![]() ![]() We get aliens, robots (possibly alien robots), conspiracy theories and time travel, all wrapped up in a clever plot that maintains the humour and ramps up the speed. Could it be something to do with the fact that someone dies every time an away team is dispatched? Or maybe the way that decks six through twelve always seem to be the ones damaged in any attack on the ship…īeginning as a straight-up pastiche of everyone’s favourite sci-fi shows, albeit a genuinely chucklesome one, it’s not long before the tone shifts and the plot thickens, reading remarkably like the story of a classic Star Trek episode (in a good way). The story follows the exploits of five new recruits on the Universal Union ship Intrepid as they find their feet and try to work out why everyone else works so hard to keep clear from the senior officers, and avoid going on away missions. ![]() Ever wonder what goes through the minds of the disposable extras in sci-fi TV shows? You know, the expendable security staff you’ve never seen on screen before, whose sole purpose is to die so that the main characters can survive? Well John Scalzi, creative consultant on Stargate: Universe, has obviously given it some thought, the result of which is the Hugo Award-winning Redshirts. ![]()
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