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Title: The
Fruits of Diplomacy
Author:
Gilshandros
contact:
gilshandros@hotmail.com
Series:
TOS
Rating: PG
Archives:
Sure
Feedback:
Any and all welcome.
DISCLAIMER: I believe that Shimona belongs to Barbara
Hambly, and
the
Sulamids to Diane Duane. I hope they will take my borrowing of these
characters
as a tribute. Paraborg owns all else.
Except for Larssen.
She's
MINE!
Acknowledgements:
Mary Ellen Curtin spotted
some crucial
problems with an earlier draft of this.
She never
saw the
whole thing, and I probably didn't pay enough
attention
to what she did say, but on plot, MEC rocks!
Islaofhope,
tireless beta! Remember this? Bet you thought
it had gone
to the great dead story spike in the sky! Isla beta'd
this and
despite the fact that her eyes had to have been crossing
by the
end, she was still spotting extra spaces at the last page. Not only
does she
have eagle eyes, she has an unerring ability to put her finger
on exactly
the point that is holding a story back.
I probably haven't done
justice to
her comments in the changes I made, but I know that this story
would have
been a lot weaker without Isla.
Feedback on ASCEML, especially
from
Judith and Lady Hawk, pointed out some weak points that I have
endeavoured
to correct.
Any
errors, bad writing, poor plot points, and sloppy dialogue that remains,
is, of
course, entirely my fault. No, actually, I'll blame my muse for it.
<bellows>
: FAT ANDY! Your public awaits!
Synopsis:
After a
difficult mission at Ser Etta, the Enterprise is
due a
refit and her crew are due some shore leave. Starfleet has
other
plans, however. The most concession
they'll make to
Kirk's
request for a break is a milk-run mission ferrying
diplomats
from two warring species (The Sythenes and the Voucheron)
to a peace
conference.
And we all
know what happens when you ask the Enterprise to
transport
diplomats....
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CAST OF
CHARACTERS
GoldenGalactic!Kirk
TheLesserAngsty!Spock
I'mNotJustThePhoneGirl!Uhura
I'mJustACountryDoctorFromGeorgia!McCoy
WhatAreYeDoinToMyBAIRNS!Scotty
IDoHaveAJobOnThisShipYouKnow!Chapel
NoOfCourseIDon'tFlyByTheSeatOfMyPants!Sulu
ShootThemAll!Chekov
as well as
several
poor fools in red shirts, assorted OCs and divers aliens.
I've
decided that these stories (this, the The Difference
It Makes,
and The Arrows of Desire
are set in
a 'nowhere' time in the first mission.
That
is, lots
of familiar crew are aboard, and they have been
for
quite a while (even late additions such
as Chekov)
and some
crew who were only in one season of TOS are
still here
(like Janice Rand) It's well before the end
of the
first five year mission and Kirk's promotion to
the
admiralty, they're all young and gorgeous, and I've
probably
given some of bridge crew inadvertent promotions.
If you
want to let me know that I've given some one the
wrong
rank, or that I've put Sickbay in completely the
wrong
place, or something, feel free. I have
totally
screwed up
the rank structure, and didn't find out until I
finished
not this story, but the one after – and quite
frankly,
couldn't deal with changing it. So, in the
universe
of *my* stories, the ranks go (from lowest to
higher)
Ensign, Yeoman, Lieutenant j-g, Lieutenant,
Lieutenant-Commander,
Commander, Captain. I don't think
there are
any crewmen on my Enterprise. Sorry, everybody.
This story
takes place about two or three months after
the end of
The Difference It Makes. That story
can be found at my
website:
http://members.tripod.com/~gil.shalos/home.html
and I will
warn any potential readers (if the sheer size of this
doesn't
put you off, and the PG rating doesn't put you off...) that there
are things
in here that refer back to The Difference It Makes. Some things
may not
make sense to you, if you haven't read it.
"
" marks indicate speech (no kidding!)
~ ~ marks indicate thought or telepathy.
This has
been a public service announcement.
Thank you
for your time.