Paradox Point

Starfleet Regulations       Prime Directive: The Universe shall not interfere with Starfleet.   Prime Excuse: The aliens made me do it.   Motto: To boldly go where angels fear to tread.   Dress Code: Red shirts die!   Foreign Policy: Let’s you and them fight.   Domestic Policy: You will be tolerated. Resistance is futile.   Technical Problem: Technobabble pollutes subspace.   Secret Weapon: Beam me outta here!   Secret Shame: Transporters replicate redshirts.

             Saga Of The Spook Duke           Outline of a fantasy historical play in 3 acts                Act One. Enter Edward de Vere, 17 th Earl of Oxford. He is cultured, well-travelled, well-spoken and imaginative. His Queen summons him to her secret service. Intrigue follows; espionage, secrets, lies, exposures, reversals, betrayals, swordfights and the knife in the back. In the end Elizabeth the First deprives him of title, lands, name, identity… but not life. He becomes a genuine ‘spook’; not merely a spy, but truly a restless spirit, neither alive nor dead. And what made the Virgin Queen grant so grim a reward, and the Earl accept it? I propose illicit love. His clever tongue got him into trouble, and then halfway out.           Act Two. The Spook Duke (yes, he’s an Earl, but Spook Duke rhymes) takes to d...