Otter's Rock

startrekholidays just revealed! I wrote two fics, one assignment and one pinch hit. This fic I was happy to get because I love Lorian, and the whole idea of the other Enterprise that went back in time accidentally and became a generation ship just has so much possibility for fic in so many different ways, that I would love to see explored. (The same is also true of the time the Defiant from DS9 did the same thing.) I enjoyed the chance to write a "what if the older Enterprise survived" and may yet end up writing a sequel, because now I want to know what the elder T'Pol was doing and what would happen if she and Lorian went to Vulcan.



Title: Not Place, But People
Author: Beatrice_Otter
Characters: Trip Tucker, Lorian
Fandom: Star Trek: Enterprise
Rating: Gen
Length: 5057 words
Written For: paranoidangel in Star Trek Holidays 2022
Betaed by: VelvetMouse

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Trip leaned against the wall outside one of the many briefing rooms at Starfleet HQ and tried to occupy his mind with the latest paper put out by the Copernicus Institute on hypothetical designs for intermix chambers in warp engines. Nothing he could use on Enterprise, of course; the whole engine would have to be rebuilt, and probably the nacelles, too, but still fascinating.

It didn't work, of course. What was in the briefing room was far more interesting.

Also, it wasn't just his imagination. Everyone who walked by was giving him really weird looks. He nodded to a lieutenant who was side-eying him so hard she almost walked into a wall. The lieutenant blushed and scurried away.

( Obviously, all the gossip about the other Enterprise's crew—and just who Lorian's parents were—had already made it around HQ. Trip wondered if they'd tried to keep it quiet, or if it had been too big for that from the start. )

Lovely author, here is my theory about letters: how much detail people want in a letter is HIGHLY variable. Some people (such as myself) prefer if their recip gives LOTS of guidance on their wishes. Some prefer as little as possible so they can be free as a bird. Most are somewhere in between. So! Here's everything including the kitchen sink if you find it helpful, but feel free to ignore it if it is not helpful. I would rather get a story you were happy with than "well, she said she liked x, so I guess I have to do x even though I don't like x and/or am just not inspired that way."

I'm fairly easy to please; I've been doing ficathons for over a decade and am very rarely disappointed with my gifts. I write long and detailed Dear Author letters because I find such things helpful when I'm writing for other people; if you are like me, here you go! If your style is different and a detailed letter makes you feel hemmed-in, feel free to do what works for you.

The most important thing for me in a fic is that the characters are well-written and recognizably themselves. Even when I don't like a character, I don't go in for character-bashing. If nothing else, if the rest of this letter is too much or my kinks just don't fit yours, just concentrate on writing a story with everyone in character and good spelling and grammar and I will almost certainly love what you come up with.

One thing: I do have an embarrassment squick, which makes humor kind of hit-or-miss sometimes. The kind of humor where someone does something embarrassing and the audience is laughing at them makes me uncomfortable. On the other hand, the kind of humor where the audience is laughing with the characters I really enjoy.

Please no incest.

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