 Following the end of Star Trek : Voyager , which had been used to launch UPN , they were seeking a new Star Trek series . The network contacted Rick Berman during the fifth season of Star Trek : Voyager , and informed him that if he didn 't develop a new Star Trek show then they would find someone else who would . Berman had previously been an executive producer on Voyager , and other series dating back to The Next Generation . Berman contacted Brannon Braga , and the two became the executive producers on the new show . The new series launched after the end of Voyager , but was set some 150 years before the events seen in The Original Series . The new series was originally called Enterprise , without the Star Trek prefix . UPN president Dean Valentine said that " Paramount felt it was no longer necessary . Enterprise is synonymous with Star Trek " . Berman 's idea was to set it in an earlier time period , with limited technology such as the ship only being able to travel up to warp 5 , as he felt that after three series being set in roughly the same time period it would be exciting for the fans . 
