[dogscoff]

OK, it took me an entire day but I have just read the entire thing end to end. I editted out all the non-story Posts and comments, so I have a few questions which may have been answered before:

1> Where didi the Romulans come from? First contact was never recorded.
2> What exactly is the status with the Texrak at the moment. There was something about relations turning sour, but presumably they are still allies. Did they have contact with any of the other races?

Anyway, I've thoroughly enjoyed it, although I was a lttle disappointed at times when you rushed through certain parts, presumably because of RL pressures. That only seemed to happen near the beginning though, so that's OK=-) The thing I like most about it is that you genuinely don't know what will happen next: in most scifi/ fiction in general, you can be pretty sure that the good guys will win and the major characters will all survive. Here we have absolutely no idea what will happen.

Anyway, thanks for the story. I'm off now to read the Hevdorah, the portfolion and start chapter 19 of O&C...