According to Variety, Ron Moore (of Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica fame) is developing a new show for Fox entitled Virtuality.

The story “follows 12 astronauts who are sent on a 10-year journey to find a distant solar system. The explorers pass the time by hooking up to advanced virtual reality modules to explore self-created worlds. But they discover someone has downloaded a computer bug into the system — and one of them may be the saboteur.

“Virtuality” also comes with a hefty online component: As part of the plot, the space voyage is funded by a reality show that features the trip being streamed back to Earth. That “reality show” will be produced as webisodes, featuring the same cast members.”

While the idea was cooked up by production company BermanBraun, Moore’s involvement is enough to get geek legions onboard as BSG winds down in its final year.

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