So I have another fan fic idea...

captclazorus

And I would like you all to tell me what you think
The idea is that a starship, probably scientific, is travelling across a sector of space and then they are trapped by an anomaly that then flings them across space and into the atmosphere of an inhabitable planet. They crash with most of the crew surviving and working to create a settlement on the planet. All the while defending against any natives who might live there and firmly keeping the prime directive. It could present the crew with a more in-depth look into the culture of a Pre-Warp civilization more so than one episode would.
It would be set somewhere in 2410-2415, and count almost all aspects of STO to be canon, though it does need a little tweaking here and there. In other series, I count New Frontier to be canon, I draw aspects from Titan and DTI, because DTI exists in the Destiny reality.
I'm thinking the ship will be named the USS Eureka.

starswordc

And? /10chars

steamwright

I'm curious how you can say "defending against any natives who might live there and firmly keeping the prime directive." Given the circumstances you named, I'd think those were polar opposites. Sure, they may wish to maintain the Prime Directive, but considering there was a fall from the sky, a shipwreck worth of technology, and aliens walking around, I'd say the Prime Directive was shot to pieces. They can't even fall on their swords to protect it, since the shipwreck would be unprotected afterwards. Best they could do would be to mitigate the circumstances: find, collect, and guard ship pieces.

Your scenario sounds like it borrows some story bits and concepts from a pair of DS9 episodes and a Voyager one:

"Children of Time"
"Little Green Men"
and "Blink of an Eye"

captclazorus

Yes, I suppose you're right.
I haven't done a whole lot of hypothesizing with this yet, but I wanted to see what this pilot idea might be like with people. So this is still very experimental. Hopefully, most of the ship that falls apart would burn up in the atmosphere, and of course, like when the Enterprise crashed, it cut a long ravine through the valley. I realize the problems, but after they do clean up, perhaps a makeshift cloaking device would be of use. And as far as the natives go, that was a bad idea. That's also why we have stun settings and the ability to surgically remove memories.