Hi Dark, Yeah, the constant rivalry between Quark and Odo could get amusing at times. Odo always considered Quark public enemy number one, and it was funny to see Quark always getting blamed for things he didn't do. Although, with Quark you could never tell, because he was a Ferengi out for profit and was constantly scheming even when he was technically within the law.
I don't know if you have ever read the Deep Space 9 book Fallen Heroes, but there is some pretty amusing scenes in there between Quark and Odo. Although, it was necessary for that book, because it was pretty darn grim. Quark and Odo are sent three days into the future where upon they discover the entire crew of Deep Space 9 was murdered by an alien race from the Gamma Quadrant. Quark and Odo must find a way to return to the past and prevent the slaughter from taking place. Its a great book. As for the book where the Ferengi captain got assimilated by the Borg that was Vendetta by Peter David. That was truly a warped book, but there were some pretty funny scenes in that book. The most memorable that comes to mind is how the Ferengi captain ended up getting assimilated in the first place. He decides he wants to open trade with the Borg so he beams over the lead Borg cube. The Borg take him before the ships hive mind, the unimind, and the Borg tell him what they are going to do. I love his response. "You talked about what you want, but what about what I want?" The Borg replies, "you are irrelevant." I seriously laughed my rear off when I heard that. Peter David often has a sense of humor when writing his Star Trek books and his books can really be funny if a bit bizarre at times. Although, Q Squared is probably the most bizarre and warped book the guy has ever written. As far as a game goes I'd have to think about it. I'm not so sure just any race can move in and take over a transwarp conduit given that some Borg would have survived the battle in End Game. In fact, I'm pretty sure what Janeway and Voyager did was only to a single hive or branch of the Borg Collective and there are probably other queens and hives elsewhere in the galaxy uneffected. At any rate the transwarp conduit Voyager used no longer exists. If you remember as they cleared the conduit Voyager fired several photons back into the conduit which not only closed it but I believe destroyed the transwarp conduit on the other side which means races like the Herogen would have to find a different one to invade the Alpha Quadrant. However, I take your point. One of the things a lot of Deep Space 9 books did is invent new races in the Gamma Quadrant which the crew of Deep Space 9 encountered and usually had to fight. As a plot device it was a great idea and could really apply to the Beta, Gamma, or Delta quadrants. Suppose a new wormhole is discovered in a lightly explored region of the Alpha Quadrant and our ship is sent to investigate. As they do they send a probe through the wormhole which gets intercepted on the other side by an alien race who decide to send their forces through and invade the Alpha Quadrant. Here is a great plot where the time period and particular crew doesn't matter because its a custom story complete with custom aliens who may not be cannon, but gives us a lot of potential as a mission or a game. Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
