New spaceships being created to go on a five year mission. New cadets gather together and have adventures, develop new relationships, and still end up really good friends. This is the story of their Cadet Years.
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So many good series haven't made it beyond a couple of seasons....sigh...

How about an ancient, wise, and beautiful race that is native to Earth but thought to be mythical is alive, well, and living among us? They try to keep their heads down and their abilities to themselves, except for a few who've had enclaves deep in the Caucasus mountains for eons. But due to a cataclysmic event in the pilot, their identity is out--at least to a few investigators in the CIA.

As the series continues, we learn more and more about these beings' abilities and how they've interacted with humans over the millenia; how they've influenced history while trying not to (usually only to stop total destruction, as they did in the pilot--it's just we've now got better surveillance equipment to detect them); and of course relationships develop. Some of these beings join a new unit of the CIA.

Some of their abilities are: they are naturally immortal but can be injured and killed (although they heal quickly); they have extraordinarily acute senses; they are never unconscious although they rest; they are uncommonly strong for their size (which is slightly bigger than humans--tall but not bulky); and they are telepathic with all species. They have lived almost forever and so have a huge reservoir of knowledge and skills. They have lived through so much awfulness that they tend to be supporters of beauty and the arts.

Over the years, they've hidden themselves among us in all kinds of ways. Currently, many are doctors or professors or teachers. Some are supermodels, some are race car drivers, some play volleyball or basketball, many are critics. After a decade or two of prominence, they take advantage of circumstances to disappear and reestablish themselves on the other side of the world, where no one will realize that they never aged. Those that remained in the mountains have not had to deal with this, but they soon might.
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Humans have finally developed a direct neurological connection to the computing cloud, which at this point in the future holds all information, including all your own personal information and history. Rogue villians use this information against unsuspecting innocents, each week coming up with some new crime that must be stopped by the Ola Hams, an elite organization of knowledge police that keep the world safe from data crime. The Ola Hams, of course, interact with each other and share crime fighting tips on their communal site, Olaham.com.

Man, I should really grab that domain name before this idea takes off!
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I guess you're looking for inspiration? Any story that is character driven rather than plot driven is always a plus. I tend to like something with a mysterious aspect to it, especially when the answers are not spoon fed. Also if it has something that breaks with the genre or redefines it, essentially makes it its own, that's always a good direction. For example, Battlestar Galactica began with many unanswered questions about how the holocaust happened, what triggered it, what happened to the cylons, how will a teacher run a crippled government, does Baltar knowingly have something to do with the holocaust or was he simply being used, etc. Also, I've recently begun watching Charlie Jade which breaks with the parallel worlds tradition where the main character discovers parallel worlds beyond our own through a scientific mishap. The character usually starts in this world and travels to another but in Charlie Jade the main character is not a scientist, he's a detective who accidentally gets stuck in our reality and he has no idea that such a significant event has even occurred. He's just very confused as to why Cape City is called Cape Town and why his apartment building has been condemned. Hope that helps.
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