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==[ORIGINS] USS HOOD: Confession is Good For the Soul== | |||
===by Scott Lusby=== | |||
SD: 2260.364 | |||
MD: At the same time as my post entitled "Conundrum" | |||
Setting: Small Hotel Room, New Detroit, Arcturus | |||
Gar and Steele traded uncomfortable glances as they sorted out what they had | |||
learned about Dr. Sahen. | |||
"Why would we be escorting this guy back to the Federation?" Gar asked. | |||
Steele shook his head in disbelief for what felt like the umpteenth time in | |||
the last two hours. "I don't know- you'd have thought we would have learned | |||
out lessons in the Eugenics Wars." | |||
Gar's antennae twitched. "Eugenics Wars?" | |||
Steele shot Gar a raised eyebrow. "Not part of your Academy reading, Gar?" | |||
Th'elenth shrugged. "Who knows? My head was spinning with warp theory and | |||
warp geometry at the time." | |||
The HOOD's captain pulled a chair closer to Gar. "Well, let me give you a | |||
brief history refresher then." He paused for a moment, looking at the | |||
picture of Doctor Sahen on his portacomp, and then continued. "The Eugenics | |||
Wars were fought on Earth, and were in many experts' eyes the precursor to | |||
World War III. They were fought between genetically-engineered 'supermen' | |||
and the rest of the Earth. Eventually, the superhuman despots were | |||
overthrown, but it plunged Earth into a World War as humanity scrambled to | |||
fill the vacuum of power." | |||
"'Supermen?'" | |||
Steele nodded. "Yes- genetically enhanced to be 'better' than normal | |||
humans. You know- stronger, smarter, hardier. However, the developers | |||
forgot to take into account some natural developments in the human psyche | |||
that went along with superior ability." | |||
Gar nodded in understanding. "Of course- superior ambition and arrogance." | |||
Steele grinned thinly. "You understand humans better than you think," he | |||
said. | |||
"We're not really all that different in those regards," Gar said. He | |||
paused, then added, "Andorian science toyed with this at one time too. | |||
However, there was too much opposition to the program; most seemed to feel | |||
that the gods had intended for Andorians to be as they were, and that to | |||
alter that unnecessarily was an abomination against nature." | |||
Both froze as Gar said this. "An abomination," Gar hissed. | |||
Steele met his stare. "I think I know why the Am-Tal is here," he said. | |||
"She's going to kill Doctor Sahen to keep him from creating more | |||
'supermen,'" he said. Then, he added, "And she'll kill anyone who stands in | |||
her way." | |||
Steele was lost in thought. "Our problem is bigger than that, Gar," he | |||
murmured as he began to think about the choices ahead of them. | |||
"Moreso than you think," Gar said softly, and Steele turned around at the | |||
change in his tone. | |||
"What do you mean?" | |||
Gar sighed heavily. "I know Avae," he said. I mean I KNOW her." | |||
<<NRPG>> | |||
Here's one for Daniel's post that clarifies a little what Doctor Sahen does | |||
for a living. | |||
Respectfully Submitted, | |||
-- Scott Lusby | |||
/\ LCDR Gar Th'elenth | |||
Chief Engineer | |||
USS HOOD NCC-1703 | |||
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