Reviews for A Thin Veneer
Agent-G chapter 84 . 4/10
Can you put in an actual reason for why you stopped here? All I see is nonsensical ramblings with no explanation or any kind of order to it and it's very confusing to read. There is literally no explanation as to why the story just ends here it's like you actually forgot to post the reason and just put in every other random thought.

You need to put in a start, middle and end, all I see is just random middle parts.
Guest chapter 38 . 1/9
Wait for when the vorlons meet the about a century.
Guest chapter 24 . 12/27/2024
Had this battle been in the actual b5 universe. The minbari while victorious would've suffer more losses in this one battle than they wouldve in the entire war.10 ships of different types,earthforce wouldve course suffered far more.
Guest chapter 19 . 12/20/2024
At that point,the federation hadn't been in existence that long,193 yrs would've put it back in 2100 the time of united earth under vulcan influence.55 yrs before archers maiden flight.
Guest chapter 14 . 12/14/2024
Officially it's admiral,the klingons call him ,the minbari will too.
Guest chapter 10 . 11/28/2024
That's not exactly true,the llyrians are persecuted by starfleet and the federation because they use genetic engineering to survive in alien environments. Comes from the eugenics wars in the 1990s I guess.
deathrunner chapter 84 . 11/11/2024
Great story loved it... this is my second time read from start to finish... just few points I noticed and a question.

The Question: Where is the Rest of the Story, so I can finish reading it?

First off I respect all of the authors right to creative interpretation of the source material, even if I disagree on few points.

I agree if Minbari started having to fight a fair fight, they would start whining like spoilt children.

As for the removal of Sinclair/Valen paradox. Simple put I just don't like it.

To the best of my knowledge Shai Alyt is the equivalent of five star general, there can be one in Minbari Military, but Alyt is equivalent of General or Admiral, so there should be quite a few of them.

Next Branmer wasn't a madman in the series, so I wasn't a fan of that... Branmer was priest how felt his calling change due to the war, he was a reluctant but brilliant war leader... thou I do like your justification for his rabidness, that it was because Dukhat like a brother to him.

As for the Minbari birth problem, in Babylon 5 Season 2 episode 1, Lennier said it's been a problem for two thousand years, I suspect Minbari genetic are more delicate than most species. I naturally blame the Vorlons with them adding telepath gene, gene or genes to make them worship the Vorlons, while Human DNA is the thing that's stabilizing there Genome.

Next the way the Shadow's as portrayed in Canon, they'd have never accepted the United Federation of Planets. They have done what they did in series infiltrated the UFP and tried to make isolationist like the Vulcan Logic Extremists or Terra-Prime human and etc. The Shadow's seem to hate other races getting along with each other, going by what Justin and co said to Sheridan. So I didn't like Shadows saying they where cool with UFP.

I agree that Vorlons would hate the UFP, they're too advance, too free thinking, too independent and worse overall more stable than their own children in the League of Non-Aligned Worlds and the other worlds... basically there existence just show up the Vorlons for the useless parent figures they are... The United Federation of Planets have already entered the Third Age with no help from any of the First ones. They are proof the Vorlons and Shadows are failures, so of course they would both should hate UFP.

I've always view it as:

The Shadows represent Anarchy of Chaos.
The Vorlons represent Tyranny of Order.
While the United Federation of Planets represent Unity and Balance of the Chaos of Freewill and Order of Just Law.
Julie Q chapter 73 . 6/13/2024
These 'snake gods' from the legend of Kahless... are these meant to be Goa'uld from the Stargate franchise?

And if so, how in the name of sanity did they travel into a Star Trek universe?
Julie Q chapter 50 . 6/13/2024
The final scene contains a fantastic speech from Kirk, Chang and Lefcourt - but oh, it would have been even better if S'Garak had been standing alongside them! :D Think about how the Minbari would have reacted upon seeing giant reptiles declaring war on them. ;) *hugs*
Julie Q chapter 36 . 6/13/2024
Okay, so I completely understand that your narrative has two important battles occurring at the same time: Acaltha's ingenious misdirection in the Berlin system, and the ginormous epic battle in Sol. And in and of itself, this is no problem at all.

However, with regard to the presentation of these two battles, I think your story would benefit enormously from an easier delineation between which scenes are happening during which battle - namely, by dividing by chapters. Have one chapter or two consecutive chapter showing what's happening in Sol, then switch to a chapter in the Berlin system, then switch back again.

I say this because I frequently found myself having to scroll up to the start of a scene to double-check the notation at the start of said scene to confirm which solar system it was set in. It got a bit frustrating after a while. This is not a big catastrophic problem - but if you ever get the time to rewrite this epic saga of yours, please could you at least consider putting this suggestion on your 'to do' list?
Julie Q chapter 31 . 6/13/2024
Awww... when I first started reading Chapter 31, I wondered if you were going to slip in a reference to Section 31 of Starfleet Intelligence? ...and now I see that nope, it didn't happen. Oh, well - this was a fun chapter regardless. :D *hugs*
Martin Smith chapter 76 . 4/23/2024
What's this about Captain Janeway from another universe sending a message? Did I miss a chapter somewhere?
Naosj chapter 84 . 3/22/2024
This is the one Babylon 5 story where we actually get to see the Minbari humbled and humiliated in totality. Every other one I've seen has stopped updating halfway.
Guest chapter 19 . 2/4/2024
Yeah,193 yrs before earth was a Vulcan client federation didn't happen until 2161.
Raiju001 chapter 28 . 12/29/2023
Wow. I watched bits and pieces of B5 and never knew how bad the Minbari were. If this is accurate then they are dangerous children spoiled by the Vorlon and nothing more than a fighting ring dog to be thrown in when the Vorlon dont want to have to lower themselves. I feel pity for the Minbari, and also reach for my shotgun at the same time.
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