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< What are we working on today?  Project check!  What's in play for you?

The tenth or eleventh draft of the first STAR TREK: ULYSSES story.=20

ZOWIE!! That is a lot of drafts! >

Thankfully, most of the drafts were short (1,000 or so words) when I junked=
 them.

< I'm hitting the major problem of writing something that seems like good T=
rek (as opposed to the drek that the TV series have been dredging out since=
 DS9 finished).=20

I am curious.  How do you mean Good Trek?  What makes good Trek for you? >

That's a difficult question to answer. It seems like since DS9 finished,
th= e series since then haven't had something that the first three shows
had. V= oyager and, to a greater degree, Enterprise aren't even good
sci-fi, let al= one good Star Trek.=20

There have been exceptions (Carbon Creek from Enterprise and, er, um, there=
 must be some good Voyager episodes) but for the most part, they just don't=
 seem like good Trek.=20=20

< I just junked 10,000+ words (as well as most of the main characters) of t=
he last draft because it didn't seem to work right so it will probably take=
 a fair while to complete. I'll probably post a bit at a time so that I'll =
at least have a few other opinions.

try an outline first

Also a good question to ask is "What decision does the central
character ma= ke to resolve this?"

Just some ideas.   I know it's a good story when I can see the ending in my=
 mind.  I know I am not on the right track when I can't. >

I've got the basic idea of the story down pat, it's just that I can't get
t= he main characters right (and if you have a set of pointless main
character= s, you wind up with Enterprise). It doesn't help that I wrote
10,000+ words=
 of a story about a non-Starfleet trading ship, then read the basic plot fo=
r Firefly and had to junk it due to a distinct similarity between the two.

For starters, here's the outline for the first story.

STAR TREK ULYSSES

The year is 2372. The Akira-Class U.S.S Ulysses (NCC-76442) is on patrol in=
 the Tigora Sector when it enters a, previously unknown, wormhole.

The ship exits the wormhole in the Delta Quadrant, 73,000 light years away
= from home.  Upon arrival, the crew discovers the following:

- The wormhole has been destabilised by the Ulysses passing through the wor=
mhole and will collapse within a hour.
- The ship is within a solar system which a 7 mile-wide asteroid is passing=
 through, en route to the 4th planet. Unfortunately, the planet is a M-Clas=
s planet with a pre-warp civilization of 6 million people on board.
- Destroying the asteroid is possible, but not in time to get back to the w=
ormhole in time to get home.
- The ship receives a distress call from the planet requesting help from an=
yone who hears the call.

The crew are in a situation where, if they go back into the wormhole, they
= get home but 6 million people are doomed. They are in muddy waters Prime
Di= rective wise because it is interfering in a pre-warp civilization but
they = have received a distress call.=20

The Captain has to deal with the fact that, if he doesn't go back through
t= he wormhole, the crew is looking at a 80 year trip home. In the end, the
Ca= ptain decides that he has to destroy the asteroid and dooms the crew to
a l= ong, lonely, trip home.


The stories will cover the crew's attempts to get home.

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< What are we
working on
today?  Project check!  What's in play for
you?The tenth or eleventh draft of the first STAR TREK:
ULYSSES story. 
 
ZOWIE!! That is a
lot of drafts!
>
 
Thankfully, most of
the drafts were
short (1,000 or so words) when I junked them.
< I'm hitting the major problem of writing something that
seems like good Trek (as opposed to the drek that the TV series
have been dredging out
since DS9 finished). 
 
I am
curious.  How do you mean
Good Trek?  What makes good Trek for you? >
 
That's a difficult question to
answer. It seems like since DS9 finished, the series since then haven't had
something that the first three shows had. Voyager and, to a greater degree,
Enterprise aren't even good sci-fi, let alone good Star Trek.

 
There have been
exceptions (Carbon
Creek from Enterprise and, er, um, there must be some good Voyager
episodes) but for the most part, they just don't seem
like good Trek.  
< I just junked 10,000+ words (as well as most of
the main characters) of the last draft because it didn't seem to
work right so it will probably take a fair while to complete. I'll probably
post a bit at
a time so that I'll at least have a few other opinions.
 
try an outline
first
 
Also a good question
to ask is "What
decision does the central character make to resolve
this?"
Just some ideas.   I know it's a good story
when I can see the ending in my mind.  I know I am not on the
right track when I can't.
>
 
I've got the basic
idea of the story
down pat, it's just that I can't get the main characters right (and if you
have a set of pointless main characters, you wind up with Enterprise). It
doesn't help that I wrote 10,000+ words of a story about a non-Starfleet
trading ship, then read the basic plot for Firefly and had to junk
it due to a distinct similarity between the two.
 
For starters, here's
the outline for
the first story.
 
STAR TREK
ULYSSES
 
The year is 2372.
The Akira-Class
U.S.S Ulysses (NCC-76442) is on patrol in the Tigora Sector when it enters
a, previously unknown, wormhole.
 
The
ship exits the wormhole in
the Delta Quadrant, 73,000 light years away from home.
 Upon arrival, the crew discovers the
following:
 
- The wormhole has been
destabilised by the
Ulysses passing through the wormhole and will collapse
within a hour.
- The ship is within a solar
system which a 7
mile-wide asteroid is passing through, en route to the 4th planet.
Unfortunately, the planet is a M-Class planet with a pre-warp civilization
of 6 million people on board.
- Destroying the asteroid is
possible, but not
in time to get back to the wormhole in time to get home.
- The ship receives a distress
call from the
planet requesting help from anyone who hears the call.
 
The crew are in a situation where, if they go
back into the
wormhole, they get home but 6 million people are doomed. They are in muddy
waters Prime Directive wise because it is interfering in a pre-warp
civilization
but they have received a distress call. 
 
The Captain has to deal with the fact that,
if he doesn't go
back through the wormhole, the crew is looking at a 80 year trip home. In
the end, the Captain decides that he has to destroy the asteroid and dooms
the crew to a long, lonely, trip
home.
The stories
will cover the crew's attempts to get home.



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