Reviewer: trekfan Signed [Report This]
Date: 02 Jun 2013 06:30 Title: Chapter 9

And so the people are arriving where they need to be. Each timeship and crew has their own objectives, their own things they’re going to observe and do, but they are united in one common cause here: don’t mess up the timeline. They even went so far as to replicate communicators for the newbies despite the lack of really needing one (I liked the “it’s so heavy” bit) and I liked Kevin’s line about looking mean.

But these new guys on the block, the Perfectionists, don’t sound like good people. They want to make the timeline perfect? How can you do that when time is influenced by humans and humans, by their nature, aren’t perfect? There can’t be any way these guys actually think they’re going to succeed … well, of course they think they will. They did already, actually, back in 1959 Iowa. They’re looking to pilfer some recruits from the temporal integrity commission or hurt them, I’m not sure which.

The way they go back in time though it absolute money. No timeships, no time portals, just a simple little thing that doesn’t require a lot of effort. I have to say, I get the distinct feeling these Perfectionist guys are bearing a grudge for the TIC that’s work related, like bitter former employee related. We’ll see.   

Author's Response:

You shall see.

It was fun coming up with trichronium. In Time and Again, Simon Morley travels via meditation, so this is somewhat similar. Drink the potion, someone sets independent controls, and off you go.