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Nominations without objections
Breakdowns
Breakdowns - Book 7
Breakdowns is the seventh volume in the print omnibus collection of the eBook series Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers. It collects eBooks 25-28, entitled Home Fries, Age of Unreason, Balance of Nature, and Breakdowns; stories which cover the SCE crew of the USS da Vinci dealing with the aftermath of the catastrophic Galvan VI incident, where half of the ship's complement were killed. While the da Vinci undergoes repairs, the crew attempts to put their lives back together.
Home Fries follows Domenica Corsi's trip home to Fahleena III, accompanied by Fabian Stevens, and her relationship with her long-estranged father, the captain of a cargo company.
Age of Unreason follows Carol Abramowitz, Bart Faulwell, and Soloman as they try to prevent a civil war on Vrinda. Carol is asked to host the ceremony that will begin a truce between the two warring powers, a ceremony involving an expression of honest, naked emotion, something she has never been particularly comfortable doing, especially after the events of Galvan VI.
Balance of Nature follows P8 "Pattie" Blue's trip home while her world is confronting a crisis that threatens the Nasat's very existence.
Breakdowns follows Captain David Gold, as he contacts the families of the twenty-three members of his crew who died under his command to give his personal apologies, and Commander Sonya Gomez, dealing with the loss of Kieran Duffy, who had asked her to marry him before dying at Galvan VI.
One of the most complete "book" pages I've seen, including "Ghosts". - Archduk3 23:15, April 2, 2015 (UTC)
- Comment: I'm always wary of novel articles as Featured Articles since a lot of the content is simply copied material from the book jacket or lists of characters. They very rarely bring anything new to the table that I personally would consider "the best example of Memory Alpha's work". That said, if all the information on the novel is there then I suppose it is as complete as it's ever going to get. I'm going to think on this for a little while and will return to post my vote in due course. --| TrekFan Open a channel 14:33, April 3, 2015 (UTC)
- Comment: As we only give the SCE omnibuses their own pages and the individual ebooks redirect over to them, each sub-book should contain the "back cover blurb" at the start of its section. -- sulfur (talk) 14:55, April 3, 2015 (UTC)