[Report This]Date: 02 Feb 2021 16:05 Title: Part III - The Olive Branch: 1
Well told space battle with the right amount of technobabble. Space battles are notiriously difficult to write and get boring quickly without some variation. This one had plenty of tactical information while at the same time providing lots of character illustration for both Leva and Mahoney.
Thanks!! rbs
Author's Response: Wholeheartedly agreed to your point about space battles. After having written almost 10 space opera adventure novels it's tough to find new angles to the old pew-pew-pew concept. Although, from time to time, I do get inspired. Glad you enjoyed this one.
Date: 24 Nov 2014 10:04 Title: Part III - The Olive Branch: 1
It was a helluva fight, but Mahoney bit off more than he could chew, and now Sacajawea is sans warp core in a hostile system. If they survive this jaunt, I hope Mahoney takes a lesson from these events.
Author's Response: One can only hope. Of course Leva is not completely innocent here either. Will cooler heads prevail?
Date: 23 Nov 2014 00:16 Title: Part III - The Olive Branch: 1
They definitely pushed their luck and got what they deserved. All that because Mahoney wanted to show off. His fit of heroism caused more troubles than his usual negligence. They plunged into action without any initial estimates of the size and armament of these pirates. They did not have any reconnaissance data about the underground activities in this sector. At the same time, they did not check the operation with Starfleet so no one is going to send a search party for them. The Thulians are hardly a reliable source of information besides their knowledge of the situation might be limited too. I don’t know whether the young chief engineer will be able to fix the antimatter system himself.
Unfortunately, even Leva lost his healthy skepticism and let the heat of the battle consume him. Starfleet might fight for principles but those pirates do it for a living. They certainly know something about disabling bigger and more impressive vessels or they would not last long in this business.
Author's Response: You're absolutely right about Leva. He got all swept up in the moment. This is a man who has always struggled somewhat with his darker, Romulan side, and when it asserts itself, like it did here, it has a tendency to override the more rational voices in his head. And let's face it, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Hindsight and all that.