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RL Seward
2009-02-08 . chapter 32
However, it was a source of irritation as to how much control the Vorlons had over these people. They were genetically programmed to follow just about any suggestion the Vorlons made. And that begged the question concerning Mr. Morgan. There was something about him that was different. She suspected she knew but she didn't voice her suspicions to Kosh. One day she would.

Is this supposed to be Morden
RL Seward
2009-01-31 . chapter 1
Are you familiar with the website atlas of the universe period CO M com>
RL Seward
2009-01-24 . chapter 18
I just had this crazy little thought. Imagine Miri's Earth being out there sans plague.
Sdarian
2008-12-16 . chapter 11
Cool, the Sinhindrea. I've only come across them a couple of times, most notably in "Stargate: Thirdspace" by andrewjameswilliams. I really am not sure what series/book/whatever they are from, or if they are just some enemy made up by someone as a race that exists simply to provide an enemy for authors... though quite different from the Borg as no matter how much people hate and fear them, they're not really all that evil. More uncaring then anything.
OrionTheHunter
2008-06-26 . chapter 58
I've been aware of this story for a long time, but for various reasons never got around to reading it.

Now that I have, I wish I had before. This is an excellent story. It can be hard to keep track of at times, but overall is a very enjoyable read.

Good job.
FORD B
2007-12-24 . chapter 58
I finally after months of reading finished this last night and felt it was even better than the first part! I was so intrigued with wanting to know what was going to happen next I went straight to the next part. Really incredible job going on here!
Nomadic1
2007-10-05 . chapter 20
"The Narns, being essentially technological primitives, were quickly defeated and enslaved, while the more advanced Drazi were kept hemmed in by the Centauri."

Hm I hadn't thought of it before. The Narns are Ethopia vs the 1930 Italians (Centauri).
NTP
JovianJeff
2007-09-07 . chapter 58
Never before have I read such a tale that truly made Babylon 5 the bastion of hope that the canon show had made it. A great place for so many to gather and be the focal point of this epic tale with the addition of Trek characters, philosophies and technologies. I do enjoy a story where the tech advantage comes into play, and there are so few well done ones than this one (and the other series by this author and his collaborators). An addictive story where I spent whole breaks at work reading this, to continue at night once I arrived home to sometimes over the weekend just reading this series (and the one before it). I thank you for crafting such a story I could just lose myself in and enjoy it. Whether the conversations, or the actions, former of which had passages I never wanted to end, the latter was so exciting and painted pictures in my mind that I could see them unfolding as if they had been filmed. Definitely going onto 'Allies in Blood' and secretly hope it doesn't end there either. Thank you again for writing this.
Will Write
2007-07-02 . chapter 18
Well, your story is wonderfully detailed, and marvelously
descriptive of the characters in it. When I offer my criticism
it should be understood that I liked most of what I read...
Now to the criticism: I wholly dislike the depiction of Picard & Crusher acting as a Nazi officers. It is commented that the Federation is supposed to be better than Earth Alliance
a) because it obeys its own rules and
b) because, within the federation, telepathy isn't seen with prejudice, but rather as an extra sense.
It would have been better if Bester and others had been simply
disallowed to take refuge under Draal. Picard could simply say they were too dangerous to keep. Even that, however, would be
a denial of the purported status of telepathy as "simply another sense" and would make them give implicit support to EA's policy towards telepaths. Now, if telepathy is another sense like,
vision, then what Picard and Crusher did was the same as
maiming or blinding someone who was under their care as refugees. The protected status of a guest is even older
than all tradition concerning refugees and war prisioners -
and maiming a refugee is completely against
all of those. Having Picard base his revenge on Bester
revealing the shield frequency is even worse. When
Bester acquired the information he was Picard's prisioner,
and his position as supporting the EAlliance against the
Federation (or against Picard) was well known. He was released,
not as federation turncoat, but as an E.Alliance hostile agent.
They had no moral basis to demand his silence. A Spy who is released is under no obligation to keep silence on anything
he heard, saw or smelled (or sensed anyway). Neither would be
a released war prisioner under such an obligation of silence.
By hiding under this claim, Picard becomes too much like
Clark to be recognizable as Picard. And the federation too
much like EAlliance, too. Is it on purpose?
RL Seward
2007-05-05 . chapter 56
“You know of the Q from your own temporal existence,” countered the Admiral. “The Enterprise-C came through the temporal rift and changed history. To correct history, to allow it to unfold the way it should have, the Enterprise-D should have been destroyed protecting the Ambassador. Instead, you traveled back through the rift and further fractured the time line. Q and Quinn corrected the almost infinite time fractures that action created. They succeeded but two sets of Enterprises were sent to other realities rather than allowed to be destroyed. Q had a soft spot for your counterpart,” she explained. “You came here and changed history.”

Does this mean thgere are other Battlesip Enterprises out there?
RL Seward
2007-05-05 . chapter 55
Here is a pleaant thought: Shadow vessel vs. Yuuzhan Vong ship. Just a idle thought. You're a good writer.
RL Seward
2007-04-19 . chapter 27
What is the best order for one to read your stories?
RL Seward
2007-04-18 . chapter 21
That WAS NOT a criticism.
RL Seward
2007-04-18 . chapter 20
I am saying that these alternative universes are NOT from a single original timeline (gotta clear that up), but was a grouping of them existing size by side, originally clustered together, which then spread out to their own unique agendas and variations.

Your argument here is reasonably close to what Frederik Pohl postulated in Coming of the Quantum Cats.
RL Seward
2007-04-16 . chapter 11
I just had a crazy thought. Can you all imagine the Dark Mirror Ships in this story? Just a thought.
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