The Edge of Midnight

“We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.”  – Lyndon B. Johnson, circa 1965 earth calendar. The Reform Programme stands on the brink of collapse, as the Wescott government makes every gamble it can to get the crucial votes it needs to survive. Read more at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/th...

“Can someone tell me how we missed  another  coup?” - Ken Wescott. The tottering government of Chancellor Lornak falls to the new, military order of "The Thought Admiral of the People": Sturka. Read more at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project...

"The Parachute Officer – a young human woman – met the Ambassador at the steps. She was a little better turned out than our marines, but not by much; her rifle barrel was charred black at the end, and a scabbed gash on her head looked fresh.  But when Calax’Zi appeared, she clicked her heels and saluted like the best of them. The President-Elect stared at her for a moment, then pulled her int...

"The moral crisis we face cannot be fought by police action. It cannot be fought with phasers. It is a time to act in this council and their sub-councils, and the planetary governments and courts. It will be fought in this room, by this government: and it is a battle that I intend to win." Wescott clashes with the government of Benecia over civil rights: as Redshirts clash with protestors, the ref...

“Mister Wescott look and see, Is there a reform in your bill for me? I been waiting a long, long time. Since I cast that vote of mine!” -  Please Mister Wescott, 2263. As a new Federation government grasps with the consequences of social and constitutional reform, the Klingon Empire enters a new, dangerous phase of political violence. Read more at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Downlo...

"Our goal is not the victory of might, but the vindication of right - not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, both in the Beta quadrant, and, we hope, around the galaxy."   – Ken Wescott. A new, unsure President must gamble everything to prevent total war with the Klingon Empire. Read more at ⁠⁠⁠ https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠⁠...

" I think I've had all the fill of Armageddon for one lifetime." ​ - Sairose Fitzpatrick. Over Acamar, a total war is imminent. Everyone - Klingon, Starfleet and Politican - is willing to risk everything to ensure victory. Only one person will actually take the risk, however, and push the quadrant that much closer to disaster. Read more at  ⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUS...

Storm clouds gather over the planet of Acamar as Starfleet races to prevent the establishment of a Klingon foothold in their back yard. Read more at  ⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from  ⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at  ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/EoMProject Opening/Closing Music "Chasing Da...

“Flew from Beta Rigel VI TOAC Didn't get to bed last night, All the way my bat'leth was on my knee, Man, I've had a dreadful flight   I'm back in the KSSR, You don't know how lucky you are, boys: Back in the KSSR!” ­ – Romanticistic Rock band “The Quin-tles”, 2262 The Klingons strike back in the trade war; meanwhile, the passage of power in the Federation sets the stage for a c...

“An embargo if necessary, but not necessarily an embargo.”  –Peter Broadhurst  Outmatched by the Klingon fleet, the Federation flexes its economic muscles across the quadrant. Read more at  ⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from  ⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at  ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/EoMProjec...

“A scrimmage in a Border Station --   A canter down some dark defile -- Two thousand pounds of education   Drops to a ten-rupee jezail -- The Crammer's boast, the Squadron's pride, Shot like a rabbit in a ride!”    -    Rudyard Kipling,  Arithmetic on the Frontier As the 2260s begin, both the Federation and the Klingon Empire prepare for the next stage of the Cold War. Read more at  ⁠⁠http...

“It’s only fair the nobility gets hung from lampposts. If we don’t do it, Sturka will.”  – Savan joke. As the might of Klingon central power is turned on the rebels, the Federation prepares for the long, twilight struggle ahead. Read more at  ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from  ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠ Follow The Edge of Mid...

“Klingons don’t do revolutions. At least, I thought they didn’t.”  – Matthew Decker. As Starfleet reels from the disaster at Caleb IV, Klingon social strife boils over into open revolt. Read more at  ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from  ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html⁠ Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at  ⁠https://twitter.com/EoMP...

"I'm starting realise 'we come on peace' only means something if they're clear that we can kick their ass." - Matthew Decker, apochyphal. The Klingon Empire turns its eyes to the Suliban Diaspora. Starfleet plots a counter-stroke: but will it be enough? Read more at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://edgeofmidnig...

“Caleb IV was an avoidable tactical disaster, but an unavoidable operational one. Thank god it happened when it did. ” –  Angella Fukuhara Starfleet suffers a grim backhand blow in the Undivae-Caleb system, as the Imperial Klingon Navy demonstrates its power. Read more at  ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/⁠ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from  ⁠https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-ri...

“The impact of escalated Orion piracy...can be understood as nothing less than a  complete and irrevocable upheaval . If a disaster is to be averted, Starfleet must acknowledge and comprehend the scale of the Strategic Earthquake in the Disputed Area as soon as possible.” - The Holland Report. Klingon Command faces a crisis which seemed to have no solution. “I think it is safe to say that these ar...

“What does peace mean to the Klingon Empire? Nothing. It is a concept they have no use for, or real understanding of – even all their words for it were conquered from the languages of their subjects.” – Ambassador Robert Fox, 2265 It is safe to say that very few people understood the Klingon Empire at the end of the 2250s. The reasons why are much harder to summarise. Read more at https://edgeofmi...

“ I’ll be honest, Ken, I deserved that .” - President Barreuco, to Kenneth Wescott, after losing the Vote of No Confidence, April 4th, 2258 " You have asked us to come together behind a united cause: behind a common belief. I think I know what that common belief is: that you have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, Madam President, and let us have done with you. In t...

“ When a President loses a war, there are consequences where they want them or not. When a President refuses to admit he lost the war because he was afraid to lead, they deserve the consequences.” - Sarek of Vulcan Read more at https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at htt...

“What’s worse than Starfleet not approving the ship you want to build? Starfleet approving the ship they want to build.” —Matt Jeffries to Laurence Marvick, 2244 Read more at https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at https://twitter.com/EoMProject

“Until we have enough ships to match the D7 whenever it appears,we will never regain anything close to the security we once had inthe Klingon Border Area .” — Admiral Agatha Drake, C-in-C 2nd Fleet, 2258 “This isn’t over. Armistice or not, the Klingons are coming for us.” — Captain Matthew Decker, 2257 Read more at https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from https://edgeo...

"Conquest is Easy. Control is Not." - James T. Kirk.  EDGE OF MIDNIGHT is written by Seamus Devenish, and read by Stephen Van Doren. Read more at https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at https://twitter.com/EoMProject

We all live in the shadow of the Klingon Cold War. EDGE OF MIDNIGHT is written by Seamus Devenish, and read by Stephen Van Doren. Read more at https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/ Download THE BUSINESS OF RISK from https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/the-business-of-risk.html Follow The Edge of Midnight Project at https://twitter.com/EoMProject