Date: 29 Jun 2015 13:54 Title: Love and War (Fairness) - Eric Atherton
Whew. That was a lot of spitfire coming out of Atherton's mouth, but a lot of what he says isn't off base. If Icheb was genetically engineered to be that smart, that superior, he'd totally be banned (unless he pulled a Bashir and snuck by). Starfleet -- and the Federation in general -- let's things enhanced with tech get a pass (Icheb, Data) and they freak out at genetic engineering.
Atherton is an asshole, concerned only for himself (and theoretically Rachel), but he does make solid points in his soliloquy. He just doesn't bother to consider how shitty Icheb (or Seven) must feel.
Author's Response:
Atherton told me to tell you that Icheb and Seven should feel shitty. If they'd turn the contents of their cortical arrays over to Starfleet, maybe he'd reconsider his position ever so slightly. But as long as they're playing the "my thoughts are my own, even though they're not really all my thoughts" card, he's going to keep on hating them.
(Shorter Atherton: "Haters gonna hate.")
Date: 29 Jun 2015 13:05 Title: Love and War (Fairness) - Eric Atherton
Woof, that's some major hostility - although I can see why, In the filmverse, assimilation is seen as so much worse than death that people like Hawke are just outright killed. Despite the success with Locutus, no one tries (although in all, heh, fairness, the Enterprise was outnumbered and they were desperate).
Good capture of an angry, bitter, hostile man.
Author's Response:
Thanks. :) I think Locutus was an exception because he was designed from the start to be a different kind of drone, one more attractive to or compatible with humanity's independent nature. I'm thinking that was why it was so easy for them to remove so much of his technology, although we see in FC that it's obviously not ALL gone. But that's just fanwank on my part.