The Star Traks Reunion Special - Revision history

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	[~~http~~://www.star-traks.com/~~traks~~/~~reunion.txt The Star Traks Reunion Special (text)]~~		[https://www.star-traks.com//original/stories/reunion/reunion/ The Star Traks Reunion Special]

	~~[http:~~//~~www.star-traks.com~~/~~traks~~/~~invite.html~~ The Star Traks Reunion Special ~~introductory page]~~

	~~[http://www.star-traks.com/traks/sttraks2.html The Star Traks: The Original Series web page~~]

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	The first thing I wrote for this project was the Prologue, appropriately enough. At that time, I didn't even know it was going to be a project. The conversation between Rydell and Travis just popped into my head, and I typed it up, not sure what it would become. As the idea for the reunion special as a whole formed, I had a a thought of "Am I really going to do this?" I wasn't sure that I wanted to go back to the well, as it were. Did I really want to risk messing up what I'd done in Oblivion and Lost Years? I decided that this was going to be different. I wanted to go back to telling some fairly simple funny stories and to have a good time with the characters. In the end, the reunion special achieved that for me. Your ~~milage~~ will vary. Of course, the end did get a bit more on the sentimental side. Sometimes I just can't resist.		The first thing I wrote for this project was the Prologue, appropriately enough. At that time, I didn't even know it was going to be a project. The conversation between Rydell and Travis just popped into my head, and I typed it up, not sure what it would become. As the idea for the reunion special as a whole formed, I had a a thought of "Am I really going to do this?" I wasn't sure that I wanted to go back to the well, as it were. Did I really want to risk messing up what I'd done in Oblivion and Lost Years? I decided that this was going to be different. I wanted to go back to telling some fairly simple funny stories and to have a good time with the characters. In the end, the reunion special achieved that for me. Your mileage will vary. Of course, the end did get a bit more on the sentimental side. Sometimes I just can't resist.

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	Before the next story, the reunion is interrupted by the arrival of two agents from Temporal Investigations. They accuse Rydell of aiding and abetting a temporal displacement and inform the others that the Travis Dillon in the room with them is not the Travis Dillon they knew on the Secondprize. Travis acknowledges this is true and says that ~~they~~ real Dillon saved his life.		Before the next story, the reunion is interrupted by the arrival of two agents from Temporal Investigations. They accuse Rydell of aiding and abetting a temporal displacement and inform the others that the Travis Dillon in the room with them is not the Travis Dillon they knew on the Secondprize. Travis acknowledges this is true and says that the real Dillon saved his life.

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	Believe it or not, some of "We Welcome Your Suggestions" really happened. In our Freshman year of college at [[Old Dominion University]], several of my friends and I attended a hypnotism show on campus one night. I watched my friends act out most of the suggestions I used in the story. I guess I got off easy, since I was the one given the suggestion to laugh hysterically at everything.		Believe it or not, some of "We Welcome Your Suggestions" really happened. In our Freshman year of college at [[Old Dominion University]], several of my friends and I attended a hypnotism show on campus one night. I watched my friends act out most of the suggestions I used in the story. I guess I got off easy, since I was the one given the suggestion to laugh hysterically at everything.


			"Experimental Outcomes" was written while I was in graduate school. It was a standalone story at the time and was originally posted on the Star Traks: Unleashed page as an out-of-canon story, since it was so serious compared to everything else I'd done. I liked the story enough that I wanted to use it for the reunion project, but I really couldn't leave Dillon dead like that. I know the epilogue undoes most of this story and is incredibly sentimental, but I like it.

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	Back at the reunion, the Temporal Investigations agents insist that Travis has to be put back in Montana, so that he can die in a snow drift like he is supposed to. The group realizes that Dillon must have died in the snow almost as soon as Travis left. Rydell agrees to retrieve Dillon. They take the Secondprize back in time, and Rydell and Jaroch beam down to retrieve ~~Travis~~. Rydell says that history will have its body. He'll get Dr. Aldridge to make a fake corpse. She's done it before. Then they'll take both Travis and Dillon back to the 24th Century. Rydell and Jaroch go to Dillon as he is freezing in a snow drift and tell him that they've come to take him home.		Back at the reunion, the Temporal Investigations agents insist that Travis has to be put back in Montana, so that he can die in a snow drift like he is supposed to. The group realizes that Dillon must have died in the snow almost as soon as Travis left. Rydell agrees to retrieve Dillon. They take the Secondprize back in time, and Rydell and Jaroch beam down to retrieve Dillon. Rydell says that history will have its body. He'll get Dr. Aldridge to make a fake corpse. She's done it before. Then they'll take both Travis and Dillon back to the 24th Century. Rydell and Jaroch go to Dillon as he is freezing in a snow drift and tell him that they've come to take him home.

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	*'''Experimental Outcomes''' - Several years after his release from Tantalus V, Travis Dillon must visit his brother, [[Bradley Dillon]] on [[Waystation]]. Their father, Dr. [[Richard Dillon]] has died, and there are certain things in the will that Bradley, as executor of the estate, must explain to Travis. Bradley gives Dillon a note from their father telling Dillon that his entire life has been a psychological experiment and that now he wants Dillon to check in with a Dr. Bunch, one of Dr. Dillon's colleagues. Dillon decides that rather than going along with his father's wishes, he's going to throw a wrench into the "experiment." He takes a ship to [[Lorikel]], where [[Dr. Derrick Azar]] had a lab where he performed temporal research. Dillon finds that Azar is dead, but he left behind a time travel device, which he uses to go to the early 21st Century. He finds that era's [[Travis Dillon (20th Century Version\|Travis Dillon]], who, after having his own mental health issues, now lives alone in a cabin in Montana. He convinces that Travis to change places in time with him. When Travis leaves for the 24th Century, Dillon has a breakdown and wanders off into the snow ranting to himself. In the 24th Century, Travis meets with Rydell and tells him what has transpired. Rydell agrees to help him hide the fact that a switch has taken place and to see if he can get Dillon's book about the Secondprize's adventures published. Travis then confronts Dr. Bunch, who has been trailing him taking notes, and heads off to start his new life.		*'''Experimental Outcomes''' - Several years after his release from Tantalus V, Travis Dillon must visit his brother, [[Bradley Dillon]] on [[Waystation]]. Their father, [[Dr. Richard Dillon]] has died, and there are certain things in the will that Bradley, as executor of the estate, must explain to Travis. Bradley gives Dillon a note from their father telling Dillon that his entire life has been a psychological experiment and that now he wants Dillon to check in with a Dr. Bunch, one of Dr. Dillon's colleagues. Dillon decides that rather than going along with his father's wishes, he's going to throw a wrench into the "experiment." He takes a ship to [[Lorikel]], where [[Dr. Derrick Azar]] had a lab where he performed temporal research. Dillon finds that Azar is dead, but he left behind a time travel device, which he uses to go to the early 21st Century. He finds that era's [[Travis Dillon (20th Century Version)\|Travis Dillon]], who, after having his own mental health issues, now lives alone in a cabin in Montana. He convinces that Travis to change places in time with him. When Travis leaves for the 24th Century, Dillon has a breakdown and wanders off into the snow ranting to himself. In the 24th Century, Travis meets with Rydell and tells him what has transpired. Rydell agrees to help him hide the fact that a switch has taken place and to see if he can get Dillon's book about the Secondprize's adventures published. Travis then confronts Dr. Bunch, who has been trailing him taking notes, and heads off to start his new life.

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	*'''Thanks For Your Support''' - ~~Summary~~ to ~~follow~~		*'''Thanks For Your Support''' - The Secondprize is examining the Mondigeri Anomaly to test out new sensor hardware and software provided by a third-party vendor. As soon as Jaroch brings the system online, it shorts out every system on the ship. Baird is able to get some basic things back online, but not the engines, which is something of a problem since the anomaly is reaching out to absorb the Secondprize. Jaroch attempts to contact the sensor vendor's tech support system and runs into several difficulties until finally reaching a living being. Unfortunately the company outsourced their tech support to the Klingons, so every suggestion involves a bat'leth. Jaroch is finally forced to take matters into his own hands to save the Secondprize. He manages to move the ship away from the anomaly, and then he and Baird have to spend several days rebuilding the computer core from the ground up. With that complete, Jaroch has the Secondprize drop by the vendor's headquarters, where he installs their own software into their system. Much chaos ensues.


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	*'''Experimental Outcomes''' - ~~Summary~~ to ~~follow~~		Before the next story, the reunion is interrupted by the arrival of two agents from Temporal Investigations. They accuse Rydell of aiding and abetting a temporal displacement and inform the others that the Travis Dillon in the room with them is not the Travis Dillon they knew on the Secondprize. Travis acknowledges this is true and says that they real Dillon saved his life.


			*'''Experimental Outcomes''' - Several years after his release from Tantalus V, Travis Dillon must visit his brother, [[Bradley Dillon]] on [[Waystation]]. Their father, Dr. [[Richard Dillon]] has died, and there are certain things in the will that Bradley, as executor of the estate, must explain to Travis. Bradley gives Dillon a note from their father telling Dillon that his entire life has been a psychological experiment and that now he wants Dillon to check in with a Dr. Bunch, one of Dr. Dillon's colleagues. Dillon decides that rather than going along with his father's wishes, he's going to throw a wrench into the "experiment." He takes a ship to [[Lorikel]], where [[Dr. Derrick Azar]] had a lab where he performed temporal research. Dillon finds that Azar is dead, but he left behind a time travel device, which he uses to go to the early 21st Century. He finds that era's [[Travis Dillon (20th Century Version\|Travis Dillon]], who, after having his own mental health issues, now lives alone in a cabin in Montana. He convinces that Travis to change places in time with him. When Travis leaves for the 24th Century, Dillon has a breakdown and wanders off into the snow ranting to himself. In the 24th Century, Travis meets with Rydell and tells him what has transpired. Rydell agrees to help him hide the fact that a switch has taken place and to see if he can get Dillon's book about the Secondprize's adventures published. Travis then confronts Dr. Bunch, who has been trailing him taking notes, and heads off to start his new life.


			Back at the reunion, the Temporal Investigations agents insist that Travis has to be put back in Montana, so that he can die in a snow drift like he is supposed to. The group realizes that Dillon must have died in the snow almost as soon as Travis left. Rydell agrees to retrieve Dillon. They take the Secondprize back in time, and Rydell and Jaroch beam down to retrieve Travis. Rydell says that history will have its body. He'll get Dr. Aldridge to make a fake corpse. She's done it before. Then they'll take both Travis and Dillon back to the 24th Century. Rydell and Jaroch go to Dillon as he is freezing in a snow drift and tell him that they've come to take him home.

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	*'''Viva Lost Vega''' - ~~Summary~~ to ~~follow~~		*'''Viva Lost Vega''' - While the Secondprize remains in orbit, Rydell, [[Lisa Beck]], Dillon, and Baird attend the grand opening of a casino on Vega Four. Soon after the opening ceremony, the entire planet vanishes. Rydell and Beck learn that the casino owner gambled the planet away to a nice couple, not realizing that they were a couple of omnipotent beings actually capable of taking possession of it. Rydell and Beck are able to convince the couple that the casino owner had sold the planet to them first, so the omnipotent beings scold the owner for dealing in bad faith then go off to find a planet somewhere else for the solar system they're building. Dillon and Baird spent the entire time gorging themselves in the buffet and had no idea anything had happened to the planet. They about kill themselves trying to out-eat each other and are forced to comm the Secondprize for an emergency beam out to Sickbay, where the stomach pumps are standing by.

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	The original version of "Uncle Dork" was written in the first batch of Star Traks short stories back in 1993. I was never happy with how it turned out, so I didn't post it when I started the website started three years later. I still liked the concept of Baird having to deal with a child, so when the reunion project came along, it seemed a good time to see if I could rework it. The original story didn't have Sullivan involved, but I think adding her and the relationship aspect makes the story work better than it did before.		The original version of "Uncle Dork" was written in the first batch of Star Traks short stories back in 1993. I was never happy with how it turned out, so I didn't post it when I started the website started three years later. I still liked the concept of Baird having to deal with a child, so when the reunion project came along, it seemed a good time to see if I could rework it. The original story didn't have Sullivan involved, but I think adding her and the relationship aspect makes the story work better than it did before.


			"Viva Lost Vega" is the only time that I can think of when I've built a story around a title. Like Rydell, I enjoy Elvis music. One day "Viva Lost Vega" popped into my head. I have no idea where it came from, but I thought it was too good to not use. I've been to a few casinos, and I swear that the bits about the slot machine players robotically putting money in the machines and not reacting even when they win is absolutely true.


			"Thanks For Your Support" grew out of my experiences working in the IT field. There's nothing like dealing with tech support.


			Believe it or not, some of "We Welcome Your Suggestions" really happened. In our Freshman year of college at [[Old Dominion University]], several of my friends and I attended a hypnotism show on campus one night. I watched my friends act out most of the suggestions I used in the story. I guess I got off easy, since I was the one given the suggestion to laugh hysterically at everything.

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	"Picnic" was originally written as a script for a Star Traks comic that never ended up happening. A reader had contacted me about wanting to draw a Traks comic and wanted to know if I would provide a story. I did. Unfortunately the project never took off. The storyline fit in with the type of thing I wanted to do for the Reunion Special, so I rewrote it as a prose story and included it.		"Picnic" was originally written as a script for a Star Traks comic that never ended up happening. A reader had contacted me about wanting to draw a Traks comic and wanted to know if I would provide a story. I did. Unfortunately the project never took off. The storyline fit in with the type of thing I wanted to do for the Reunion Special, so I rewrote it as a prose story and included it.


			The original version of "Uncle Dork" was written in the first batch of Star Traks short stories back in 1993. I was never happy with how it turned out, so I didn't post it when I started the website started three years later. I still liked the concept of Baird having to deal with a child, so when the reunion project came along, it seemed a good time to see if I could rework it. The original story didn't have Sullivan involved, but I think adding her and the relationship aspect makes the story work better than it did before.

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