When Star Trek: Discovery was first being put together, with Bryan Fuller as one of the creative heads, the idea was for the show to be an anthology series that used each season to tell a different story from a different point in space and time. So it's absolutely likely that CBS could use the miniseries format to tell more limited stories from various corners of the universe, and the narratives need not only focus on protagonist ship crews, either. (Am I weird for hoping for a Muppet Babies-esque animated show featuring young versions of the franchise's all-star characters?)