Forwarded by the ASC-VSO Posted: 15 May 2004 16:15:34 GMT In: alt.startrek.creative From: linkys@aol.comspamfree (TLin) Title: Not Lost in Vain Author: T'Lin ( LinkyS@aol.com ) Series: ENT, Reed Drabble Series Rating: PG Code: R, drabble Parts: 1 Summary: Reed's fears and thoughts on the state of the alliance between the Archiving: ASC*, EntSTComm, and my own web page -- http://www.geocities.com/tlin_s/ -- all others, please ask first. Disclaimer: Paramount/Viacom own the TREK universe, I just play there. No copyright infringement intended, nor any money made ... this original work of fanfiction is the property of T'Lin, © 15 May, 2004 Feedback gladly accepted -- publicly or privately. *** NOT LOST IN VAIN by T'Lin -- 0405.15 "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." I know T'Pol's words were said to comfort me. Intellectually, I see the merit of such a philosophy, but ... emotionally ... well, I find it difficult to derive justification for Hawkins' death, given the circumstances we now find ourselves in. Our alliance with the Xindi is, at best, on shaky ground, and most likely over; we can't assume the other Xindi will find the backbone to stand up to the Reptilians, for fear of sharing Degra's fate. But we must prevail ... else the lives already lost will be in vain. >:-] T'Lin http://www.geocities.com/tlin_s/ http://www.geocities.com/femme_fuhq_fest/index.html "It is Unethical to harm a patient ... I can cause as much pain as I want to." ~~ Phlox ("Dead Stop") -- Stephen Ratliff ASC Awards Tech Support http://www.trekiverse.us/ASCAwards/commenting/ No Tribbles were harmed in the running of these Awards ASCL is a stories-only list, no discussion. Comments and feedback should be directed to alt.startrek.creative or directly to the author. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCL/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ASCL-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ From ???@??? Sat May 15 22:24:20 2004 X-Persona: Status: U Return-Path: Received: from n6.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.90]) by bunting (EarthLink SMTP Server) with SMTP id 1bpbiK4ae3NZFmR0 for ; Sat, 15 May 2004 19:22:53 -0700 (PDT) X-eGroups-Return: sentto-1977044-13574-1084674173-stephenbratliffasc=earthlink.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com