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Starfleet Commbadge from the 2360s by Kris Trigwell

Full Speed Ahead

WIP Progress Report: September 30, 2013

Here's the WIP Progress Report for September 2013! This will include the months in between now and the last update. Posted Works Finished posting the rest of "Turbulence." That's pretty much it. WIP Corner A.J. and I are working on "Bitter Pills&

Prompted: Originality Triumphs

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Prompted: Originality Triumphs

And here is yet another prompt from the Ad Astra Blog Community, but this time it's talking about original settings. This topic is definitely relevant to how I write within Trek. What’s the best setting for an original character? Is it as a lone figure, thrust into

Task Force Vanguard

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Task Force Vanguard

Full Speed Ahead warps to take its place within the huge United Trek crossover event: Task Force Vanguard! As a member of the United Trek Star Trek Fanfiction Universe, sometimes the authors get together to do a big event. Right now, there are two such events transpiring: "Task Force

Star Trek: The New Threat cover

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WIP Progress Report: June 24, 2012

My WIP progress report for May and June is right here! Did you all miss me? Posted Works I finished and posted Act Three for Full Speed Ahead's "Fever Five." WIP Corner I've pretty much been chipping away at Star Trek: Full Speed Ahead

Starfleet Commbadge from the 2360s by Kris Trigwell

Full Speed Ahead

WIP Progress Report: May 10, 2012

My WIP progress report for April is right here! Did you all miss me? Posted Works No posted works since last time. Boo. WIP Corner Star Trek: Full Speed Ahead as held most of my attention, though I've kind of moved off from "Fever Five" due

Starfleet Commbadge from the 2360s by Kris Trigwell

Full Speed Ahead

WIP Progress Report: March 8, 2012

My WIP progress report for March and late February is right here! Did you all miss me? Posted Works No posted works since last time. Boo. WIP Corner Star Trek: Full Speed Ahead is still being written with the current episode, "Fever Five," still on the drawing board.

Author's Commentary: The Better Part of Valor

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Author's Commentary: The Better Part of Valor

I realize it might seem strange to do a flashback story so early on in the series, but I felt like it was important to show how Leone and Ariel were before they got to Farragut. Which is to say, not a whole lot different, but I think this episode

Author's Commentary: Eternal Midnight

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Author's Commentary: Eternal Midnight

One of the aspects of Full Speed Ahead that I worked really hard to illustrate, was the relationship between the officers and enlisted aboard Farragut. We got to see this more often than not in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, however, I always felt that Chief O'Brien was

Author's Commentary: Milk Run

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Author's Commentary: Milk Run

I'm going to start with Milk Run, because to me, this is the real beginning of the series. Milk Run represents the first episode after the novella-length 'pilot,' Damn the Torpedoes! Parts I, II, and III. It's also the first episode where we get

The Chains of Error cover

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Last Night I Dreamt I Went to Manderley, Again...

Kudos to anyone who recognizes the famous first line of this blog post. But last night before I reported in for work, Sam Redfeather and I had a chance to polish off the last bit of The Chains of Error and I wanted to write on my feelings about this

Aubery Plaza in Scott Pilgrim vs The World

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Ariel Must Die

Not too long ago in the crossover novel The Chains of Error (with Sam Redfeather's Gibraltar), a number of people were a little surprised to read that Ariel Elannis died in the line of duty while trying to bring the evil Colonel Galmesh to justice. I wanted to