Topic: Fragile Ideals

[Governor Ronjar]

Well, you told ME... But I ain't tellin' either!

I liked the ambiguity you left it in. It was a good pose to have Constantinople just absent in the final scene. The Empire was victorious, just as is right and proper in the galaxy. Ooooo-RAW!

This is indeed among your best. It had illuded me how long it was taking you to write it. As you say, it takes the great Mt. Larry much time to get around to many....MANY things, but the fac that it was on the order of a YEAR floored me. It was well worth the wait, however! I still laugh over the SW references, the one in the throne room surprised me. LOVED it!

I like that you threw in the Ron'jar remained unconvinced. But as always, your faithfull First supported his commander. This is vintage Ron'jar, no matter how mangled his name is in this Alternate Reality.

And I do like tha fact that you diffused the possible combat scene without a shot fired. Not even a stare-down. And you did it in such a manner as it wasn't a joy killer, like all those almost fights in 'Wheel of Time' we spoke about. (and for the fans of this, mind you I have only read about 1/2 of the first novel, and did not find it to my liking) I hate a joy-killer where you wait and wait for an actions scene, the author-director dangles one in front of you...then lets the situation dies...fizzle with no resolution...

This story did not do that, and I am proud you managed to avoid such a feeling. Bravo!

I hope that La'ra, in the coming years, will revisit this world, and show the 'years-After'. I'd be interested to know what fruit bears on that particular tree after it ripens.

My thoughts!

--thu guv!

[Lara]

Ok, you know I dislike her, and you know that leaves me a bit biased. Me, I say just kill her. Siad it on the first day I saw her.

Love you

[KOTH-KieranXC, Ret.]

I definitely liked this one. 'Theft, Honor, and Family' along with 'Strange Harvest' are my favorites of all your stories, but this one definitely ranks up there with those two. It definitely has that TOS, "Cold War" feel to it, as we see the Klingons and Federation competing against each other by proxy for control over a planet.

 The scene at the end with the Federation ship confused me a bit at first, and I'm still not quite sure why the Fed would come in like he was on the attack and then not do anything. Maybe it's simply the fact that we don't even see the Feds themselves at all, so we don't know what's going on on their end, or maybe that we're looking at it through the eyes of a Klingon warrior, who thinks differently than the Fed captains we're used to seeing in stories. Nevertheless, it didn't interfere with my enjoyment of the story, so I'm not really complaining.

So, in conclusion, another great story! When's the next one?

[Commander La'ra]

The scene at the end with the Federation ship confused me a bit at first, and I'm still not quite sure why the Fed would come in like he was on the attack and then not do anything.

Well he wasn't 'coming in'...he was positioning himself so that he could attack and have the advantage at any particular point...or so La'ra believed.

The next one?  Sooner than you think, hopefully.  It's done already, I just had to transcribe it.

Thanks to everyone for the feedback, btw.  I appreciate it.

[Governor Ronjar]

Welcome as always.

--thu guv!