Book Review George III, David R.. Mission Gamma. 1st vol Twilight, Cross Cult, 2010.
Story : Months have passed since Kira Nerys 'Gewissenstat, the controversial book Ohalu on Bajoran variant of Wikileaks to publish them belonging to the religious community of their people cost.
But the commander of the station Deep Space Nine is neither their belief in the prophets, nor to take to the Bajoran people. For this reason appears the sudden visit of a Starfleet admiral uncommunicative coupled with its almost inquisitorial curiosity as a further unnecessary testing their capacity to suffer. That the high-level visit less a stained, as much could see more of a kindred spirit in her, would certainly Kira occurred last.
must Meanwhile bother somebody else with Admiral visit. The Andorian Shar added to his sorrow once again received a visit from his mother. This time the admiral Charivretha zh'Thane for their offspring Shar a very special surprise in his luggage:
all its binding partners are the caring accompanied the producer to convince the young officer thereof, with them after Andoria return in order not to implement the four-person mating with them. The sultry Andorian must choose between family tradition and therefore a research mission to be the first time since the Dominion lead again in the Gamma Quadrant .
is finally back to researching the impulse also drives Elias Vaughn. The first officer of the station, who was appointed during the period of 'Mission Gamma' to the Captain of the converted Defiant plague, in addition to a host of other family problems, deeply rooted memories, which he is still unaware. Only in a now uninhabited wasteland Planet that is identified as the origin of a deadly energy pulse provides again believed buried with long, face painful episodes of his past that he can not explain ...
praiseworthy aspects : The first look at "Twilight" is deceptive.
The immense weight, the horrendous number of pages and the fact that it just should be the prelude to a self-contained, four-part book series, may appear at first sight quite daunting.
If we overcome, however, you will see a surprise or two. So I felt the story compared to the previous novels as nearly complete. The plot does not stall with an abrupt, nonsensical and a supposedly stress-increasing height, but has enough room to reward the reader for his perseverance.
rewarded Furthermore, anyone who knows anything in the Star Trek universe. Besides the long been a standard reference on mature sequences (" eye of the universe," see p. 111, "The strike " p. 128f. Or " The Siege of AR-558 " p. 131) Author David R. George III shines through hidden small thin as they apply to the preference of the Jem'Hadar want to (see p. 75), describing the shape of a Spanners (see p. 99, but the description fits more to a Flusskopler ) or the various verbs of Ferengi language for rain (see p. 172) are probably only for connoisseurs of episodes like "The Little Ship "," Empok normal "or" The trip to Risa be due. "
What does not is that this work is free of surprises. For example, the author adds the official canon of the acquisition rules 53 (" Trust no one, who dominated ") and 235 (" you cringe, because death is great. , "both p. 130).
And everyone who expects the recent application for accession to Bajor Federation now should easily go over the stage, sees himself disabused. Sectarian power struggles and deep-seated hatred for the Cardassians threaten to sabotage the planned shooting and throwing dark shadows in the future.
A future, be appointed to the Ezri Dax is well known to the Captain. In this book you can follow the maturation process of young Trill by Counselor to the ability commander closely. And who by their command decisions and their difficulties read to find their own way, can meet the future commander of the USS Aventine with far less suspicion. Direct pity that Cross Cult Destiny VOR had to bring out this book.
But pretty much every character matures in this book like a French cheese in the cave.
Whether Nog, the Jem'Hadar his hatred towards enhanced Prynn Tenmei that her father Elias Vaughn begins to forgive or Shar, who fights desperately against his genetic heritage - all the characters it is possible, under the sympathetic pen of authors grow and prosper.
Even the exchange student Taran'atar gets this opportunity and by the way: the chapter, in which the cultured super-soldier visits the kindergarten of the station, is the secret highlight of the book. The great scene is a magnificent plea for the timeless impartiality of children and the first moment that shows where the ideal world and the simple explanations of the retort warrior tears.
criticisms made aspects : Perhaps "Twilight" at first glance but not so deceptive.
With no less than five hundred seventy-eight seventy-two chapters and pages of text is not a book that you just read times might incidentally. That alone would be to get over so, for there is in this country, fortunately enough willing bookworms, feel intimidated by quantitative arguments can not.
For this reason we should So take a closer look at a qualitative level. As has been noted, however, that the novel needs a damn good start before it even thrilling in any form. Seemingly endless passages of the introduction, extensive explanations and interminable flashbacks provide the interaction that come up until page 210 is capable of something like voltage. The
relates solely to the complications of the Defiant research mission in the Gamma quadrant, while the other parts of the act of accession to the Federation Bajor, Share, reproduction, or aversion Kasidys Expeditions While entertaining the Bajoran empire, however, are never compelling.
And the supposed research mission is understood to convince only at its beginning. Dax 'out of body experience, Vaughn's journey into the self and the Survival of experience and Prynne Shars go nowhere near as much under the skin, as the descriptions of the disaster on the home planet of the Vahni Vahltupali.
Considering therefore the size of the book, the endless development of the plot and the many meticulous descriptions, it has finally almost like a bad joke that the conclusion of the narrative about the new adventures of the Defiant ridiculous includes a few pages and has about as credible , as President Bush's Evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq .
One can even get over this somehow.
was even less credible in my eyes that is only one thing: the impending romance Ro Laren with Quark . Nothing against
Armin Shimerman , but the bar manager had a portrait of him in about the erotic charm and sex appeal, which also extended Mr. Bean . That should go to him just Ro Laren online is indeed a nice touch (see the will, perhaps, that some male Star Trek fans can downplay external shortcomings to be tapped on a whirlwind kitty), but looks are not very credible a woman whose last known Kopulationspartner was William Riker anyway.
It is not even that one does not begrudge Quark, but the relationship is about as realistic as a relationship between Sisko and Janeway , Deanna Troi and Harry Kim or Chekov and T 'Pol . to experience both a crush Sun teenager way, tastes more like bad fan fiction, as to good character development.
Schmunzette on teenage level: Quark ♥ Ro!
translation: The scope of the work is certainly not a walk to the translator. On the Facebook and Twitter presence Star Trek novels Department you could read in advance by some in the editing ironed out bugs and so pleasing that they hold in spite of the veritable flood of potential sources of error in check.
Which of course is not to say straight away that there was nothing to propose.
met here and there us a wrong punctuation mark (dot instead of question marks, p. 60), a misplaced tense (" thank 'instead of' thanked ', p. 238), an unfortunate elected case (" because of its ', p. 229), Schnitzer case-sensitive ("Worse ', p. 266) or typing errors (" Versorgungstirm ", p. 456). The distribution and abundance, however, give no cause for criticism.
Instead, I've even got honest about the fact that "blümerant " with (p. 264) has an extinction threatened German word found shot. Furthermore, I liked that I once had to make smart water " haptic" (p. 492) actually means. However, I was particularly impressed by the creative translation " Sternenflottenfuzzis " (p. 138) for " StarFleet type", the I felt from the mouth of quarks to be very understandable.
overshadowed me, three other permanent error.
Thus in the acquisition rules actually name terms throughout, and not how to read here gesiezt (see 130). Moreover
do with the German term " Ensign " a well-known equivalent for the term " Ensign " (eg, p. 176). While the English term that is in the 22nd Century (ie in the series Enterprise) was used in the time series that are always found near the German-speaking rank application. In addition to Ensign Harry Kim, Ensign Wesley Crusher and Ensign Pavel Chekov it was especially Ro Laren, the hoisted its designation as a German in the title episode: "Ensign Ro . English, however you can leave
quiet in the so-called German " Medkit . The listed numerous references to " medikit " (p. 334, p. 347, p. 388, p. 389, p. 391, p. 394 and p. 466) Finally, to remind us of the terrible "Medo" combinations of the old Star Trek translation of Heyne Verlag.
Although not quite right - but the good intention can be seen
anachronisms: "Twilight" is in a gray area between canon and good idea. By this I mean not even the world of books, which one is aware of the latest at the moment when one reads with Bowers and Leishman two officers who serve in Destiny still under Ezri Dax.
No, the problem lies elsewhere.
It is blue, has sensors and played a major role in Star Trek: Enterprise.
The speech is of course of the Andorian.
Sun told the audience in "The Aenar " first time, as the homeworld of the smurf-colored aliens actually looks. He saw with my own eyes that An ice-covered moon Andoria a gas giant, is not the spoils its inhabitants with too high temperatures. Only occasionally cause heat waves as perceived warming detail just above the freezing point.
In this context, it is curious that does not assert in two places (see p. 178 and p. 448) that Andorian prefer higher temperatures and humidity would.
addition is already in the TOS episode " If the gods destroy " noted that Andorian not respond to intravenous injections (see p. 389)
also seems questionable to practice, need to four generations of reproduction. After all indicated in " These are the voyages ... "no evidence indicating that in addition to the Aenar Jhamel and Shran anyone involved in the production Tallas had been involved and also the comments to Shran's Talas in" Babel suggest "that in Andorians men and women are quite sufficient for sexual reproduction. However
Data was in "Data's days" for the record that an Andorian wedding would consist of four persons.
This information is based Andorian a picture in the Star Trek literature, that between four different sexes different: two more women called shen zhen and chan and two more male named and Thaan . For this reason that the last name of Shar ch'Thane also the prefix " ch '" stands for his family.
Unfortunately, this picture only difficult to reconcile with the official canon.
in 2005, sent fourth season of the series could take on the 2002 in the U.S. book appeared, of course, no control and personally I find it especially by the negligence of the then Enterprise-authors not listed ideas conversely pick up their own scripts. The quartering of the sexes is at least one aspect, the strange, the Andorian society and therefore interesting.
in the "twilight" presented Andorian I prefer the image of the series is far from - even if it means having to interpret the information so far from the last Star Trek series to the edge of their durability. For among us: The other two parents Tallas you got just never see, because it never a fifth season was Enterprise ...
Another thing also ensures frown.
Although on page 49 nor absolutely correct that 800 million Cardassian victims through the final act of the Dominion War is reported that screwed this figure on page 61 only 800 000 down. It is not so much the author David R. George III. Guilt, rather than the translator Humble Christian, who in the heat of battle, the figure transferred incorrectly.
Conclusion: "Twilight" is actually a play of light and shadow.
is the one it an indispensable part of the Star Trek world of books, in which especially the character development very, is very much room left and that it should be the start of a four part series, it looks even relatively self-contained.
other hand, it requires a large warm-up and the volume is in sharp contrast to completely fall-like end. Also, quarks and Ro Laren kitschy romance seems a bit out of place.
but it is worth reading if only for the immediate consideration Andorian culture that is perhaps for the official canon of the enemy, but this offer are clearly more interesting history.
Memorable quotes :
" I run a bar, not a charity tasting room. "
Quark, p. 261
" Starfleet is supposed to build their shuttles from the material, are made from their survival case. "
Vaughn, p. 348
" The blame always lies with the farmers, never the King. "
Quark, p. 420
" even a torturer's society. "
Vaughn, p. 546
Rating: light and shadow.
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