[Report This]Date: 12 Jul 2021 10:19 Title: Chapter 13
A working alliance with klingons is bound to be problematic. They're actually being fairly well behaved for klingons... At the moment...
For all of K'Vada's open dismissal of Sandhurst, it seems he understands Sandhurst is definitely a burr in his saddle.
I liked the image of Pava closing his helmet - it makes sense for Star Fleet tactical units to be helmeted. Hat would make a lot of sense too..
Thanks!! rbs
Author's Response:
Yes, in a sense this is just Klingons being Klingons. You don't blame a shark for being a shark, you just exercise caution when you're in the ocean.
Date: 29 Sep 2014 03:08 Title: Chapter 13
As this story continues, the parallels between Sandhurst and Ramirez are becoming more and more apparent. Ramirez's empathy has surprised me a lot more than Sandhurst's. She initially came off as the type who would take the Cardassian's actions more personally, and who would be more accepting of the Klingon's interrogation.
I've always believed that despite what the TV show presented, enemy races would have delineations in their "gray areas." That Klingons, for example, who were more likely to encounter Starfleet personnel were normally the more "even keel," open-minded sort. K'Vada seems to shake this belief; though presumably the "bad seeds" wouldn't be entirely relegated to the "far side" of the Empire. And of course, he surrounds himself with similarly-inclined ruffians.
Author's Response:
K'Vada is a Klingon patriot, with all the horrific baggage that entails. He respects the Federation as powerful allies, but as we've seen, he can't stomach what he perceives as Starfleet's weak stomach for doing the ugly things that 'have to be done' in order to secure the peace.
Date: 31 May 2012 01:44 Title: Chapter 13
You tell him Ramirez, you tell him! Ramirez has got some balls confronting the captain like, even so more have a go at his best friend. As for the Klingons you write them the classic way: nasty and crazy conquerors with little in the way of humanity. The best way! The more I think about about K'Vada the more I realise he is a bully; I'm certain he wouldn't be halve as gung-ho if he didn't have such a commanding position.
Author's Response:
K'Vada may not be a bully in the traditional sense, but you're correct insofar as he's careful to stack the odds in his favor.
And Ramirez is... well, she's herself, and Liana will never be a timid wallflower. ;-)
Date: 17 Aug 2010 02:57 Title: Chapter 13
You really have made the Klingons ruthless! I LIKE it! I think they should be much grittier and more fearsome than what we've seen on the shows. At some point, they just became tall guys with funny ridges that just grunted all of the time. K'Vada also seems like he's no fool.
I like how the situation on Cardassia loosely mirrors what happened in Iraq just after the war. We have good Cardassians, rebel Cardassians, and many dead Cardassians...and overall just a madly chaotic situation.
Author's Response:
The Klingons here are merely being who and what they are... shame on the Federation for forgetting that. Good eye. I began writing this story shortly after the beginning of the Iraqi insurgency, and I thought a similar situation would make for a good story examining the pitfalls of occupation, nationbuilding and post-war reconstruction in the wake of the Dominion War.
Glad you're enjoying it.
Date: 19 Dec 2009 03:34 Title: Chapter 13
Man...Klingons and their honor. It's looking rough for the crew. Hoping Sandhurst can pull something off here, but I don't think he can.
Author's Response:
Well, sometimes you get the Klingons, and sometimes the Klingons get you.
[Report This]Date: 04 Dec 2009 10:36 Title: Chapter 13
Woah, that was a tense confrontation!
You did a great job of portraying the moral dilemma Captain Sandhurst is facing and it is so interesting to see a Starfleet officer out of his depth and trying to swim. Makes a refreshing change, as I have already said, from the all-mighty Picard, or Sisko, or Janeway, who never really seemed not to know what to do.
Again, an excellent chapter and am looking forward to reading the last one!
Author's Response:
Yes, the situation has escalated way over Sandhurst's head, and he's well out of his depth. I'm pleased you're enjoying the moral quandry he and the crew find themselves thrust into.