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Alarm of War by Kennedy Hudner5/26/2023 In other words, Ensign Dahl is a “red shirt” without actually wearing a red uniform. Ensign Dahl is thrilled to be onboard, but soon becomes apprehensive, because he quickly realizes that when lowly crew members accompany the captain, its chief science officer, or its chief engineer, those lowly crew members would bear the brunt of any dangerous action. In Redshirts, the author follows a young officer assigned to the Intrepid, the flagship of the Universal Union. As the show couldn’t lose any main cast members, the extras, playing security staff, would invariably be the ones to be maimed or killed. Those bridge officers were usually accompanied by security officers, and in the color scheme of the original series, security staff wore red shirts. Often, one or more officers left the ship on “away” missions, and they were almost always dangerous. In the show, the starship ventured from planet to planet. For the few folks who aren’t familiar with the show, there were a handful of officers who were the “stars” of Star Trek. Fans of Star Trek, the original series, will immediately understand the premise of this very humorous novel.
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