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Originally Posted by IcecreamLtDan
Wow Mr. Jordan, after reading some reviews and excerpts, it seems like these books would be right up my alley so I've taken the plunge and purchased them. As it turns out, I am an old school Star Trek fan and a huge Firefly fan so I'm looking forward to reading them.
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Yes, with that background you should feel right at home in the Kestral stories. I've mentioned before that the original inspiration for Kestral was the idea of a Star Trek universe spinoff, back when
Deep Space Nine was winding down, and Paramount was thinking about what to do next. I thought a series that finally explored the life of Federation citizens that
weren't members of Star Fleet would be a great direction that other shows had only scratched (
DS9 coming closest).
When I came to my senses and realized that I'd never get close enough to sell it to Paramount, I reworked the stories from a Trek universe to a more "realistic" universe in my opinion. And as it turned out, my more realistic universe turned out to have a lot of similarities to the
Firefly universe... so much so that I began wondering if Whedon had somehow hacked my PC! (Damned Alliance agents!)