by old_death » 13 Sep 2013 23:55
I think those were created after Voyager had been finished for some time. The Archer series is supposed to create a "missing link" between our time and the Kirk series, explaining how the star fleet and the federation of planets came to life/evolved in their first years.
I never liked the series however. The characters present an awfully American attitude, if you understand what I mean... In fact they're acting towards other species/races with the same mixture of arrogance and ignorance that has been the driving force of the politics of the US government since shortly after WWII. (I must admit I'm not an expert on US politics before the World War, so I do give them the benefit of the doubt there.)