Reviewer: trekfan Signed [Report This]
Date: 18 Oct 2014 23:24 Title: Chapter 12: Bad Blood

Neil rocks. Dude's got fire. I like the way he lights up Schmidt, starting things out coolly before turning on the jets of rage. He's completely right, calling out those survival tests and Schmidt pretty much gives way the fact that this was a revenge ploy after Maren embarrassed the people who made the Kobayshi Maru.

Icheb could only stand and watch and that was the right choice.

Reviewer: CeJay Signed [Report This]
Date: 22 Sep 2014 00:57 Title: Chapter 12: Bad Blood

Okay, didn't see this emotional confrontation coming. Looks like this Neil fellow gets to say all those things Icheb has been wanting to shout into Schmidt's face, albeit without risking his own career doing so.

Your pushing the theme of Maren as a wunderkind genius pretty hard in this tale and I guess that's fine but here's a little hint for Schmidt: Next time your looking at putting a cadet through a gauntlet that could get them killed, don't do it in a place where you've got personal enemies hanging around.

Author's Response:

Heh.  I'm sure if Schmidt had any idea Abbott was living in Alert, he'd have dropped Maren on Rura Penthe instead.

Reviewer: FalseBill Signed [Report This]
Date: 21 Sep 2014 21:25 Title: Chapter 12: Bad Blood

So Schmidt had to leave Caris behind and Neil never forgiven him for that.
Was interesting to see a civilian scientist lay into the Commander and clearly from Schmidt reaction he did hit a nerve and a withdrawn or hidden pain.

Maybe I’m wrong but it seem to me from the body language that Neil own angry and pain at Caris lose means he can’t see why Schmidt did give the order it haunt him with pain of it own, perhaps this incident is why Schmidt feels he need to test the cadets this hard.

This story just seems to keeping giving and giving more plot twists, I look forward to see where you take us all next.

Good work as always.