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Red Dwarf Art by Gary Geick T r i v i a Tonight! 3

Science F i c t i o n f i c t i o n t r i v i a by Ted Foster The Evolution Dilemma Part 6..... 4

A continuing Next Gen Epic by Ted Foster Art for The Evolution Dilemma • • 6

By Greg Rowe In t e r s t e l l a r Molecules.. 12

1SS3 Emmy nominations and Doctor Who Notes Series Synopsis 13

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Doctor Who Books Cowing Soon The following l i s t of t i t l e s are for forthcoming Doctor Who

novels. The months of release were not s p e c i f i e d . But you know what to look f o r . . . Bloodheat, The Dimension Riders, The Left-Handed Hummingbird, Conundrum, No Future, Tragedy Day, Legacy, and Theatre of War.

STAFF Editor - Pamela Girard. Asst. Editors - Tra c i Girard and Jennifer Gonzales. Staff Writers - Sandra Provence Steele, Ted Foster, Mark G i l l e s p i e , Tony Steele. Staff A r t i s t s - Greg Rowe and Gary Geick. Colating, Paste up, Soda Fetching - Douglas Wilson.

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Trivia Tonight! By Ted Foster

OK, Science Fiction/Fantasy readers! Since you all did so well at the Star Trek Trivia Contest last month, here's a small list of questions to test your knowledge of Sci Fi and Fantasy trivia both past and present. How many can you get? +20 makes you well read, 10-20 shows an open mind, and 0-10 makes you hicky (Think of all the great books in your future!)

1. Name the creator of "psychohistory" in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. 2. How many "Foundations" are there in the Foundation series, and for extra credit,

what metallic being is found at the end of "Foundation and Earth"? 3. How did the only fatality on the planet Thalassa die in Asimov's "Songs of Distant

Earth", and what was he riding when it happened? 4. Who was the dog who won Tall Tales Night at "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon"? 5. Name the female character created by Robert Heinlein who struggled with being an

artificial person. 6. What is the distinguishing physical characteristic of a Lensman? 7. What are the artificial indiginous life forms called aboard the cylindrical space ship in

Clarke's "Rendezvous with Rama"? 8. What was the original name of the short story which both of "The Thing" movies were

based on? 9. In Piers Anthony's "On A Pale Horse", what was the name of the horse? 10. Who was the magic user who came to the Three Rivers area in the beginning of Robert

Jordan's "The Wheel of Time", and to what group does she belong? 11. Name the woman who traveled back in time to bring dragons and their riders back to

the present in "The Dragonriders of Pern". For a bonus, name the life form that traveled from the Red Star to fall from the sky on Pern.

12. Who is the author of the Hammer's Slammers series? 13. Who were the three principle female characters of the Black Trillium series? 14. What happened to the first human ship to bring an alien aboard in "The Mote in God's

Eye" by Larry Niven? 15. Where is "The Rowan" originally found, and what is her special gift? 16. Name the race of felines constantly warring with the hairless apes of Earth in Larry

Niven's series. 17. Who was the young monk who accidentally finds a fallout shelter in "A Canticle for

Leibowitz"? As a bonus, what was the name given to World War HI? 18. What other race besides humans populated the Earth starship in David Brin's "Startide

Rising?" For another bonus point, what was the name of the ship? 19. In Brin's novel "Earth", what do scientists discover inside the earth orbiting its center?

Can you also name the space shuttle taken from static display and and launched into orbit?

20. What was the robotic enforcer called in Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" ? As a bonus, name the book carried in the mind of the fireman.

21. What was the name of the gigantic brain in "A Wrinkle in Time", and what was the one thing it could not do?

22. What turned Hypatia Cade into a shell person in "The Ship Who Searched", and what was her lifelong interest besides starflight?

23. What were the names of the two principle robots in "The Robots of Dawn"? 24. What was the term which loosely meant universal understanding in Heinlein's "A

Stranger in a Strange Land"? 25. Who are the two principle characters in Fritz Leiber's "Swords and Deviltry"? For a

bonus, what are the names of their weapons? 26. What happens to the Earth in Larry Niven's "Lucifer's Hammer"? For a bonus, what

happens to the surfer who manages to ride a 500 foot tall tsunami? 27. What is the name of the throne that Elric of Melnebourne sits upon, and what is the name

of his possessive sword? A n u r ^

The Evolution Dilemma By Ted Foster

In Previous Parts: Captain Picard's r i d i n g lesson was interrupted by a d i s t r e s s c a l l from Der al1ium II, a colony endanger ed by an aster o id on a c o l l i s i o n course. The Enter pr i s e crew comes up with a plan to pull the asteroid off i t s course with the help of thruster modules attached to the asteroid's surface. The Enter pr i s e also e n l i s t s the help of the Pegasus, a f i g h t e r c a r r i e r commanded by Captain Marschall, and the So 1 s t i c e , a Betazoid passenger ship. The attempt to move the asteroid f a i l e d due to interference from a mysterious shapeshifting ship that has been detected in the v i c i n i t y of both the Enter pr i se and the Pegasus.

Now plans must be inacted to evacuate the planet "s inhabitants, however, Coordinator Effingham t e l l s Picard that the c o l o n i s t s w i l l not leave the native species behind that they have been doing genetic exper imentation on to try to r a i s e them to sent iency.

Pihen we l a s t l e f t the story, the a l i e n ship had reappeared and Picard had ordered the Enter pr i se to f i r e on the a l i e n ship. . .

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G e o r d i L a F o r g e w a t c h e d w i t h some amazement a s t h e o t h e r s h i p ' s e n e r g y f i e l d began t o i n t e r a c t and c r e a t e w i l d f l u c t u a t i o n s i n t h e E n t e r p r i s e ' s s h i e l d s . So f a r t h e y w e r e h o l d i n g , b u t i t c e r t a i n l y w a s n ' t u n i f o r m . He was a b o u t t o c h a n n e l i n some r e s e r v e power when a f i g u r e m a t e r i a l i z e d d i r e c t l y t o h i s l e f t n e x t t o t h e main e n g i n e e r i n g d i s p l a y t a b l e . S e e i n g i t c l e a r l y o u t o f t h e c o r n e r o f h i s v i s o r , he q u i c k l y s t o o d and h i t h i s c o m m u n i c a t o r .

" E n g i n e e r i n g t o B r i d g e ; we have an i n t r u d e r on b o a r d . " P i c a r d ' s v o i c e s o u n d e d i m m e d i a t e l y , " A c k n o w l e d g e d . " G e o r d i g a t h e r e d h i s w i t s and s l o w l y m o t i o n e d t o a crewman.

W i t h o u t t a k i n g h i s e y e s o f f o f t h e f i g u r e , he o r d e r e d s o f t l y , " R e - r o u t e t h e b a c k u p f u s i o n r e a c t o r s t h r o u g h t h e a u x i l i a r y power c o n d u i t s , . . n o w ! " The crewman nodded and l e f t l e a v i n g G e o r d i a l o n e a t t h e c o n s o l e .

F o r i t s p a r t , t h e a l i e n v i s i t o r seemed q u i t e c o n t e n t t o s t a r e r i g h t back a t him . E v e n w i t h h i s v i s o r ' s m u l t i p l e v i e w s and a r t i f i c i a l c o l o r s , he c o u l d t e l l t h a t t h e f i g u r e was humanoid and had a l i g h t brown s k i n . I t was t a l l - a b o u t two and q u a r t e r m e t e r s - and had an e n l a r g e d head i n c o m p a r i s o n w i t h i t s t h i n , w i r y body. Two l a r g e e y e s w i t h brown i r i s e s s t a r e d b a c k a t him w i t h an e x p r e s s i o n w h i c h seemed much l i k e amusement. I t w o r e a t w o - p i e c e g a r m e n t o f s o f t b l u e m a t e r i a l w i t h w h i t e p i p i n g on t h e t r o u s e r s and an i n s i g n i a o f some s o r t on i t s s h o u l d e r . The f r o n t o f i t s head was h a i r l e s s , b u t i t wore a w h i t e c o v e r i n g t o w a r d t h e r e a r t h r o u g h w h i c h h a i r d r o p p e d down a b o u t t e n c e n t i m e t e r s . I t r a i s e d a s l e n d e r hand w i t h e l o n g a t e d f i n g e r s t o w a r d G e o r d i , and t h e n t u r n e d t o w a r d t h e e n g i n e e r i n g p a n e l and began t o s t u d y t h e work o f t h e c o n t r o l s .

G e o r d i a p p r o a c h e d q u i c k l y , and a d d r e s s e d t h e c o m p u t e r . "Computer, s h u t down a l l command f u n c t i o n s t o main e n g i n e e r i n g c o n s o l e - a u t h o r i z a t i o n L a F o r g e Gamma Two. Engage t h e u n i v e r s a l

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t r a n s l a t o r w i t h t h e l i f e f o r m i n f r o n t o f me." he a p p r o a c h e d t o w i t h i n a m e t e r and h e l d o u t a h a n d , p a l m up. C o c k i n g h i s h e a d , he s a i d a s p o l i t e l y a s he c o u l d , " W e l l now, what m i g h t y o u b e . " L o o k i n g down he a d d e d , " P l e a s e , d o n ' t t o u c h t h a t . I w o u l d l i k e t o t a l k t o y o u i f y o u ' l l l e t me."

The c r e a t u r e s p a r e d h i m a g l a n c e , and t h e n r e t u r n e d to w o r k i n g t h e p a n e l . Somehow, i t was s t i l l g a i n i n g a c c e s s to c e r t a i n command f u n c t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g , t o L a F o r g e ' s d i s m a y , t h e l i n e a r p h a s e r a r r a y s and s h i e l d a s s e m b l i e s . L a F o r g e r e a c h e d o u t t o g r a b t h e a l i e n ' s h a n d , b u t was s h o c k e d by a p o w e r f u l e l e c t r i c c h a r g e w h i c h l i f t e d h im t h r o u g h t h e a i r and l a n d e d h i m h a r d on t h e d e c k . He s e t up r u b b i n g h i s head a s P i c a r d , W o r f , and two s e c u r i t y men a p p r o a c h e d . R i k e r and a n o t h e r s e c u r i t y team a p p e a r e d on t h e o t h e r s i d e o f t h e room.

The c r e a t u r e seemed t o be i g n o r i n g them. P i c a r d e x p e r i e n c e d a h a u n t i n g memory o f one o f t h e f i r s t B o r g s o l d i e r s an h i s s h i p n e a r t h i s s p o t w o r k i n g a p a n e l and t o t a l l y o b l i v i o u s t o t h e i r p r e s e n c e . B u t u n l i k e t h a t B o r g , t h i s c r e a t u r e a t l e a s t seemed a l i v e r a t h e r t h a n a b e i n g t u r n e d i n t o a b i o l o g i c a l , r o b o t i c s l a v e t o t h e g r o u p i n t e l l i g e n c e . B a c k i n g up h i s t h o u g h t s , i t t u r n e d t o w a r d him t h o u g h i t s h a n d s c o n t i n u e s t o work t h e p a n e l . T h e y c o u l d s e e i t was now p u l l i n g up d a t a on t h e p h o t o n t o r p e d o e s .

" S t o p what y o u a r e d o i n g . We w i s h t o c o m m u n i c a t e w i t h y o u , " he b e g a n .

The c r e a t u r e g a v e him a v e r y human s i g h , b u t c o n t i n u e d t o work t h e p a n e l . R e l u c t a n t l y , P i c a r d s i g n a l l e d f o r Worf t o t a k e him, and t h e K l i n g o n moved f o r w a r d l i k e a b u l l d o z e r .

Worf a l m o s t made i t . C e n t i m e t e r s f r o m t h e c r e a t u r e , he t o o was k n o c k e d back by an e l e c t r i c a l b o l t . The c r e a t u r e had o n l y a moment's r e s t , t h o u g h , a s i t r e e l e d f o r w a r d f r o m an u n e x p e c t e d a t t a c k . Commander R i k e r slammed i n t o i t f r o m b e h i n d a h e a r t b e a t l a t e r , and t h e a l i e n p i t c h e d f o r w a r d h i t t i n g i t s head on t h e t a b l e t o p . A b l o o d y g a s h a p p e a r e d on i t s f o r e h e a d w h i c h b e g a n t o s w e l 1 .

R i k e r f o l l o w e d t h r o u g h w i t h t h e l u n g e , b u t t h e c r e a t u r e t w i s t e d s h a r p l y and W i l l f e l l t o t h e f l o o r . B e f o r e t h e o t h e r s e c u r i t y men c o u l d move i n , t h e a l i e n l o o k e d s t r a i g h t a t P i c a r d and p r o d u c e d a s m a l l o b j e c t . P u s h i n g on i t w i t h i t s thumb, t h e deck was s u d d e n l y r o c k i n g v i o l e n t l y u n d e r t h e men. A t h u n d e r o u s r o a r f i l l e d t h e room, and s e v e r a l o f t h e men w e r e t h r o w n i n t o b u l k h e a d s a s t h e i n e r t i a d a m p e r s s t r a i n e d t o p r o t e c t them. W i t h a s a d d e n e d e x p r e s s i o n , t h e c r e a t u r e v a n i s h e d i n a r a p i d f i r e d e m a t e r i a l i z a t i o n .

A f t e r a moment, t h e r o c k i n g began t o s u b s i d e , and C a p t a i n P i c a r d was r e l i e v e d t o s e e t h a t t h e room was s t i l l i n t a c t . A q u i c k l o o k a t t h e s t a t u s w a l l showed t h a t , h i s s h i p was a l s o i n t a c t t h o u g h s h i e l d power was down c o n s i d e r a b l y . He r e a c h e d f o r a comm p a n e l and y e l l e d , " C a p t a i n t o b r i d g e ! D a t a , what was t h a t ? "

" I t was t h e r e a p e r , s i r . S o m e t h i n g s e t o f f a l l t h e r e m a i n i n g c h a r g e s s i m u l t a n e o u s l y . The a s t e r o i d has begun t o b r e a k up i n t o l a r g e c h u n k s . The s h i e l d s h e l d , s i r , b u t a r e down t o 37"/.."

P i c a r d l o o k e d down and c a u g h t h i s b r e a t h . The e x e r c i s e had been a c o m p l e t e f a i l u r e , and w o r s e y e t t h e y had r u n o u t o f

o p t i o n s f o r s t o p p i n g Armageddon on D e r a l i u m I I . " R e n d e z v o u s w i t h t h e S o l s t i c e , Mr. D a t a . Efest p o s s i b l e i m p u l s e s p e e d . " He hoped t h e y c o u l d g e t a l l t h e s o u l s u n d e r t h i s p a r t i c u l a r f a l l i n g s w o r d o f D a m o c l e s o f f w o r l d i n t i m e .

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C o o r d i n a t o r E f f i n g h a m ' s f a c e was l i v i d . "And I am p e r s o n a l l y r e g i s t e r i n g an o f f i c i a l c o m p l a i n t w i t h S t a r f l e e t on y o u r c o n d u c t t o a v o i d t h i s d i s a s t e r , C a p t a i n ! You have n o t o n l y made o u r w o r l d u n i n h a b i t a b l e b u t c r u s h e d d e c a d e s w o r t h o f p r o g r e s s and s c i e n t i f i c a d v a n c e s . "

P i c a r d ' s own e f f o r t s t o n o t r e p l y i n k i n d w e re b e i n g s o r e l y t e s t e d . " T h a t i s y o u r p r e r o g a t i v e , C o o r d i n a t o r . Now t h a t we have e s t a b l i s h e d t h a t , w o u l d y o u and y o u r s t a f f p l e a s e make r e a d y t o be t r a n s p o r t e d . "

" S i n c e we must, do t h a t now, we w i l l , b u t we have t o f i n d o u r m i s s i n g s c i e n t i s t s f i r s t . " E f f i n g h a m ' s e x p r e s s i o n s o f t e n e d a b i t . "Once t h e y a r e l o c a t e d we w i l l beam o u t i m m e d i a t e l y . "

" C o o r d i n a t o r , Ou1- s e n s o r s h a v e a much b e t t e r c h a n c e o f f i n d i n g them f r o m s p a c e . P l e a s e beam up t o t h e Enter pr i s e and a l l o w u s t o a s s i s t y o u i n y o u r s e a r c h f r o m up h e r e . "

E f f i n g h a m j u s t s t a r e d a t him f o r a moment w i t h h i s d o u r e x p r e s s i o n , and t h e n s a i d , " V e r y w e l l . We h a v e s e v e r a l p o t e n t i a l p l a c e s t h e y may h a v e g o n e . B e g i n y o u r t r a n s p o r t i n g . "

P i c a r d g a v e t h e o r d e r , and t h e n l e f t t h e b r i d g e t o s e e how t h i n g s w e re p r e c e d i n g b e l o w . E f f i n g h a m ' s t h r e a t s d i d n ' t r e a l l y w o r r y him a t t h e moment, b u t f i n d i n g s h i p s p a c e f o r 40,000 p e o p l e d i d . The S o l s t i c e was d e s i g n e d t o h o l d 6 000 p e o p l e i n r e l a t i v e c o m f o r t , b u t t h a n k s t o C a p t a i n I s a d o r e ' s f a r s i g h t e d work s h e w o u l d p r o b a b l y be a b l e t o t a k e f o u r t i m e s t h a t number a b o a r d f o r a few weeks - more t h a n e n o u g h t i m e f o r o t h e r s h i p s t o r e n d e z v o u s w i t h h e r t o r e l i e v e some o f t h e i r b u r d e n . The r e m a i n d e r w o u l d have t o be p u t somewhere on t h e two r e m a i n i n g s t a r s h i p s .

The Pegasus was a l r e a d y b e g i n n i n g t o f i l l up. A l t h o u g h he t h o u g h t i t r i s k y , C a p t a i n M a r s c h a l l had c o n v e r t e d two o f h i s f i g h t e r r e c o v e r y b a y s i n t o e m e r g e n c y h o u s i n g . N i c k n a m e d "Jamestown" and " P l y m o u t h " , a l p h a and C h a r l i e b a y s l o o k e d v e r y much l i k e someone had t r a n s p o r t e d an e n t i r e s q u a t t e r s camp o n t o t h e d e c k p l a t e s . E a c h s h i p a l s o had an e m e r g e n c y t r i a g e and m e d i c a l c e n t e r s e t up t o be c o o r d i n a t e d by B e v e r l y C r u s h e r i n a d d i t i o n t o i t s own p e o p l e h a v i n g been t r a m p l e d and e v e n l o o t e r s wounded by t h e r e m a i n i n g p l a n e t a r y m i l i t i a . S t i l l , t h e d e a t h c o u n t was up t o 3 2 . P i c a r d was d e t e r m i n e d n o t t o l e t i t go any h i g h e r .

He t o o k t h e t u r b o l i f t down t o t h e e n g i n e e r i n g s e c t i o n t o c h e c k on s h i p b o a r d f o o d p r o d u c t i o n , and f o u n d t h e d e c k c r o w e d w i t h t i r e d , d a z e d p e o p l e . M o s t h u d d l e d on t h e d e c k , some showed s i g n s o f v i o l e n c e , and a few w e r e d r e s s e d i n r a g s . Two s e c u r i t y men were k e e p i n g w a t c h on t h e c o r r i d o r and t h e h o l d f r o m w h i c h p e o p l e had come t o keep them f r o m m i g r a t i n g t o o t h e r p o r t i o n s o f t h e s h i p . As J e a n L u c waded t h r o u g h them, a few l o o k e d up w i t h q u e s t i o n i n g e y e s .

"Has i t happened y e t ? D i d y o u g e t e v e r y o n e o f f ? " one woman h o l d i n g a c h i l d a s k e d .

" W e ' l l g e t them." P i c a r d a n s w e r e d c o n f i d e n t l y , and managed t o g i v e h e r a s m i l e . Two m e d - t e c h s a r r i v e d and began t o t r e a t t h e o t h e r p e o p l e one by one a t t h e f a r end o f t h e c o r r i d o r . One o f them l o g g e d names and m e d i c a l h i s t o r i e s w h i l e t h e o t h e r t r e a t e d a v a r i e t y o f c u t s and c o n t u s i o n s .

G e t t i n g c l e a r t o t h e n e x t s e c t i o n , P i c a r d u s e d h i s c o m m u n i c a t o r t o c a l l B e v e r l y C r u s h e r .

" C r u s h e r h e r e , " c a l l e d a b u s y v o i c e . "How a r e we d o i n g , D o c t o r ? " "As w e l l as c a n be e x p e c t e d , s i r . T w e n t y - f i v e h u n d r e d a r e on

b o a r d s o f a r , we've had t h r e e d e a t h s f r o m i n j u r i e s s u s t a i n e d on t h e g r o u n d , and f i v e b i r t h s . N o t h i n g l i k e t h e s k y f a l l i n g down t o b r i n g o u t l a b o r i n a p r e g n a n c y . "

P i c a r d s m i l e d i n s p i t e o f t h e s i t u a t i o n . "Have y o u had any l u c k w i t h t h e a l i e n s a m p l e s we g o t f r o m e n g i n e e r i n g .

"Not y e t , C a p t a i n . We have had o u r h a n ds f u l l j u s t t r y i n g t o t r e a t t h e r e f u g e e s we've t a k e n on b o a r d s o f a r . I'm w o r k i n g a l l t h r e e med s t a f f s h i f t s c o n t i n u o u s l y , and have p u l l e d o t h e r p e r s o n n e l f r o m r e c r e a t i o n and t h e f o o d p r o c e s s i n g a r e a t o h e l p . The c o m p u t e r i s c h e w i n g on t h e c e l l u l a r t y p e , and I ' l l g e t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n t o you a s s o o n a s I c a n . "

" V e r y w e l l . I ' l l s e e i f t h e r e a r e o t h e r crewman we c a n s e n d t o h e l p y o u . P i c a r d o u t . " He moved on t o e n g i n e e r i n g w o n d e r i n g how on E a r t h h i s s h i p was g o i n g t o h o l d a l l o f t h e s e p e o p l e . R i g h t now t h e y s t i l l had 6000 more t o b r i n g on b o a r d , b u t t h e y w o u l d do i t . Even i f t h e y had t o s t a c k them i n t h e g y m n a s i u m s , h o l o d e c k s , and e v e n t h e j e f f e r i e s t u b e s , by God, t h e y w o u l d do i t .

A v o l u n t e e r s p i r i t had b l o s s o m e d among t h e c r e w a s t h e f i r s t t h o u s a n d were beamed up. Crewmen o f f d u t y became f u l l t i m e c a r e p e o p l e c a t c h i n g s l e e p when and where t h e y c o u l d . As more a r r i v e d crewman and o f f i c e r s a l i k e o p e n e d up t h e i r q u a r t e r s f o r t h o s e who r e q u i r e d b e d s , and more i m p o r t a n t l y i n v i t e d p e o p l e t o u s e t h e s u d d e n l y t o o few b a t h r o o m s and s h o w e r f a c i l i t i e s . G u i n a n had t r a n s f o r m e d Ten F o r w a r d i n t o a f u l l t i m e c h i l d c a r e c e n t e r . N o t s u r p r i s i n g l y , i t was E n s i g n Ro who had been h e r f i r s t v o l u n t e e r , t h o u g h s h e s a i d i t was b e c a u s e o f h e r f a m i l i a r i t y w i t h t h e n e e d s o f r e f u g e e camps. P i c a r d f i n a l l y made h i s way i n t o E n g i n e e r i n g , and w a l k e d o v e r t o G e o r d i L a F o r g e ' s o f f i c e . The c r e w h e r e w e r e c o n c e n t r a t i n g t h e i r e f f o r t s on t h e r e p a i r o f t h e s h i p and on w o r k i n g w i t h t h e u s e o f s e n s o r s t o l o c a t e humans on t h e p l a n e t ' s s u r f a c e who were u n a b l e t o r e a c h e v a c u a t i o n p o i n t s . The g r e a t p a n i c had c a u s e d many t o l o s e t h e i r s e n s e s j u s t l o n g e n o u g h t o g e t t o o f a r away f r o m h e l p . T h e r e r o g u e g r o u p s w e r e b e i n g i d e n t i f i e d and beamed o u t a s q u i c k l y a s p o s s i b l e .

W a l k i n g o v e r t o G e o r d i ' s o f f i c e . P i c a r d h a l t e d a t t h e d o o r a s L t . L a F o r g e f i n i s h e d g i v i n g i n s t r u c t i o n s t o an e n s i g n w o r k i n g on t h e s e n s o r s . When t h e woman l e f t he e n t e r e d . They t a l k e d f o r a s h o r t t i m e on i n c r e a s i n g t h e o u t p u t o f t h e f o o d r e p l i c t o r s , and t h e n P i c a r d a s k e d , " I u n d e r s t a n d y o u a r e h a v i n g o t h e r p r o b l e m s , Mr. L a F o r g e ? "

" Y e s , s i r , " G e o r d i e x p l a i n e d . " I t h a s t o do w i t h t h e e f f e c t s

o f t h e a s t e r o i d on t h e p l a n e t b e f o r e i t h i t s . I t h a s a l r e a d y s t a r t e d t o i o n i s e t h e u p p e r a t m o s p h e r e , and t h a t w i l l g e t p r o g r e s s i v e l y w o r s e u n t i l i m p a c t . I t ' s r e a c h e d t h e p o i n t now where i t s b e g i n n i n g t o i n t e r f e r e w i t h o u r s c a n s and t h e t r a n s p o r t e r s . E v e n t u a l l y we w i l l be u n a b l e t o a c c u r a t e l y s c a n a n y t h i n g . "

"How much t i m e do we h a v e ? " " I ' d s a y a n o t h e r e i g h t h o u r s . . . . a p r o x i m a t e l y two h o u r s b e f o r e

t h e f i r s t i m p a c t s t a k e p l a c e . I'm t r y i n g t o augment t h e s e n s o r a r r a y s b u t I d o n ' t t h i n k w e ' l l g a i n much t i m e . " The e n g i n e e r ' s brow f u r r o w e d a b i t . " I s u r e w o u l d l i k e t o know where t h o s e m i s s i n g s c i e n t i s t s a r e h i d i n g . "

P i c a r d c o n s i d e r e d t h a t p r o b l e m . " C o o r d i n a t o r E f f i n g h a m and h i s s t a f f s h o u l d be a r r i v i n g s o o n . I want y o u and D a t a t o work w i t h them t o f i n d t h o s e p e o p l e . "

"Aye, s i r . W e ' l l g e t 'em. I ' l l j u s t t e l l D a t a i t s a n o t h e r m y s t e r y . " H i s i n f e c t i o u s g r i n made P i c a r d s m i l e a s w e l l , and t h e C a p t a i n l e f t t o r e t u r n t o t h e b r i d g e .

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B u i n a n g e n t l y r o c k e d t h e c h i l d i n h e r l a p , t a k i n g t i m e t o s t r o k e h e r h a i r and b a c k . The l i t t l e g i r l was on t h e v e r g e o f s l e e p , b u t w o u l d jump and g i v e a w i d e e y e d s t a r e a t t h e s l i g h t e s t s o u n d . The o n l y t h i n g s h e w o u l d n ' t do was s p e a k . . . a t l e a s t n o t y e t . B e i n g a L i s t e n e r , G u i n a n was u s e d t o h e a r i n g t h e p r o b l e m s o f o t h e r s ; t o be a b l e t o n u d g e them t o w a r d s h e l p by t a l k i n g . B u t t h i s l i t t l e o n e ' s s i l e n c e s p o k e v o l u m e s .

She had been a b l e t o l e a r n some o f w h a t had ha p p e n e d f r o m o t h e r s i n t h e same s e t t l e m e n t . A r u s h t o g e t t o a h o v e r t r a n s p o r t had t u r n e d i n t o a s t a m p e d e r e s u l t i n g i n s e v e r a l p e o p l e b e i n g t r a m p l e d . I t was t r a g i c t h a t t h e g i r l ' s m o t h e r had been one o f t h e i n j u r e d , b u t f a t e had i n t e r v e n e d by t h e p u s h o f t h e c r o w d p u l l i n g t h e two a p a r t j u s t s e c o n d s b e f o r e i t b r o k e i n t o a r i o t . What t h e g i r l had s e e n G u i n a n c o u l d n ' t be s u r e , b u t s h e c o u l d i m a g i n e i t w e l l . M e m o r i e s f r o m c e n t u r i e s b e f o r e d r i f t e d t h r o u g h h e r m i n d . M e m o r i e s o f h e r f a m i l y , h e r l a n d , h e r p l a n e t t o r n a p a r t by t h e b l a c k a r m o r e d z o m b i e s o f t h e B o r g . She remembered b e i n g c o m f o r t e d by someone w h i l e s h e a s e v a c u a t e d . . . who i t was o b s c u r e d by t i m e . Many o f t h o s e t i m e s d u r i n g t h e G r e a t S c a t t e r i n g w e r e v a g u e , and s h e had no w i s h f o r most o f t h o s e m e m o r i e s t o come bac k .

She r e a l i z e d a s s h e came back t o t h e p r e s e n t t h a t t h e s m a l l f o r m i n h e r l a p was f i n a l l y b r e a t h i n g h e a v i l y i n an e x h a u s t e d s l e e p . E v e r s o g e n t l y , s h e c a r r i e d t h e g i r l t o a s m a l l p a l l e t n e a r t h e b a r , and t u c k e d h e r i n u n d e r a b l a n k e t . S t a n d i n g u p , s h e l o o k e d a r o u n d a t t h e 30 o r s o c h i l d r e n s l e e p i n g . She e x t e n d e d h e r c a l m i n g c o n s c i o u s n e s s i n t h e l i m i t e d way s h e c o u l d , and n o t e d o n l y a few f l i c k e r s o f f e a r and t r e p i d a t i o n t o s o o t h e among h e r c h a r g e s .

Ro was i n t h e c o r n e r t u c k i n g i n a boy n e a r t h e w i n d o w s . Her f a c e was i t s u s u a l u n r e a d a b l e mask, b u t h e r e y e s w e r e f u l l o f c a r i n g . C a r e f u l l y s h e p i c k e d h e r way o v e r t o G u i n a n and t h e two moved t o a s m a l l empty a r e a w i t h two c h a i r s n e a r t h e d o o r w h e r e

^ t h e y c o u l d t a l k w i t h o u t d i s t u r b i n g t h e c h i l d r e n . I t was t h e f i r s t q u i e t t h e y had s i n c e t h e s m a l l c h i l d r e n had begun a r r i v i n g a f t e r b e i n g d i s c h a r g e d by t h e m e d i c a l t e a m s . The two s a t f o r a moment i n a r e s t f u l s i l e n c e , t h e n G u i n a n s a i d g e n t l y , " D i d I e v e r t e l l y o u where I l e a r n e d t o make t h e b e s t d r i n k s i n t h e f l e e t ? "

Taken a b a c k f o r a moment, Ro l o o k e d a t h e r and t h e n s m i l e d . "No, y o u h a v e n ' t . "

" I was q u a r a n t i n e d w i t h a s p e c i a l woman on a r e f u g e e w o r l d where I ended up a f t e r t h e B o r g a t t a c k . W i t h b e i n g s f r o m a d o z e n r a c e s c r o w d e d i n t o t h e s e a r e a s , s h e was some o f t h e o n l y e n t e r t a i n m e n t and r e c r e a t i o n t h o s e p e o p l e h a d . She c o u l d make a S c r e a m i n g P h a s e r b l a s t t h a t w o u l d knock y o u r s o c k s o f f and f e e l warm a l l t h e way down."

She l o o k e d away a s s h e remembered. Ro l o o k e d on i n c r e d u l o u s l y . G u i n a n h a r d l y e v e r t a l k e d a b o u t h e r s e l f - e v e n t o c l o s e f r i e n d s l i k e t h e C a p t a i n . She f e l t l i k e s h e was r e c e i v i n g a s p e c i a l g i f t . She s m i l e d w a r m l y , and s a i d , "And s h e t a u g h t y o u ? "

G u i n a n n o d d e d . "She was h a r d w o r k i n g and w i l l i n g t o t e a c h , b u t s h e was u s u a l l y q u i e t and w i t h d r a w n . N e v e r l e t a n y t h i n g c r a c k t h a t e x t e r i o r . E x c e p t f o r t h e c h i l d r e n . I n e v e r knew h e r c o m p l e t e s t o r y , b u t y o u c o u l d s e e many g l i m p s e s o f i t come t h r o u g h i n h e r e y e s when s h e h e l p e d t h e k i d s . "

"What made y o u t h i n k o f h e r ? " Ro a s k e d . " J u s t now I t h o u g h t I saw h e r a g a i n . . . w h e n I l o o k e d a t y o u . "

She p a u s e d . "They r e a l l y g e t t o y o u , d o n ' t t h e y ? " s h e a s k e d , and g e s t u r e d a t t h e b a r d e v o i d o f t a b l e s and c h a i r s .

Ro l o o k e d o u t and s a i d n o t h i n g a t f i r s t . W i t h a h a l f - s m i l e , s h e r e p l i e d e v e n l y , "Even a f t e r t h e t i m e I ' v e s p e n t on t h i s s h i p , and e v e n w i t h a l l o f t h e good w i l l shown t o me h e r e , I s t i l l f e e l l i k e an o u t s i d e r . As good a s e v e r y o n e ' s i n t e n t i o n s a r e , t h e y c a n ' t know what g r o w i n g up i n t h e camps, i n t h e m i d d l e o f a w a r , was l i k e . And t h a t makes a d i f f e r e n c e t o me. B u t t h e s e . . . " She i m i t a t e d G u i n a n ' s g e s t u r e t o w a r d t h e s l e e p i n g k i d s . " I f e l t c l o s e r t o them i n t h e l a s t few h o u r s t h a n I e v e r have t o most a d u l t s . And f o r them i t w i l l be w o r s e . "

G u i n a n c o c k e d h e r h e a d . "Worse? How?" Ro l o o k e d down and e x a m i n e d h e r h a n d s . " F o r me, I n e v e r knew

a n y t h i n g e l s e u n t i l , I was gr o w n . I t was h a r d , b u t n o r m a l f o r me. Even a s young a s t h e s e k i d s a r e , t h e y w i l l know a n o t h e r l i f e f r o m b e f o r e t h i s a l l s t a r t e d , and wonder what h a p p e n e d ? What went wrong? What d i d I do w r o n g ? "

G u i n a n g a z e d a t h e r w i t h t h o s e d e e p - d e l v i n g e y e s and a g r e e d , " I t w i l l b e . . . f o r a w h i l e . B u t w i t h h e l p t h e y ' l l b o u n c e b a c k . And, one d a y , y o u ' l l a n s w e r t h o s e q u e s t i o n s f o r y o u r s e l f , t o o . " Ro r a i s e d h e r h e a d . The l i s t e n e r c o n t i n u e d , "And t h e i r f u t u r e w i l l be a l o t b r i g h t e r t h a n y o u r s was a t t h i s a g e . "

They s a t t h e r e q u i e t l y f o r a w h i l e l o n g e r i n t h e d a r k w a t c h i n g D e r a l l i u m I I s l o w l y r o t a t e t h r o u g h t h e l a r g e w i n d o w s . Then Ro g o t up and w i t h o u t a word hugged G u i n a n t i g h t l y , a n d t h e n l e f t t o go on d u t y .

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" A r e y o u s u r e t h e s e n s o r s a r e s t i l l w o r k i n g p r o p e r l y , L i e u t e n a n t ? " C r a y a s s B u r k e a s k e d G e o r d i L a F o r g e . "They must be a t one o f t h e s e l o c a t i o n s somewhere!"

G e o r d i r e f u s e d t o t a k e t h e b a i t t h e man was p u t t i n g f o r w a r d , and i n s t e a d d o u b l e c h e c k e d h i s r e a d i n g s t o make s u r e t h a t s e n s o r s were i n d e e d w o r k i n g . The head o f t h e C o o r d i n a t o r ' s s t a f f had g o t t e n more t h a n a b i t p u s h y when l o c a t i o n a f t e r l o c a t i o n had t u r n e d up empty, b u t G e o r d i t o o k most o f i t a s c o n c e r n f o r m i s s i n g p e o p l e . V e r i f y i n g h i s r e s u l t s , he s a i d ,

" Y e s , s i r , q u i t e s u r e . T h e r e ' s s i m p l y n o b o dy h i d i n g a t a n y o f t h e s e p l a c e s . "

B u r k e g r u n t e d a t t h i s , b u t s a i d n o t h i n g f u r t h e r . D a t a s t u d i e d a t o p o g r a p h i c a l map o f t h e c o n t i n e n t n e a r b y , and

t o g g l e d t h e d i s p l a y t h r o u g h v a r i o u s modes. " P e r h a p s t h e y went t o a n o t h e r l o c a t i o n , " he p u t f o r w a r d . "We have e l i m i n a t e d t h e m i l i t a r y and s c i e n t i f i c s t a t i o n s t h a t a r e w i t h i n t h e r a d i u s t h a t t h e y c o u l d have t r a v e l e d t o i n t h e t i m e t h e y h a d . "

"We have a l s o e l i m i n a t e d t h e r e s i d e n t i a l and c o m m e r c i a l z o n e s i n t h e c i t i e s a s p o t e n t i a l h i d i n g p l a c e s . We w o u l d h a v e p i c k e d them up t h e r e e a s i l y , " L a F o r g e a d d e d , "What d o e s t h a t l e a v e u s ? "

B u r k e s i g h e d , " R i g h t b a c k a t s q u a r e one i s w h e r e . Damn B o r e n s o n and h i s b u n c h anyway! Where c o u l d he h a v e s l i p p e d a l l t h o s e s u b j e c t s t o a n y w a y ? " T h i s l a s t was s a i d t o t h e c o n s o l e r a t h e r t h a n t o a n y o n e i n p a r t i c u l a r .

D a t a c o c k e d h i s h e a d . " P e r h a p s we s h o u l d assume t h a t t h e y went t o a l o c a t i o n t h a t w o u l d b o t h p r o t e c t them f r o m t h e a s t e r o i d i m p a c t and w o u l d h i d e them f r o m a s t a r s h i p ' s s e n s o r s . "

B u r k e l o o k e d a t him and s a i d , " T h a t seems t o s o u n d a s t h o u g h t h e y must be c r a z y t o e v e n t r y . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , a s m a l l c o l o n y , l i k e o u r s d o e s n ' t have a w h o l e l o t o f f a c i l i t i e s t h a t w o u l d d o . "

D a t a l o o k e d back a t h i s map p r o j e c t i o n s , and t h e n zoomed i n on one a r e a n o r t h o f t h e c i t y . He e x a m i n e d t h e map l e g e n d , and t h e n a s k e d , "Mr. B u r k e , what a r e t h e s e s t r u c t u r e s c l u s t e r e d a r o u n d t h e h i l l s ? "

B u r k e l o o k e d and s a i d , " T h o s e a r e o l d l e a d and molybdenum m i n e s , b u t b e f o r e y o u s u g g e s t i t , l e t me add t h a t t h o s e w e r e c l o s e d up 20 y e a r s ago. The m i l i t i a t r i e d u s i n g a c o u p l e a s command b u n k e r s f o r a w h i l e d u r i n g t h e l a s t C a r d a s s i a n c o n f l i c t , b u t t h e y w e re a b a n d o n e d a s t o o e x p e n s i v e and i m p r a c t i c a l t o m a i n t a i n . Now t h e r e ' s no way e v e n t o g e t i n them."

F o l l o w i n g h i s h u n c h anyway, D a t a ' s h ands moved q u i c k l y o v e r t h e c o m p u t e r c o n s o l e . G e t t i n g a r e a d i n g , he r e p l i e d , " I t h i n k y o u w i l l f i n d t h a t a t l e a s t one o f y o u r s c i e n t i s t s must h a v e w o r k e d on t h o s e b u n k e r s . The m i n e h e r e i s s h o w i n g f a i n t l i f e s i g n s . "

C r a y a s s B u r k e l o o k e d f o r w a r d u n b e l i e v i n g , b u t e v e n he c o u l d n ' t d i s p u t e t h e f i n d i n g s . H i s e x p r e s s i o n q u i c k l y c h a n g e d t o one o f r e l i e f , and he s a i d i n a much s u b d u e d v o i c e , " A t l a s t . A l l r i g h t , l e t ' s g e t them o u t o f t h e r e . "

"I'm a f r a i d i t w i l l n o t be t h a t s i m p l e , Mr. B u r k e . The r e a d i n g s a r e c o n f i r m e d , b u t b e t ween t h e s t r u c t u r e o f t h e m i n e s and t h e i o n i n t e r f e r e n c e , we w i l l n o t be a b l e t o l o c k o n t o t h e i n d i v i d u a l s , " D a t a r e p l i e d .

" W i t h a t r a n s p o r t e r a m p l i f i c a t i o n n e t we c o u l d , i f an away team c a n g e t t o them i n t i m e , " G e o r d i a d d e d . "We'd b e t t e r g e t t h i s t o t h e C a p t a i n r i g h t away C'mon." The t h r e e men b r i s k l y l e f t t h e e n g i n e e r i n g s e c t i o n and headed f o r t h e b r i d g e .

To Be C o n t i n u e d . . .

,i V.'' \ .0$ + Interstellar Molecules

Emmys 1993

Art Direction, se r i e s : DS9, Emissary; The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Vienna, 1908

Cinematography, s e r i e s : Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues

Costume Design, seri e s : ST:TNG, Time's Arrow, The Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920

Directing, Drama serie s : Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Northern Italy, 1918

Hair Styling, s e r i e s : DS9, Move Along Home; ST:TNG, Time's Arrow Make-up: 6pace Rangers, Death Before Dishonor; DS9, Captive

Pursuit; ST:TNG, Inner Light Music: Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920; The Young

Indiana Jones Chronicles, Vienna, 1908 Music Direction: Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues Main T i t l e Theme Music: DS9 Sound Edit i n g : DS9, Emissary Pt. 2; ST:TNG, Time's Arrow Pt.

2; The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Somme, 1916

Sound Mixing: DS9, Emissary Pt. 2; ST:TNG, A F i s t F u l l of Datas; Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues

Who Note: Last issue we told you that the BBC had no plans for DW's

30th Anniversary. That was true then. The s i t u a t i o n has changed. There w i l l be a Doctor Who 30th anniversary special set to a i r on the BBC i n B r i t a i n i n November sometime. According to the August 4th issue of Doctor Who Magazine a l l the remaining Doctors w i l l be involved but they w i l l be i n separate s t o r y l i n e s with a big f i n a l e . Nicholas Courtney and Sophie Aldred w i l l also be involved.

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Series Synopsis: Peep Space Nine

Season One

Deep Space Nine F i r s t Season January-June 1993

S p o i l e r A l e r t ( I f you haven't seen a l l these episodes and don't Hant thea s p o i l e d don't read t h i s a r t i c l e . )

E a a i s s a r y 721 Coaaander B e n j a i i n S i s k o takes c o n a n d of a Be j o r a n

Space S t a t i o n r e c e n t l y r e c l a i m e d froa the C a r d a s s i a n s . The s t a t i o n has been l e f t i n r u i n s and i t i s up t o O'Brien t o put t h i n g s r i g h t a g a i n . The C a r d a s s i a n s are s t i l l a f t e r one l a s t Orb t h a t the B e j o r a n s have hidden froa thea. The orbs c a i e out of a s t a b l e worahole which opens up near the pl a n e t . S i s k o i n v e s t i g a t e s and aeets the beings who l i v e i n s i d e . An agreement i s tade f o r the use of the worahole which opens access t o the S a n a Quadrant f o r t r a d i n g and e x p l o r a t i o n . DS9 i s toved t o the l o u t h of the worahole so i t can be d a i a e d f o r B e j o r .

P a s t Prologue 404 One of Hajor K i r a ' s o l d f r i e n d s f r o a the B e j o r a n

r e s i s t a n c e a r r i v e s on DS9 and attempts an a c t of t e r r o r i s t Kith a boib he buys froa U r s a and Be'Tor.

A Han Alone 403 A aan Qdo helped c o n v i c t of l u r d e r i s found dead i n one

of Quark's h o l o s u i t e s and Odo i s the c h i e f s u s p e c t . K e i k o opens a scho o l to keep the c h i l d r e n l i v i n g on th e s t a t i o n out of t r o u b l e .

Babel 405 The r e p l i c a t o r s are i n f e c t e d w i t h a v i r u s l e f t over

f r o i when the B e j o r a n s were f i g h t i n g the C a r d a s s i a n s . The v i r u s l e a v e s the s t a t i o n personnel unable t o c o a a u n i c a t e .

C a p t i v e P u r s u i t 406 Beings a r r i v e f r o i the Saaaa Quadrant. One, the hunted

and the o t h e r s , the h u n t e r s . The hunters i n f o r a S i s k o t h a t they are p l a y i n g a gaae or s p o r t and he i s i n t e r f e r i n g by hol d i n g t h e i r prey. They deaand h i s r e l e a s e . S i s k o i s f o r c e d to a l l o w the gaae t o c o n t i n u e . O'Brien b e f r i e n d s the Tosk.

Q-Less 407 Vash i s rescued f r o a the Saaaa Quadrant and a r r i v e s on

3S9 w i t h a bag of a r t i f a c t s . Quark s e t s up an a u c t i o n f o r her, o n l y one of the a r t i f a c t s t h r e a t e n s the s a f e t y of the s t a t i o n . Q a r r i v e s and the u s u a l f e s t i v i t e s begin a f t e r Q i s accused of t h r e a t e n i n g the s t a t i o n .

Dax 408 J a d z i a Dax i s put on t r i a l f o r e x t r a d i t i o n t o a pl a n e t

where she i s accussed of c o a a i t t i n g a u r d e r and t r e a s o n . An act t h a t was suposedly c o a a i t t e d by Dax d u r i n g l i f e as Kurzon.

The Passenger 409 DS9 i s e x p e c t i n g a s h i p a e n t of p r e c i o u s a a t e r i a l s when

a wanted aan and h i s c a p t o r a u s t be r e s c u e d . The c a p t i v e i s presuaed t o be dead o n l y he i s n ' t . He e x i s t s i n s i d e Doctor B a s h i r and he stil l wants the s h i p a e n t . Huch t o Odo's d i s l i k e a new F e d e r a t i o n o f f i c e r i s a s s i g n e d t o DS9's s e c u r i t y o f f i c e .

Hove Along Hoae 410 DS9 h o s t s the f i r s t d e l e g a t i o n f r o a the Saaaa

Quadrant. Only the Naddi d e l e g a t e s are l o r e i n t e r e s t e d i n p l a y i n g Quark's gaaes than t a l k i n g . They c a t c h Quark c h e a t i n g and f o r c e h i a i n t o p l a y i n g a gaae where S i s k o , Dax, K i r a , and B a s h i r ' s l i v e s are p o t e n t i a l l y at s t a k e . Jake shows an i n t e r e s t i n g i r l w a t c h i n g .

Nagus 411 The F e r e n g i Srand Nagus a r r i v e s a t DS9 and h o l d s a

conference where he announces t h a t the F e r e n g i w i l l be ve n t u r i n g i n t o the Saaaa Quadrant. He aakes Quark h i s s u c c e s s o r . O'Brien teaches s c h o o l u n t i l K e i k o coaes back. S i s k o has p r o b l e a s w i t h Jake and h i s f r i e n d Nog o n l y t o d i s c o v e r t h a t Jake i s t u t o r i n g Nog. Quark's b r o t h e r and the Nagus' son d e c i d e t o k i l l Quark t o g a i n a u t u a l s u c c e s s i o n .

Vortex 412 A aan f r o a the Gaaaa Quadrant i s a r r e s t e d f o r a u r d e r .

he r e c o g n i z e s Odo's s p e c i e s and c l a i a s t o know where they l i v e . Only Odo aust r e t u r n h i a t o h i s p l a n e t t o answer f o r h i s c r i a e s and he i s b e i n g hunted by the b r o t h e r of the aan he aurdered.

B a t t l e L i n e s 413 Kai Opaca a r r i v e s f o r the t o u r of DS9 S i s k o p r o a i s e d

and he ends up t a k i n g her through the worahole where the pro p h e c i e s of her l i f e coae t o pas s , when the s h u t t l e crashes on a penal c o l o n y . The i n h a b i t a n t s of the p l a n e t are at war and are trapped on the p l a n e t by a defense n e t . Only no one can d i e here and any who d i e cannot l e a v e .

The Storyteller 414 O'Brien and B a s h i r a t t e n d a a e d i c a l e i e r g e n c y on B e j o r .

A r e l i g i o u s l e a d e r d i e s and n a i e s O'Brien as h i s s u c c e s s o r w h i l e the v i l l i a g e i s b e i n g aenaced by an e v i l b e i n g c r e a t e d f r o i the v i l l a g e r ' s t h o u g h t s . Nog and Jake b e f i r e n d the young l e a d e r of a Bejoran d e l e g a t i o n t h a t i s on the s t a t i o n to s e t t l e a la n d d i s p u t e w i t h a r i v a l c o u n t r y .

Progress 415 K i r a has second thoughts about e v a c u a t i n g by f o r c e a

•an f r o i the aoon where he has tade h i s h o i e and j e o p a r d i z e s her c a r e e r to h e l p h i i . Nog and Jake t r y to t r a d e soae u s e l e s s C a r d a s s i a n sauce f o r a p r o f i t .

If dishes Here Horses... 416 DS9 i s v i s i t e d by c r e a t u r e s who t a k e P a g i n a t i o n cose

t r u e and the s t a t i o n i s t h r e a t e n e d by a space r i f t of the crew'5 own i i a g i n i n g .

The Forsaken 417 Doctor B a s h i r i s charged w i t h e n t e r t a i n i n g s e v e r a l

v i s i t i n g Ambassadors aaong thee i s Lwaxana T r o i who t a k e s a fancy to Odo. The s t a t i o n t a k e s aboard a probe of unknown o r i g i n t h a t a t t a c h e s i t s e l f t o O'Brien. Odo and Lwaxana are trapped i n a t u r b o l i f t and Odo's 16 hours run out.

Draiatis Personae 418 A K l i n g o n l a t e r a l i z e s i n Ops and d i e s f r o a b a t t l e

wounds. He caae f r o a a s h i p s u p o s s e d l y on a b i o s c a n of the Saaaa Quadrant. Only they have brought back s o a e t h i n g t h a t s e t s the crew a t each o t h e r ' s t h r o a t s . T e n s i o n s a r e heightened by a V a l e r i a n s h i p d o c k i n g a t DS9. The V a l e r i a n s are o l d gun runners who worked a g a i n s t the B a j o r a n s and f o r the C a r d a s s i a n s .

Duet 419 An a i l i n g C a r d a s s i a n a r r i v e s on DS9 i n need of a e d i c a l

a t t e n t i o n f r o a a c o n d i t i o n c o n t r a c t e d i n o n l y one p l a c e : a Car d a s s i a n c o n c e n t r a t i o n caap. K i r a d i s c o v e r s the C a r d a s s i a n i s n ' t the f i l i n g c l e r k he d a i a s but the Coaaander of the caap. He a d a i t s h i s i d e n t i t y but evidence s u r f a c e s t o suggest o t h e r w i s e . He r e a l l y i s the f i l i n g c l e r k who i s s u f f e r i n g f r o a g u i l t he c a n ' t l i v e w i t h .

In the Hands of the Prophets 420 K e i k o has a head on p h i l o s o p h i c a l p r o b l e a w i t h a

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of the Bajoran r e l i g i o n o v er her t e a c h i n g about the f a c t s of the worahole and not a e n t i o n i n g the p r o p h e t s . One of O'Brien's e n g i n e e r s d i e s i n a y s t e r i o u s c i r c u a s t a n c e s . S i s k o seeks the a d v i c e of a aonk who i s the l e a d i n g c a n d i d a t e t o be the next K a i t o h e l p h i a w i t h the s c h o o l p r o b l e a . O'Brien has a new B e j o r a n a s s i s t a n t .

Jean Luc P i c a r d S t a r Trek Word Jumble R i k e r

Data D Z R A Y A H S A T J V J Doctor Crusher N 0 E S I R P R E T N E P Imzadi A 0 C L T A G W R H A 0 T E n t e r p r i s e I M B T R R U T E N K D R LaForge S E G R O F A L L I D 0 A T r o i Q S N R B I R Q U E C N R N Counselor E n s i g n Ro A A 0 S Y E C K S A P N S Tasha Yar Guinan D L I F R P N R N L R G P Borg T r a n s p o r t e r R U R J I D L I U E F I 0 Romulan C a r d a s s i a n A M R C K M U M 0 S E S R Phaser C 0 A G E G Z B c N H N T O'Brien A R W 0 R F D S N I N E E K eiko D I D A Z M I P H A S E R S e l a

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Critique-at Mass By Tony Oteefe and HarV Gillespie

TS: Urn....You m i g h t j u s t t h r o w t h a t j o k e i n . We had t o t u r n i t on a l i t t l e e a r l y b e c a u s e t h i s t h i n g ' s t o o f u n n y . Um...This q u a r t e r . . . w e d e c i d e d we w o u l d a r g u e , c r i t i c i s e , w h a t e v e r y o u want t o c a l l i t , t h e e p i s o d e . . . What was i t ?

MG: D e v i l ' s Due. TS: D e v i l ' s Due. Urn...A p a r t i c u l a r f a v o r i t e o f M a r k ' s . So t h a t

means I have t o h a t e i t . MG: You d o n ' t have t o h a t e i t . You j u s t h a v e t o s e e w h a t e v e r

f l a w s t h e e p i s o d e m i g h t h a v e . I t m i g h t have some f l a w s . TS: I came up w i t h a f e w . I r e a l l y d i d n ' t c a r e f o r t h e e p i s o d e

t h a t much. I'm c o l d on i t , b u t i t r e a l l y i s n ' t t h a t b a d . B u t h a v i n g w a t c h e d i t I c a n now s a y t h a t I ha v e come up w i t h a l o g i c a l a r g u m e n t a g a i n s t i t . Urn...Mark, do y o u want t o d e s c r i b e t h e e p i s o d e f i r s t ?

MG: W e l l , t o p u t i t b r i e f l y , a woman comes and c l a i m s t h a t s h e i s t h i s m y t h i c a l p e r s o n who a p p e a r e d and s a v e d a p l a n e t and a r e s u l t o f s a v i n g t h i s p l a n e t , t h e y f o r m e d a c o n t r a c t s a y i n g t h a t s h e w o u l d g i v e them 1,000 y e a r s o f p e a c e and p r o s p e r i t y , and a t t h e end o f 1,000 y e a r s t h e y w o u l d be e n s l a v e d t o h e r f o r t h e r e s t o f e t e r n i t y . And P i c a r d t h i n k s t h a t s h e ' s a f r a u d and g o e s o u t t o p r o v e t h a t s h e ' s a f r a u d . And t h e n i t i s r e v e a l e d s h e ' s a f r a u d . And t h e n t h e u n i v e r s e l i v e s h a p p i l y e v e r a f t e r .

TS: Okay. MG: T h a t sums up t h e e p i s o d e . I r a t h e r e n j o y e d i t . I t ' s a n i c e ,

c u t e h a r m l e s s l i t t l e e n t e r t a i n i n g e p i s o d e i f y o u c a n s i t and w a t c h t h i s woman, i n l o v e l y l i t t l e r e v e a l i n g o u t f i t s . I t ' s v e r y t i t i l l a t i n g . B u t w h a t ' s t h e l o g i c a l a r g u m e n t y o u hav e a g a i n s t i t ?

TS: W e l l , t h e l o g i c a l a r g u m e n t comes down t o , i f y o u hav e a t e c h n o l o g i c a l l y b a s e d s o c i e t y y o u h a v e l a r g e numbers o f p e o p l e , v e r y , v e r y v a s t l a r g e numbers o f p e o p l e , b e c a u s e y o u need l o t s o f p e o p l e t o s u p p o r t t h e t e c h n o l o g y . The p r o b l e m w i t h t h i s i s , i f y o u c h a n g e t o an a g r a r i a n b a s e d s o c i e t y y o u c a n n o t s u p p o r t a l l t h e s e p e o p l e w i t h t h e f o o d , y o u j u s t c a n ' t do i t . T h a t ' s t h e w h o l e p r o b l e m w i t h t h i s . I f y o u remove t e c h n o l o g y m i l l i o n s o f p e o p l e s t a r v e t o d e a t h , b e c a u s e y o u c a n ' t f e e d them a n y m o r e . T h a t ' s t h e p r o b l e m w i t h t h i s e p i s o d e . They n e g l e c t e d t o p o i n t o u t t h a t t h e s t a r v a t i o n h appened a f t e r t h e y q u i t w i t h t h e t e c h n o l o g y , n o t b e f o r e . T h a t was t h e p r o b l e m w i t h i t . The w h o l e r e a s o n we went t h r o u g h c y c l e s o f f a m i n e and g r o w t h and f a m i n e and g r o w t h f o r 1,000s o f y e a r s was b e c a u s e we d i d n ' t have t h e t e c h n o l o g y t o s u p p o r t t h e number o f p e o p l e we had l i v i n g i n p a r t i c u l a r a r e a a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . W i t h o u t t h e t e c h n o l o g y , t h e y c o u l d n ' t have a s o c i e t y u n l e s s i t was v e r y s p a r s e l y p o p u l a t e d .

MG: So w h a t ? So w h a t , I may hav e o v e r l o o k e d t h a t , who c a r e s ?

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• < ^ The S t o r y t e l l e r 414 O'Brien and B a s h i r a t t e n d a l e d i c a l emergency on B e j o r .

A r e l i g i o u s l e a d e r d i e s and n a i e s O'Brien as h i s s u c c e s s o r w h i l e the v i l l i a g e i s b e i n g l e n a c e d by an e v i l b e i n g c r e a t e d f r o i the v i l l a g e r ' s t h o u g h t s . Nog and Jake b e f i r e n d t he young l e a d e r of a Bejoran d e l e g a t i o n t h a t i s on the s t a t i o n to s e t t l e a l a n d d i s p u t e w i t h a r i v a l c o u n t r y .

Progress 415 K i r a has second thoughts about e v a c u a t i n g by f o r c e a

•an f r o i the i o o n where he has tade h i s note and j e o p a r d i z e s her c a r e e r to h e l p h i t . Nog and Jake t r y to t r a d e s o i e u s e l e s s C a r d a s s i a n sauce f o r a p r o f i t .

If d i s h e s Here Horses... 416 DS9 i s v i s i t e d by c r e a t u r e s who take i m a g i n a t i o n coae

true and the s t a t i o n i s t h r e a t e n e d by a space r i f t of the crew's own i m a g i n i n g .

The Forsaken 417 Doctor B a s h i r i s charged w i t h e n t e r t a i n i n g s e v e r a l

v i s i t i n g Ambassadors among them i s Lwaxana T r o i who takes a fancy to Odo. The s t a t i o n t a k e s aboard a probe of unknown o r i g i n t h a t a t t a c h e s i t s e l f t o O'Brien. Odo and Lwaxana are trapped i n a t u r b o l i f t and Odo's 16 hours run out.

Dramatis Personae 418 A K l i n g o n m a t e r a l i z e s i n Ops and d i e s from b a t t l e

wounds. He came from a s h i p s u p o s s e d l y on a bi o s c a n of the Saama Quadrant. Only they have brought back something t h a t s e t s the crew a t each o t h e r ' s t h r o a t s . T e n s i o n s a r e heightened by a V a l e r i a n s h i p d o c k i n g a t DS9. The V a l e r i a n s are o l d gun runners who worked a g a i n s t t he B a j o r a n s and f o r the C a r d a s s i a n s .

Duet 419 An a i l i n g C a r d a s s i a n a r r i v e s on DS9 i n need of a e d i c a l

a t t e n t i o n f r o a a c o n d i t i o n c o n t r a c t e d i n o n l y one p l a c e : a Car d a s s i a n c o n c e n t r a t i o n camp. K i r a d i s c o v e r s the C a r d a s s i a n i s n ' t t he f i l i n g c l e r k he c l a i m s but the Coaaander of the camp. He admits h i s i d e n t i t y but evidence s u r f a c e s t o suggest o t h e r w i s e . He r e a l l y i s the f i l i n g c l e r k who i s s u f f e r i n g from g u i l t he c a n ' t l i v e w i t h .

In the Hands of the Prophets 420 K e i k o has a head on p h i l o s o p h i c a l problem w i t h a

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of the Ba j o r a n r e l i g i o n o v er her t e a c h i n g about the f a c t s of the wormhole and not me n t i o n i n g the prophets. One of O'Brien's e n g i n e e r s d i e s i n m y s t e r i o u s c i r c u m s t a n c e s . S i s k o seeks t he a d v i c e of a monk who i s the l e a d i n g c a n d i d a t e t o be the next K a i t o h e l p him w i t h the s c h o o l problem. O'Brien has a new B e j o r a n a s s i s t a n t .

Jean Luc P i c a r d S t a r Trek Word Jumble R i k e r

Data D Z R A Y A H S A T J V J Doctor Crusher N 0 E S I R P R E T N E P Imzadi A 0 C L T A G W R H A 0 T E n t e r p r i s e I M B T R R U T E N K D R LaForge S E G R O F A L L I D 0 A T r o i Q S N R B I R Q U E C N R N Counselor E n s i g n Ro A A 0 S Y E C K S A P N S Tasha Yar Guinan D L I F R P N R N L R G P Borg T r a n s p o r t e r R U R J I D L I U E F I 0 Romulan C a r d a s s i a n A M R C K M U M 0 S E S R Phaser C O A G E G Z B c N H N T O'Brien A R W 0 R F D S N I N E E K eiko D I D A Z M I P H A S E R S e l a

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TS: Urn....You m i g h t j u s t t h r o w t h a t j o k e i n . We had t o t u r n i t on a l i t t l e e a r l y b e c a u s e t h i s t h i n g ' s t o o f u n n y . Urn...This q u a r t e r . . . w e d e c i d e d we w o u l d a r g u e , c r i t i c i z e , w h a t e v e r y o u want t o c a l l i t , t h e e p i s o d e . . . What was i t ?

MG: D e v i l ' s Due. TS: D e v i l ' s Due. Urn...A p a r t i c u l a r f a v o r i t e o f M a r k ' s . So t h a t

means I have t o h a t e i t . MG: You d o n ' t have t o h a t e i t . You j u s t h a v e t o s e e w h a t e v e r

f l a w s t h e e p i s o d e m i g h t h a v e . I t m i g h t h a v e some f l a w s . TS: I came up w i t h a few. I r e a l l y d i d n ' t c a r e f o r t h e e p i s o d e

t h a t much. I'm c o l d on i t , b u t i t r e a l l y i s n ' t t h a t b a d . B u t h a v i n g w a t c h e d i t I c a n now s a y t h a t I ha v e come up w i t h a l o g i c a l a r g u m e n t a g a i n s t i t . Urn...Mark, do y o u want t o d e s c r i b e t h e e p i s o d e f i r s t ?

MG: W e l l , t o p u t i t b r i e f l y , a woman comes and c l a i m s t h a t s h e i s t h i s m y t h i c a l p e r s o n who a p p e a r e d and s a v e d a p l a n e t and a r e s u l t o f s a v i n g t h i s p l a n e t , t h e y f o r m e d a c o n t r a c t s a y i n g t h a t s h e w o u l d g i v e them 1,000 y e a r s o f p e a c e and p r o s p e r i t y , and a t t h e end o f 1,000 y e a r s t h e y w o u l d be e n s l a v e d t o h e r f o r t h e r e s t o f e t e r n i t y . And P i c a r d t h i n k s t h a t s h e ' s a f r a u d and g o e s o u t t o p r o v e t h a t s h e ' s a f r a u d . And t h e n i t i s r e v e a l e d s h e ' s a f r a u d . And t h e n t h e u n i v e r s e l i v e s h a p p i l y e v e r a f t e r .

TS: Okay. MG: T h a t sums up t h e e p i s o d e . I r a t h e r e n j o y e d i t . I t ' s a n i c e ,

c u t e h a r m l e s s l i t t l e e n t e r t a i n i n g e p i s o d e i f y o u c a n s i t and w a t c h t h i s woman, i n l o v e l y l i t t l e r e v e a l i n g o u t f i t s . I t ' s v e r y t i t i l l a t i n g . B u t w h a t ' s t h e l o g i c a l a r g u m e n t y o u hav e a g a i n s t i t ?

TS: W e l l , t h e l o g i c a l a r g u m e n t comes down t o , i f y o u hav e a t e c h n o l o g i c a l l y b a s e d s o c i e t y y o u h a v e l a r g e numbers o f p e o p l e , v e r y , v e r y v a s t l a r g e n umbers o f p e o p l e , b e c a u s e y o u need l o t s o f p e o p l e t o s u p p o r t t h e t e c h n o l o g y . The p r o b l e m w i t h t h i s i s , i f y o u c h a n g e t o an a g r a r i a n b a s e d s o c i e t y y o u c a n n o t s u p p o r t a l l t h e s e p e o p l e w i t h t h e f o o d , y o u j u s t c a n ' t do i t . T h a t ' s t h e w h o l e p r o b l e m w i t h t h i s . I f y o u remove t e c h n o l o g y m i l l i o n s o f p e o p l e s t a r v e t o d e a t h , b e c a u s e y o u c a n ' t f e e d them a n y m o r e . T h a t ' s t h e p r o b l e m w i t h t h i s e p i s o d e . They n e g l e c t e d t o p o i n t o u t t h a t t h e s t a r v a t i o n h appened a f t e r t h e y q u i t w i t h t h e t e c h n o l o g y , n o t b e f o r e . T h a t was t h e p r o b l e m w i t h i t . The w h o l e r e a s o n we went t h r o u g h c y c l e s o f f a m i n e and g r o w t h and f a m i n e and g r o w t h f o r 1,000s o f y e a r s was b e c a u s e we d i d n ' t have t h e t e c h n o l o g y t o s u p p o r t t h e number o f p e o p l e we had l i v i n g i n p a r t i c u l a r a r e a a t a p a r t i c u l a r t i m e . W i t h o u t t h e t e c h n o l o g y , t h e y c o u l d n ' t have a s o c i e t y u n l e s s i t was v e r y s p a r s e l y p o p u l a t e d .

MG: So w h a t ? So w h a t , I may hav e o v e r l o o k e d t h a t , who c a r e s ?

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T h a t ' s a t e c h n i c a l f l a w i n t h i s e n t i r e show. I t ' s a huge f l a w . W e l l why d o e s e v e r y e p i s o d e have t o be p e r f e c t ? Why c a n ' t we have an e p i s o d e t h a t i s j u s t l i g h t h e a r t e d , e n j o y a b l e , y o u know. I t may have f l a w s i t may n o t . You want l i g h t h e a r t e d and e n j o y a b l e , w h a t ' s t h e one w h e r e Worf g o e s , " I am n o t a m e r r y man." Now t h a t ' s l i g h t h e a r t e d and e n j o y a b l e . Of c o u r s e t h e w h o l e c o n c e p t o f "Q" i s a f l a w b u t w e ' l l g e t i n t o t h a t n e x t t i m e . I t h o u g h t i t was e n j o y a b l e . We have a n i c e s t r o n g d o m i n a n t woman w a n t i n g t o c h a s e P i c a r d . I t h o u g h i t was g r e a t s i t t i n g t h e r e w a t c h i n g P i c a r d b e i n g i m m e n s e l y u n c o m f o r t a b l e by t h i s woman, b e c a u s e P i c a r d d o e s n ' t l i k e t o be c h a s e d . F o r g e t V a x . Now Vax i s d e f i n i t e l y . . . V a s h . N ot V ax. F o r g e t V a s h . V a s h i s d o m i n a n t . He l i k e s d o m i n a n t women. B u t i f he l i k e d d o m i n a n t women he s h o u l d n ' t h a v e had them k i l l o f f K i r a a l l t h o s e y e a r s a g o . Urn...Um... w h a t ' s h e r f i r s t name? I t ' s n o t K i r a . K ' E h l e y r . No, no, no. T a s h a Y a r r . T a s h a , T a s h a . I d o n ' t know why I s a i d K i r a . T h i s i s n o t Deep S p a c e N i n e , T o n y. T h i s i s N e x t Gen. Keep y o u r u n i v e r s e s s t r a i g h t . W e l l , I'm c o n f u s e d t o d a y . I t ' s a Monday. I t ' s a n o r m a l s t a t e o f m i n d f o r y o u . Now l e t ' s s e e . I n t h a t c a s e , i f he d o e s l i k e d o m i n a n t women why was he s o p u t o f f by t h i s woman? B e c a u s e s h e ' s a f l i m f l a m a r t i s t . B u t s h e ' s a damn good l o o k i n g o n e . Y e a h , P.T. Barnum i n a f e m a l e body. I n e v e r h e a r d P.T. Barnum d e s c r i b e d a s w i s e man. T h a t ' s a f i r s t f o r me. W e l l , I ' l l g i v e y o u t h a t o n e . T h e r e ' s a l o t o f t e c h n i c a l f l a w s . B a s i c a l l y , a n y t h i n g c a n be e x p l a i n e d i f y o u buy t h i s s u b s p a c e t h e o r y , " a n y t h i n g c a n be e x p l a i n e d by s i m p l y c r e a t i n g t h e p a r t i c l e t h a t c r e a t e s i t . " You j u s t w r i t e i t i n t o t h e s t o r y . T h i s p a r t i c l e c r e a t e s t h i s t h i n g and s o i s e x p l a i n a b l e . And t h a t ' s r e a l l y t h e w h o l e f l a w w i t h H y p e r s p a c e and t h e s u b s p a c e i d e a . B u t t h a t ' s a l s o a n o t h e r t i m e . Y e a h , i t ' s t h e p l o t d e v i c e . Uh..."We've b a c k e d o u r s e l v e s i n t o a c o r n e r . Mr. W o r f , e n g a g e t h e p l o t d e v i c e . " So do we have two p a g e s y e t ?

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Oh, t h a n k y o u L o r d , f o r a u t h o r s l i k e P e t e r D a v i d who know t h a t f o r a book, t o be g r e a t s c i e n c e f i c t i o n i t must f i r s t be g r e a t f i c t i o n ! I have n e v e r been d i s a p p o i n t e d w i t h Mr. D a v i d ' s a b i l i t y t o f i n d a good b l e n d o f T r e k ' d w h i z bang f u t u r e w o n d e r s and human s t o r i e s w h i c h u s 2 0 t h c e n t u r y humans c a n r e l a t e t o and e n j o y . H a t s o f f a l s o t o K e v i n Ryan o f P o c k e t B o o k s f o r s t a r t i n g o u t t h e-DS9 book s e r i e s w i t h one o f h i s a c e w r i t e r s .

I f o u n d t h i s book v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g n o t o n l y b e c a u s e o f Mr. D a v i d ' s s t o r y l i n e b u t a l s o b e c a u s e he was g i v e n a v e r y c l e a n s l a t e t o w r i t e on. When h i r e d f o r t h e b o o k , he had o n l y t h e w r i t e r ' s b i b l e and t h e f i r s t few s c r i p t s t o go o n . And i t s h ows....a l i t t l e . Some o f t h e c h a r a c t e r s w i l l seem j u s t a b i t . . . o h . . . o u t o f c h a r a c t e r now t h a t w e ' r e f u r t h e r a l o n g i n t o t h e f i r s t s e a s o n . B u t on t h e w h o l e he d o e s v e r y w e l l and may open up some new s i d e s o f c h a r a c t e r s t h a n t h o s e we've s e e n s o f a r . He h i t s d ead on Odo and Quark and t h e i r b a t t l e o f w i t s , w h i c h i s good a s i t i s e s s e n t i a l l y an "Odo" s t o r y .

The " s i e g e " i n t h e t i t l e i s a s t o r y o f a b a t t l e f r o m w i t h i n t h e s t a t i o n i t s e l f . B i z a r r e and v e r y g r u e s o m e m u r d e r s b e g i n t o t a k e p l a c e one by o n e , and w i t h o u t any c l e a r i n t e n t . A l l r a c e s on b o a r d become t a r g e t s , and S i s k o and c r e w must m a i n t a i n o r d e r w h i l e a l s o r e f u s i n g t o a l l o w a n y o n e t o l e a v e . T h i n g s become more i n t e r e s t i n g when Odo d i s c o v e r s t h a t t h e m u r d e r e r i s a n o t h e r metamorph l i k e h i m s e l f - p e r h a p s h i s own s p e c i e s ! And t h i s metamorph i s d e v i o u s , c u n n i n g , and much more p r a c t i c e d w i t h h i s ' m o r p h i n g a b i l i t i e s . From t h e s t a r t i t becomes c l e a r t h a t he w i l l be a v e r y d i f f i c u l t s l i m e b a l l t o c a t c h . A r e t h e m u r d e r s t h e random a c t s o f a h o m i c i d a l m a n i a c , o r i s t h e r e some u n s e e n c o n n e c t i o n ? W i l l Odo f i n d any a n s w e r s t o h i s many q u e s t i o n s a b o u t h i m s e l f ? The r e a d e r i s k e p t w o n d e r f u l l y i n t h e d a r k u n t i l t h e r i g h t t i m e .

S e c o n d a r y s t o r i e s h e r e a r e e n t e r t a i n i n g , t o o . I e s p e c i a l l y l i k e d a c o n f l i c t b etween D r . B a s h i r and a f a m i l y o f a l i e n r e l i g i o u s z e a l o t s who r e f u s e t o a l l o w t r e a t m e n t w h i c h w o u l d s a v e t h e i r s o n . I won't comment f u r t h e r e x c e p t t h a t D a v i d ' s s t u d y o f t h i s t e n d e r f o o t d o c t o r i s done w i t h c o m p a s s i o n and f o r e - t h o u g h t . B a s h i r ' s a c t i o n s a r e q u e s t i o n a b l e t h r o u g h o u t t h i s s t o r y , and I f o u n d i t r e f r e s h i n g t o s e e a S t a r T r e k c h a r a c t e r who h a s t o d e a l w i t h a s i t u a t i o n where t h e r e i s no c l e a r r i g h t o r wrong s o l u t i o n . T h e r e have been t o o few o f t h o s e i n t h e p a s t .

My a d v i c e t o y o u i s t o g i v e t h i s book a t r y . I t i s n ' t t h e t o u r de f o r c e t h a t " I r n z a d i " was, b u t i t c o n t i n u e s a h i g h s t a n d a r d f o r P e t e r D a v i d ' s b o o k s . I t w i l l make y o u c r i n g e , jump, l a u g h o u t l o u d , and w i s h l i k e t h e b l a z e s t h a t t h e y c o u l d r e a l l y b r i n g i t t o t h e s m a l l s c r e e n . What more c o u l d one a s k f o r ?

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By Ted Foster "The Romulan P r i z e " by Simon Hawke S t a r T r e k - The N e x t G e n e r a t i o n #26 P o c k e t B o o k s

In my humble o p i n i o n , t h e b e s t o f t h e S t a r T r e k a d v e r s a r i e s f a c e d by K i r k and l a t e r P i c a r d a r e t h o s e p o i n t e d e a r e d p h i l o s o p h i c a l d e s c e n d a n t s o f J u l i u s C a e s a r , t h e R o m u l a n s . E v e n more s o t h a n t h e K l i n g o n s , y o u a s k , o r t h e C a r d a s s i a n s , o r even t h e B o r g ? You b e t , and t h e r e a s o n i s s i m p l e . Of a l l o f t h e e n e m i e s t h a t t h e good s h i p s Enterpr i s e h a v e f a c e d , t h e R o m u l a n s t e n d t o be t h e most l i k e t h e F e d e r a t i o n i t s e l f . They a r e c u n n i n g , i n t e l l i g e n t ( S e l a n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g ) , and v e r y u n p r e d i c t a b l e . J u s t l i k e o u r h e r o e s . In many w a y s , t h e y ARE t h e e v i l I m p e r i u m f r o m t h e e p i s o d e " M i r r o r , M i r r o r " .

However, t h e b e s t Romulan s t o r i e s a r e t h o s e t h a t go be y o n d t h i s s t e r e o t y p e . T hey show o t h e r s i d e o f t h e s e b e i n g s w h i c h a r e a s v a r i e d a s t h o s e o f t h e human c h a r a c t e r s . D i a n e D u a n e ' s "The Romulan Way" and "My Enemy. My A l l y " a r e two good e x a m p l e s . T h i s book a l s o makes a good t r y a t i t , t h r o u g h n o t q u i t e s u c c e e d i n g a s w e l l . I t b e g i n s w i t h t h e 1701-D f i n d i n g a d e a d Romulan W a r b i r d d r i f t i n g i n t o F e d e r a t i o n s p a c e . T h i s i s no o r d i n a r y s h i p , b u t a new c l a s s o f s u p e r — b a t t l e s h i p d e s i g n e d t o t a k e on and d e f e a t t h e G a l a x y c l a s s s t a r s h i p s . The c r e w have a l l a s p h y x i a t e d , a n d P i c a r d b e g i n s t o b o a r d t h e s h i p i n e a r n e s t t o g a i n a s much f r o m i t a s p o s s i b l e b e f o r e h a v i n g t o t u r n i t back o v e r t o t h e R o m u l a n s .

However, a c o m p l i c a t e d t r a p i s s p r u n g , and t h e c r e w f i n d s t h e m s e l v e s h e l d c a p t i v e by t h e w i l y Commander V a l a k . W i t h b o t h s h i p s a t h i s d i s p o s a l , t h e Commander u s e s t h e Enterprise's c o m p u t e r s t o f i n d o u t more i n f o r m a t i o n on a p l a n e t i n t h e N e u t r a l Zone t h a t i s c o n s i d e r e d t o be q u a r a n t i n e d . C o n v i n c e d i t i s a s e c r e t F e d e r a t i o n b a s e , t h e two s h i p s s e t a c o u r s e f o r i t w h i l e V a l a k e n g a g e s h i s p l a n t o b r i n g t h e Enter pr i s e back a s a war p r i z e . What a w a i t s them i s a power n e i t h e r C a p t a i n c a n f i g h t .

Simon Hawke d o e s a good j o b i n p o r t r a y i n g V a l e k a s a m a v e r i c k among t h e R o m u l a n s - an o f f i c e r who e n j o y s s t u d y i n g humans and t h e i r c u l t u r e . I p a r t i c u l a r l y e n j o y e d h i s p e r f o r m a n c e d u r i n g h i s c a p t u r e o f P i c a r d and t h e Enter pr i s e . B u t l a t e r , when c o n f r o n t e d w i t h a p o w e r f u l a l i e n t h i r d p a r t y , he f a l l s i n t o t h e o l d r o u t i n e o f " I d o n ' t u n d e r s t a n d i t s o I w i l l t r y t o b l o w i t up" b e h a v i o r . T h i s g o o d t r y w o u l d have been e v e n b e t t e r had Mr. Hawke k e p t up t h e work t h r o u g h t o t h e e n d .

The A l i e n s on H e r m e t i c u s I I ( a n i c e pun on a h e r m e t i c a l l y s e a l e d w o r l d , by t h e way) a r e w o n d e r f u l l y o r i g i n a l - t h e k i n d y o u w o u l d l o v e t o s e e i n a TV e p i s o d e . I hope t h a t Mr. Hawke t r i e s h i s hand w i t h t h e R o m u l a n s a g a i n . W i t h h i s t a l e n t f o r i n t r i g u i n g c h a r a c t e r s and c r e a t i v e t h i n k i n g , h i s b o o k s w i l l o n l y p r o v i d e more e n j o y m e n t w i t h my f a v o r i t e v i l l a i n s s i n c e " B a l a n c e o f T e r r o r " .

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S a n c t u a r y By J o h n V o r n h o l t P o c k e t B o o k s 4 o f 5 s t a r s

SPOILER ALERT... SPOILER ALERT... SPOILER ALERT... SPOILER I f y o u want t o have a good t i m e c a l l . . . No t h a t ' s n o t i t . L e t ' s s e e . . . Oh, y e s , i f y o u want t o e n j o y r e a d i n g t h i s book t h e n DON'T r e a d t h e f o r e w o r d . The s i l l y guy was s o p a s s i o n a t e l y w r a p p e d up i n a v a l i a n t a t t e m p t t o t h a n k e v e r y o n e who e v e r i n f l u e n c e d h i m , he f o r g o t h i m s e l f and r e v e a l e d t h e message o f t h e s t o r y a n d t h e p l o t . The e d i t o r s s h o u l d h a v e p u t t h i s message a s an a f t e r w a r d .

T h i s i s t h e f i r s t "message" s t o r y we've had i n a w h i l e and I a c t u a l l y r a t h e r e n j o y e d i t . I f I h a d n ' t r e a d t h e f o r e w o r d I w o u l d have been more e x c i t e d a b o u t t h e book. The s t o r y moved f a i r l y w e l l and w h i l e some o f t h e b e h a v i o r s e x h i b i t e d by t h e " B i g T h r e e " were u n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c most o f t h e e r r o r s i n v o l v e d t h e a u t h o r ' s u s e o f d e t a i 1 .

Now f o r my v e r s i o n o f a s t o r y t e a s e r . The Enter pr i s e t r a v e l s t o unknown s p a c e i n a d e t e r m i n e d e f f o r t t o c a p t u r e a r e n e g a d e p i r a t e known a s Auk Rex. K i r k , S p o c k and McCoy f o l l o w t h e p i r a t e s h i p down t o a p l a n e t . B u t o n c e t h e y f i n a l l y l a n d , t h e y l o s e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s w i t h t h e Enterprise, and t h e s h u t t l e c r a f t d i s a p p e a r s .

An a l i e n b e i n g a p p e a r s and e x p l a i n s t h a t i t ' s a S e n i t e and t h e p l a n e t i s c a l l e d S a n c t u a r y . The S e n i t e s w e r e o n c e h e a v i l y p e r s e c u t e d and s o t h e y c r e a t e d t h e f o r c e f i e l d t h a t k e e p s S a n c t u a r y t o t a l l y s a f e . The o n l y c a t c h i s t h a t no one e v e r l e a v e s . K i r k , Spock and McCoy a r e l e f t on t h e i r own t o d i s c o v e r t h e o d d i t i e s o f t h e i r f e l l o w c r e a t u r e s , most o f whom a r e f u g i t i v e s .

Mr. S c o t t h a s t h e c o n , and g e t s t o hav e a b o r i n g t i m e w a i t i n g a r o u n d w i t h K l i n g o n s , O r i o n s and o t h e r b o u n t y h u n t e r s . He s p e n d s a l a r g e p a r t o f h i s t i m e and t h a t o f t h e c r e w c l e a n i n g up t h e mess on a l a d y b o u n t y h u n t e r ' s s h i p .

I f y o u want t o know how i t e n d s . . . . y o u h a v e t o r e a d t h e s t o r y . T h i s n o v e l i s f u n and good s p i r i t e d . I t ' s p r o b l e m s l i e m a i n l y i n t h e s m a l l d e t a i l s b u t t h e y a r e u n o b t r u s i v e e n o u g h t o be u n n o t i c e d by most. E n j o y !

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standing on a slab of ice being hauled into orbit. 4. Ralph von Wauwau 5. Friday 6. A clear lens in the palm of the hand. 7. Biots 8. "Who Goes There" 9. Mortis 10. Moiraine Diunodred, The Blue Ajah of the Aes Sedai 11. Lessa, Thread 12. David Drake 13. Haramis, Kadiya, and Anigel 14. It was destroyed by rampaging alien simians. 15. On the planet Ahair - she is found under a mud slide which buried a Rowan mining

company settlement. She is a strong telepath and telekinetic 16. The K'zin 17. Brother Anthony, the Flame Deluge 18. Dolphins, Streaker 19. A small black hole, the Atlantis 20. The mechanical Hound, Ecclesiastes 21. IT, IT could not love. 22. A dormant virus found at an alien archaeological dig, Archaeology. 23. Daneel Olivaw, Giskaard 24. To grok 25. Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, Greywand, Scalpel, and Cafs Claw 26. The Earth is struck by a large comet. The surfer has an unfortunate fatal collision with

one of San Francisco's skyscrapers. 27. The Ruby Throne, Stormbringer