This report contains minor spoilers.

Lawsuits from Activision and Fox, sagging ratings, a bombed movie ... where is Star Trek going? Even a recent TV Guide cover told genre fans to forget about Trek, and make their way to the Sci-Fi Channel to watch "Stargate SG-1."

But "Enterprise" co-creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga said they feel that the death of Star Trek has been greatly over-exaggerated, and were forced to defend that position during the recent UPN press tour.

"I don't think the franchise is in trouble," Berman told reporters in Hollywood. "Viacom and Paramount have been very supportive of what we do, both in terms of television shows that we produce and the movies that we produce."

CBS Chairman Les Moonves, who also runs UPN, added his support by denying rumors that there were any plans to cancel "Enterprise," and come back later with an all new Star Trek series.

"I don't think we were close to it," he said. "Everything is talked about. And obviously, we looked at all permutations. We looked at our research, we talked to the producers, we talked to the studio, and we felt this was the best plan."

Despite ongoing criticism from the fan base, Braga said that if there are problems with "Enterprise," it is not in the creation department.

"I don't think creatively we were doing anything wrong," he said. "It can be debated from many different angles whether there are problems with the show. There are many people that love the show. We're very proud of the show, but we did feel that after a couple of seasons, it was time to do something differently."

Historically, with the exception of the original series which only lasted three season, Star Trek series have picked up during or immediately after the third season. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" didn't seem to pull in a solid fanbase until partway through it's third season. With the introduction of the Dominion, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" took off during its third season. And Jeri Ryan's arrival as "Seven of Nine" helped ratings for "Star Trek: Voyager" vastly improve entering the fourth season.

In other news, some more details have been released about the third season of "Enterprise." According to the report, the new military contingent on the NX-01 will be known as Military Assault Command Operations, or MACO.

"They're kind of semi-recurring, and will be used on certain away missions," Braga said. However, he didn't indicate if they would be wearing red uniforms.

Also, Capt. Archer (Scott Bakula) will not be the happy explorer anymore, as he becomes more driven in his mission to stop the Xindi.

Trip Tucker's (Connor Trinneer) grief over the death of his sister, and his desire for revenge, will bring him closer to T'Pol (Jolene Blalock). And yeah, closer in a more intimate way.

And, as expected, the Temporal Cold War story arc will be intertwined with the introduction of the Xindi, which will become more apparent later in the season.

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