[Report This]Date: 27 Jul 2020 18:14 Title: 4 - Agamemnon, 2372
Totally original series humor (except for the gagh) - a nice breather from the doom and gloom of the first few chapters. I always enjoy character development interludes like this - they tend to be the first thing dropped from movie and tv scripts and neglected by fanfic writers.
Glad you included this one.
Thanks!! rbs
Author's Response: I'm not going to lie, my writing focus tends to be the bigger story but I also love little character interludes and here it actually serves one of the minor plots running through this book. Glad you enjoyed it.
Date: 30 Nov 2019 16:52 Title: 4 - Agamemnon, 2372
Thoughts as I read:
“You need to lighten up, dude,” he said to the dark-skinned science officer with the serious expression on his face. I love him. First, because he full on admits that he's not all that and probably got some help along the way (nepotism much, Starfleet?) but also because he uses dude here. Also, DAYSTROM. That's a hell of a name to have in Starfleet or anywhere else. And Sses's guilelessness made me smile; our idioms can get pretty wild, when you're trying to understand them from an outside perspective.
Oh my God, DeSoto. Allenby's reaction was funny, but damn. Somehow, I don't see him getting transferred off there, but time will no doubt tell. And Sses owned with the stinger at the end, there.
I adore how all of you UT authors do the whole 'crew interaction' thing. Like-- everyone reads so real and vibrant, it's just inspiring. You lot could easily do this for pay.
Author's Response: Yeah, this is a ship of people with grand pedigrees. Daystrom, of course, and DeSoto is the son of a famous starship captain. Allenby doesn't have a famous lineage but she did serve on the Enterprise-D (she was practically a bridge extra on TNG).
Date: 30 Apr 2012 01:48 Title: 4 - Agamemnon, 2372
An excellent character piece there, and an introduction to three of Agamemnon's junior officers.
A fantastic prank, but it seems like it may be one too many for young Mister DeSoto. I've got a feeling he's going to have a not-too-pleasant meeting with the XO or the captain.
Author's Response: DeSoto appears to be making enemies on Agamemnon early. It remains to be seen what kind of repercussions this little feud will cause.
Thanks for reading and commenting.