And They're Off

Star Traks: Waystation
Episode name	And They're Off
Season	Stardate 58---
Episode number	1
Writer(s)	Alan Decker
Year	2381
Stardate	Unknown
Chronology
Previous in series	Pomp And Circumstances
Next in series	Winging It
Previous in timeline	Love Honor And Evade [VEX]
Next in timeline	Clash Of The Titan [VEX]

Federation President Bradley Dillon makes an announcement that sets off a flurry of activity across the Federation. But it's the activities happening on Waystation that might be the real problem for him.

Featuring

• Captain Lisa Beck
• Commander Walter Morales
• Lieutenant Commander Craig Porter
• Lieutenant Commander Sean Russell
• Yeoman Tina Jones
• Colonel Martin Lazlo
• Dr. Diantha
• Bradley Dillon

Also Featuring

• Stephanie Hodges
• Ih'mad
• Baughb
• Lieutenant Colonel Daniel O'Neal
• Joan Redding

Author's Comments

Since I ended the last run of stories with an actual ending as opposed to a cliffhanger, I was able to spend this story setting things up for this run instead of trying to locate a missing space station or something. My first priority was to get the Bradley Dillon re-election storyline moving.

Actually my original plan was to have Bradley make his announcement at the end of the last run. I thought it would be funny for him to do it right after Beck stopped the Romulans and while everyone is still standing around in a bit of shock (and in Picard's case, just his underwear). But then I realized that it would be out of character for Bradley to do it then. He's usually a bit smoother when it comes to these things, so I decided to delay the announcement to the beginning of this run. I think it works better here and serves as a nice way to kick things off.

Links

And They're Off... (text)

The Star Traks: Waystation web page