From: "Brian Dowling" (brian@hellion-prestel.co.uk) Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 21:36:24 +0100 Subject: Space1999: Cross-adventures Hi y'all, I saw a Star Trek:TNG and X-Men novel in a shop yesterday. On the bus back home I couldn't help but wonder how the author had managed to get those two groups together for a story. Remembering Philippa's TNG-1999 story, I started to get the seeds of another cross adventure. I've been having a big Cyberman phase recently, and I found myself trying to string together a Doctor Who - Cybermen - Space:1999 plotline. Not easy - first pick your Doctor, then the companion(s) and then your preferred Cybermen. Then try and get the timelines to converge, or develop some plausible excuse to get the protagonists together... Any hints or tips for this, my first attempt at serious (eh?) writing? Given how my last few ideas have collapsed quite wonderfully, this one might not get that far...
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 22:29:06 -0700 From: Mark Eidemiller (skylab@e-z4tag.net) Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures >I saw a Star Trek:TNG and X-Men novel in a shop yesterday. On the bus back >home I couldn't help but wonder how the author had managed to get those two >groups together for a story. Read the book (actually, the paperback book and the predeceding comic book) and thought it was done well. >Any hints or tips for this, my first attempt at serious (eh?) writing? Might I suggest this? I stumbled onto a web site called THE CROSSOVER UNIVERSE, which opens the crossover concept wide open. Some of the items they had on their site: * Superman in the Star Wars Universe * The Fantastic Four in Starfleet * Darth Vader versus Doctor Doom * Klingons versus Predators * The Borg visits the Terminator World * Wolverine versus Predators Check this out. Excellent site. Right now, they're not taking submissions, but maybe they might be persuaded to. Their URL is http://pages.prodigy.com/crossover.
From: "Ariana" (ariana6@usa4tag.net) Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 11:12:38 +0100 Talking about crossovers -- I've been pondering a plot for a DS9-1999 meeting (I write DS9 fanfic when inspiration strikes... well, everyone has to have some hobby :). Just picture it: the Bajoran wormhole opens, and out pops the Terran moon, torn out of its universe by the <technobabble> forces of the wormhole. I wonder if the Alphans would want to stay in the Star Trek universe (which is currently at war), or if they'd beg to be sent back off on their journey to nowhere? Speculation from die-hard Space 1999 fans would be welcome. :) Just food for thought... Emma
From: "Atomic Possum" (atomicpossum@toast4tea.net) Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 19:11:59 -0500 Personally, I think Koenig would take one look at them all, happy Politically Correct sots that they are, and think that they had entered an alternate universe where the Guardian of Piri had taken over ("Cabbages!"). Of course, that's just my unenlightened opinion. :-) Jon "Mr. Wonderful" Stadter
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 21:39:21 +0200 Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures From: Ekmar Brand (Ekmar.Brand@t-44-online.de) Where can I read SPACE: 1999 crossovers? Ekmar
From: "Brian Dowling" (brian@hellion-prestel.co.uk) Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 22:30:17 +0100 Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures My vague memory tells me that there is an MBA meets Enterprise TNG story somewhere... I don't think the Alphans would care for the Earth a la Star Trek - they would be regarded as part of some kind of freak show from the past which would only boost the Federation's "smug, superior and proud of it" ego. If the moon was headed towards the wormhole for the Gamma Quadrant, the Alphans would be in real trouble though... Would some of the DS9 crew want to go with the Alphans? Kira falls for Carter? Garak for Maya? Sisko for Helena? Could Federation technology bring Victor back from the cryogenic suspension he was put in when his heart failed? [A side plot someone thought up on-list a while back which I prefer to the sudden Y2 disappearance - was that you, Robert?] Would the Alphans take the opportunity to redesign their uniforms? Garak would come up with something way better than flares, methinks! :-) As for my crossover story, I'm almost certain that it will have Sylvester McCoy's Doctor and Ace as the time travellers, and fit in the Doctor Who chronology somewhere around Remembrance Of The Daleks and Silver Nemesis. It's a parallel universe thing, but I'm sure you know how picky we sci fi fans can be with continuity... :-) I hope it will fit just after the story posted a while back where Maya had just arrived and Tony was being very hostile and generally over aggressive in his duties. The arrival scene is almost written, but I'm having a few problems working Time Lord policies and Cybermen activity into the story to keep as close to Who canon as well as Space:1999 canon! Any hints, tips, suggestions, et al gratefully received! By the way... If you get the chance to see Thunder on their world tour, I urge you to go along. They're a great good-time rock n' roll band and you're in for a great time!
From: "Ariana" (ariana@ndirect4tea.co.uk) Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 14:37:07 +0100 Warning: this contains spoilers for season 6 of DS9 (in case anyone cares <g>) >My vague memory tells me that there is an MBA meets Enterprise TNG >story somewhere... I had a look for crossovers on the enormous alt.startrek.creative archive, but that didn't turn up anything. There are crossovers with everything from MASH to Highlander, but no Space 1999. Of course, I'm sure an ST/S19 crossover *has* been done before -- just not recently enough to be on the Web. >I don't think the Alphans would care for the Earth a la Star Trek - >they would be regarded as part of some kind of freak show from the past >which would only boost the Federation's "smug, superior and proud of it" ego. I do agree that there should be some conflict, or what's the point of the story? I can imagine Koenig and Sisko shouting each other into fisticuffs. In fact, I suspect the Alphans would think Sisko was completely nuts (I know I do! :). Helena would probably get on quite well with Bashir, and I can imagine Bashir, O'Brien and Carter enjoying a beer or two at Quark's (with possibly Verdeschi in tow?).
>If the moon was headed towards the wormhole for the Gamma Quadrant, the >Alphans would be in real trouble though... In my scenario, the moon comes out of the wormhole (which is responsible for the crossover in the first place -- useful little technobabble device, isn't it!) so it is actually on its way through Bajoran space and on toward Cardassia and the Federation/Dominion battle front. >Would some of the DS9 crew want to go with the Alphans? Kira falls for >Carter? Garak for Maya? Sisko for Helena? ROFL! I was thinking more about Odo and Maya spending a lot of time together comparing their metamorphic skills, with Tony and Kira fuming with jealousy on the sidelines. Unfortunately, the leading ladies are all taken in both series, though last I heard, Sandra was free, wasn't she? Hmm, maybe Doctor Bashir (only unattached officer on DS9) could take an interest in her... but since both characters bore me, I think I'll skip that. Of course the question of availability can be ignored and then the pairing possibilities are unlimited... but that would probably give rise to material better suited to the likes of alt.startrek.creative.erotica!. <g> I think most Space: 1999 fanfiction is a little more dignified! But I'm still pondering how things should turn out. Starfleet would probably have very little difficulty in diverting/stopping/destroying the Moon to end the Alphan's uncontrolled odyssey, and given the multitude of "M-class" planets in the Star Trek universe, there shouldn't be any trouble getting the Feds to grant the Alphans colonisation rights to some planet. OTOH, I seem to recall that the Alphans feel they have a mission to replenish the human race in their own universe to some extent -- perhaps Koenig would rather the Federation sent the Moon back to its own universe... but would the Feds agree, and would they be able to do it? >Could Federation technology bring Victor back from the cryogenic >suspension he was put in when his heart failed? [A side plot someone >thought up on-list a while back which I prefer to the sudden Y2 >disappearance - was that you, Robert?] Ooh! I hadn't heard about this theory, but I like that very, very much -- it would certainly give me an excuse to tether the Alphans to DS9 while Bashir performs his miracles. Plus, it would be an opportunity to use Maya and Victor concurrently (a favourite in S1999 fanfiction, I notice). I knew it was a good idea to bring this topic up here. >Would the Alphans take the opportunity to redesign their uniforms? >Garak would come up with something way better than flares, methinks! :-) I was thinking that, to the eyes of people on DS9, the Alphan uniforms would look like 23d-century Starfleet uniforms -- similar to those pyjamas everyone was wearing in Star Trek: The Motion Picture! But I can just imagine Garak following the Alphans around -- "Now, Commander, if you would be so kind as to stand still while I measure your in-seam..." >It's a parallel universe thing, but I'm sure you know how picky we sci >fi fans can be with continuity... :-) I've been hanging around sci fi fans long enough to know all about that! ;) >I hope it will fit just after the story posted a while back where Maya >had just arrived and Tony was being very hostile and generally over >aggressive in his duties. Which one was that? BTW, is there an actual archive of Space 1999 stories, or are they all at space1999.net? Righto, Emma
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 11:37:44 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ellen C. Lindow" (sfdxb@scfn-thpl-lib.fl.us) Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures There are a few 1999 crossover stories. The only one on the web that I know if is Phillipa Sidle's story. It's terrific. I've written a 1999/UFO crossover (mainly because so many of you said it couldn't be done), but the only person currently on the list who has read it is Monica. If anyone else would like to read it, I'll email it to you. Within the next week or so, I may try to put it on the web. It happens to be on my home directory right now, so if you would like an email copy -- it's about 40K--I'll send it out right away. There is a print zine that Terry has published that is totally devoted to crossovers. Some are 1999, others are Mission:Impossible. They include a 1999/Gunsmoke, 1999/Lost in Space, MI/Phantom of the Opera, MI/Avengers, MI/Murder She Wrote. If you're interested in this zine, Terry's email address is Susan.M.Bowers@uwrf.edu
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 22:20:13 -0700 From: Mark Eidemiller (skylab@e-z4tea.net) Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures >done), but the only person currently on the list who has read it is >Monica. If anyone else would like to read it, I'll email it to you. Now remember, the address is skylab@e-z.net - I'll be checking every hour on the hour.....(OUCH! OK, Karen!)....okay, maybe once a day, then. >1999/Gunsmoke, 1999/Lost in Space, MI/Phantom of the Opera, MI/Avengers Space 1999 and Gunsmoke....? The mind boggles. (Your stungun, Marshall Dillon!) But I can accept the idea of Mission Impossible with the Avengers (I hope you mean Steed and Peel, not Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America). With the new Avengers movie to come out soon, that's going to be interesting. Later, all.
From: David Acheson (dkach@hotmail4tea.com) Subject: Space1999: Cross-overs and what not Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 10:39:39 EDT Its interesting reading the recent cross-over talk. Personally Ellen, I believe a 1999 and UFO cross-over is the most do-able of them all. Even though 1999 was created as a separate project, it was built out of the ashes of an attempt to continue on with an updated UFO. There could easily be a place on Alpha for Shado. As for the DS9 cross-over, I find this interesting too. I have always believed DS9 was the best of the four TREK series. Most fans of the TREK universe would disagree but it is for the reasons they don't care for it that I love it. Its darker and grittier than the goody-goody universe of Roddenberry's. However, the earlier years were better. I don't watch much of it anymore. I had to laugh though at first because before DS9 was launched my cousin and I had great doubts about a TNG spin-off. We kept calling it STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE 1999. How about that for a title for a cross-over story. I like the moon and wormhole storyline but feel that it should end with the moon going back to its universe. I guess fandom demands Victor to be brought back so I can't say anything about that. There were mention of cross-overs just recently with other unlikely candidates which sound awfully scary. How does GUNSMOKE fit into a sci-fi storyline? Anyone for LOST IN SPACE: 1999? I can imagine Doctor Smith on Alpha. I couldn't blame Koenig ordering Maya to transform into something to finish him off. Then again we could just serve him Tony's beer? And can you imagine THREE'S COMPANY on Alpha? Alan shares a living quarter with Tanya and Sandra. And Don Knotts as the chief of the living quarter section. Egads! Or a Moonbase Alpha soap-opera in the style of KNOT'S LANDING? Love and intrigue in outer space. As for more serious cross-over ideas? BABYLON FIVE is the current big one on TV. Or LOGAN'S RUN on a post-BREAKAWAY Earth? Or SLIDERS - although I have never watched it yet. I must say it is interesting seeing the creativity of the show's fans. Keep it up!
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 22:40:47 -0700 From: Mark Eidemiller (skylab@e-z4tea.net) Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-overs and what not >There could easily be a place on Alpha for Shado. Yes, yes, yes......"It was a dark and cloudless night......." >Or a Moonbase Alpha soap-opera in the style of >KNOT'S LANDING? Love and intrigue in outer space. I can see it now....."The Young and the Weightless." John Koenig pracically leapt up from his desk. "What do you mean, the Ewings just bought Moonbase Alpha! We don't have any oil up here!" "Don't argue with me, argue with the new owner....." All eyes shifted to the doors. He strode in with a stun gun on his hip and a stetson on his head. His eyes took in all around him - lingering a moment longer on the females in the Command Center - as he calmly sauntered over to Koenig's desk and brazenly sat behind it. "The name's Ewing, gentlemen. Commander J. R. Ewing, at your service. The first thing we're going to do is transport that dirty ol' nuclear waste from Area One to a new location.....on Earth.....right next door to my good ol' friend Cliff Barnes." He smiled like the snake he was, leaned back, and put two cowboy-booted feet on top of the desk. "Any questions?" >As for more serious cross-over ideas? BABYLON FIVE is the current big >one on TV. Or LOGAN'S RUN on a post-BREAKAWAY Earth? Or SLIDERS - >although I have never watched it yet. I must say it is interesting >seeing the creativity of the show's fans. Keep it up! Imagine a small wormhole appearing on Alpha, and four people plop down roughly into the corridor. They look around at the ring of stunguns leveled at them, and the black man in the group comments, "I think we made another wrong turn, guys." Or, what about something with QUANTUM LEAP? Into Koenig at the moment he faces Commander Simmons? Or, if we really want to get interesting, how about Space:1999 encountering the crew from Fireball XL5 (I mean, marionettes)? The mind boggles.....must continue reading mail. Later....
From: Ariana (ariana6@usa4tea.net) Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-overs and what not Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 22:02:54 +0100 >was launched my cousin and I had great doubts about a TNG spin-off. We >kept calling it STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE 1999. How about that for a title >for a cross-over story. I thought about that too, but then decided it was too obvious for a "serious" story -- it would be absolutely great for a parody, though! The working title for my crossover is "A New Moon Over Bajor", though it might change, given that I doubt Bajor will feature much in the story at all. >I like the moon and wormhole storyline but feel >that it should end with the moon going back to its universe. That does seem to be the concensus here, and I guess it makes sense to disassociate the two universes at the end of the story. I'll see how the story goes (if it goes at all). >sci-fi storyline? Anyone for LOST IN SPACE: 1999? I can imagine Doctor >Smith on Alpha. I couldn't blame Koenig ordering Maya to transform into >something to finish him off. Then again we could just serve him Tony's >beer? ROFL! :) Hmm... I suppose this means I'd better get on and start the story, then, now I know its potential audience a bit better... :) Emma
Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 23:47:03 From: David Welle (dwelle@online-dct.com) Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures How about Space: 1999 and the X-Files? Near the end of writing "The Transfer," it occurred to me there was a possibility of another story story that tangled S19 and XF, albeit in an odd way. I've even wrote several pages to start it out, and dubbed it with a title (well, a couple possible ones, anyway) of "Psi-Files" or "The Psi-File" (no, "psi" isn't quite what you think, either -- then again, is anything in the X-Files what you think it is? :-) I'm still not sure I'm really serious about writing the story, though I do enjoy reading some cross-adventures. Philippa's S19/STNG was particularly good, and Terry Bowers has published quite a few as well. I wrote a short story that crossed S19 and 2001:ASO, BTW. It's at MetaForms (my site) under "Fan Fiction."
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 01:05:33 From: David Welle (dwelle@online-dct.com) Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-overs and what not >Or, what about something with QUANTUM LEAP? >Into Koenig at the moment he faces Commander Simmons? Funny you should mention that, because I've been writing a crossover parody (of all things) on and off, and at one point have "Sam" leap into an Alphan, though it's not Koenig. BTW, didn't Sam Beckett first start out from the year 1999? My gosh, I just remembered how much fun I had while writing the crossover parody. I should dig out out a section.
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 01:27:49 From: David Welle (dwelle@online-dct.com) Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures >BTW, is there an actual archive of Space 1999 >stories, or are they all at space1999.net? There is no single archive of stories. Most are at space1999.net, though I also have two of my S19 novels on the web as well. Anyone interested can check the "Fan Fiction" link at my site. I do not know of any other sites for S19 fan fiction.
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 01:43:13 From: David Welle (dwelle@online-dct.com) Subject: Fan Fiction (was Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures) (Er, ug, here's an example of the problem with me and late-night notes :-) >There is no single archive of stories. Most are at space1999.net, though I >also have two of my S19 novels on the web as well. Anyone interested can >check the "Fan Fiction" link at my site. The second sentence should have started "most fan stories that are on the web are at space1999.net" (forgot the "that are on the web" part). There are other S19 stories in *print*, that can be ordered and sent through "snail mail." The best place to start finding out how is with George Eichler's S9FAN. See the following Cybrary address (always a good reference source) for extensive info on what S9FAN is and how to contact it: http://www.cybrary1999.com/S9FAN.htm Hope that helps. Time to crawl off to sleep now, ----David
From: Petter Ogland (petter-ogland@dnmi.no) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:45:59 +0000 Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures Mark Eidemiller wrote: > But I can accept the idea of Mission Impossible with the Avengers (I hope > you mean Steed and Peel, not Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America). With > the new Avengers movie to come out soon, that's going to be interesting. The original SPACE:1999 was modeled on 2001, but as the characters in 2001 have no more character than insects, HAL9000 seems symptomatically to have the greatest range of emotions of all, a TV series adapted directly from 2001 would have very minor chances for survival with the TV medium, I suppose. The strike of genius with SPACE:1999 then, I feel, is that while keeping the visuals and the general philosophy of the series as close to 2001 as possible, we were given not only mind-breaking visuals but also exposure to the philosophy of 2001 in a format adapted for TV. This is especially so in the episodes written by Penfold and di Lorenzo, I feel, some of them very close in spirit to 2001. After 24 episodes about warnings on how man is becoming alienated in the 21st century, how mankind is a virus in the universe, how we are a missing link between apes and machines etc., obviously ITC and perhaps others too felt a bit omnious as to how well such a concept would sell for a second series. What they decided to do was then to make a cross-adventure between SPACE:1999 and STAR TREK, perhaps also crossing with certain Hanna Barbara shows like THE NEW SCOOBY DOO ADVENTURES and JOSIE THE CAT IN OUTER SPACE as new producer Fred Freiberger seems to have been greatly enthusiastic about making use of his experience with these. Personally I believe some of the cross-over themes mentioned in recent discussions could have been much more satisfying. I especially find the MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE hybrid interesting, as the type of characters in this show, already portrayed by Landau and Bain, comes across much closer to the original SPACE:1999 than the STAR TREK and Hanna Barbera material. This is the way I see it anyway. Much of the team effort, for instance, that was inherit in the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE series, and the constant fight against time could have integrated tremendously with SPACE:1999, I feel. In many of the SACE:1999 episodes there are round table conferences, much like the early sequences in the MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE episodes, and if the Koenig solo efforts had been somewhat reduced, giving him more the type of personality of Peter Graves' Mr. Phelbs, this could perhaps have contributed to making the series both more realistic and popular. Well, difficult to say actually, but anyway, if one were to add more to a claustrophobic style with more action oriented adventure, personally I found MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE a much more enjoyable show than STAR TREK when being exposed to both series in the late sixties and early seventies. There would of course be a problem with characterisation, though, as MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE had significantly less focus on character than SPACE:1999, but combining the two could have been an interesting experiment, I think, at least as a thought-experiment. Petter
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 21:15:04 +0000 From: Mike Lynch (Mike-Lynch@bigfoot4tag.com) Organization: LSRO Subject: Space1999: Yet even more cross-overs All of this talk of cross-overs had me thinking this morning about a cross-over between my all-time favorite film saga and Space:1999... ALIENS & Space:1999 I admit that this would be an extremely apocalyptic mix, and would most certainly spell certain doom for our heroic Alphans. I mean, lets look at this realistically: Moonbase Alpha is just not equipped or prepared to deal with such a situation as swarming, chitinous, death-breeding Xenomoprhs. The scenario would be a relatively easy one to create: Alpha comes across an abandoned ship drifting through space. They dispatch an Eagle, or two, to investigate. Once on board Carter informs Alpha that there seems to be nobody home and they are going to proceed (with caution - as per Koenig's instructions) into the rest of the ship. Enter previously unknown character (possibly named Johnson). They make a few uninteresting remarks about the bleakness of the ship, and then report to Carter (via commlock) that he's found some strange pods clustered together. Another previously unknown character urges Johnson to be careful as he begins to examine the "pods." Johnson retorts something to the effect of: "Careful is my middle name" and he is quickly attacked by a facehugger as it bursts from the egg he was just leering over. The examination of the ship is cut short as the remaining Alphans haul Johnson's body back to Medical for Helena to examine. The story would then progress pretty much as expected: Johnson dies a horrible death (that we don't see due to televisions sensory guides) The Alien disappears down a corridor and is lost Helena is in shock and sobs for a few scenes, but quickly regains her composure to help track down the intruder Personnel begin to disappear at a rapid rate and no one knows exactly why, but Koenig is certain that the Alien's responsible. Carter and an unknown Security guard are wandering through the base looking for the last member of Alpha to disappear (it was somewhere in the vicinity of Hydroponics) They find the door to the primary Hydroponics farm jammed, but with some fancy laser work Carter gets the door opened (i.e. - shoots out the door controls) They marvel at the intricate resinous structures that have "grown," when they attempt to report it to Koenig they get nothing but static... they venture in further. After a few moments of the two of them making comments about the "growth" they notice two bodies encased in a wall of the resin (both are dead with gaping holes in their chests... of course). As Carter and the unnamed Security guard begin to back out of Hydroponics a large black alien pounces on the Security guy and pops him though the forehead with it's secondary jaws (we also don't see this bit of gore... TV). Carter trips and two more aliens descend towards him (fade to commercial.)... ...We return to Carter facing certain doom as he clambers backwards towards the door with two drooling Aliens closing fast. Tony and a squad of Guards open fire on the two Xenomorphs with their guns set to "Kill" Carter lunges through the door and looks back to see the Aliens just "shake off" the effects of the blast and begin to quickly bound toward the door. Tony shoots the door controls and the Aliens are sealed in (when all else fails: shoot the controls!). Curious as to how Tony knew where to look for him Carter pauses a moment to ask and to catch his breath. Tony informs him that their last known position was in Hydroponics, and when the Commander attempted to reach him all he got was static. Concerned for the safety of the base Koenig suggests destroying Hydroponics, but quickly realizes that doing so would mean killing all of Alpha (no Hydroponics = no food). Maya suggests depressurizing the primary farm to suffocate them - this will still leave the secondary farms still intact and capable of producing sufficient rations until the primary farm is repaired. Two more men we don't know are ordered to breach the outer wall of the primary farm from outside the base. Everyone if the Command Center watches nervously as the two men drill through the wall. There is a small bursts of air and one of the men notifies Koenig that they've broken through the outer wall. Just as he finishes the statement the second man in the team is grabbed by a large black hand that shoots through the now open wall. In a moment of heroics the first member of the team attempts to help is team mate break free of the alien claw. As he's doing so four more black talon-tipped hands emerge at the edge of the whole and begin to rip it open further. Ultimately the hole is torn open and both men are pulled into the now pressureless Hydroponics farm. The Aliens (we don't know how many there are, but we can assume that there are many) move from the Hydroponics farm through the air ducts and work their way into the lower levels of Alpha - eventually settling in the catacombs. Koenig and crew know that he Aliens have left Hydroponics because their tearing through the sealed air ducts caused decompression in several surrounding areas. Sandra, in a moment of clarity (she's been quite hysterical up to now) mentions to Tony that if the creatures are in the catacombs they could use atomic charges to collapse the ceilings and crush them. Tony and Koenig like the idea, but Maya points out that this will only work if they do not nest directly below any structures of the base. A quick and cautious check of the catacombs proves that the Aliens have, in fact, set up nest directly below the Water Recycling Plant. During this investigation (headed by Maya... of course) Maya gets a rather good look at the Alien Queen, and in a flash gets the idea to change herself into a Queen to lure the Aliens away from their current position. Tony and Koenig aren't thrilled with the prospect, but realize that this is their best route. Ordering a team of geologist to plant the charges over the designated trap Koenig sets the plan in motion. But, as Maya and her team head back to the relative safety of the Command Center a swarm of Aliens moves in and captures the majority of the team (the others were killed in the scuffle). (fade to commercial...) ...Maya comes to and finds herself a prisoner in the Alien nursery. She shakes off the bleakness and realizes that her commlock is buzzing - it's Tony, and the charges are all most set. Maya looks down to see the top of an egg positioned on the floor beneath here. Another glance around shows the surviving members of her team also encased in the walls, but all are in the clutches of the vile facehuggers. Putting 2 and 2 together she quickly understands her fate, but not having the time (or patience) to wait for her turn she transforms into the Queen and breaks free from the wall. Heading out of the nest and toward the designated area Maya lumbers through the narrow corridors. In confusion the Aliens and real Queen follow her lead. Waiting at the trap are Tony, Koenig, and Helena - they are all peering down nervously through the escape "hatch" that has been drilled through the ceiling of the trap... Tony yells for Maya. With a good lead on the Aliens Maya leads them further and further away from Alpha structures. Once she reaches the trap she holds her shape to keep the chase up. The Aliens see here and charge, she changes back to her normal state and is pulled through the "hatch" by Koenig and Helena - Tony lets a large lead plate fall over the opening once Maya is safe. Once back in the base Koenig orders Sandra to "push the button" Everything shakes, ceiling panels fall, people are thrown everywhere, computers spark, the catacombs collapse, and we hear the screeching of dying Aliens under the mounds of rubble. Alpha is saved. Security teams are dispatched to destroy the remaining eggs, and life on Alpha goes back to "normal." Mike Lynch
From: Mark Meskin (plastic.gravity@newrock4tag.com) Subject: Re: Space1999: Yet even more cross-overs Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 20:30:09 -0500 The truly weird part is that this would have been better than most any Y2 episode....... I like it............. Mark
From: "Ariana" (ariana@ndirect-co.uk) Subject: Re: Space1999: Cross-adventures Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 16:26:32 +0100 >I do not know of any other sites for S19 fan fiction. If there is a need, I can easily organise one myself, since I have plenty of Web space and some experience in the matter (I maintain a couple of STDS9 archives and indexes). But maybe there isn't such a big demand? Or maybe I'm just looking for an excuse to make a Space 1999 page. ;) BTW, I enjoyed "The Transfer" very much -- it was a wonderful introduction to S19 fanfic. I'll be tackling "The Law of Indirection" next, and then moving on to Philippa Sidlow's TNG crossover (though I might reserve that until I've made more progress with my own clash between the S19 and the ST universe ;). Emma
From: ARIMMR@aol4tea.com Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 15:16:13 EDT Subject: Re: Space1999: ufo/space 1999 crossover I was checking out a ufo website and found this space 1999/ufo crossover called alien http://www.pacifier.com/~rclaude/library/alien.html
From: Ariana (ariana@ndirect-co.uk) Subject: Re: Space1999: ufo/space 1999 crossover Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:18:52 +0100 I'm getting quite keen on my idea of a Space:1999 fanfiction page now, and seeing this UFO fanfic page is just further encouragement. I wouldn't necessarily store all the stories on my site, especially since some authors have their own pages, and I think it would be best to link to their sites (it would increase their hits and all that :). The idea would be to include a brief synopsis and some details like Year or if it's a crossover. You can see the sort of list I have in mind at http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~ariana/trek/romance/card.htm (although with completely different material and a different look, of course). OTOH, I don't want to be stomping on anyone's toes or forging ahead on my own, so if someone thinks this is a bad idea, let me know. Emma
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:50:14 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ellen C. Lindow" (sfdxb@scfn-thpl-lib.fl.us) Subject: Re: Space1999: ufo/space 1999 crossover go for it Emma, the more fan fic out there, the better! I'm thinking of putting some more of my stories on the web this summer, and could link up with your site.
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 18:40:03 -0300 From: Monica Maria Chagas Pereira (nick@msm4tag.com.br) Subject: Space1999: Re: FAN FICTION PAGE!!! Hello, fellow Alphans. I just can't think of a better idea than a S99 Fanfic Page!!! Way to go, EMMA. By the way, I'm already reading alien.html. Thanx 4 the tip! Also, I can't hardly wait for ELLEN LINDOW's Web page. We really need some new stories! (Will they be new for me, too, ELLEN?) Let's also contact Terry, Philippa, Becky and all the other authors and get this show on the road!!!
From: Ariana (ariana@ndirect4tea.co.uk) Subject: Re: Space1999: Re: FAN FICTION PAGE!!! Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 22:16:55 +0100 That sounds good to me. I'm working on the layout for the moment, though it'll only be a temporary one until I get enough S19 elements to make the page look really good. Once I have that sorted out, it'll be the sometimes tedious job of entering all the stories I've come across so far, and in particular, writing *synopses* for those that don't already have them. Fortunately, it isn't *too* large a body of work (for the moment ;) so it shouldn't take too long. I hope to have something up by the time I go on holiday at the end of the week. Thanks all for the support! Emma
From: ARIMMR@aol4tag.com Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 20:14:16 EDT Subject: Re: Space1999: Re: FAN FICTION PAGE!!! I also know of another fan fiction site that has stuff for almost every show ever done.I believe David Welles has a space 1999 link on it right now. It would be great if we could get all the sites and fan fiction in one place like this. http://members.aol.com/ksnicholas/fanfic/fanzine.html lynn laakso
From: "Ariana" (ariana@ndirect4tag.co.uk) Subject: Space1999: Fan Fiction Archive up and running Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 10:21:18 +0100 Hello fellow Alphans! I've completed the Space:1999 fan fiction archive I promised last week -- or at least a first draft of it!There are probably a lot of things missing, and so far the list can't really be called an archive, since nothing is actually stored on my site. But I hope it's a promising start! The direct URL is http://www.alpha.ndirect.co.uk/s1999/ Special thanks to Robert Ashley Ruiz for allowing me to use his round cornered rectangles. ;) Let me know what you think of the page so far -- comments suggestions etc welcome... but don't expect a response until after June 22, since I'm going back home to France for happy hols on Friday. (with my boyfriend, who's planning on watching the non-stop football on the telly... aaargh! :) Emma =============================================== For Star Trek and Space:1999 fan fiction visit: http://www.alpha.ndirect.co.uk/ ===============================================