[Report This]Date: 13 Nov 2020 12:16 Title: Chapter Three - In the Family
These are big honking chapters, which makes a thorough review rather challenging. I particularly enjoyed the physical description of Katanga as well as his cameo in general. He was far too good a character to leave stranded in some planetary post. Lif is also coming into interesting focus - and yes, it was unwise to confide in him considering that he is the nexus of a vast rumor mill...
Interesting technomedicalbabble for the official reason for the visit to Farga (I'm tempted to say Fargo).
It seems Owens' daddy issues pretty much dominate his existence, which is quite a miserable way to live. In the grand tradition of Star Fleet, he appears to have raced into the command chair to get away from other things only to find they followed him there. Or, as Irons said of Dolphin (STH 5.6) "His personal life is a disaster, which makes him a classic candidate for a career in Star Fleet..."
Thanks!! rbs
Author's Response: Yeah, sorry about the long chapters. This story was written long before it came to Ad Astra and where I was still figuring out how to structure things. Glad you enjoyed Katanga's cameo in this story. I cannot recall if I had plans back then to elevate him to a regular or if that was just a natural development.