Star Trek during wartime!? Why didn’t they think of this decades ago!?

This is exactly what I’m talking about.

For full transparency: I want STD to be good. I want it to be the Star Trek that breaks the generational wall and allows the franchise to live on in the 22nd Century. I have no doubt the actors involved are going to be great. But the litany of unforced errors and blatant ignorance that’s been on display by the production team isn’t leaving me very hopeful, to say the least.

Now, back to the topic at hand. War. The showrunner of STD believes that war is a topic that has not been explored in Star Trek. In his own words:

The show is called Discovery. What will we be discovering?

We will be discovering the Federation and Starfleet in a time of war, and how the Federation has to look at itself and make some decisions about how it needs to behave and act.

He’s right, war is a great topic to explore in Star Trek, and the dynamic between a Federation that explicitly rejects militarism forced to face a hostile galaxy is super interesting. Where does the crew draw the line? How do they justify their actions? It’s great Star Trek.

Which is why it’s been done in literally every series.

I don’t know if he doesn’t know this or if he thinks his audience doesn’t know this, but for his (and perhaps your) reference, I suggest the following episodes and movies: