I suppose the only issue with doing a series in the future is that you're saddled with all the baggage of the previous series' techno babble. You'd have to factor in a pretty rapid increase in technology in TNG/DS9/VOY and continue to iterate on it further.
Or I suppose it could be the reverse, where warp technology truly does have disastrous consequences on the galaxy and they have to severely cut back on the use of it for real.
Either way, I'm sure fans would be all over any continuity errors they make when there's way more content beforehand to look over. A prequel can safely use those as a mark to make sure they don't touch.
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