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cklammer
2009-09-02 . chapter 32
This story starts out like "ER", only with entirely sane and honest protagonists. It then proceeds to "ER" meets the Cylons with some "paranormal" thrown in. Underlying the story is a far-too-positive assumption people's attitude towards psychics.

It is a good science fiction story with the stress on fiction. Fiction especially where the stories' characters actions are concerned: they all appear colourless due to being of subdued emotions.

After all it is said and done, it is an interesting read.

Hints for future chapters: Beth is more in danger coming from the US Government than what she faces from the Cylons.
cklammer
2009-07-26 . chapter 2
chapter 2: Haha - nice move: that'll show these arrogant FBI pricks that they are not the masters of creation. Well done.
Red Death
2009-04-22 . chapter 17
As entertaining as your stories are, I hope at some point that you're planning to do a "clean-up" of some sort. Primarily for the grammar troubles.

Word usage, incomplete words, wrong words, even missing words. Makes it tough to read at times.
Drackner Clawrus
2009-01-10 . chapter 32
This is a lot better than the other fic I reviewed earlier, You've got great Cylon interaction and a resonabley fast moving plot, 10/10 for the fic and I can't wait for more... if you continue it.
Kayleigh-DT
2008-04-17 . chapter 32
Loved the story. Wish you would update it (it was marked as complete, or I wouldn't have read it, because I'm really impatient *g*)

I feel nobody profits from "This rocks" comments, so I always try to point out some things that could be improved. I hope you don't take it the wrong way, as I said, I really loved your story.

- I believe "Number-Six" is officially referred to as Caprica Six. Either way your use of the ID is confusing, as you use the same ID for multiple "instances" of her, often making it hard for me to figure out if you were talking about Savannah or one of the other Sixes.

- You have too many characters that are featured prominently that I had trouble keeping track off. Especially the ones in London always gave me trouble. The gigantic family didn't make it much easier either. Since you use their names a lot, instead of descriptions (like "The young woman", "The athletic doctor", etc), I can't put even the most basic pictures on more than maybe three of your characters.

- Too many story elements. The story contains enough for three different stories. Especially the parts about the Greys serves very little story purpose and are somewhat distracting. Adding to that very very little actual scenes on the Galactica makes me wonder if this story wouldn't have been better as non-fanfiction.

- Mary Sue. If you don't know the term, you should look it up. In short, it's when the author puts a character (usually a glorified image of himself) in a story that is always right, always does the right thing, has incredible powers, that have no drawback, always work, always solve every problem themselves, never get in trouble, etc. Basically, Beth is absolutely perfect. She does nothing wrong, she wins every confrontation, she is always right, she single handedly saves the world, without even having to try. It's a bit boring. When the President tried to pressure her, I wasn't curious how it would end in the least bit, because I knew she would stand up to him, and win (of course). That's not a good thing. Even Superman couldn't talk to Lois and had Kryptonite.

- In a lot of scenes, it seems like you were too lazy to deal with realism: Beth tells a lot of people (pretty much everyone she meets, and with her 100% success rate, she should be a bloody world wide giant media star by now) that she is a psychic, and everyone just goes "oh, ok". Nobody doubts her (which wouldn't even be a problem, because she is always right, and always instantly understands her visions), nobody is freaked out, nobody tries to abuse her powers, nobody alerts the press. It's the same thing with the Cylons - nobody goes "OH MY GOD? A CYLON? IM CALLING HOMELAND SECURITY RIGHT NOW!" when she tells them. They are all just like "Meh, you better be careful I guess. Lets go have dinner."

- Insane priorities that just don't make sense. Cylons who committed genocide against a hugely advanced human civilization, killing billions ? Yeah, let's deal with that after I talked to my patient. Base stars in orbit around Earth ? I'll call you back, I have to do laundry. This is the fate of the world she is dealing with, and she just acts like it's all bureaucratic annoyances that can wait until she's done with watching TV or whatever she prefers to do.

I hope you take the above (if you even read this far) the right way - as hints from one writer to another that there is a lot you could improve, to make your story not just fun to read, but something your readers will remember years from now.

ps.: Please get a spell and grammar checker. Seriously.
CBD
2008-04-13 . chapter 31
Um, are you ever planning on continuing this story?
Chris RX-7
2008-03-06 . chapter 1
The story focuses too much on your own characters and not enough on the characters from the BSG universe, which makes the story a dull read to anyone seeking the type of action normally associated with BSG stories.
Xcom666
2007-04-02 . chapter 7
Small mistakes in dialog that shows you did not edit the work. However nothing drastic enough to be more then a small distraction while speed reading. Its length shows the love you have for sci-fi and the BSG series. I have already sent a few friends who I believe would be intrested to to read this story.

9/10: - However I always have been bigoted towards longer stories. We need more long works of FF. Thank you for the story and the time you put into it.
darkfinder
2007-03-26 . chapter 31
so they never gave HERA back . they desire what they get then . when they find out about what they done .
darkfinder
2007-03-25 . chapter 29
interesting but so little of bsg crew .
Digi fan
2007-03-25 . chapter 31
Wow! this story keeps getting better every time I read it.
Digi fan
2007-02-17 . chapter 30
Great chapter, can't wait for the next one.
Digi fan
2007-02-08 . chapter 29
Now that they have the way to earth what will they do about the cylons there?
Digi fan
2007-01-17 . chapter 28
It great there trying to keep the goverment from exploiting psycics.
Digi fan
2007-01-09 . chapter 27
What will the BSG crew say when they find out about the fate of the lost Battlestar and its crew? What about the other decendents?
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