Fraternizing With The Enemy
| Star Traks: Waystation | |
| Episode name | Fraternizing With The Enemy |
|---|---|
| Season | Stardate 58--- |
| Episode number | 8 |
| Writer(s) | Alan Decker |
| Year | 2381 |
| Stardate | 58743 |
| Chronology | |
| Previous in series | Rise Of The Machines |
| Next in series | The Rebuttal Period |
| Previous in timeline | Rise Of The Machines [WAY] |
| Next in timeline | The Rebuttal Period [WAY] |
A couple of visitors from the past could lead to life-changing events for Captain Lisa Beck and Lieutenant Commander Sean Russell. Meanwhile, Colonel Martin Lazlo tries to convince his marines to make their horizons a bit less broad.
Summary
After trying and failing to find enough marines around for a game of basketball, Colonel Martin Lazlo determines that his troops have become way too soft and comfortable with life on Waystation.
Featuring
- Captain Lisa Beck
- Commander Walter Morales
- Lieutenant Commander Craig Porter
- Lieutenant Commander Sean Russell
- Ensign Tina Jones
- Dr. Diantha
- Colonel Martin Lazlo
- Bradley Dillon
Also Featuring
- Stephanie Hodges
- Lieutenant Colonel Daniel O'Neal
- Ih'mad
Author's Comments
When Brendan Shust wrote his story, Waypoint Harbor, I didn't give him much to work with beyond "do something with Olivia Russell's employer." In all honesty, I was trying to cut my workload by shoving one of my dangling plot threads off on Brendan. He did a great job with it, but then he left Dekelina on the loose! Originally I asked him to rewrite the ending of his story to have her captured, but then the idea for this story started forming (unfortunately, he'd already made the changes by the time I got around to telling him not to bother). One of the wonderful things about there being other Traks writers is that we all get to play off of things that other people create. In this instance, I was able to make use of some of what Brendan created for his story.
Backing up a little bit, what really got the proverbial ball rolling for me on this one was the idea of bringing back Banyon Kovacs, who was in one story way back in Renovations. Admittedly, that's stretching pretty far into continuity, but he fit really well into what I wanted to do here, which was put a little romance back in Beck's life.
I also got to do a ridiculously over-the-top death trap along the line of something out of the Adam West "Batman" series. Lots of fun.
As a side note, there are actually people who play croquet through forests and the like. It's called extreme croquet, predictably enough. Thanks to Wikipedia for teaching me that little tidbit.