"Stowaway" comments

[tmk1000]

That is a very good story.I would be interrested to see more of it.I realy like your writeing...



P.S.(I don't know if this is the right place to put this.)

[Ambassador Lady K'Zin]

originally posted on 11-28-2002 at 06:38 AM

Tiny technical point...

Okay, about the only small technical little point I would raise is regarding the "heavy titanium bench" that you mention. Actually, titanium is a very lightweight metal, often used in manufacturing aircraft bodies because of it's ratio of strength to lightness. (My laptop is actually a TiBook, otherwise known as an Apple Titanium Powerbook G4 -- that's why I know this, it's body is made of titanium to keep it extremely lightweight for it's size.)

I know it's a small point, but it is something that some Trek techies might pick up on and just thought that I should mention it, so you could pick another more appropriate metal, real or fictional, to fill it's place.

I do find the second version of your story a bit more closer to the way things would work on a Klingon ship. Any Klingon female that has achieved the rank of ship commander wouldn't have such a soft spot, for anyone not of her own blood or of her own house, most especially not for a Terran. Even if she did have a soft spot, she would never show it - not in public, nor would she do anything that would reveal it to her crew, as many of them would take it as a sign of weakness, and possibly use it against her in some way.

Anyways, that's my two credits worth...

[TVala]

originally posted on 12-2-2002 at 07:24 PM

okay...

Okay. Okay so a heavy, dark and durable metal... Maybe a titanium iron alloy? Do Klingons even have iron? I feel like the dog who has just discovered that the beast biting it's tail is really it self.

[Kesvirit]

posted on 12-2-2002 at 09:05 PM

I agree with Lady K'Zin in that the second version is more realistic. In addition to the cmdr not admitting to having a soft spot for a prisoner, it seems unlikely that she would have a prisoner follow her without a cadre of guards bringing up the rear. Never turn your back on a prisoner, even if they seem harmless. I'd think that Klingon paranoia would grant the possiblility that the more pathetic the prisoner seems, the more dangerous she is likely to be in the form of a well-trained agent.

Also, if the prisoner were so frightened, would she be bragging about her athletic prowess to her captors, who are arguably some of the biggest "dumb jocks" in known space?

Gettin' off-topic... a lot of top-of-the line racing bikes, the kind competitive triatheletes use, have titanium frames and wheels for the reasons that Lady K'Zin mentioned (though who knows what bikes will be made of in 200 years...) The metal is also increasingly used in surgery. !Too Much Info Alert!: I've got a couple of Ti clips in my abdomen from an emergency surgery, and my mother is having a Ti hip joint installed in Jan.

Useful stuff, that titanium.

- Kesvirit
 

[TVala]

posted on 12-2-2002 at 09:31 PM

ooops...If a new topic shows up, htat was my oopsie of the week....I am sorry.

Also, I thought the teen would be willing to unbend a little to kindness and was probably just babbling...siezing the first topic that comes to mind.\

T'Vala

[Brian_Starr]

Second one is much more in keeping with Klingons.