Title: The Joy Machine
Author: Soledad

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The former Yeoman Tina Lawton was the very young crewmember turned into a lizard in “Charlie X”. Both Elba II and Governor Donald Cory featured in “Whom Gods Destroy”.

EPILOGUEElba II was vastly different from the unfriendly, hostile ( Read more... )

Title: The Joy Machine
Author: Soledad

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Lieutenant Areel Shaw was the prosecuting attorney in the court-martial of Kirk for the assumed death of Benjamin Finney, in 2267. She’d also been romantically linked with Kirk five years earlier, regardless of which she maintained her ( Read more... )

Title: The Joy Machine
Author: Soledad

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Like Yeoman Lemli, Technician Thule was originally a human character. I turned him into an Andorian for fun. I like the blue bugs. *g*

CHAPTER 17 - THE SILENCE OF THE SIRENSOnce, at the very beginnings of the colony, RA-04 had been ( Read more... )

Title: The Joy Machine
Author: Soledad

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In case you’re interested in the Articles of the Federation, you can read them in "The Star Fleet Technical Manual" by Franz Joseph. The spelling of Chekov's speech is intentional, based on his accent.

CHAPTER 16 - ESCAPE TACTICS ( Read more... )

Title: The Joy Machine
Author: Soledad

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The particulars about the Enterprise’s updated sickbay are, as always, from "Mr. Scott’s Guide to the Enterprise" by Shane Johnson. The transport containers are described in great detail in "The Star Fleet Technical Manual" by Franz ( Read more... )

Title: The Joy Machine
Author: Soledad

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Jasmine alFaisal is a character from Margaret Wander Bonanno’s novel “Pawns and Symbols”. She’s a high-ranking Federation diplomat.

CHAPTER 14 - PRODIGAL DAUGHTERShortly after sunset, their hostesses reappeared to lead them to the ( Read more... )

Title: The Joy Machine
Author: Soledad

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I got the idea for the “payday” niches from Tutankhamon’s grave. Guarding his sarcophagus at all four corners were golden statues of goddesses, protecting the coffin with peculiarly spread arms. The gesture made the statues themselves ( Read more... )

Title: The Joy Machine
Author: Soledad

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I established the existence of the different Orion species for my story “Mission to Daleth IV”. However, it’s not entirely made up. In the original pilot of TOS, “The Cage”, there is a rich Orion merchant who looks just like a human in ( Read more... )

Title: The Joy Machine
Author: Soledad

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While creating the Tellarite colony, I followed the lead of Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens as given in their novel Memory Prime. They were the ones coming up with the asteroid reconstruction companies. Generally, all their books ( Read more... )

Title: The Joy Machine
Author: Soledad

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Author’s notes:
While creating the Tellarite colony, I followed the lead of Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens as given in their novel Memory Prime. They were the ones coming up with the asteroid reconstruction companies. Generally, all their books ( Read more... )