Don’t count on the Deep Space Nine star angling for a Star Trek: O’Brien any time soon.
EHhhh, I love O’Brien, but lately I think Trek has been relying way too much on nostalgia. I’d rather have new characters instead.
Please just let the past stay in the past. Make new things! Come up with original ideas!
I could see something with some sort of 25th century plot with O’Brien and Bashir being enjoyable. The O’Briens would be empty-nesters by then, with Miles in a late life crisis right when a shady-as-heck Bashir draws him into some vague top secret mission.
Still, if anyone wants to see some more O’Brien suffering, there’s always the IDW stuff. Honestly, probably half of why I kept reading was the morally gray man Harry Kim grew up to be. 😁
If they do another generation leap they should just copy Scotty’s TNG appearance with O’Brien, shot for shot.
If it’s written by any of the people who wrote Picard, forget it and let the man rest in peace.
If anyone earned their retirement, it’s Miles O’Brien. Maybe he could show up for one scene, where he lets the rest of the team know that, just like Wolverine did in First Class.
Lol, I’d accept that. Maybe he’s the template for future engineering holograms.
Computer, activate the Emergency Engineering Hologram.
Holo’brien: Jaysus! Your warp core’s knackered. Nothing I can do. Deactivate emergency engineering hologram.
(I don’t think any incarnation of O’Brien would give up so easily; just playing off of your Wolverine clip lol)
Computer, reactivate Emergency Engineering Hologram
Holo’brien: Fuck off! Computer, delete program, command override O’Brien six-six-gamma-seven.
I wouldn’t mind a special guest appearance of a retired Chief O’Brian building gadgets for kids in a distant colony.
