I'm reading through every novel while I watch all the televised material, most of which I haven't seen either.
Federation...Wow!
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I'm reading through every novel while I watch all the televised material, most of which I haven't seen either.
I too really enjoyed this book. Truthfully I nearly gave up with it at one point because I was having trouble getting into it and had other books I wanted to read it. But stuck with it and was awefuly glad that I did and even sad when I finished it. Wanted more!
I love Federation...amongst my favourite Trek books as well and I remember waiting for the paperback release to come to my bookstore very anxiously. I enjoyed the World War III backstory along with Col. Green and the Optimum Movement attempting to us Cochrane's warp figures as a means to build a devastating bomb. How Cochrane is sick and tired of seeing people he cares about die and decides to flee to Alpha Centauri, only to have Green find him again. Then the Companion and of course the story links to the 23rd and 24th Centuries! The crews fighting in different times but together!!!
Admiral Young
Admiral Young
I liked it a lot. One of my favorite Trek books. Very epic.
I loved Cochrane's backstory--more so than the choices made in FC. The TNG portions were a little 'eh'...maybe because I had a hard time buying that fact that nobody in the Enterprise-D command crew could remember the details of how the original Enterprise was destroyed. (though Picard eventually does)
I liked how Spock blocked out the viewscreen when he realized they were encountering a Federation ship from the future...and I LOVED how Picard sent a standard hail to the original Enterprise right before they disappeared so they'd know that the future turns out all right.
I loved Cochrane's backstory--more so than the choices made in FC. The TNG portions were a little 'eh'...maybe because I had a hard time buying that fact that nobody in the Enterprise-D command crew could remember the details of how the original Enterprise was destroyed. (though Picard eventually does)
I liked how Spock blocked out the viewscreen when he realized they were encountering a Federation ship from the future...and I LOVED how Picard sent a standard hail to the original Enterprise right before they disappeared so they'd know that the future turns out all right.
I read Federation 2 years ago. :insert Anakin mode here: Yippy! This kicks Generations and First Contact butt.
FASA's Federation, and Last Unicorn Games' Price of Freedom are a good compliment.
When ADB's Federation comes out I'm rereading the above.
FASA's Federation, and Last Unicorn Games' Price of Freedom are a good compliment.
When ADB's Federation comes out I'm rereading the above.
^ I've read it, but I don't recall anything about it except that the alledged cross-over element was a real bust. So it didn't make much of an impression on me, either.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Well, when I read it, I had been prepared for the crossover connection to be thin. Actually, for some reason, I had gotten the impression that the premise was that both Enterprises go back in time (to Cochrane's time), and both take part in some conflict without ever actually meeting each other. As such, you can probably imagine how I found this way to be a bit better.
Connecting Federation with First Contact
There are several versions of this essay floating around. I found them useful while creating the post-atomic adventure Iron Horse.
There are several versions of this essay floating around. I found them useful while creating the post-atomic adventure Iron Horse.
Actually, I thought that part was positively bizarre, especially since in TOS, that was for the most part seen as the insignia of just one ship among many (which we might assume was later adopted for all of Starfleet due to the PR value of Kirk finishing his five-year mission "mostly intact"). I really thought it was an example of explaining something that didn't need to be explained (and just prompted more questions with the explanation). But I really think it was there just to set up the diagrams on the Preserver object in the TNG era.
I also loved Federation. Somehow, while reading it, I managed to reconcile it with First Contact. It took a few mental backflips but it was worth it.
I read this a few months ago and I think it's in my top favorite three Star Trek books. It wasn't hard to ignore the problems meshing with First Contact, since they weren't that big of a deal. About halfway through I was thinking that it's a shame they didn't use it for a movie, because it would have made a great one. It was epic, and I didn't feel that it was 'just another time-travel story' between TOS and TNG.
I think my favorite part was when Cochrane was explaining the principle behind warp travel and drew the future Starfleet insignia.
It actually made me more interested in reading the Shatnerverse novels, being that Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens helped pen them. There is also the link between them with the Preserver and the object in Federation.
I think my favorite part was when Cochrane was explaining the principle behind warp travel and drew the future Starfleet insignia.
It actually made me more interested in reading the Shatnerverse novels, being that Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens helped pen them. There is also the link between them with the Preserver and the object in Federation.
actually, cochrane's explanation is one of the few things that irritates the crap out of me in Federation.
i don't see how anyone can possibly reconcile FC and fed however. they're completely different.
i don't see how anyone can possibly reconcile FC and fed however. they're completely different.
Strangely enough, I just said the same thing on this thread five days ago. The explanation seems to be in complete defiance of the fact that the delta was originally just one insignia among many. What, did the insignia of all the other ships indicate some scientific principle too, or was Enterprise just the one lucky one that got the only insignia with deep significance? Again, this is, to me, a prime example of them explaining something that doesn't need to be explained.
Well, if they all did, it would make sense, I suppose, but it's still a stretch.
I'm not sure what your first sentence means.
I loved Federation at lest because it was my first Star trek book. As to the war in 2079 with 37 million killed i alway like to think (since Terra Prime) that the nulcear exchange was begun to final end Phil Green's rein of Terror and genersidal campains
