Post by Catsmate on Mar 31, 2020 11:14:29 GMT
It's a bit quiet here and with time on my hands I'm hoping to post a few bits that may be of interest.
Tail-Kinker to-Ennien
In the excellent Trek novel Uhura’s Song Dr. ‘Bones’ McCoy is absent from most of the story, working to assuage a plague on the planet Eeiauo. His place on the Enterprise is taken by a Doctor Evan Wilson. During the mission she helps solve the mystery around the origin of the Eeiauoans, discover the cure for the plague and re-unite the divided race.
While exchanging songs and stories of the various trickster gods of many planets and gaining the Sivaoan name of Tail-Kinker to-Ennien.
Appropriate really when it turns out that she’s an imposter.
At the end of the book the real Dr. Evan Wilson turns up and Spock reveals he’s had his suspicions, and that this is not the first time she’s done this. Finally Spock received a “catch me if you can” message from her.
It struck me that this is like the modus operandi of a certain meddlesome Time Lord, though more subtle than usual, seen from the perspective of those around her. Arrive and ingratiate herself into the situation, help fix things (demonstrating an unusually wide breadth of skills and experience), and quietly fade out when people start asking the difficult questions.
Did ‘Tail Kinker’ know in advance of the plague and it’s cure? Was she determined to alter the timeline, just a little, for reasons of her own? Previously she impersonated a Starfleet engineering researcher and co-developed improvements in propulsion.
She could easily be inserted into a Who game, either as a Time Lord, renegade Time Agent or just someone with a mission.
A bit of a write up, based on a re-skim of the book.
aka Trickster aka Tail-Kinker to-Ennien aka Doctor Evan Wilson aka Lieutenant Martha Bodner.
Highly skilled in a variety of fields; she infiltrated a Starfleet research team and contributed to starship engineering, impressed McCoy with her medical skills, out-fenced Sulu, had few problems blending in to a strange planet and surviving in the wilderness and impressed Scot and Sulu with her piloting. On Sivaoa she learned the art of flint knapping quickly.
And she beat Spock's computer security, impressing even him. And presumably she, or someone working with her, can manipulate Starfleet records and communications to create her background and orders.
Traits.
Bio-Chemical Genius, Brave, Breaking & Entering, Charming, Face in the Crowd, Healer, Indomitable, Linguist, Quick Reflexes, Technically Adept, Voice of Authority.
Code of Conduct, Eccentric.
Appearance.
Seems to dress to blend in to the environment. Last seen in a lace shirt, blue trousers and knee boots and had the knife she acquired on Sivaoa.
Short wavy chestnut hair. Eyes the 'blue of a very hot flame'. Short, around 1.5m (she's as tall as the insignia on Kirk's tunic and Shatner is 1.77m)
Comments? Ideas? Suggestions?
Tail-Kinker to-Ennien
Years ago, Lt. Uhura befriended a diplomat from Eeiauo, the land of graceful, cat-like beings. The two women exchanged forbidden songs and promised never to reveal their secret.
While exchanging songs and stories of the various trickster gods of many planets and gaining the Sivaoan name of Tail-Kinker to-Ennien.
Appropriate really when it turns out that she’s an imposter.
At the end of the book the real Dr. Evan Wilson turns up and Spock reveals he’s had his suspicions, and that this is not the first time she’s done this. Finally Spock received a “catch me if you can” message from her.
- Interestingly Tail Kinker has her own transport, a small interstellar vessel (referred to as a ‘skiff’) named the Dr. James Barry. Scottie is quite taken by it. An appropriate name and one that perhaps should have given someone a hint earlier?.
- Barry, for those unfamiliar with this fascinating person, reached the equivalent of Brigadier in the British Army and served as a physician and military surgeon for fifty years. ‘He’ was born Margaret Ann Bulkley. Wiki.
It struck me that this is like the modus operandi of a certain meddlesome Time Lord, though more subtle than usual, seen from the perspective of those around her. Arrive and ingratiate herself into the situation, help fix things (demonstrating an unusually wide breadth of skills and experience), and quietly fade out when people start asking the difficult questions.
Did ‘Tail Kinker’ know in advance of the plague and it’s cure? Was she determined to alter the timeline, just a little, for reasons of her own? Previously she impersonated a Starfleet engineering researcher and co-developed improvements in propulsion.
She could easily be inserted into a Who game, either as a Time Lord, renegade Time Agent or just someone with a mission.
A bit of a write up, based on a re-skim of the book.
aka Trickster aka Tail-Kinker to-Ennien aka Doctor Evan Wilson aka Lieutenant Martha Bodner.Awareness | Coordination | Ingenuity | Presence | Resolve | Strength |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Athletics 4 | Convince 5 | Craft 3 | Fighting 4 [Quarterstaff, Fencing] | Knowledge 5 | Marksman 3 |
| Medicine 4 | Science 5 [Biology, Engineering] | Subterfuge 4 [Stealth] | Survival 3 | Technology 5 [Computers] | Transport 3 {Small spacesraft] |
Highly skilled in a variety of fields; she infiltrated a Starfleet research team and contributed to starship engineering, impressed McCoy with her medical skills, out-fenced Sulu, had few problems blending in to a strange planet and surviving in the wilderness and impressed Scot and Sulu with her piloting. On Sivaoa she learned the art of flint knapping quickly.
And she beat Spock's computer security, impressing even him. And presumably she, or someone working with her, can manipulate Starfleet records and communications to create her background and orders.
Traits.
Bio-Chemical Genius, Brave, Breaking & Entering, Charming, Face in the Crowd, Healer, Indomitable, Linguist, Quick Reflexes, Technically Adept, Voice of Authority.
Code of Conduct, Eccentric.
Appearance.
Seems to dress to blend in to the environment. Last seen in a lace shirt, blue trousers and knee boots and had the knife she acquired on Sivaoa.
Short wavy chestnut hair. Eyes the 'blue of a very hot flame'. Short, around 1.5m (she's as tall as the insignia on Kirk's tunic and Shatner is 1.77m)
Comments? Ideas? Suggestions?