Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utflis.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!utai!utflis!brown From: brown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: The Romulan Commander Message-ID: <549@utflis.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 09:38:51 EST Article-I.D.: utflis.549 Posted: Tue Oct 29 09:38:51 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 01:29:27 EST References: <548@moncol.UUCP> Reply-To: brown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown) Organization: FLIS, University of Toronto Lines: 35 Keywords: opinion Summary: In article <548@moncol.UUCP> john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes: > One of the characters who often shows up in Trek novels is the Romulan >commander from "The Enterprise Incident". Unfortunately, the novels seem to >show several contradictory views of her fate following the afore-mentioned >episode. > In PRICE OF THE PHOENIX and FATE OF THE PHOENIX, she has > somehow survived any charges which might be placed against > her and still commands a ship. She also has her command in > DWELLERS IN THE CRUCIBLE. > In MY ENEMY, MY ALLY, she has been ostracized and stripped > of both name and command and is presumably wandering the > galaxy. > In KILLING TIME, she is the Romulan Praetor. > In PAWNS ANS SYMBOLS, she is Romulan ambassador to Organia. > Has anyone familiar with the novels or with fan literature ever heard >something to reconcile all these scenarios. Also, personally speaking, >which scenario do you like? (Well, it's a change from trivia questions...) No, I haven't seen any reconciliation of these scenarios, especially since they are added to in number almost every other month. It does seem there is a deep need in fandom to get her back! Of course fandom is known for having deep needs in general, so ...:-) How could you reconcile "ostracized etc." with any of the others anyway? By the way, she also appears briefly in BLACK FIRE, as a subordinate officer, perhaps working her way up the ranks again, who does not wish to see or talk to Spock ever again. Personally, I think stripped of command and exiled, or at best the Black Fire idea, is the most likely outcome for her, although I will admit that being the Praetor's daughter makes an interesting explanation for her survival and perhaps her position in the first place. Susan --"It would explain a great many things." Wrath of Khan