Elias Vaughn
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Okay, I know this may be a little off topic, but what is Captain David Gold's current age in the latest Corps of Engineers book? Also Captain Scott's Physical Age would be enlightening. He was about to retire to Norpin way back when and now he could be in charge of the SCE for at least a few more decades.
While I'm at it, when was the last time Uhura or Chekov were mentioned, and how old were they then?
While I'm at it, when was the last time Uhura or Chekov were mentioned, and how old were they then?
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Except they don't. As established in Demons of Air and Darkness, Vaughn only knows Calhoun by reputation.
Gold is three years older than Picard -- he was a senior at the Academy when Picard was in his first year (and won the Academy marathon, viz. "The Best of Both Worlds Part 2"). So as of Remembrance of Things Past in 2377, he's 75 years old.
Ah yes, but not knowing someone doesn't mean one can't share a history with them... I just finished watching the first season of Heroes, loved it, one of the things I loved about it was not only all the intrigue and interplay between the various characters, but just how unaware most of them were, the majority of the time, of all the connections and interweavings that their lives shared.
After having read David Mack's Time to... books, I can definitely see how circumstances can arise which easily put one unknowingly at odds with another. Especially since Admiral Nechayev's shady little corner of Starfleet Intelligence seems a bit more dodgy than Vaughn's corner.
Bill Ross and Alynna Nechayev seem to have at least some ties to S31. But characters like Uhura, T'prynn, and Vaughn (who seems to be a bit of a protégé to Uhura), are at least sanctioned and have some kind of oversight, they're more on the level. And as characters who are forced to skate that line of moral ambiguity on a regular basis, one could imagine how they might feel when confronted with those who have crossed the line, as associates of the S31 are wont to do.
T'prynn, given her patterns in the 2260's, may have skated that line even more precariously than Elias or Nyota ever did, but she does have many years of potential twists and turns before 2349, so it's anyone's guess which roads she was inclined to walk down.
Not to mention, if one has read the end of Reap the Whirlwind, it's easy to believe that T'Prynn will at some point re-evaluate her beliefs and her methods.
Hmmm... Calhoun, Kira , and Vaughn could really be fun. I can imagine Calhoun getting under someone's skin at least once. Good one Baerbel.
Thanks for the insight David! A lot of the action of Warpath is right up this intrigue/thriller alley that I love so much. So thanks for that and 'Kill and 'Heal as well, your stuff is just rocking my socks right now. I haven't made it to Reap the Whirlwind yet, but I can't wait until I do. Your writing has an intricate and epic style, that puts you near or at the top of my all time favorites right now. The work that you and some of the other authors are crafting right now under the Palmieri administration is just magic.
As someone who has written for the characters of Vaughn as well as Ross and Nechayev, what do you think their thoughts are regarding this shadier side of utopia that they all seem to have operated in?
