Date: 19 Jul 2013 02:21 Title: Chapter 11
What an interesting turn of events - from the interface and what seems to be almost mania on Icheb's part, to the chance to save whoever is in the nebula. And it is entirely possible that both ships are still viable, but that interference is making the reading look like just one.
He is right that time is of the essence. Just talking is not getting them anywhere. But at what price will they get this power, knowledge and speed? The captain's caution may seem misplaced, but I do believe she has a point.
Date: 29 Dec 2010 18:41 Title: Chapter 11
You’ve really upped the ante here, kes7, and to wonderful effect! Your characters are coming into sharp focus as the readers come to know them better with each passing chapter.
Adele’s in one hell of a situation. What remains of her senior staff is riddled with competing loyalties, either to one-another as in the case of Icheb and Maren, or to an outside source as Icheb struggles with the seductive pull and potential life-saving promise of Borg technology.
Though this mission is barely underway, they’ve already lost one and possibly both of their auxiliary starships, not to mention having suffered dozens of casualties among irreplaceable crew. How fraught with danger will this mission be, seeing as they’ve barely set foot into the Delta Quadrant and the crew of Tesseract has not only already been savaged, but they’re now playing fast and loose with some of Starfleet’s most inviolable tenants? 
[Report This]Date: 20 Dec 2010 20:55 Title: Chapter 11
A classic Trek development. They've located their wayward ships, but don't know how to get to it. Icheb had some good suggestions, but too risky all the same. The captain seems adamant about not defying the Omega Directive, while hasn't exactly enforced it either. One can understand not wanting to risk one man for the missing crew without any concrete information about that ship's predicament. But I can see Adele being frustrated into taking a bigger risk for the missing officers and civilians. And even the most risky of plans always seem to work out for the best in the Trek universe.
"You can't break the laws of physics, but you can bend them" and "Things are only impossible until they're not."
Date: 19 Dec 2010 20:35 Title: Chapter 11
So they finally locate the Sol and Luna - only they don't they only detect one! Things should be looking up but they still remain desperate as they are a long way being able to get to them because of the subspace damage.
The solution to getting to them quicker as given by Icheb seems a bit extreme from the normally reserved and restrained XO. However, the startling development of how the connection to the neural interface is affecting Icheb is subtle but clear. And it bodes not well for things for him. I can only suspect that the effects are akin to a drug. He is to degrees a relapsed addict given his past connection to the Collective. This taste of what he could process as a super intelligent person has to be stimulating and overwhelming. And then there is the chance to know Omega as well. Damn. Frightening temptations for Icheb and could cloud his future judgements re: offers from the RBorg.
However, for Adele the options forwards are limited. Trust the RBorg; use Omega; allow partial assimilation of Tesseract. WTF? I doubt any of those options appeal to her. And now she cannot be sure of her XO.
Damned fascinating developments.