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Welcome to the thirteenth issue of TCM,

In this issue we take a look at the various romances and relationships that have been in Star Trek over its
forty year history.

We also have an article on Star Trek Marriages written by Alex Matthews.

We all hope you enjoy this issue

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Captains Table:
Reviews by Josh Edelglass 6

Relationships: Trip and T POL 8

Relationships: The Loves of Ro Nevin 10

To Have and To Hold: Star Trek Marriage
By Alex Matthews 12

Relationships: Kirk and His Girls 16

Relationships: Janeway and Her Holograms 18

Relationships: Data and Yar 20

Relationships: Bashir and Melora 22

Captains Log
By Sean Paul Teeling 25

Coming Soon 28






















































Star Trek: Phase 2, by far the most interesting of the many fan-
made Star Trek projects that have sprung up over the past few
years, in the absence of any new official Star Trek material on TV
or at the movies. The goal of Phase 2 is to create the fourth
season of the Original Series (which was cancelled at the end of
its third season). Each installment of Phase 2 (there have been
five episodes so far, counting their pilot) is an hour in length,
and what is astounding about the endeavor (betcha thought Id
say enterprise) is the degree of professionalism involved in the
production. While the episodes dont QUITE look like actual
broadcast-able Star Trek episodes, they come pretty damn close.
The fifth episode was just released on-line: Blood and Fire Part
I. This is the first installment of the series first two-part
episode. The episode opens with a fierce battle between the
Enterprise and a Klingon warship. Although the Klingons are
ultimately defeated, the Big E sustains Star Trek II level damage.
However, before the Enterprise can return to a starbase to be
repaired, they receive a distress call from another Starfleet
vessel, the USS Copernicus, which appears to be locked on
course directly into a dying star. When Spock leads an away
team over to the Copernicus to try to figure out what happened
to the ship and its crew, they soon find themselves in quite a lot
of jeopardy. Blood and and Fire also re-introduces us to
Captain Kirks young nephew Peter (introduced in one episode of
the Original Series, Operation Annihilate!), who has
transfered over to the Enterprise to be closer to his husband-to-
be, who is already an Enterprise officer.
Blood and Fire was written and directed by David Gerrold, who
is only the lastest industry professional (and someone involved
with the production of the original Star Trek) to have gotten
involved with this fan-made series. Mr. Gerrold was a key writer
for the Original Series, and he wrote what many consider to be
one of the finest Original Series episodes ever produced: The
Trouble With Tribbles. This story, Blood and Fire, was actually
written by Mr. Gerrold for the first season of Star Trek: The Next
Generation, but it was never produced. (According to the Phase
2 web-site, the episode was shelved because of its mention of a
gay crewman on the Enterprise.) Mr. Gerrold re-worked the
story for Phase 2.
Over-all, Blood and Fire Part I is another winner from the
Phase 2 team. The production values are incredible. The sets,
the costumes, the make-up, the lighting everything looks just
about perfect, totally capturing the feel of the Original Series. (If
anything, the bridge looks even BETTER than it did during the
actual Original Series, with the inclusion for the first time in this
episode of moving computer graphics on the bridge control
screens.) And the starship visual effects are astonishing. The
intense space combat with the Klingons in the episodes teaser is
the most eye-catching sequence, with action far beyond
anything we ever saw in the Original Series, but I thought that
the visuals later in the episode of the Enterprise and the
Copernicus in close proximity to the dying star were even more
marvelous. I should also note the deign of the Copernicus. As
opposed to being a ship that looks just like The Enterprise, the
special effects artists have created a ship that has the lay-out of
the USS Reliant from Star Trek II (with the nacelles underneath
the saucer section), but that has the look and feel of an Original
Series-era starship. In Paramounts Star Trek: Remastered
project, in which the hokey, models-on-sticks special effects of
the Original Series were replaced by new CGI effects, there were
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shots of other starships with this type of Original Series Reliant design. But I always
thought those attempts looked awkward and unconvincing. In Blood and Fire,
though, the Copernicus is a beautifully realized vessel.
The revelation in this episode that Peter Kirk is gay has caused quite a stir on-line, but
personally I am thrilled to see this story-line make it to the screen. I love the way his
homosexuality is handled in the episode. There are several do people know
moments between Peter and his husband-to-be, and some bemused reactions from
Enterprise crewmen. But in every case the scenes could be interpreted to indicate
that people are either wondering about the homosexual nature of their relationship
OR just about the fact that theyre so young, and trying so poorly to keep their
relationship a secret. In the context of the episode, its almost certainly the latter,
but the audience watching the episode might read in the former, which adds
resonance to the story.
If Im able to accept the re-casting of all the Original Series characters in J.J. Abrams
upcoming Star Trek film, then Ill need to thank James Cawley (who plays Kirk and is
the mastermind of this Phase 2 effort). Over the course of the five Phase 2 episodes,
I have come to accept and really enjoy these different actors interpretations of the
characters. Cawleys Kirk is a lot of fun, capturing the energy of William Shatners
iconic performance while avoiding falling into mimicry (at least most of the time. The
only scene of Cawleys in Blood and Fire that doesnt work for me is his sort of
overblown reaction to the news of his nephew Peters engagement. Later in the
episode there is a moment when young Peter imitates his uncles reaction, so I
assume Cawley over-did it in his scene to make the latter scene make sense. Still,
that moment of Shatner-imitation is the only tiny flaw in what is over-all a great
performance.) Other stand-outs include Ben Tolpin as Spock (replacing Phase 2s
previous Spock, Jeffery Quinn, who was also excellent) and Andy Bray as Checkov.
Kim Stinger is also great as Uhura, although she hasnt had a lot to do in the series so
far.
If theres a weakness to this installment, its that Peter Kirks relationship with
Enterprise crewman Alex Freeman takes up way too much of the focus of the
episode, particularly in the first half. I think its a mistake to shift the story too far
away from our main characters (and it helps that Ive been enjoying the main casts
performances so much). It was one thing in the last two episodes for the focus to not
be on Phase 2s Kirk and Spock, because the guest stars were Walter FREAKING
Koenig (reprising his role from the Original Series as Pavel Chekov) and George
FREAKING Takei (reprising his role from the Original Series as Hikaru Sulu). But in
Blood and Fire the guest star isnt anyone famous, and Bobby Rice as Peter Kirk just
isn t that compelling. In fact, there are occasions where he reaches Peter Preston
levels of annoying. (Come on Star Trek fans, you get the reference, right??) His
husband-to be Freeman, played by Evan Fowler, does a better job, but still, these two
guest stars get way too much screen time.
There are also some instance of inconsistencies with the Treknology of the sort that
also bugs me in so many ACTUAL Star Trek episodes. Towards the end of the battle
during the teaser, the Klingon ship cloaks in order to get away. First of all, its
surprising to me that the ship could cloak after having sustained so much damage, as
so often in actual Trek episodes the cloaking device was portrayed as a very delicate
piece of equipment, and it was always the first thing to fail once a ship got even the
tiniest bit damaged (see almost any episode of DS9 that featured the Defiant in
combat as support of this). But whatever. The ship cloaks, and we see what looks
like an Enterprise phaser blast go right through the spot where the Klingon ship was,
just a second before. This is silly, because a cloaking device doesnt make the ship
intangible, it just hides it from sensors. So even invisible, a phaser blast would still
HIT IT and cause damage. Then, in the next scene, Spock reports that the ship has
changed course and moved outside of weapons range. Well how the heck would he
know that, if the ship is cloaked and thus invisible to sensors??? These are minor
quibbles, and as I wrote above they happened ALL THE TIME in actual Trek episodes,
so I cant judge Phase 2 too harshly.
Bottom line: If youre a Star Trek fan who has been having to do without the weekly
dose of new adventures that we enjoyed for 18 years (from the launch of Star Trek:
The Next Generation in 1987 until the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise in 2005), I
highly encourage you to check out Star Trek: Phase 2. The episodes arent perfect,
but there is so much love and effort on display that I defy you not to find a lot of
enjoyment in their episodes.~





























RELATIONSHIPS: TRIP AND T POL



























RELATIONSHIPS: TRIP AND T POL
For a man who is cute (as stated by Ensign Sato), intelligent and
good with his hands (Hes an engineer you know!) Trip was not
lucky in love. Firstly he leaves Natalie back on Earth with no
explanation of why he is no longer contacting her due to orders
to immediately report to Enterprise. He never does find out
whether she is still waiting for him.

He becomes pregnant when he has an unintentional romantic
encounter with a Xyrillian female. An experience he never
wishes to repeat. He becomes romantically involved with Liana
whose Father had killed the crew of his ship due to his
negligence. And he has an encounter (literally) with Kaitaama,
the newly selected First Monarch of Krios Prime. While escaping
from kidnappers in a very small escape pod, Trip and Kitaama
become very intimate with each other even though they spent
many hours beforehand yelling at one another. Due to laws on
Krios Prime the relationship could no longer continue.

And so it goes. Trip seems to find love and just as quickly falls
out of love or ends up in a relationship where it is impossible to
love!
Then a devastating event occurs that changes Trip forever. The
Xindi attack Earth and his younger sister Elizabeth who he is very
close to is killed. Trip is so traumatised by this incident that he
experiences difficulty sleeping due to nightmares about the
attack. He is assisted in recovering from these nightmares by
TPol applying what she calls Vulcan neuropressure. This form of
massage is very personal, and it requires a great deal of physical
contact. Over the course of their neuropressure sessions, Trip
begins to develop feelings for TPol. Eventually TPol lets her
Vulcan guard down and also admits that she has feelings for him.
However, later as she regains her Vulcan composure she denies
her emotions.

When Enterprise returns to Earth, Trip accompanies TPol on a
visit to Vulcan and meets her mother TLes who confronts Trip
about being in love with her daughter, a point he reluctantly
concedes. Due to political reasons he has to watch TPol marry
Koss even though TPols mother begs him to let his true feelings
be known to TPol but he refuses to do so. He loves her too much
to put her through the ordeal of not marrying Koss who has the
power to reinstate her mother into the Vulcan Science Academy.

After the death of TPols mother Koss releases TPol from her
marriage to him. Hoping he has a chance to rekindle the love
between himself and TPol Trip is torn when he sees that she has
no desire to continue with the relationship.

Unable to cope with working on the same starship as TPol, Trip
transfers to the Columbia NX-02 to spend some time in a different
environment to try and sort himself out. Eventually he ends up
back on Enterprise and after an Orion attack TPol realises how
much she loves Trip and persuades him to stay by embracing and
kissing him passionately.

Not long after the two of them discover that they have a
daughter. The child was created from their DNA stolen by a group
named Terra Prime. Eventually they rescue the child and name
her Elizabeth after Trips dead sister. Their life with Elizabeth is
very short. Dr Phlox is unable to rectify the flaw that is in her DNA
due to cloning a Vulcan and Terran. Elizabeth dies. Both Trip and
TPol become heartbroken and their romantic relationship stops
there.

Even though Trip and TPol never embraced and lovingly kissed
again, TPol continued to hold his memory close to her heart after
his death.~




























RELATIONSHIPS: THE LOVES OF RO NEVIN



























RELATIONSHIPS: THE LOVES OF RO NEVIN
Ro Nevin born on Bajor, and yes is the brother of Ro Laren.
Life for Nevin was progressing nicely and he enjoyed the
company of his friends, playing 3D chess and drinking
real alcohol had his world was turned upside down
when Corey Aster, from the USS Olympus joined the crew.
Nevin had studied with Corey at the Academy, and
although he tells Corey that he did not remember him in
any of his classes, this was a straight out lie.

Nevin knew that Corey had had a crush on him at the
Academy and this frightened Nevin but it didnt take long
for Corey to let Nevin know that he was still interested in
him. Nevin tries to make it clear to Corey that he was not
interested, another lie! Nevin is dening his own feelings.
When Corey is assigned to the USS Excelsior permanently,
Nevin avoids contact with Corey.

Nevin is a tortured soul with a knack for hurting himself emotionally
and his struggle to find himself is a path that is not walked easily.
In the mean time Nevin then meets Tara Abis, a reporter for the
Federation News and they form a relationship. She realises that she
will never have his full commitment when she sees how he interacts
with Corey and he finally becomes honest with himself about his
feelings towards Corey. However, his acceptance of who he is and
his decision comes too late as Corey finds another partner.

Rejection by Corey pushes Nevin into a relationship with a Klingon
captain who is quick to accept his love and they go through a
ceremony called the Ruustai in which the two become brothers and
subsequently, lovers!!!! Life seems good but Nevin is widowed (dare
we say) shortly after the ceremony.

Nevin is abducted and when rescued and returned to the ship begins
a relationship with Corey and they finally tie the knot but after only
two weeks of marriage, Nevin and Corey are assigned to two
different ships and due to his mission Nevin finds himself in a galaxy
far far away.

Corey and Nevin have not yet tested this relationship, are they
meant to be together? Will they ever get back to each other or will
this relationship not stand the time apart? Will they stray or does
distance really make the heart grow fonder?~





























TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: STAR TREK MARRIAGE ALEX MATTHEWS



























TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: STAR TREK MARRIAGE ALEX MATTHEWS
Finding that special someone and keeping them is never very
easy, even for the best of us, and the officers in Starfleet are
usually the best of the best. While in command of the
original Enterprise, James Kirk went through more alien
beauties then Uhura went through fancy earrings, but they
always lost out to his true love, the Enterprise herself. Jean-
Luc Picard focused all his own energy on his career, at the
cost of several relationships, such as Janice Manheim, Neela
Darren or even Beverly Crusher. Elizabeth Shelby tried to
make it work with Mackenzie Calhoun, but sharing a bed as
well as a bridge drove a wedge big enough between them
that she left the Excalibur and joined the crew of the
Excelsior. The command crews of these officers rarely had
any better luck, spending almost their entire careers
following the same commander from ship to ship, neglecting
to actually have a life outside of their work.
But this is not th case throughout the entire history of Trek,
as some of the main characters do go on to find their true
love, and even make it down the aisle. We have seen several
variations on the theme of matrimony, be it Klingon, Bajoran
or human.

The first wedding ever really glimpsed at in Trek was during
the TOS episode Balance of Terror, where Kirk, as the chief
commanding officer, has the privilege of joining two of his
crew in holy matrimony. Although the religious significance
of the event may have been lost over the last few centuries
since First Contact, the ceremony is still based on those
kinds of traditions. Unfortunately, Specialist Angela Martine
and Lieutenant Robert Tomlinson was not the very tale story
most marriages hope to be, when Tomlinson was one of the
casualties in the Enterprise's skirmish with a Romulan bird-
of-prey.

When Spock enters Ponn Farr, the Enterprise quickly heads to
Vulcan to allow their ailing Science Officer to participate in his own
wedding to his betrothed, T'Pring. This wedding shows us a glimpse
of the older traditions that the Vulcans, however logical they may
be now, still honour. But once again, the wedding is halted during
the proceedings when T'Pring invokes an ancient clause to
challenge her marriage to Spock, forcing him and her champion
into a fight to the death.
It was not until Data's Day during the run of The Next
Generation that we see another wedding, and although it does
seems at times it may not go through, finally, Chief Miles O'Brien
and Keiko Ishikawa are wed in a ceremony conducted by Captain
Picard in Ten-Forward. The ceremony itself reflects the traditions of
both participants, with Japanese music playing, while Data acts as
the 'father of the bride', since he first introduced the two.
Picard also had the honour of being asked to perform the wedding
of Lwaxana Troi, Counselor Troi's mother, to her fiance, Minister
Campio of Kostolian, but despite having matching profiles which
saw a harmonious relationship, the wedding was called off when
Lwaxana arrived to the ceremony naked, as per Betazoid tradition.
The Kostolians, creatures of procedure and etiquette, quickly left
the ceremony.
When William Riker and Deanna Troi finally tied the knot, instead
of having the ceremony follow usual Starfleet traditions with it
being overseen by the captain, they returned to Riker's home in
Alaska, and had Captain Picard serve as best man instead. They also
planned on having a second ceremony on Betazed, arranged by
Lwaxana, following the more traditional themes of Betazoid
marriage. This caused some ruckus among the Enterprise-E senior
staff, who were unnerved about appearing naked in front of each
other...
During the run of Deep Space Nine, viewers also get to see the
wedding traditions of several other races, which had only been
hinted at in the past. During the final part of the fifth season, Sisko
performs the wedding of Rom and Leeta, which follows most of the
Bajoran traditions, although was done in a hurry, with an attack on
the station deemed imminent. It did not follow the usual Ferengi
practice, which treats marriage as more of a business arrangement
then as a commitment between lovers, something Quark was not
too happy about.
Sisko later attends the wedding of Worf and Jadzia Dax, which
follows the full Klingon tradition, complete with the groom and his
friends undergoing a purification ritual, while Jadzia proves her
worth to the Matriach of the House of Martok. During his time on
the Enterprise-D, Worf considered himself betrothed to K'Ehleyr,
after the two mated during her first visit to the Galaxy-class
starship, but she refused to take it further. After mating with
Jadzia, he again demanded marriage, but Jadzia recognised that
Worf was trying to honour traditions he didn't necessarily really
believe in, so instead, they spent time genuinely getting to know
each other. This lead to Jadzia agreeing to marry Worf just after the
Dominion War began, and gave them both the desire to survive the
fighting and help retake DS9 in order to have their wedding, in full
Klingon regalia, which involved reenacting the fight that killed a
legendary Klingon couple.




























TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: STAR TREK MARRIAGE ALEX MATTHEWS
When he himself became engaged to Kasidy Yates, Sisko
originally wanted a Bajoran-themed ceremony, but when
word of the Emissary's wedding became public
knowledge, the event began to grow out of control.
Kasidy herself was unhappy with the idea of her wedding
becoming the business of strangers, and more of a
religious festival for a faith she did not believe in. Instead,
the two of them had a small ceremony conducted by
Admiral William Ross, Ben's friend and commanding
officer.
The recent relaunch novels that continue the adventures
of the post-War crew of DS9 also follow the life of an
Andorian officer, Thirishar ch'Thane, and explores the
Andorian concept of marriage, which, in Data's Day,
was told to involve four people. The writers use this idea
as a jumping off point, by explaining that Andorian's have
4 genders, and this has caused problems over the last few
centuries regarding successful procreation. Ch'Thane, a
scientist, has been searching for a way to stabilise
Andorian genetics so the 4 genders are no longer
restricting their growth as a species, but after several
personal difficulties and some breakthroughs in research,
finally follows through on his own bonding ceremony,
known as the sheltreth, which also involves the quartet
mating and producing a viable off-spring.
Perhaps because of their distance from Federation space
and their loved ones, the crew of the USS Voyager
become much more relaxed and familiar with each other
then some other crews. But it seems only one couple on
the ship actually tied the knot, when Tom Paris and
B'Elanna Torres got married in their last year in the Delta
Quadrant. Viewers did not get to see the wedding, but
we got to see what it may have been like, when the bio-
mimetic doubles of the two got married several years
before, just before their own ship and crew were killed.
Their wedding followed the usual human traditions, with
Janeway presiding over the ceremony, Torres being given
away by Chakotay, even Seven catching the traditional
bouquet Torres throws and the assembled crew throwing
rice over the happy couple.
Unlike his counterparts, Jonathon Archer was the only
starship captain that Star Trek followed who never got to
perform any kind of marriage ceremony during his time
aboard the Enterprise NX-01. However, Enterprise did
allow another glimpse into the idea of a Vulcan marriage,
and how the logical race views the act that is known to
cement an emotional bond. It differed from the TOS
approach as neither of the participants are undergoing
Ponn Farr at the time, instead it is more of a marriage of
convience for T'Pol, in order to allow her mother, T'Les,
to resume a position at the Science Academy. Even
though, in his own way, her husband Kos explains his
feelings for her, T'Pol does not reciprocate and has no
wish to live a lie with him, and sacrifice her career on
Enterprise. She only goes through with the wedding after
successfully negotiating with Kos' family allows her to
remain on Enterprise for another year, although after
T'Les dies, Kos dissolves the marriage, very aware that
T'Pol only married him to benefit her now deceased
mother.

At least one fan series has tried to explore the idea of marriage in
the 24
th
century a little further, when Hidden Frontier had the first
same-sex marriage in Trek's run. This fan show was one of the first
to truly explore the idea of sexuality in the 24
th
century, after the
occasional touching on the subject during the 'official' run. Episodes
such as The Offspring, The Host and Rejoined only scratched
the surface of the same-sex relationship issue in The Offspring,
Whoopi Goldberg successfully fought to change a line of her dialog
in the scene when Guinan was teaching Lal the facts of life from
"when a man loves a woman" to "when two people are in love",
whereas both The Host and Rejoined deal with the fact that the
symbiont part of the Trill species change gender during their long
lifetimes, and how this can affect the relationships they have
formed. The character of Ro Nevin, over the seven years of HF's
primary run, came to terms with his own sexual identity, which was
never an issue for any of the other characters, but more of a
personal journey for that one character. It was never an idea of
identifying as 'gay' or 'straight', it was simply a matter of finding
that someone you could be happy with. When Nevin married Corey
Aster, the writers decided to show that Ro's fears of breaking from
tradition were unfounded, by having a full Bajoran ceremony,
which followed the example seen in DS9, but expanded on it,
having a proper Vedek perform the ceremony over their
commanding officer.

All these examples show that at it's core, despite religious
connotations, cultural differences and requirements, marriage is
about the unification of two or more individuals who wish to be
together, in order to enrich their own lives and the lives of the
person they marry. Trek has always tried to show how humanity
could eventually evolve into something more then what it currently
is, and become part of something larger. Seeing beyond the current
limitations that bind marriage in the minds of some people in
today's era is the first step to achieving that goal.






















































RELATIONSHIPS: KIRK AND HIS GIRLS



























RELATIONSHIPS: KIRK AND HIS GIRLS
Romantic relationships were a means to and end for James T Kirk.
The love of his life was the Enterprise. Whilst this girl could take
him anywhere, provide shelter, food and excitement she did not
have arms to hold him. Although she did hold him in her own way
and he loved her passionately. Was she the reason that none of the
relationships that he had with women lasted? Was James T Kirk
fated to be with her? Well as we all know he was, but along the
way he met a few with arms to hold him, but they did not last long
nor would we call them healthy either, they either tried to kill him,
told him lies or walked away or died, well nearly all.

Dont know much about his first love Blonde Lab Tech
who was introduced to him by Gary Mitchell, but he
almost married her!! Then along comes Ruth a women
who meant a lot to him obviously as this was the
relationship that was selected by The Shore Leave
Planet as his fantasy. Another relationship was with
Janice Lister, a would be Starship Captain held back
by sexist opinions of the time, when only men
commanded the search of the stars. She wanted to
take over his life and also was the first to want to kill
him. Next was Carol Marcus, the women who bore him
his only child, was she the Blonde Lab Tech who Kirk
drifted apart from because of their careers? There is
always something that gets in the way of Kirk and his
women! Again with Janet Wallace another lover who
got in the way of his career and his ship!! Areel, then
Helen, next is Lenore, then of course Edith, whom we
feel maybe the one, but duty calls and of course her
death! Then comes Elaan, Shahna, Deela, Odona,
Rayna, and finally Antonia. All of these women did not
capture Kirk, he would always return to the ships
named Enterprise.

Kirk only has entanglements and we call them that
because they werent really relationships they get in
the way of the real love and only passion the good ship
USS Enterprise and their journey filled with excitement.





























RELATIONSHIPS: JANEWAY AND HER HOLOGRAMS



























RELATIONSHIPS: JANEWAY AND HER HOLOGRAMS
As a Captain of a Starship she believes that she cant have a
relationship with a member of her crew. But every human
being needs closeness, a chance to be hugged and a chance to
be held! So what do you do when you are lost in the Delta
Quadrant where you cannot satisfy the longing to be loved?
.....You fall in love with a hologram!

The twinkle in her eye was obvious when she first met Michael
OSullivan the barkeep of the pub The Ox and Lamb, in the
Irish village of Fair Haven. She is drawn by his handsome
rugged good looks and lilting Irish brogue. Her attraction was
instant and a passionate longing awoke, one that she had tried
so desperately to keep at bay.

Janeway almost guilty returned to the Ox and Lamb on the day
they met and this time there were no one there but Michael
wiping the glasses from the days drinking. Enjoying the fact
that he called her Katie OClare it had been a long time since a
man had flirted with her.
She was disappointed when she realized that Paris had not
programmed him to be a learned man, and the romance was
further shattered when after a night of talking and playing
rings in walks Michaels wife!

Personal Log: I met an interesting man there. I almost forgot he
was a hologram. We werent exactly compatible. Then again, Mr
Paris didnt program him to my specifications.

So program she did!! She gave him the education of a 19
th

Century third-year student at Trinity College University. She made
him more provocative, more outspoken, not so reserved... and
make him more curious about the world around him. She even
increased his height by 3cm and left him with a two day growth as
she found she didnt like him clean shaven. Then finally she gave
one more command to complete the adjustments of his
subroutines. Delete the wife.

Janeway allowed a different side of herself to come out as she
spends time with Michael, she flirts, she becomes provocative and
giggles like a teenager.

However, when Chakotay comes upon them she is embarrassed
and uneasy.
It was nice to see you having a little fun says Chakotay.

He is rather charming isnt he? Says Janeway. Too bad hes
made of photons and force fields.

I never let that stand in my way. Chakotay reassures her.

After a night of dancing she asks the computer to remove the folk
of Fair Haven and as they sit staring into each others eyes, she
realizes just how much she has missed the touch of another man...
and lovingly kisses him. Back in her quarters, the realisation of
what is happening to her begins to weigh on her heart. The
Doctor, picking up on her emotions talks to her.
Michael Sullivan is a hologram. His broken heart can be mended
with the flick of a switch. Your feelings however, are a little more
....complicated

She confesses that she has become romantically involved with a
hologram.

Oh you know the story girl meets boy; girl modifies boys
subroutines
Did you have intimate relations asks the Doctor. Shocked,
Janeway answers Thats none of your business. Lets just say it
was a memorable three days!It is here that Janeway reveals the
real reason why her conscience is causing her great anguish.

Michael Sullivan is exactly my type, attractive, intelligent. We
share the same interests and if theres something I dont like, I can
simply change it.....Maybe I just needed to be sure hed love me
back(She is moved to tears).

Janeway is lonely, but the human need to be loved is so great that
she would even program a hologram to fall in love with her.

After her discussion with the Doctor, instead of fighting a feeling
of guilt she decides to enjoy her time with Michael, knowing that
as a woman she needs to not only satisfy her physical needs but
also the needs of the heart.



























RELATIONSHIPS: DATA AND YAR



























RELATIONSHIPS: DATA AND YAR
Data an android, with no emotions, well not yet anyway
always thought to be a machine just aspiring to be human
but never thought to have the needs of a human male! A
machine has no need to be held, to have someone to talk to
or to be wanted for anything more than his ability to be
functional. And functional he was!!!

The USS Enterprise comes across the SS Tsiolkovsky which is
on a mission to observe a Red Star. However, when
contacted by the Enterprise they hear a woman who has
responded in what can only be called a seductive voice.
She states the huge blowout is about to occur and then an
explosion is heard. Picard of course sends a landing party to
investigate and to cut a long story short they come back with
an infection. Investigations find out that this is Polywater
Syndrome a variant that as first seen on Kirks Enterprise.

Yar becomes infected with this virus that causes the infected to act
intoxicated but more so than any alcohol that could be drunk! She
starts to act wildly out of character and starts to dress
provocatively. Picard sends Data to assist her and when he goes to
her quarters she reveals things about her past to him that she has
never spoken about before and she asks him how functional he is.
Data tells her that he is fully functional and is programmed in many
techniques!!!! Data and Yar then proceed to testing these
functions. However, Yar tells Data to forget that anything ever
happened.

We know that does not happen!!

Years later when Datas sentience is questioned by Commander
Bruce Maddox who wants to take him to a lab and take him apart
to see how he works so that he can make more just like him.
Data resigns his commission and has packed his bags and is about
to leave but he is stopped from doing so by the court. This is
because his ownership is what is being disputed and if he is seen
to be property then property just cant leave. The hearing
continues, is he his own master or a piece of Starfleet equipment?

Picard brings Datas bag to the hearing and offers the contents as
evidence. One of the contents is a hologram of Tasha Yar, now
deceased. When questioned about this he says that she was
important to him and that they were intimate. For a being
supposedly without emotions Data has formed an attachment with
Yar, is this because she was his first? Or is it because even when
a machine is programmed to grow and develop through experience
that love does conquer all, even when it is just machine code?




























RELATIONSHIPS: BASHIR AND MELORA



























RELATIONSHIPS: BASHIR AND MELORA
Once upon a time there was a Little Mermaid who fell in
love with a prince. By drinking a magic potion she gave up
her home of the sea to walk on land so that she could be
with her prince. On Deep Space Nine, Julian Bashir is the
prince and the Little Mermaid is Elaysian Melora Pazlar.

Before Bashir had even met Melora he felt like he had
known her for years. Her race lived on a planet with low
surface gravity therefore Deep Space Nine needed to be
modified to accommodate the cartographer who was
coming to chart part of the Gamma Quadrant. Bashir had
spent many hours looking over her personnel and medical
records and was fascinated by what he read.

Their first meeting however did not go smoothly. Melora
who was fiercely independent came across as abrupt and
defensive but this did not stop Bashir from pursuing a
further meeting with her.

Soon after Bashir goes to her quarters and talks candidly to
her about her attitude towards him. He sees through her
defences and invites her out for a meal.

The two of them enjoy each others company talking about their lives
and what brought them to this point in time. Back in Meloras quarters
she shares with Bashir that she doesnt allow people in her life. She
feels too much like a carnival attraction but with Bashir she feels very
different. She begins to trust him and allows him to experience a little
of her world when she switches her quarters to low gravity.

It is there in mid air that Melora finally allows her defences to come
down and the two of them kiss lovingly floating in mid air.

After some research Bashir finds a way to allow Melora to move in
Earths gravity more easily. She gets very excited about the prospect
of not relying on the wheelchair or her crutches to get around. Finally
she would not be restricted in her duties by her physical needs.

As the relationship grows Melora confides in Dax that she is unsure
about romance in Starfleet. Between them they come up with a
number of scenarios of what could happen. Dax begins to pick up that
Melora is quite taken by Bashir.

The treatments that Bashir has developed continue and Melora begins
to have second thoughts about completing the transition. She begins
to realise that if she goes through with the final treatments she will
never be able to go home again for any length of time. Like the Little
Mermaid she wonders is walking on land as important as being who
you are. If she goes through with the treatment she would no longer
be Elaysian.

Just as Dax and Melora return to DS9 they are kidnapped along with
Quark by Kot who is fleeing the station. In the process Bashir over the
viewscreen watches Melora being shot. His heart sinks and he rushes
to the cargo bag to board a shuttle to help her.

Miraculously Melora lives and after Kot is captured they
sit and discuss their future together. Melora decides not
to go on with the treatment. They both conclude that
their relationship cannot progress either. However they
will forever be friends. Bashir made an incredible impact
on Meloras life. He helped to change her, to make her
more compassionate and to trust. No doubt Melora will
always be an important person in Bashirs life. Unlike the
The Little Mermaid who dissolved into the ocean when
she tried to go back to her home. This story has a
happier ending.

Im glad you got me to unlock the doors to my quarters
so I could finally let someone into my life. says Melora.

So am I says Bashir



























































If music be the food of love, play on or so said Duke Orsino in twelfth night. A music graduate and a romantic fool,
I am truly delighted that this issue of TCM is giving so much attention to the issue of Romance. Yes, this issue we
explore the softer side of Trek, with a tour of romance from across the spectrum of the series, both fan and
Paramount based. Playing to my Irish heritage, my fellow Irishman Oscar Wilde once said, between men and
women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. Does this apply
to Androids and Women? The relationship between Tasha Yar and Data in TNG certainly had romantic
connotations but did they break the mould by remaining friends? Could Trip and TPol ever have been anything
but lovers given the palpable sexual tension between them? Melora and Bashir in DS9 again proved that friendship
will out, by remaining friends after their tentative relationship. Is Oscar Wildes quote on men and women
unfounded then?

Wilde also said Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. Was Kathryn Janeway deceiving herself
when she took up with Michael OSullivan, a projection of photons on the holodeck? (Personally, I will never
forgive Voyagers writing team, for the god awful oirishness of Fair Haven. Begorrah indeed!). This unusual
relationship between photons and matter is also discussed this issue. And what of the biggest womaniser of them
all? James Tiberius Kirk. Granted, Chris Pine is starting out as a young and brooding James Dean like Kirk, but long
before Pine was a twinkle in his fathers eye, William Shatner was leading the way in having a way with leading
ladies! Whether Elaan of Troyius or Edith Keeler, or his own beloved Miramanee, the tribal priestess of the Native
American tribe on the planet Amerind, Jim Boy was, and I would argue, still is, the leader of the field when it
comes to Trek Romance.

Im staying on an Irish note here, and sure why not, I am Irish! Wilde spoke again of the Love that dare not speak
its name." He never said this referred to homosexuality, yet it is understood it did. The Star Trek Fan series are
proud to proclaim that love in its realistic and relevant portrayal of gay characters, whether it be Nevin and Corey
in Hidden Frontier, or Peter Kirk and Alex Freeman in Phase II. Recent and weirder relationships have been
revealed in the excellent ST Odyssey, with the revelations about Sarem the Majan of the Archein and Caecus, but
Ill let you read about that and draw your own conclusions! The romantic theme is rounded out nicely by a look at
Weddings in Star Trek, be they Human, Bajoran, Klingon, Trill, Ferengi. My own personal biased favourite
wedding is covered this issue also, that of the Irish Chief Miles O'Brien and the beautiful Keiko Ishikawa.

We wind out this issue with a look at the newly renamed Phase II continuing on from New Voyages with its
original series offering Blood and Fire. An apt time to focus on TOS, given the newly released big screen Trek.
That about rounds up this exciting smorgasbord of tantalising tales and romantic interludes.

And to end with Wilde, as the great man once said Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden
when the flowers are dead. You cant argue with that now, can you!

Is mise le meas

Sen Paul Teeling