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When a comet the size of a small moon threatens the remote world of Regal the Earth Alliance assigns the most decorated ship in the fleet, the Arwen, to destroy it. Its Captain, Marjorie Cook, sees this as an opportunity to redeem herself after a tragic mistake in her past causes the death of over 400 of her crew. It seems like an easy mission but, when the Arwen arrives, it finds things are not what they seem.

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By: Hope
EXCELLENT!!! Both parts one and two. YES YES YES please write season three!! You can't leave me hanging!! I want to know how they repair the planet and if indeed Admiral and Captain Cook get back together. And if they don't, how they continue. So please write another season!! Thanks

By: Woody
Good story, good dialogs, good imagery, but, yes there is ALWAYS a "but": For God's sakes SLOW DOWN when you read!!! As much as I liked the story, I was afraid that if I sneezed I would miss half a chapter! And please, please kill the music, not necessary when the story is good, and the story is good! I did find one thing kinda hard to swallow: An intruder was able to to disable the ship by password protecting/encrypting the computer responsible for controlling the strangelet ejection,and no manual override existed to eject it other than blowing parts of the ship away? Mr. Scott would have been shocked at that oversight in engineering, Captain Kirk would have pounded the captains chair, and Mr. Spock would have raised an eyebrow and inwardly scoffed at the poor design. Oh well, one must suspend disbelief when reading sci-fi.

By: Tim
Okay, you caught me, The Arwen was highly influence by Star Trek, I am a huge fan and I love those kinds of stories. You asked why, well, I'll tell you. I've always been a big fan of Space Opera myself and I've got a lot of ideas for such stories. If I ever write all those stories I wanted a ship and a Captain that I could easily place into the plot or idea. Even though The Arwen was influenced by other stories I did try to bring thing unique to this universe. The idea of wormhole space through the use of Strangelets, the idea of a religion that wanted the planet destroyed, the idea that not every planet automatically joins the Earth Alliance and, not every planet wants to join. The idea that even the Captain can make a huge mistake which would have repercussions on her and the crew, even going so far as causing the death of most of her crew. That's the kind of stuff you'd never see in a Star Trek ep or book, at least none that I've read or seen. Thank you for the comment Router and thank you for giving the story a try. Hopefully my next none Arwen story will be more to your liking and, if it's not, don't hesitate to let me know! All constructive comments are welcome.

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