Due to the size of this thread we've decided to close it down because of fears it will one day simply unravel or explode should something untowards happen. I am going to keep it open for the duration of the weekend for any other comments directed to the last chapter and then I will be locking this thread down and starting a new one with a link to this thread if anyone wants to look at the old stuff.
Sorry for any inconvenience its absence may have caused. Now get in your last comments before the almighty lock.
And once again thank you from the bottom of this author's heart for all your support and kind words over the years.
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Kirk'll be fine, once an stray blast narrowly tears his shirt.
He sure as hell will not be fine. Guy's getting captured next chapter, I'd bet anything on that. Stravo didn't have Q remind Kirk about the two paths for nothing, I'm sure.
Not quite as uber as the last chapter, but we can't have Luke and Vader be center stage for the entire fic, after all.
"I want to mow down a bunch of motherfuckers with absurdly large weapons and relative impunity - preferably in and around a skyscraper. Then I want to fight a grim battle against the unlikely duo of the Terminator and Robocop. The last level should involve (but not be limited to) multiple robo-Hitlers and a gorillasaurus rex."--Uraniun235 on his ideal FPS game
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Stravo wrote:Due to the size of this thread we've decided to close it down because of fears it will one day simply unravel or explode should something untowards happen. I am going to keep it open for the duration of the weekend for any other comments directed to the last chapter and then I will be locking this thread down and starting a new one with a link to this thread if anyone wants to look at the old stuff.
Sorry for any inconvenience its absence may have caused. Now get in your last comments before the almighty lock.
And once again thank you from the bottom of this author's heart for all your support and kind words over the years.
Shouldn't it stay open until Monday the 17th, to make it an even four years that this thread has been active?
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Stravo wrote:Due to the size of this thread we've decided to close it down because of fears it will one day simply unravel or explode should something untowards happen. I am going to keep it open for the duration of the weekend for any other comments directed to the last chapter and then I will be locking this thread down and starting a new one with a link to this thread if anyone wants to look at the old stuff.
Sorry for any inconvenience its absence may have caused. Now get in your last comments before the almighty lock.
And once again thank you from the bottom of this author's heart for all your support and kind words over the years.
Shouldn't it stay open until Monday the 17th, to make it an even four years that this thread has been active?
Makes sense to me. And has it really been that long? Wow.
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NecronLord wrote:*Looks at his first post back on page one*
Ah, I was younger then.
You said it. I mean wow, I didn't capitalize the word "I" and I even wrote "prolly" *shudders*.
May the blood of Redshirts actually be meaningful instead of...well you know.
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season."
Yup, Kirk's getting tortured by chapter 100. And he'll be meeting himself again, I guess.
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I saw activity in this thread and thought "Ah, they're still talking about the latest chapter. Then I noticed that the last page was a bit long to just be commentary.
You really churned that one out fast. I liked it quite a bit. I love what you've done with Riker, turning him into an actually good character that actually is the tactically sound man he's made out to be.
I also loved Kirk and Q talking, as always entertaining. You have really worked out Q since the very beginning and worked out all the kinks.
“Crew of the Starship Enterprise.” Kirk began looking around at his assembled bridge crew. “Loyal officers and men of Starfleet, valiant citizens of the Federation.” Kirk shouted over the sound of the burning ceiling. “Prepare to defend yourselves!”
Rome: Total War quote?
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Bingo
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On Wed Jul 17, 2002 4:09 pm Starcrossed was first posted.
On Mon Jul 17, 2006 at or around 4:00PM the longest running thread in SD.Net's existance will be locked for good and enter into the historybooks of this board.
Never to be surpassed agian.
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And it seemed this story was going to finish in just a few more chapters too.
If only this story could be published under infinities.
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season."
This is truely the greatest story that will never be published. Stravo, let me say that you have crafted a wonderful story that I have been following since it first started. As an aspiring writer, you've been somewhat of an inspiration to me, and your writing style is on I hope to emulate(or rip off, which ever you prefer ).
Congratulations, and may you one day write something I can find in the bookstore.
This has been an awesome experience for me. If anyone reads the first post they can see how nervous I was. I had been writing for my own edification for years. I have notebooks full of longhand written stories of Star Trek and the further adventures of Captain Kirk written back in High School. I also have the same for Star Wars - My first attempt was writing a series of stories post ROTJ where I had such things as a Wedge-Han-Leia triangle. Luke wielding force powers none too impressive when you take into account the EU, even then I was a movie purist at heart. Threepio turning evil thanks to a computer virus and the return of Boba Fett before it became fashionable. These were fanfics before I knew what a fanfic was or that it even existed. I thought I was 'weird' for choosing to write in someone else's universe.
But this story has been a pleasure and a joy to write so far. Its been painful too, writers' block which I suffered through several times with this tale plagued me, not having enough time for myself to write is a constant battle. But I always wanted to maintain story quality and integerity. I never wanted my audience to feel cheated or insulted because I know what that feels like when I'm into a story and suddenly it goes south due to writer's fiat, deux ex machina or just bad writing. I never wanted anyone to think Starcrossed jumped the shark. Hopefully it has not in many of your eyes.
Who can forget such infamous episodes as Mike Wong, Mister Bean and Master of Ossus making it into Starcrossed only to become the Holiday Epsiode of Starcrossed for many?
Thanks again for your continued support and devotion to this story. It makes it worthwhile everytime you guys post in these threads because it says you spent some of your time reading my work and you were entertained. A writer can't ask for more than that.
Anyway, I will endeavor to keep up the quality and entertainment for the fans. Buckle your seatbelts folks because its going to be one helluva ride from here on in.
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