Rusch, Kristine Kathryn, Smith, Dean Wesley: The escape. Heyne, 1995/1996.
Story: On her quite desperate search for replacement parts for Star Trek technology (which seems to have been in any case not designed for a lifetime of more than a season) makes use of the USS Voyager a space ship graveyard of gigantic proportions, to their seemingly insatiable hunger for raw materials to breastfeed. But Captain Janeway
crew has not reckoned with the host. The supposedly dead planet that serves as the final resting place wrecks markets, potential grave robbers with paranormal activity.
short, is haunted.
But besides the fact that ghosts are illogical, there's not another reason for the crew to search frantically run away. B'Elanna Torres , Harry Kim and Neelix suddenly disappeared on a reconnaissance mission and thereby arouse the protective instincts of their captains, so many of their bring sheep as possible to dry land (ie in their native Alpha Quadrant ) attempts.
so it leads the supposed spirit disguised as humanoids and gradually learns the whole truth. The three missing crew members were kidnapped in the past, and thanks to the impulsive temperament of the half Klingon B'Elanna already executed ...
praiseworthy aspects : "The Fugitive", composed by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and her husband, Dean Wesley Smith , is the first stand-alone novel, the television series Star Trek Voyager , because the actual number two was only the "The Guardian" named Novel of motion of the pilot episode "Caretaker " before it.
for this early stage in which even the TV series did not really, in the direction they would develop once managed the couple an excellent and unusual book.
Considering that only the pilot as a model for characters, situations and potential problems was available, it is particularly noteworthy, as all the characters are all accurately described. It seamlessly blends in with the optimism of the young season one and who want to can the act even as the missing piece of the puzzle B'Elanna's approach to the later of the rigid Starfleet guidelines suggest (p. 231).
Even the occasional interspersed humor stands comparison with the original to be ready (see eg Memorable quotes) and always fits well with the individuals and this book would be an impact, it would certainly be easy in the first half of the first season match.
The gap that Rusch and Smith brought by the absence of other Voyager episodes (except the pilot) was stuff they sent with references to other series. Thus one borrows the TOS inner eyelids the Vulcans from "Spock out of control" (P. 178) or the phase-shifted from cloaking the TNG episodes " So near and yet so far " and "The Pegasus " (p. 192).
is refreshingly new Comparatively dealing with it now rather faded theme of time travel, as the authors trace once a relatively new approach:
The different time periods and parallel universes of a planet to be as residential areas of use the seams bursting civilization. Combined with the possibility of mistakes and sudden changes to be prevented by specific time shifts, this results in an interesting situation, especially since the penalties within the company the Alcawellianer be similar draconian as that of Edo.
One detail I liked especially after all: The initial dislike of one at first swallow so repulsive beverage such as coffee (see p. 123) struck me as logical and understandable for an alien who has never been so in touch with something has come. His subsequent habituation to caffeine (see p. 156) I found a hand personally to understand the other hand bothered me know that caffeine seems to have the same effect throughout the Milky , although there are so many physiological differences between the species .
Indispensable export hit the earth?
criticisms made aspects: Which brings us to arrive already at the criticisms.
While Rusch and Smith could not possibly know that it would ever come to that, instinctively, they used a motif that is already disturbed early in Voyager.
At the beginning of many episodes is the crew that is looking for some spare parts, raw materials for major ship components or materials that could contribute to maintenance of Starfleet technology be useful.
One wonders, in the course of the series somehow, why USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D not every second episode spacedock spent to overhaul the delicate new systems.
This is in fact continue here. However, the object of desire, not about any important matter as Dilithium , Omicron particles or 247th element, but " Armalkolit " that is to be constantly "[...], the Oltion circuits of Warpprozessors repair "(p. 7). Not only is this fact to the famous 'knitting pattern F' corresponds, to the maximum degree of meaning and object-wireless technology Babbel it also reached with ease.
If there ever such a Warpprozessor should be, what are his duties? Why must he necessarily be constructed from this material?
And above all,
Why was this piece of technology previously mentioned it before?
Very simple:
Because it is horrendous nonsense and should be only a weak motive to fly the spaceship graveyard that Neelix knows just hearsay!
exhausting Similarly, it provides the many comments which are intended to introduce the possibly not so well known figures.
given by three examples:
. He [ Tuvok ] always spoke very clearly "(p. 8)
" Although he lacked [Kim] yet to experience, but he was already a capable officer. "(p. 13)
" She knew [Janeway] it with the same certainty that they had seen before: when they took the order of the first directive and decided in the Delta Quadrant to stay, instead of taking the easy way home. "(p. 213/214)
They are less useful information rather than neglect worthy platitudes that interrupt the reading flow and contribute even more out of place if you know the crew of the ship.
Mitigating circumstances may of course the reason be argued that this early work, as the name suggests, it already has been released early. These items interfere with first line in the reader of today, the Voyager has long been a television series that was already completed many years ago and has long been one of the cornerstones of the franchise.
Will we find other points of criticism, you have already use the translation or the figure of the masked villain Kjanders.
This character is in fact simply unnecessary. If he had, at least, as announced over the ship, or at least made an attempt to!
Instead, he mimes an insipid tourists with homesickness, whose sole purpose in the release of alleged insider information exists. Wasted potential, which would have given the plot nor additional explosive and thus represents a good story, but delivers no truly exceptional development.
For if the dead crew members and time travel appear in a book, you can already count on one finger, that nothing is going to happen, which could influence the course of the series.
translation: With a new series, there was apparently no reason for Heyne, their wayward and to see the different synchronization vocabulary. We read so well in the Delta Quadrant of " Starfleet "(p. 9), instead of the ' Starfleet ', from ' insignia communicator " (p. 23) instead of the' communicator 'or' country group "(p. 49) instead of the ' field teams '. New
only the term " Maquisard " (p. 231) for a member of the Maquis '.
is more surprising, the inconsistency with which this insistence was operated on the wrong terms. First, we read suddenly "turn off " (p. 131) instead of the previous books in often used ' deactivate'.
to read while the other constantly of " Medo Department " (p. 194), "Medo parameters " (p. 203) or "Medo- Tricorder" (p. 230), but the doctor does not seem to be affected too much by this prefix-attack. In this work, it is called either " Medical (!) emergency program" (p. 204) or even "[...] destined for the emergency holographic Medo program [...]" (S . 190).
a real pain for the eyes and the brain.
Anachronisms : Rusch and Smith let the poor Neelix quite look old.
described 17 years ago Meanwhile experiences (p. 96) would extend into a period in which he would have lived on Rinax , and the moon had not yet been destroyed by the Haakonianern .
But who knows, maybe they have Neelix's parents brought the boy to this " trip.
evil gossip is to say, however, that the species would need more sleep than men. Neelix need for rest is noted that even in episodes like "Waking Moments ", " night " or "A " which, according to his colleagues, nothing.
striking is the fact that the novel constantly from Holodoc as "Dr. Zimmerman is spoken ". By the series finale " Final 'allows the doctor that is not even to buy a suitable name, so it is surprising to wonder why it appeals to all the world as if it were to the in" The Holosyndrom "was first spotted inventor the program itself act.
The reason I was able to learn of Robert Picardo , the cast of MHNs itself. This was in fact in the course of a conference titled " Meet your Star 'on the last weekend in October 2010 to see Mannheim .
where he described to my demands that he dissuade Rick Berman himself, the doctor who is already in the script for "The Caretaker" with 'Dr. Zimmerman was out ', first name once in the opening credits and later in general, bear a name. Picardo stated for the record that otherwise no later than midway through the first season of the last name had been transferred to the hologram and only the desire for a name in testimony " The bottleneck" of these early plans.
could Seen Rusch and Smith, which apparently the script for the pilot was available, not be foreseen that the personal intervention of the actor would make them here a spanner in the works.
The main opponents of the name 'Zimmerman' (left)
Conclusion : "The Escape" is a somewhat woody Star Trek novel in which once again typical clichés from the Voyager start time to be served. The search for raw materials is the starting point of the story, free techno Babbel makes the basis and contradictions scratching at the biographies of the characters. The translation is a sad testimony to the insistence on their own Errors.
If one looks over it, then the views of an extraordinary story about time travel and to characters that were very insightful and even humorous set into the light. The first independent novel to the Voyager series is a promising start, worth reading.
Memorable quotes :
" also ... Who's afraid of a few ghosts? "
Janeway, p. 19
" now I know the people well enough. So I know hunches are often based on false information handled. You probably have noticed something that you do not understand. But a hidden Part of you is reasonable enough to think it important. "
" Good heavens. I think you have just insulted me. "
" logic is never personal. "
" Yes. But their application can be quite personal. "
Tuvok and Paris , p. 136
Rating: Promising Start!
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