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Richard Merk
Richard Merk was born in East L.A. to his considerable surprise, so when his parents moved away to the house they would live in for the next twelve years, he cleverly stowed away in the trunk of their car. Brought up in West Los Angeles and educated in Catholic schools, he took to outer space as a starship captain in an attempt to escape this tragic reality. Inexplicably, he eventually graduated from high school. Then, ignoring angry mobs of protestors, he infiltrated Cal State Fullerton, from which he almost graduated. Starting at age 16, he began to writing adventure stories, computer games, and AD&D modules, and one or two of them are almost finished. Upon discovering the Internet, he began designing web pages, and one or two of those are almost finished. As he grows older, he shows no signs of slacking off. He remains as youthful and as lovable as ever, and grows more ruggedly handsome with each passing year. You can be sure that this is true, since he has written this little essay himself. And for once, he actually finished what he
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Richard Merk
Banshee Squadron 2.0
Star Charts: Banshee Squadron Addendum
Follow the course set by Banshee Squadron and the USS Eternity. Relive their extraordinary adventures as you find here the star maps that chart the routes these brave heroes took.
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2010.02.13
Richard Merk
Banshee Squadron 2.0
Q'Thalas
Past and present collide for Captain Nathan Cross and the former pilots of Banshee Squadron when eerily similar distress signals pull them into confrontations with an unthinkable enemy. What really happened to Matthew Cross? Who is really to blame? And is it happening again?
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2010.02.09
Richard Merk
Banshee Squadron 2.0
In the Closet
A short character piece starring Jo Schmidt and her new sidekick Ensign Thule.
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2009.03.07
Richard Merk
Banshee Squadron 2.0
Runaway
Starbase 901 – an outpost on the edge of Federation space where anything can happen, and usually does. Follow the misadventures of Kim Tycho, fighter pilot, when she runs into one of the most infamous names in recent Federation history.
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2009.02.10
Richard Merk
Banshee Squadron 2.0
Outwardly Mobile
The eagerly anticipated Banshee Squadron story written by Jay P. Hailey! Alex Dalton has wings on her ankles and can't get enough flight time. Can she survive as a member of Banshee Squadron?
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2008.06.03
Star Trek fan fiction at Trek Writer's Guild
Richard Merk
Banshee Squadron 2.0
Blue
A First Contact situation is never easy even under ideal conditions, but while trying to negotiate peaceful relations with a strange new species on the borders of Federation space, Commander Lee Carter must overcome not only cultural differences, but her own intractable foibles.
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2008.04.30
Richard Merk
Banshee Squadron 2.0
Eternity
The USS Eternity embarks on a simple shakedown cruise from Earth to the Briar Patch Sector, but her maiden voyage turns into a desperate fight for survival when the most wanted criminal in the Alpha Quadrant threatens the extinction of an entire sentient species! Now Captain Nathan J. Cross and the crew of the Eternity must save a dying race without violating the Prime Directive!
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2008.03.17
Richard Merk
Banshee Squadron 2.0
Vulcan Holiday
A mostly true story.
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2008.02.15
Richard Merk
Banshee Squadron 2.0
Pay and Pay and Pay...
A story about nothing.
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2008.02.02
Richard Merk
Banshee Squadron 2.0
Gromit Must Die!
When the Rocinanté lands on a small colony planet, Gromit gives West the slip, but when the Klingon authorities find out there's a tribble in their midst, all heck breaks loose!
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2008.01.17
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