During a recent Creation Entertainment convention in Minneapolis, Minn., Richard Arnold -- a former associate of the late "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry -- speculated to fans that the crew of "Star Trek: Voyager" would take over the big screen presence after the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" crew call it quits, reportedly after "Star Trek X."

However, a normally quiet Airlock Alpha source inside Paramount Pictures, says that bringing Kate Mulgrew and Jeri Ryan to the big screen in their own flick is highly unlikely.

"There's no way that Paramount is prepared to move forward with 'Star Trek' without there being a ship called the Enterprise," the source said. "The movie audiences only know the Enterprise, and it will be very hard to promote a series that didn't do well by ratings standards onto the big screen. It's almost like Paramount calling up a movie for 'Cop Rock.'"

What has been bantied about very unofficially, the source said, is that there will be a longer down time between "Star Trek X" and "Star Trek XI," if there even is a "Star Trek XI." In fact, Paramount might be banking on the success of a certain series to carry the Star Trek franchise's future.

"If people are curious to who will replace the TNG crew, a person need not look any further than Scott Bakula's contract," he said. "When he signed on to do 'Enterprise,' there was some tweaking of an existing agreement he had with the studio, and now there are some film options."

Of course, no final decisions have been made on what to do after "Star Trek X." In fact, Paramount has yet to give the green light to the tenth film, despite the fact that a script has been written, location scouting has begun, and the two stars -- Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner -- have signed on. Treat the information here as you would any other rumor.