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Before I talk about the story itself, I should say a little bit about the delay in posting Series Ten…if 13 years even qualifies as a delay. It’s more of a gaping chasm of lost time. Anthony and I definitely didn’t plan on it taking this long (Of course we said that about the 5 year gap between Series Eight and Series Nine as well), and we actually had most of this run written years ago. More on that later. | Before I talk about the story itself, I should say a little bit about the delay in posting Series Ten…if 13 years even qualifies as a delay. It’s more of a gaping chasm of lost time. Anthony and I definitely didn’t plan on it taking this long (Of course we said that about the 5 year gap between Series Eight and Series Nine as well), and we actually had most of this run written years ago. More on that later. | ||
So what happened? Most of it was the vagaries of real life. When we posted Series Nine back in 2010, I was a married man with two young kids and a full time job where I was taking on more and more responsibilities, so I was already writing a lot less than I used to. But then my marriage ended, and I found myself raising my kids basically by myself. I won’t go into everything else that happened during that time, but I was busy and writing Traks just fell way down the list of things that I had to do. | So what happened? Most of it was the vagaries of real life. When we posted Series Nine back in 2010, I was a married man with two young kids and a full time job where I was taking on more and more responsibilities, so I was already writing a lot less than I used to. But then my marriage ended, and I found myself raising my kids basically by myself. I won’t go into everything else that happened during that time, but I was busy and writing Traks just fell way down the list of things that I had to do. | ||
I’m not complaining, though. My kids are grown and doing well, and I’m married again to a wonderful woman. Things are good. | I’m not complaining, though. My kids are grown and doing well, and I’m married again to a wonderful woman. Things are good. | ||
On to the story… | On to the story… | ||
As I said earlier, Anthony and I had gotten a lot of work done on Series Ten over the years. The problem was that that a lot of what we’d written wasn’t quite working, and with everything else going on in our lives, we didn’t have the time or the focus to really dig into the issue until more recently. | As I said earlier, Anthony and I had gotten a lot of work done on Series Ten over the years. The problem was that that a lot of what we’d written wasn’t quite working, and with everything else going on in our lives, we didn’t have the time or the focus to really dig into the issue until more recently. | ||
“Legend of the Bain,” however, remained pretty much the same as it was written…whenever that was. Really, it’s a pretty direct follow-up to where things were left at the end of Series Nine and gives the crew a chance for some downtime, which they didn’t really get in any of the previous run. I would say that it was nice to be writing about Waystation again, but for whatever reason Waystation Prime looks and feels completely different to me in my head. That said, I was able to use a bit of the final Waystation story to help resolve things with the Dillon Consortium, and I had a lot of fun giving Craig Porter a brief cameo. | “Legend of the Bain,” however, remained pretty much the same as it was written…whenever that was. Really, it’s a pretty direct follow-up to where things were left at the end of Series Nine and gives the crew a chance for some downtime, which they didn’t really get in any of the previous run. I would say that it was nice to be writing about Waystation again, but for whatever reason Waystation Prime looks and feels completely different to me in my head. That said, I was able to use a bit of the final Waystation story to help resolve things with the Dillon Consortium, and I had a lot of fun giving Craig Porter a brief cameo. | ||
As this was the start of the run, a lot of what happens in the story is setting things up for what comes later. I’m guessing that was pretty obvious. I think it also stands pretty well as its own story. I’m happy with a lot of the character interactions in it, and it’s always fun to let Bain loose. | As this was the start of the run, a lot of what happens in the story is setting things up for what comes later. I’m guessing that was pretty obvious. I think it also stands pretty well as its own story. I’m happy with a lot of the character interactions in it, and it’s always fun to let Bain loose. | ||
Revision as of 19:05, 1 February 2024
| Star Traks: Boldly Gone | |
| Episode name | |
|---|---|
| Season | 10 |
| Episode number | 1 |
| Writer(s) | Alan Decker, Anthony Butler |
| Year | 2503 |
| Stardate | 178561 |
| Chronology | |
| Previous in series | Contractual Obligations [BG] |
| Next in series | Primary Sources [BG] |
| Previous in timeline | Contractual Obligations [BG] |
| Next in timeline | Primary Sources [BG] |
While the USS Anomaly is docked at Waystation Prime for repairs, nefarious forces have set their sites on destroying the man, the myth, the legend that is Captain Reginald Bain. We hope they’ve paid their life insurance premiums.
Summary
Featuring
- Captain Reginald Bain
- Commander Prosak
- Commander Vioxx
- Lieutenant Commander Tovar
- Lieutenant Shelly Marsden
- Sub-Commander Remax
- Dr. Natalia Kasyov
- Centurion Nortal
- Sub-Lieutenant Zantak
- Cabral
- Rosalyn Bain
- Tori Burke
- Snotch
Author's Comments
Before I talk about the story itself, I should say a little bit about the delay in posting Series Ten…if 13 years even qualifies as a delay. It’s more of a gaping chasm of lost time. Anthony and I definitely didn’t plan on it taking this long (Of course we said that about the 5 year gap between Series Eight and Series Nine as well), and we actually had most of this run written years ago. More on that later.
So what happened? Most of it was the vagaries of real life. When we posted Series Nine back in 2010, I was a married man with two young kids and a full time job where I was taking on more and more responsibilities, so I was already writing a lot less than I used to. But then my marriage ended, and I found myself raising my kids basically by myself. I won’t go into everything else that happened during that time, but I was busy and writing Traks just fell way down the list of things that I had to do.
I’m not complaining, though. My kids are grown and doing well, and I’m married again to a wonderful woman. Things are good.
On to the story…
As I said earlier, Anthony and I had gotten a lot of work done on Series Ten over the years. The problem was that that a lot of what we’d written wasn’t quite working, and with everything else going on in our lives, we didn’t have the time or the focus to really dig into the issue until more recently.
“Legend of the Bain,” however, remained pretty much the same as it was written…whenever that was. Really, it’s a pretty direct follow-up to where things were left at the end of Series Nine and gives the crew a chance for some downtime, which they didn’t really get in any of the previous run. I would say that it was nice to be writing about Waystation again, but for whatever reason Waystation Prime looks and feels completely different to me in my head. That said, I was able to use a bit of the final Waystation story to help resolve things with the Dillon Consortium, and I had a lot of fun giving Craig Porter a brief cameo.
As this was the start of the run, a lot of what happens in the story is setting things up for what comes later. I’m guessing that was pretty obvious. I think it also stands pretty well as its own story. I’m happy with a lot of the character interactions in it, and it’s always fun to let Bain loose.