[Report This]Date: 22 Sep 2020 13:27 Title: Day Four: The Woman in White: VI
Always fun to have a crew member who gets around. And interesting that seems to be a cultural expectation for krellonians. STNG rarely played with that concept, but it is common in some human cultures as well (including American culture from the 70's).
Another intersting character and another twist in the plot. So was it perhaps papa Geder?
Thanks!! rbs
Author's Response: Yeah, an entire race of swingers is probably going to cause problems on a Starfleet ship.
Date: 15 Jul 2014 14:55 Title: Day Four: The Woman in White: VI
The other thing I should mention and it clearly came up again in this chapter is how you lend the appropriate feel to a starship the size of a Nebula class. There's no pretense at everyone knowing everyone else. Nora is seen checking up on the padd for details. Sierra has to recognised as Miranda in the play. The fact that the rumour mill hasn't quite gotten around to Sierra and her learning about Geda's death. It all lends to the feel of a massive starship with a crew of nearly a thousand. I like that sense of realism. Sometimes in fanfics that is not taken into account on larger crewed ships and it seems as if everybody knows everyone else.
Author's Response: Thanks. I always liked the idea of a starship acting almost like a city in space. In Eagle's case it's probably more accurate to call it a village. The size in turn allows me to write stories like this murder mystery which probably wouldn't work very well on a small escort or frigate. Don't get me wrong, I very much appreciate Trek stories set on smaller ships, like yours and TLR's excellent Border Service tales but if you go for scale, you better take it to its logical conclusion.
Date: 15 Jul 2014 14:49 Title: Day Four: The Woman in White: VI
Damn! Did that girl go and put some blame on Wenera!? Sorry, I took that with some umbrage but hey my Wenera has gone through a bloody enough of recent. Gees. But man, Geda is a player and it only adds to the list of suspects. Perhaps this really is some sort of domestic passionate affair type deal. I really figure it for something more political but you might just be pulling a right fool on me.
Very interesting ... I don't know ... but I could have sworn Sierra was about to reveal something else there. Like that Geda had just been there. Hmmm. Something is off about her behaviour in certain ways.
Meantime, I noted how Nora took more of a backseat in this interview, allowing Clancy to take more of a lead. Is it because she thinks he has a better handle on it because she doesn't trust herself or perhaps she noted that Clancy did seem to have a way of getting this suspect to talk without knocking heads. He seemed to have a deft way of reading Sierra and adjusting to fit the situation to get her to talk. He's beginning to show some of his professional skill sets here in this investigation.
Author's Response: Yeah, I think Nora is realizing that Clancy is a lot better at dealing with people than she ever will. Little surprise there for people who know Nora Laas. I think without him in that room, she wouldn't have gotten much out of Decaux in the first place and she's beginning to see that. I appreciate your loyalty to Wenera. Clearly Decaux doesn't know her half as well as you do.
Date: 13 Jan 2014 21:44 Title: Day Four: The Woman in White: VI
OH, the plot THICKENS. So, Sierra (another blonde, Gedar, you dog) is the little thing that Gedar was doing on the side with Yunta but he got bored with her and started with the Doc? This just looks messier and messier. Loving this investigation, can I get a spinoff?
Author's Response: Not sure about the spinoff but I'm glad you are enjoying the crime story part of the novel. It was the trickiest part to try and make work. No whodunnit is ever complete without plenty of possibly wronged persons with motives.