Have we ever seen Balok or the First Federation again? I always wanted to know more about them.
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^Not Balok, but a couple of First Federation ambassadors figured in TNG: Gulliver's Fugitives by Keith Sharee. There's also a Strange New Worlds story about Dave Bailey and the Fesarius, and I think Balok's there too.
I have some definite ideas about the First Federation that hopefully I'll get into a book sooner or later. I did briefly mention them in DTI: Watching the Clock.
I have some definite ideas about the First Federation that hopefully I'll get into a book sooner or later. I did briefly mention them in DTI: Watching the Clock.
This always cracks me up..
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And honestly I wouldn't be averse to the redeeming of Threshold with a return of the lizard babies, taken seriously. The idea has kind of grown on me.
The fate of the Mirror Universe Balok is... mentioned in the Shatnerverse novels.
I remember about four years ago asking Marco whether he'd be open to First Federation pitches, and he said there were plans in motion, so I forgot all about whatever idea I had at the time...
Then, of course, I presume said plans were scuppered when he was fired.
Same here, Marco's firing was surely the Death Knell of an untold number of fantastic projects.
"This is truly the darkest timeline..."
"This is truly the darkest timeline..."
It's a shame that Pharh was killed off in the Left Hand of Destiny books. I liked the character and would have liked to see more of him. Wouldn't have minded if he had somehow wound up as a DS9 regular, to be honest.
Little Sidenote: Funny how these days three posters in a row can say Marco was fired without anyone even make a beep, and when I said that when it happened everyone was jumping me because he was "laid off" and not "fired".
Little Sidenote: Funny how these days three posters in a row can say Marco was fired without anyone even make a beep, and when I said that when it happened everyone was jumping me because he was "laid off" and not "fired".
Little Sidenote: Funny how these days three posters in a row can say Marco was fired without anyone even make a beep, and when I said that when it happened everyone was jumping me because he was "laid off" and not "fired".
Good point. To be honest, I considered correcting the "fired" thing again, but I was busy and just didn't have the energy to go over the issue one more time.
But, yes, thanks for pointing that out. For the record, Marco (and Margaret Clark) were both laid off, not fired.
To be fair, in the UK, both terms (along with sacked, let go, given their cards) are equally valid...
^Well, the difference is that "fired" implies being dismissed as punishment for wrongdoing or incompetence, while "laid off" just means being a victim of budget cuts or downsizing or reorganization, losing your job through no fault of your own.
Can you remember the idea you had at the time ? May be worth digging it out...
I was one of the ones who said fired, and TBH I tend to think of them as the same thing. I always forget that there actually fairly major differences between the two.Little Sidenote: Funny how these days three posters in a row can say Marco was fired without anyone even make a beep, and when I said that when it happened everyone was jumping me because he was "laid off" and not "fired".
Good point. To be honest, I considered correcting the "fired" thing again, but I was busy and just didn't have the energy to go over the issue one more time.
But, yes, thanks for pointing that out. For the record, Marco (and Margaret Clark) were both laid off, not fired.
^Yeah same here.
Marco was nothing but awesome in his Stewardship of Trek Lit.
Marco was nothing but awesome in his Stewardship of Trek Lit.
Little Sidenote: Funny how these days three posters in a row can say Marco was fired without anyone even make a beep, and when I said that when it happened everyone was jumping me because he was "laid off" and not "fired".
I imagine one of the reasons might have been concern for Marco's professional reputation at the time. He was laid off because of budget cuts, which shouldn't inhibit his employment potential somewhere else. But if he starts developing a reputation as having been fired -- which Christopher notes implies dismissal resulting from unsatisfactory job performance -- then that endangers his ability to get hired somewhere else.
Now that Marco's working at Tor, I imagine that some of his friends and supporters are a bit less concerned about defending his professional reputation from online misunderstandings. It's a lot harder to get a new job when you're unemployed than when you're currently employed, after all.
I mean, at this point, the Mirror Universe has diverged enough that it's a "mirror" in only the loosest sense of the term. Given the radically different nature of the Borg Collective's interactions with "local space" in the Mirror Universe, I'd say that there's no particular guarantee that a Borg Invasion will happen, or that that particular planet will be destroyed.
The 24th Century Mirror Universe is less Earth-centric than the Prime Universe, and Earth wasn't the "honest broker" who brought the other worlds together the way it was in the Federation. The Galactic Commonwealth seemingly wants to avoid the appearance of being an Earth-dominated state -- no one wants to evoke the late Terran Empire.
So, given that it's Commonwealth that is the "heroic society" of the Mirror Universe, and that its capital is not Earth, I would say that if there were to be a Mirror Universe Borg Invasion, the narrative logic of paralleling the Prime Timeline would be different. The Borg wouldn't destroy Deneva but be prevented from hitting Earth by the narrative; Earth is not the "hero" of the Mirror Universe saga, after all. The true parallel would be that Earth is destroyed, but Deneva is spared at the last moment.
So, given that it's Commonwealth that is the "heroic society" of the Mirror Universe, and that its capital is not Earth, I would say that if there were to be a Mirror Universe Borg Invasion, the narrative logic of paralleling the Prime Timeline would be different. The Borg wouldn't destroy Deneva but be prevented from hitting Earth by the narrative; Earth is not the "hero" of the Mirror Universe saga, after all. The true parallel would be that Earth is destroyed, but Deneva is spared at the last moment.
The novels have thankfully abandoned that particular bit of heterosexist exploitation of LGBT characters.
^Yeah, pretty sure we've seen some male couples in the MU prose along with the inevitable female pairings.
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