[Report This]Date: 21 Nov 2020 12:55 Title: Episode 16.13 - Slavers: The Market (Part 2 of 2)
Well, that was certainly nice of them to rescue those slaves. Made me feel better after the last chapter, certainly.
And the Orion slave girls learned an important lesson that most fighters have known for centuries. Long hair just gets you killed.
Author's Response:
I wanted to show the Orion slave girls as powerful fighters - but that's not their primary role. And to have a taste of what the new tactical squad can do.
This chapter is Tali's hero moment - not because she rescues a lot of slaves, including children, but because she makes the tough choice of sacrificing the slaves purchased by the romulan woman and the ferengi. It's a choice she is trained to make as a Section 31 agent - the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. If she had tried to save everyone, she wouldn't have saved anyone - which is kind of what Damon Trock explained to her. That's a big theme that runs through STH.
Thanks!! rbs