How do you see a Kirk / Harrington encounter?

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  1. Darkwing

    Darkwing Commodore Commodore

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    I've had the thought that, since both are essentially Hornblower knockoffs in space, the David Weber is going to eventually have them encounter each other, although Kirk, of course, will have to be literarily disguised. Since the Solarian League reads as a darker version of the UFP, he'll be a Solarian Navy captain.

    So, just for fun, how would you see such an encounter?

    1. What point in their respective careers?

    2. Do you prefer cross-over encounters or in-universe counterpart encounters? Would it be better to have the 1701 (No bloody letters) pop out of the wormhole junction, or for Honor to get her ass kicked by a Solarian captain with all the tech disadvantages they have compared to manticore, relying on Kirk's famous luck, bluff, and supposed tactical acumen to beat the Salamander when all the bookies are saying the Sollies are toast?

    On the flip side, Honor popping up in Trek could also be interesting, whether her fleet winks in from an astronomical phenomenon, or she's an exhange officer from the minor human polity of Manticore, outside UFP space.

    This could be "his/her counterpart has always been in that world", "Q snapped his fingers", or whatever rationale you want, but if you were to write this, how would you do it?
     
  2. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

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    They shag each other rotten and produce the greatest ship's Captain ever.
     
  3. Pavonis

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    Honor who? Never heard of him.
     
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  5. nightwind1

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    Admiral Dame Honor Stephanie Harrington would wipe the deck with Kirk.
     
  6. Darkwing

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    I was hoping to avoid that - too obvious.
     
  7. Darkwing

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    Nah. He has scriptwriters who established his ability to pull it off long before her author started on her. He was supposed to be the same sort of tactical whiz she is, but his scripts don't call for the detail of tactical movement and action her stories do. If she guests in his world, she'd lose the details and just have the same sort of rep. If he guests in her world, he gains the details.
    Besides, the way her buddies have been slapping the Sollies, Kirk's dual has to beat her , or it's just more of the same and doesn't seem like anything just happened. But then, he's a decent Solly, and acts like Theisman - or just as he whips her, he has to retreat because her reinforcements arrive. So he can investigate, find out how rotten the League is, and emulate Theisman again.
     
  8. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

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    Captain Kirk Harrington scoffs at you.
     
  9. Darkwing

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    You mean will scoff sometime centuries in the future. That's ok, I plan to be there, but ignore it.
     
  10. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

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    No, he traveled to the past just to scoff at you.
     
  11. Darkwing

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    Then he can give me a ride back to the future.
     
  12. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

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    He didn't arrive in a DeLorean. He willed himself back to 2012. That's just how awesome he is.
     
  13. Darkwing

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    I never mentioned a deLorean. But if he's able to will himself back to here, he can will me into the future.
     
  14. Darkwing

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    So, while I'm waiting for an express trip to the future (and which future era does he prefer to live in anyway? Trek or Honor-verse?), let's get back to what sorts of encounter we might see if Weber writes it, and/or crossover fanfic versions.
     
  15. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

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    It's a joke based on what you wrote.

    He will not, he doesn't like hitchhikers.
     
  16. ALF

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    Hard to see, the future is. In lens flares, mired it is.
     
  17. Rulius

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    you win!
     
  18. Mr. Laser Beam

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    Never mind that, how about Harrington/Robau?
     
  19. Darkwing

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    Who? I think you're barking up the wrong universe!
     
  20. CaptJimboJones

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    Kirk would say hello and Honor would answer with 25 pages of technobabble and galactic politics.