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So, having skimmed this again while re-posting it, I'll say that it remains one of my better works, whatever one (or myself) thinks of the characterization of the Federation versus that of my own-created faction. Even if the war it covers was of short, if violent, duration, I lived up to the...

So the epilogues. The first one shows the results Tobis feared: the outcome of the war creates a crack in the Federation. A small one, and it would be another 12-13 years before the crack widened into a chasm, but big things often start small. The second epilogue establishes for our readers...

Epilogue 1 The First Crack "Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves...

And so we come to our denouement, and the resolutions for so many of our characters. It goes without saying that the 5AE added a number of these bits, including the scenes of the Madred Village 23 survivors, Dani and Rana, and Omi. It also added Mayuko to the bit of Mr. Carrey approaching...

Chapter 23 Undisclosed Location, Cardassian Union 17:55 GST In a dark cell within one of Cardassia’s many bases, Jorma Gedys awaited her end. She was in a jumpsuit now, fully clothed for the first time in weeks, her tortured body barely recovering from what she had endured at the...

And so we've come to the moment. In an act of defiant (and perhaps useless) heroism, Gul Luvar and the fighting men and women of the 13th Provisional Order launched everything they had in a single attack to break out of the caves the Alliance was prepared to bury them in. In a single night...

Chapter 22 Turoa Mountains, Bajor 3 January 2154 AST 04:19 GST It was still night-time in the Mountains when, ever so quietly, Luvar's men crept up through the caves. This maneuever went undetected, thankfully, as the enemy was keeping their troops clear of the cave entrance to...

So, as we see, under Dukat the Cardassians have recovered a little, delivering a black eye to the Alliance by exploiting a bit of Victory Disease. Our intrepid tanker survives, but Major Ogden and his entire division don't... which further drives his new girlfriend into rebellion against her...

Chapter 21 Turek Ikara, Yuvar, ADN Occupation Zone 07:18 GST Kellie was alone in her suite, glaring at the computer monitor screen set upon the desk beside her bed. Her boss, Gerry Pinelli, was a short stocky man approaching middle age that was always looking to take the next step up...

So, here we are. The Cardassians are pulling a late rally, with Gul Gavron's victory at Pelikar over the FCEF's ships, and the only thing that saved the entire force from destruction was the timely arrival of the Enterprise and her battle group (this is set in Star Trek, gotta have the...

Chapter 20 Ikila, Bajor 29 December 2153 AST 03:25 GST Another hard day of work at the food dispersal counter had ended for Omi, and it would end the same way; a dinner with the handsome Graf von der Goltz, who insisted on being addressed as “Karl”. The dinners were enjoyable affairs...

So we see the bitter fruit that the Federation's humanitarian gesture has wrought: the loss of much of an Alliance Aerospace Force bomber operation and the Cardassians using the tech to gain further intelligence on fleet movements, even though the UFP only gave them that tech to defend against...

Chapter 19 Capital City, Cardassia, Cardassian Union 15:15 GST For the first time Gul Dukat had been invited to attend a strategy session with Legate Kelataza. It was a small one, with just himself, Keve, and Gul Hergata to advise the Legate. On the holoscreen, the progress of...

So, we start with poor Gedys getting tricked by Gul Madred, who read her like a book. The Cardies know the ADN is on to their "kill the prisoners" game, and Gedys has endured all of that horrible suffering for nothing... or has she? The Battle of Shervarak pits the AFFC's fledgling star navy...

Chapter 18 Undisclosed Location, Cardassian Union 24 December 2153 AST 23:29 GST In a dark, non-descript office, Jorma Gedys stood naked with her arms suspended above her head, her wrists and ankles locked into electronic restraints. Energy cycled through her taxed nervous system and...

Yeah, skipped yesterday, I was doing stuff and didn't have much to say about the update. This time, however.... whoo boy. The 5AE added that bit on Rymorta, giving @LTR's character another showing and adding @LordSunhawk's Timelines character to the cast as an other member of Jane's outfit...

Chapter 17 Ikila, Bajor 20 December 2153 AST 01:25 GST After ten days most of the planet had been liberated, save Dalkyra and a couple other cities where the Cardassians had taken to ground to hold out. With combat operations winding down the Alliance forces were shifting gears to...

Chapter 16 Ipima Valley, Bajor 18:15 GST As the 12th of December wore on, the farmers and townspeople in Ipima Valley ceased their work and assembled upon the major roads to see the sight now offered. For miles along the dusty roads, armored fighting vehicles and tanks of the Alliance Army...

So, my book's done (first draft that is), and I'm back to posting. The scenes with Jane and Omi and Admiral Dale on Strana Mechty are from the 5AE, working to both tie in other TGG materials and, with Omi, set up other things. The stuff between Dale and Natalie Ward reflects how things end for...

Chapter 15 Turoa Mountains, Bajor 13:06 GST A beautiful dawn was shining down upon the nearby mountainside. Bajoran farmers fanned out over their fields and went to work on their crops, paying little attention to the columns of Cardassian soldiers walking up the paths to one of the...