But I like to think it showed how much confidence the admiralty had in him, that they gave him a Connie as his first.
So What Are you Reading?: Generations
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Yeah, I agree. In retrospect it makes a lot of sense. It's not something I gave a lot of thought too, mind you. I assumed the Enterprise was his first command, but I honestly didn't think about it much deeper than that. I somehow even overlooked that when I first read E:TFA, maybe because she had his rank as Commander.
But while I was a bit surprised at first when reading about your upcoming book, when I think back and put the pieces together (plus having just read The Making Of...) it makes a lot of sense.
Is his official rank of his first command Captain in your novel? I'm not too familiar with actual US Navy Ranks, but I assumed a Commander can command a small vessel. I remember Diane Carey did something similar for Commander Keller in her Challenger novel so I assume it happens.
Maybe McIntyre was trying to have it both ways in a sense. He commanded a vessel before the Enterprise but the Enterprise was his first 'captaincy". That'd be a way I guess of making both sides happy.
Just finished the Verne. Back to Winkler's Gunfight.
Barbicane, Nicholl, and Ardan all make it back alive, and their spacecraft is found floating adrift in the Pacific, with the three men playing dominoes. Of course, Verne didn't know about the heat of reentry, and was more concerned with the G-force of impact. Then again, he also didn't realize that they'd be in microgravity from the moment they left the barrel of the cannon until the moment they hit the Pacific.
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Found Christopher Bennett’s Star Trek Enterprise; Rise/ Federation Live By the Code in my to-read pile.
It’s always nice to see Elizabeth Cutler again. Too early to tell but I’m sure it will be as good as the rest of the series so far.
I am confused by and yet am enjoying the complexities and intricacies of Denobulan family life. It’s like going to a loud party with a lot of fascinating people. Which also makes it a little daunting.
It’s always nice to see Elizabeth Cutler again. Too early to tell but I’m sure it will be as good as the rest of the series so far.
I am confused by and yet am enjoying the complexities and intricacies of Denobulan family life. It’s like going to a loud party with a lot of fascinating people. Which also makes it a little daunting.
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Yeah which means the Kelvin Starfleet is run by a bunch of idiots
Yeah I have to admit that was something that always bothered me about Star Trek (2009). I wish they had put a few years separation between the Academy part of the movie and when they go to confront Nero. I think it could have been done without substantially changing the plot of the movie.
I considered it, but the only time Trek has engaged with the business of a commander-rank officer being the captain of a vessel (for any commanding officer is addressed as "captain" regardless of rank) was DS9: "Behind the Lines." So Starfleet seems to give people the rank of captain when they command ships, not just the title.
Also, I was trying to be consistent with Howard Weinstein's "Star-Crossed, Part 2" in DC TOS Vol. 2, which shows Kirk getting promoted from first officer of the Eagle to captain of the Oxford. I didn't end up using the Oxford as his ship in TCO, for several reasons, but otherwise the two stories are compatible.
I am revisiting Kirsten Beyer's Full Circle. I'm only 100 pages in, but hot damn, this is impressive writing. The existing characters ring true to how they were in the series, and the new ones like Eden, Batiste, and Cambridge are fascinating. I had remembered Part 1 as being just Klingons and Golden-era wrap-up, but there are a lot of seeds planted for the upcoming journey, too.
Something I am finding with Beyer's writing is that it gets better the more life experience you have. I can relate to a lot more of what the characters are thinking about and going through 10 years on than I could on initial release.
Something I am finding with Beyer's writing is that it gets better the more life experience you have. I can relate to a lot more of what the characters are thinking about and going through 10 years on than I could on initial release.
I adore what she’s done for the Voyager relaunch.
I finished Star Trek: The Original Series: My Brother's Keeper: Republic by Michael Jan Friedman.
I'm now reading Star Trek: The Original Series: My Brother's Keeper: Constitution also by Michael Jan Friedman.
I'm now reading Star Trek: The Original Series: My Brother's Keeper: Constitution also by Michael Jan Friedman.
I absolutely love the Kelvinverse movie overall, but that is the one story point that does annoy me. I understand they wanted Kirk in command by the end of the movie, but there's really no reason they couldn't have at least had him some kind of junior officer onboard when Nero shows up rather than still a cadet.
I agree with what others have said: It would've been very simple to put a time jump of several years between the post-Kobayashi Maru hearing and the attack on Vulcan, enough time for Kirk to gain some seasoning and get promoted to at least lieutenant commander. I would've gone with four years so that Chekov's age would line up properly.
I decided to take a break from comics, and started ST: The Badlands Book Two by Susan Wright. I thought the first one was only OK, so my hopes for this one aren't real high. I enjoyed the first just enough to want to see what how the overall story was tied up in the second one, but that's about it. If it had been more than two books (or technically four stories since each one is two stories), I probably wouldn't have even bothered going beyond the first one.
Just posted my review of Vulcan's Glory by D.C. Fontana. Great novel! Lots of good stuff in here, and fun to take a look at a novel that heavily features Pike after watching Anson Mount's performance in Discovery.
Currently reading Star Trek: The Gold Key Archives Vol. 5 and TOS: The Captain's Oath by Christopher L. Bennett.
Currently reading Star Trek: The Gold Key Archives Vol. 5 and TOS: The Captain's Oath by Christopher L. Bennett.
Finished Dragon Precinct.
Next Unicorn Precinct.
Next Unicorn Precinct.
Star Trek 12 by James Blish with J.A. Lawrence.
My Blish/Lawrence re-read is almost complete.
My Blish/Lawrence re-read is almost complete.
To you for your good workAnd now that I have your attention, I am going to bother you with a question, don't worry, for now just one question
I've pictured Kristofer Hivju from game of thrones as Torin ban Wyvald.
Or which actors did you had in mind when you wrote the novels?
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