Melissa's Stories Page
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I'm beginning this page with a tribute to the late Jim Bagshaw. I'd written with him for several years, starting on the Starbase 4 list and continuing through ISF (Imperial Starfleet), SSP (Space Station Phoenix), and the USS Northampton. Unfortunately during most of that time I didn't have the disk space to save a lot of things.
Starbase 4, the first game we were on together, eventually merged with the USS Lincoln and the remnants of the two groups moved to the USS Sequoia.
This piece was from the Sequoia list, and was in fact the last one Jim and I co wrote before his death. Jim wrote the part of Caine and I wrote Landry.
After a series of incidents on the Sequoia results in the death of a crew member, Lt Josepha Landry and Lcdr Kwai Chang Caine get some time alone to have "A Quiet Talk"
James "Jim" Bagshaw. January 21, 1965-February 24, 1999.
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This next group of stories was co written by "Alex" and myself. At one time, there was a link to his website here, but I've lost touch with him, and his site has disappeared. If that ever changes, I'll update this note.
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A San Francisco club with a rather unusual clientele--and their holiday celebration was equally unusual. Come and spend "Christmas Eve at the Haven"
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In 1966, Melissa Crane was a typical teenager in a small Wisconsin town. Like so many other girls her age, she went to school, hung out with her friends, fought with her parents...and had a boyfriend. However, Melissa's choice in that last area would change her life forever.
In 1986, Major Morgan Parafaith, USAF, was sent to Area 51 to conduct an investigation into a captured alien vessel. The results of that trip would bring him and Melissa together in a way neither would have ever expected: "The Parafaith Option".
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In 2376, Melissa Crane (previously seen in "Parafaith Option") came to station Deep Space Three, on a mission of her own, a mission that turned out to be tied to her past in more ways than one. On the station, she had an unexpected "Encounter" with Ambassador Alexander Rockwell, who was a rather unusual sort himself.
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Three rather unusual young people come to San Francisco to "Search" for the answers to a mystery surrounding one of them.
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An attack by terrorists on a group of special young people leads to "The Battle of the OK Campground"
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Fifteen year old Micah Perry already knew he was different from everyone else. But when your people are descended from seventeenth century Puritans, being different doesn't go over very well. This "Trial"was the result.
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Lissa Kane was used to fighting, she was Maquis and had been doing it all her life. But when she found herself "AWOL" (Absent Without Leave) and trapped in a world not her own, she had to join forces with a rather odd mix of people for a chance to escape...and one of those was her most hated enemy.
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When Lt Julia Licinia suddenly found herself ordered to the USS Lexington, she'd wondered why. It had been her first posting in a year, and the reasons why still haunted her. A talk with the Counsellor was the first step towards finding escape from "Dark Memories"
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From the files of the USS Defender...
Dr Jason Keeler was just coming off a 48 hour stretch in Sickbay, after an encounter with hostile aliens had left some of the crew injured. He thought the worst was over, when he finally headed for bed. However, his "Nightmare"was just beginning.
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Club singer Sarah Taylor, a mortal, came to Seattle in search of her vanished lover--a lover who was one of the vampire Kindred. A chance encounter with one of Seattle's vampire leaders, Eletria, a powerful woman who wanted to know how it was a mortal had in her possession an emblem of her clan, led to this conversation, and some "Revelations"
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These next two tales were from Gothik, a city inhabited by vampires, werewolves, and other denizens of the World of Darkness.
David's sire Melisande had been executed as a traitor within hours of Embracing him. Since then David had struggled to find his place in the clan. "The Education of David Gray"
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In October of 1998, Brujah vampire Susan Harper arrived in Gothik, Maine. Where did she come from, though? Here's "Susan's Story"
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Sonya had been Embraced into the dreaded Sabbat--but after two hundred years, she was finally freed from the thrall of her demonic Sire, Joshuan. However, she couldn't escape the memories... "Sonya Remembers"
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Tales from the USS Defiant, which later became Task Force Defiant:
Kamiana Tyrrel had only been on the Defiant a short time. Then a chance meeting with the rather enigmatic Intelligence Officer led to their finding out "What Lies Within"
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It started out as a romantic evening. Then Kamiana found herself in "Imperial Entanglements"
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Still later in the life of Kamiana Tyrrel came this story, "Shattered Dreams"
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Kamiana had to confront a piece of her past in this story "In the Name of the Light"
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When Selene Gaudreau joined the crew of the USS James Tiptree, Jr., she never expected to get caught up in an ages old conflict. Then she met the Bodhi...and someone else. Thus she became a witness to "The Debate"
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A collection of photos of my characters can be foundhere
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