the ramifications of their actions as the politicians get involved at the Federation Council. The episode after that could involve something completely unrelated, the episode after that could somehow tie them all together. Or not. You have that freedom with this format. However, an overriding "story arc" would be an asset to a production like this, IMHO.

[Bogey78O]

StarTrek 24?

[ArrogantBustard]

However, an overriding "story arc" would be an asset to a production like this, IMHO.

That's what made Babylon-5 excellent. They had a story to tell. They told it, episodically, over the course of five seasons, and then they ended it. They did the one thing far too many authors, producers, etc. in the SciFi/Fantasy realm cannot seem to do: STFU.

(I know, there was an abortive attempt at a follow-on series. It went nowhere. It also wasn't very good.)