Date: 02 Jul 2013 07:10 Title: Chapter 24
Seeing Adele and Icheb not see eye to eye is a very-- living response. Both of them have legitimate reasoning, and both of them have a good view of the situation. Though I'm tending to side with Adele for now.
I like the retired captains not being jerks. I don't know what they can do with Beckley around, but hopefully they can offer something good to Adele. She'll need it.
Date: 04 Jun 2012 22:52 Title: Chapter 24
More plotting and intrigue from that mission advisory board, though it seems Mario and Almen are on Adele's side. Though I get the feeling Beckley knows this, that man seems to know everything on board the Tesseract...
Date: 25 Mar 2010 18:52 Title: Chapter 24
Well, I'm woefully behind everyone else, but I shall catch up-eventually. Glad to see Icheb taking the role of XO to the max, but maybe he needs to reflect back on Voyager's old XO to see how to deal with those oh so stubborn captains.
Author's Response:
Hee! Keep reading. Not only will you catch up (eventually), but you will see Icheb reflect a bit on Chakotay in an upcoming chapter.
Date: 28 Sep 2009 19:01 Title: Chapter 24
“Your separation from the Collective. Right, got it,” said Adele, cutting him off with an impatient smile. Maybe it was just the early hour and her own restless mood, but she thought if she had to hear that disclaimer again, she might scream.
Ha! Right enough, a bit of a broken record or certainly for someone in Adele's position thinking about hearing that line for seven years would grate on your nerves. Also humourous was this opening to their little tat.
Permission to speak freely?” he asked.
“You mean you’re not doing that already?”
They are quickly working on developing their captain/XO relationship! Hee hee. There is quite a bit of tension to their last conversation but Adele could be right to get the first fight out of the way! Quite like a married couple really the dynamics that have to be worked on! But good to see them able to thrash out an argument and still work together. Reminds me of the numerous chats we've seen in canon between captains and their first officers. And of course, Adele as is the fashion and purview of the captain, ignoring the protocols and advice of the XO. Hope though she doesn't regret it.
Perhaps our jogging board members may have underestimated Icheb but at least it is interesting to note that the Admiral hasn't won everyone over and that the Board is willing to work with Adele. Then again, knowing the Admiral as we do [ahem ... as we don't], nothing to say these guys haven't been manipulated in some fashion. Especially given their sceptism towards Icheb.
Great stuff, nicely set out chapter with the jogging conversation working in tandem with the spat between Adele and Icheb.
Author's Response:
Thanks! Adele and Icheb are getting used to each other. Sort of. As I responded to someone else, they're very different from each other. That can be complementary, or adversarial. We'll see where they take it.
The ex-captains on the advisory board can't help but relate somewhat to Adele. They've been where she is, only they didn't have a board to report to. We'll see if she opens up to them.
THanks again for reading and reviewing, you are such an awesome reviewer. You always make me think!
Date: 22 Sep 2009 03:31 Title: Chapter 24
I'm glad we're getting a look at some of the other board members. They seem nice, but... Everyone has an agenda, don't they? :D
I'm also glad to see Adele and Icheb butting heads. He needs to stand up to her sometimes. She is taking a big risk. I just hope it pays off. Nice tense chapter!
Author's Response:
Agendas? In this story? Why ever would you say such a thing? (Hehe.)
Icheb doesn't have a problem standing up to people, his problem is keeping his temper in check when he does so, hence the clenched fists and pissed off expression when they talked. He's a little moody, and kept a lot of the inherent Borg attitude that tempts him to believe he's always right. He didn't react to Eleanor's tantrum because he doesn't really care about her opinion -- it's irrelevant to him. But he cares about the Adele and the away team and their safety, plus she's his commanding officer, so it's harder for him to balance his reactions to her. He knows he has to follow her orders and be respectful, but at the same time, deep down he thinks he knows better than she does and he's worried. It's a tough line to walk for any XO, but especially one with his background and related abilities.
We'll see if Adele's risk taking pays off.
Date: 19 Sep 2009 07:01 Title: Chapter 24
It looks like the captains on the advisory board are just as enamored with the admiral and the lawyer as Oyugo is. Nice to know that Adele might have at least two potentially sympathetic people in her own personal star chamber.
Interesting to see Icheb going toe-to-toe with his captain in regards to the away mission. As irritated as he’s making her, he does have a point, and it is his job to act as a sounding board for her decisions. I hope this is part of the Captain/XO process of feeling out each other’s boundaries, a necessary first step in the formation of any effective command team.
Great stuff!
Author's Response:
Thanks, Gibraltar! I think it would be hard for any former captain NOT to sympathize with Adele's situation. At the same time, they're there for a reason, and don't want to sit there for seven years while she tries to avoid communicating with them. The board got off to a bad start thanks to Adele's poor handling of the first couple of meetings, her growing fear of Beckley, and Eleanor's horrible attitude toward Icheb. I guess we'll see if the captains can win Adele's trust.
Regarding Adele/Icheb -- they're very different. That can be good/complementary, or that can be really bad/adversarial. We'll see where they take it. Thanks again for reading and commenting!