[Report This]Date: 01 Sep 2020 10:42 Title: Episode 11.8 - Anna's Egg, Bolshoya Neva River, St. Petersburg, Russia
Looks like Ad Astra doesn't like -- what I'm assuming are supposed to be Russian characters -- either. I know the problem well.
Interesting scene here. I didn't know where this was going until I remembered that Irons is with S31. I'm interested to find out how you portray the controversial agency, since the way it was shown in canon didn't leave me with a positive opinion of it.
It may have changed over time, it may have always been misunderstood, or it just may still be as sinister as it has always been, willing to pay any price to safeguard the Federation. I also wonder into what camp Irons fits in.
Author's Response:
Yeah - I had the Cyrilic characters to spell Anna's Egg (in Russian). Oddly, the platform doesn't seem to have problems with umlots, but doesn't seem to recognize any other accents or letters outside of the standard English alphabet.
This scene was kind of my tribute to James Bond movies - which feature lots of boat rides in European waters.
Julian Bashir introduced us to Section 31, so I thought it would be fun to portray him as the new director of the agency. I have added a few more Section 31 beats to the story, including the new final scene for Ep 11. Stuff that I knew was going on behind the scenes, but that I really needed to show the reader.
Thanks!! rbs