Sulu after Excelsior?

[Skywalker]

Gotcha. I personally find it a little hard to believe, myself, but obviously they're protected by the Favorite Character bubble. There's a similar issue going on right now with the Star Wars novels, with Han, Luke, and Leia still off saving the galaxy in their 60s and 70s.

 

[JD]

Damn, I was hoping maybe there was a reference to him in one of the Vulcan's Soul that someone didn't add to MB yet. Although, I guess it could actually be a good thing since it leaves open pretty much any possibility for future Excesior stories.

Christopher said:

(Besides, who's to say that Demora -- or Hiromi -- Sulu isn't as famous in the 2350s as Hikaru was a couple of generations before? Or even more famous, by analogy with your example about the Roosevelts?)

I would think Demora would be pretty well known, she was the captain of an Enterprise after all, and that seems to guarantee you at least some notoriety.

 

[HIj'Qa]

Babaganoosh said:

ClayinCA said:what is Chekov's status in "current" 24th-century Trek? I didn't know he was still around...

In the Vulcan's Soul novels, Chekov is still alive and kicking. He is an Admiral.

There was possibly some attempt at engendering suspense by ending one of those with Chekov dangling over a cliff. Whilst waiting for the next thrilling installment I did wonder occasionally if Pocket would do something extraordinary and kill off a 'main' character. But in my heart of hearts I knew they wouldn't.

 

[BrotherBenny]

HIj'Qa said:
There was possibly some attempt at engendering suspense by ending one of those with Chekov dangling over a cliff. Whilst waiting for the next thrilling installment I did wonder occasionally if Pocket would do something extraordinary and kill off a 'main' character. But in my heart of hearts I knew they wouldn't.

Read Before Dishonor

 

[Defcon]

^ But there's one big red reset button just a few pages later in the epilogue.

 

[Ronald Held]

Yes that is correct.

 

[Therin of Andor]

HIj'Qa said:
I did wonder occasionally if Pocket would do something extraordinary and kill off a 'main' character. But in my heart of hearts I knew they wouldn't.

Since every "main" character has his/her own legion of dedicated fans, it's really not a great idea to annoy them by marking their favourite for a permanent death that could be so easily overturned by a future canonical production anyway.

The canonical deaths of Spock, David Marcus, Kirk, K'Ehleyr, Jadzia, Data and Trip weren't universally popular either.

 

[Baerbel Haddrell]

Hm, by that logic I am waiting for "present day" Star Trek books in which we find out that the Enterprise officers are still alive, too - or most of them.

I think with the TOS characters, it is going too far. Spock is half Vulcan, Bones has always been shown as the doctor too stubborn to die and I like that . I can also accept that Scotty is an exception because of special circumstances. Uhura was already pushing it a lot but I liked the books with her and finally thought, OK, but that should be it! But then we got Chekov and that is definitely too much for me.

 

[RyanLevy]

You have to take into account Chekov's age, he was the youngest member of the crew from TOS

 

[foravalon]

Which makes him like 130 as opposed to Uhura's 136.

 

[JD]

Have we ever been given any kind of an average life span for a normal human in the Trekverse?

 

[Dancing Doctor]

EmperorKalan said:
There's nothing in Serpents Among the Ruins nor nor any other "Demora" story that indicates her having children. (Then again, grown children popping up out of nowhere may just be a Sulu family tradition )

Peter David's The Captain's Daughter does explain where Demora came from, in a pretty good way.

 

[Trent Roman]

Baerbel Haddrell said:
Hm, by that logic I am waiting for "present day" Star Trek books in which we find out that the Enterprise officers are still alive, too - or most of them.

That's a good point. The characters aren't immortal; they'll have to die some time. I wouldn't expect centagenarian plus characters from ENT to be running around saving the galaxy in the TOS timeframe (well, T'Pol has the longevity, but as "E2" showed her adventuring days would be behind her). It doesn't make any more sense to have all these TOS characters active in the late 24th century. Canonically, Spock and McCoy have survived, the former being a Vulcan and the latter because even today some people beat the odds and are simply long-lived, and Scotty cheated by doing the pattern-buffer dance, but that's where it ought to end. The rest should have been claimed by natural causes or by their dangerous lifestyle (as Kirk was) one hundred years later.

Vixen said:
Peter David's The Captain's Daughter does explain where Demora came from, in a pretty good way.

Oh, yes? Was it illustrated?

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Turtletrekker]

Trent Roman said:
I wouldn't expect centagenarian plus characters from ENT to be running around saving the galaxy in the TOS timeframe (well, T'Pol has the longevity, but as "E2" showed her adventuring days would be behind her).

Possibly Phlox. they did establish that Denobulans have long life spans.

 

[Trent Roman]

Turtletrekker said:
Possibly Phlox. they did establish that Denobulans have long life spans.

Ah? I don't recall. But, sure, Phlox would be good.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Dancing Doctor]

Trent Roman said:

Vixen said:
Peter David's The Captain's Daughter does explain where Demora came from, in a pretty good way.

Oh, yes? Was it illustrated?

It's a novel, actually.

 

[Trent Roman]

^ Thanks, I've seen the novel. I was just trying to make a bad joke.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Dancing Doctor]

^Oh...

 

[trampledamage]

Trent Roman said:
^ Thanks, I've seen the novel. I was just trying to make a bad joke.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

I got it

 

[JD]

I didn't, but I'm not sure if I want to.