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BLOOD AND ICE
by Soledad
Rating: PG-13, most likely
Genre: Horror, with just a pinch of humour.
Series: Star Trek - The Lost Voyages of the Next Generation
Disclaimer: All Star Trek belongs to Gene Roddenberry and Viacom or whoever owns the rights at this moment. I don’t make any profit out of this - I wish I would, but I don’t, so suing me would be pointless.
FOREWORD AND INTRODUCTION
Everyone knows that TV-series seldom turn out to be the exactly same thing their creators have originally planned. Not even Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek - The Next Generation is an exception from this general rule. Fortunately, even though the authors of the actual series abandon them, sometimes these early concepts become known - and sometimes they are even more fun than the actual end product is.
It is known that Picard’s first name was planned to be Julien, that Natasha Yar was meant to be the ship’s counselor and a fiery Latino woman by the dreadful name of “Macha” Hernandez was supposed to be the security chief of the Enterprise-G (!), which would have housed a crew of about two thousand. Also, the Crusher kid was supposed to be a girl named Leslie, who’d have been 16 at the beginning of the series.
A long time ago, we played around with those rejected ideas in the Hungarian Star Trek Club - with the original names and functions of characters that were, in some parts, greatly changed. We even played around with rejected plot ideas, thinking of ways how they could have actually worked, given more attention to detail and characterization… and more love for the actual fandom from the side of the screenwriters. Some of those ideas have gained a life of their own in the years in-between and became actual stories.
Consequently, the main plotline of this particular story is based, very loosely, on former TNG-producer Herb Wright's similarly titled, truly godawful - and fortunately rejected - idea, although it has hopefully advanced a great deal from there. In any case, this has been written with the tongue firmly in the cheek and is not to be taken too seriously.
If you think that I’m a bit mean to Beverly, Yar and Ryker, you’re right. But since they’re not the same characters we got to know in the actual series, I think it’s not such a big deal. If a bit of mild character assassination bothers you, however, you should probably avoid this story.
All others - have fun!
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Story layout
Chapter 00 - Prelude
Chapter 01 - Haunted
Chapter 02 - Hunger
Chapter 03 - Carnage
Chapter 04 - Discovery
Chapter 05 - Revelation
Chapter 06 - Conspiracies
Chapter 07 - Last-Minute Rescue
Chapter 08 - Politics
Afterthought: Carli's Recovery
(This chapter is locked for members only, due to its explicit content.)
This story is finished.
by Soledad
Rating: PG-13, most likely
Genre: Horror, with just a pinch of humour.
Series: Star Trek - The Lost Voyages of the Next Generation
Disclaimer: All Star Trek belongs to Gene Roddenberry and Viacom or whoever owns the rights at this moment. I don’t make any profit out of this - I wish I would, but I don’t, so suing me would be pointless.
FOREWORD AND INTRODUCTION
Everyone knows that TV-series seldom turn out to be the exactly same thing their creators have originally planned. Not even Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek - The Next Generation is an exception from this general rule. Fortunately, even though the authors of the actual series abandon them, sometimes these early concepts become known - and sometimes they are even more fun than the actual end product is.
It is known that Picard’s first name was planned to be Julien, that Natasha Yar was meant to be the ship’s counselor and a fiery Latino woman by the dreadful name of “Macha” Hernandez was supposed to be the security chief of the Enterprise-G (!), which would have housed a crew of about two thousand. Also, the Crusher kid was supposed to be a girl named Leslie, who’d have been 16 at the beginning of the series.
A long time ago, we played around with those rejected ideas in the Hungarian Star Trek Club - with the original names and functions of characters that were, in some parts, greatly changed. We even played around with rejected plot ideas, thinking of ways how they could have actually worked, given more attention to detail and characterization… and more love for the actual fandom from the side of the screenwriters. Some of those ideas have gained a life of their own in the years in-between and became actual stories.
Consequently, the main plotline of this particular story is based, very loosely, on former TNG-producer Herb Wright's similarly titled, truly godawful - and fortunately rejected - idea, although it has hopefully advanced a great deal from there. In any case, this has been written with the tongue firmly in the cheek and is not to be taken too seriously.
If you think that I’m a bit mean to Beverly, Yar and Ryker, you’re right. But since they’re not the same characters we got to know in the actual series, I think it’s not such a big deal. If a bit of mild character assassination bothers you, however, you should probably avoid this story.
All others - have fun!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Story layout
Chapter 00 - Prelude
Chapter 01 - Haunted
Chapter 02 - Hunger
Chapter 03 - Carnage
Chapter 04 - Discovery
Chapter 05 - Revelation
Chapter 06 - Conspiracies
Chapter 07 - Last-Minute Rescue
Chapter 08 - Politics
Afterthought: Carli's Recovery
(This chapter is locked for members only, due to its explicit content.)
This story is finished.