[Report This]Date: 04 Mar 2021 12:26 Title: Part V: The Uneasy Truth: 4
Really liking the fact that Owens' plan is untenable. Getting marines to not fight is rather like getting musicians to observe the rests. Herder to get people to not do something than it is to get them to do something.
This is probably the most enjoyable moment for Sharval so far. She seems much more like a high ranking official of local government.
Thanks!! rbs
Author's Response: Agreed, I don't think I've written Sharval like a government official in this story. Mostly, I think because she has long since realized how ineffective she is in that position against the marines. Frustrated, she has turned to become a freedom fighter of sorts. Or terrorist, if you will. But underneath all that she is still a peace officer who has the best interest of her people at heart.
Date: 27 Jun 2015 23:34 Title: Part V: The Uneasy Truth: 4
Once again we see the other side of the coin in regards to the blind loyalty we've seen starship crews give their captains in the past. Here, Lam's authority is practically the word of God, and defying his orders is nearly unthinkable to his subordinates. In Star Trek we've seen crews refuse bad orders for good reasons, and here we're seeing an army refuse good orders for bad reasons.
Damn... what a friggin' quagmire you've created!
Author's Response: It's a pickle, ain't it. In Van der Meer's defense, she probably didn't attend the same ethics and morality classes as Owens and co. at Starfleet Academy. The Marines code is supposed to be more simple and straight forward with little to no ambiguities. Which is all well and good so long as your commanding officers haven't gone seriously cray-cray.
Date: 14 Jun 2015 18:32 Title: Part V: The Uneasy Truth: 4
I really sympathize with van der Meer, it is not up to her to make such decisions, she has never been meant to make them, they really want too much from her. She has to discard everything that defines her as a person in order to assume their point of view. I don’t know how many of her people will follow her, Lam is their hero after all.
Still, Deen’s idea to present credentials and orders coming from Starfleet Command was brilliant. That way they really look like misunderstood peace envoys not fugitives and mutineers.
Author's Response: I agree, van der Meer is in a near impossible position here and even if she wanted to do the right thing, she probably wouldn't have the support of her own people to do it. Besides, life is much easier and uncomplicated when you just follow orders. In this case it might also lead to unmitigated disaster.