The problem with writing Star Trek fic is that I keep wanting to make at least glancing nods towards science, which results in me spending way too much time wiki-walking. I started by looking up planetary rings and ended by reading about Lagrange point science missions, Lissajous orbits, and colonization pros and cons, by which point I realized I had skipped right out of Star Trek and landed in Gundam Wing instead.
Oops.
Anyway, space battles are still a pain and a half to write, but I am slowly working out some strategies and Hegev and Jayavanti are arguing over the merits of mutiny -- though they have not yet realized (Jayavanti) or admitted (Hegev) that this is what they're talking about.
Speaking of Hegev, can somebody recommend me an episode or two of Enterprise where we get a good look at Tellarites? I am having trouble working out how to describe Hegev's appearance and body language, especially since half the pictures of Tellarites on Memory Alpha are from TOS, and TOS alien makeup is... well, they tried hard, let's just put it that way. But this leaves me a bit uncertain of such basic things as how many fingers Tellarites are meant to have, so. Help?
Oops.
Anyway, space battles are still a pain and a half to write, but I am slowly working out some strategies and Hegev and Jayavanti are arguing over the merits of mutiny -- though they have not yet realized (Jayavanti) or admitted (Hegev) that this is what they're talking about.
Speaking of Hegev, can somebody recommend me an episode or two of Enterprise where we get a good look at Tellarites? I am having trouble working out how to describe Hegev's appearance and body language, especially since half the pictures of Tellarites on Memory Alpha are from TOS, and TOS alien makeup is... well, they tried hard, let's just put it that way. But this leaves me a bit uncertain of such basic things as how many fingers Tellarites are meant to have, so. Help?