[Report This]Date: 14 Jan 2021 16:35 Title: Part I - The Elusive Peace: 5
Gul Belore makes a good first impression. This looks like a fun and perhaps cross cast character.
And while I know Leva returns to the Eagle, it looks like he's in for some rather nefarious adventure of his own.
Intriguing.
Thanks!! rbs
Author's Response: I'm fond of casting against type, so to speak. Not all Klingons, Cardassians, Romulans are one thing. People contain multitudes as the told trope goes. Sci-fi and Trek sometimes forget this. We'll have to see what that means for Belore going forward.
Date: 22 Oct 2014 00:45 Title: Part I - The Elusive Peace: 5
The Cardassian gul isn't what I'd anticipated... I'd expected some embittered battle-weary soldier with a chip on his shoulder. I hope this inexperienced green-horne can make his countrymen see reason, otherwise much more blood may be spilled unnecessarily.
Leva’s departure wasn’t the most poignant I’ve seen, but that’s to be expected after what everyone has endured for the past two years. Leva’s faced the age-old conundrum of whether to remain where he’s at home, or push ahead outside his comfort zone to seek his destiny elsewhere. He’s pragmatic enough to know his knowledge and experience make him a good executive officer candidate.
Now he’s stuck on some backwater outpost where nobody seems to know what the hell is going on, or what’s in store for him.
Hurry up and wait, soldier. Hurry up and wait.
Author's Response: Gul Belore is a bit of a curve ball for everyone, including Owens and his crew. It adds an interesting new dynamic to the story and we'll have to see if it makes things easer or harder in the long run. Leva leaves without much fanfare mostly because I had just written an emotional farewell in the previous story and didn't want to cover old ground here. But it also makes more sense for the half-Romulan tactical officer to make it quick and painless, like ripping off an old band-aid. Hurry up and wait sums up his situation pretty much perfectly. Thanks for reading and the review.
Date: 13 Oct 2014 23:55 Title: Part I - The Elusive Peace: 5
I'm confused by their Cardassian visitor's candor, and it makes me instantly distrust him. Cardassians just aren't the sort to volunteer information, particularly regarding their weaknesses.
I sympathize with Lava. There's nothing worse than showing up somewhere and no one seeming to know why you're there. Hopefully he isn't in for a rude surprise when he finally learns where he is going.
Author's Response: I enjoy reading the reactions to Belore. Is Owens' first impression correct, and is he hiding a dagger behind that smile? We'll find out.
And Leva is clearly off to a bad start. Thanks for reviewing.
Date: 12 Oct 2014 20:19 Title: Part I - The Elusive Peace: 5
The Cardassian they sent them left me speechless. No Big Bad Cardassian Riding Hound but a friendly puppy. I really appreciate your innovative approach because everyone (both the readers and characters themselves) expected a swaggering, arrogant Cardassian Gul who would be a handful to deal with, uncooperative and suspicious, and they received this polite, good-intentioned boy. If this is the face of the new Cardassia, I would not mind Nora Laas strangling him in the corridor. Too timid and inexperienced, a diplomatic aide stuffed hastily into a uniform due to lack of better options. Still, I hope my first impression is wrong and he will be useful. His motives are very patriotic but I don’t expect that a seasoned, hardened infantry soldier will put his weapon down at the behest of this peaceful clerk.
Leva is having a hard time with his new assignment, I don’t think he is going to enjoy it very much.
Author's Response: I liked playing against expectations here. Is this truly the face of the new Cardassia? If you are familiar with some of Gibraltar's and DarKush's work which takes place in the same shared universe, you realize there are still plenty militaristic and ultra-nationalist Cardassians left after the war, causing much mayhem. We'll see throughout the course of this story where Belore will fit in.