You asked for more of this story, so here it is: Dylan's POV of the events.
Hope if fills in the blanks, and makes you feel better (I'm destroying my
reputation for gritty story's with all this damn fluff!)
My friend died the other day
My friend died the other day, and it's my fault: People say that I have no other choice: that I did what I had to do, that it was for the best. They can say that and feel better, but I can't stand that lie.
The part that remains blames herself for it, and thinks that I do to. I wish I could find a way to tell her that it was not her fault: that I should never have asked her to do what I did. But the others are so worried for me that I can't get any time alone with her.
Yes, ok I'll admit it to my self once and for all: I love Rommie. I love her more than I've ever loved anything or anyone before, even Sera. But what can I do? I ordered her to face the Magog World-Ship: I could tell she was nervous, but I was her captain, and more than that, the man she loves, so she did as I asked without a word, doing her sworn duty to the end.
But what about my sworn duty? Andromeda was a High Guard officer, and I sworn an oath to do my best to protect her. But I did the opposite of that: I ordered her fight a battle she never had a chance of wining, and she died.
People will say that it worked out for the best: one ship lost to defeat the greatest threat the known worlds have ever known, but they never met Andromeda.
For the second time in my years as a captain, I ordered the crew to abandon ship, and then send her spiralling towards curtain destruction. Trance told me that there was no-way to defeat the Sprit of the Abyss without paying a high price, but I thought she meant I would have to give up my own life. To have her back again, it's a price I would gladly pay.
So now I must say goodbye to my closest friend, the rock I clung to when I was ready to give up, the only one who ever understood my mission.
And yes, I have to face my feelings for Rommie. I know the Commonwealth has plans for me, probably promotion to a desk job somewhere, turning me into an old warhorse that they can drag out for ceremonies. But I don't want that: I'm a captain, and that's all I want to be.
I'll try and keep my crew together, but I don't know if there want to stay. None of them are High Guard officers; despite the ranks I gave them. I think they'll stay, but they all have their own agendas, so if they leave, I won't blame them.
Trance said that this may not be the perfect possible future she had always work towards, but it was better than the one she had come back from, and she didn't think she could do any better if she tried again.
I'll go see Rommie, make sure she's ok.
My friend died the other day
My friend died the other day, and it's my fault: People say that I have no other choice: that I did what I had to do, that it was for the best. They can say that and feel better, but I can't stand that lie.
The part that remains blames herself for it, and thinks that I do to. I wish I could find a way to tell her that it was not her fault: that I should never have asked her to do what I did. But the others are so worried for me that I can't get any time alone with her.
Yes, ok I'll admit it to my self once and for all: I love Rommie. I love her more than I've ever loved anything or anyone before, even Sera. But what can I do? I ordered her to face the Magog World-Ship: I could tell she was nervous, but I was her captain, and more than that, the man she loves, so she did as I asked without a word, doing her sworn duty to the end.
But what about my sworn duty? Andromeda was a High Guard officer, and I sworn an oath to do my best to protect her. But I did the opposite of that: I ordered her fight a battle she never had a chance of wining, and she died.
People will say that it worked out for the best: one ship lost to defeat the greatest threat the known worlds have ever known, but they never met Andromeda.
For the second time in my years as a captain, I ordered the crew to abandon ship, and then send her spiralling towards curtain destruction. Trance told me that there was no-way to defeat the Sprit of the Abyss without paying a high price, but I thought she meant I would have to give up my own life. To have her back again, it's a price I would gladly pay.
So now I must say goodbye to my closest friend, the rock I clung to when I was ready to give up, the only one who ever understood my mission.
And yes, I have to face my feelings for Rommie. I know the Commonwealth has plans for me, probably promotion to a desk job somewhere, turning me into an old warhorse that they can drag out for ceremonies. But I don't want that: I'm a captain, and that's all I want to be.
I'll try and keep my crew together, but I don't know if there want to stay. None of them are High Guard officers; despite the ranks I gave them. I think they'll stay, but they all have their own agendas, so if they leave, I won't blame them.
Trance said that this may not be the perfect possible future she had always work towards, but it was better than the one she had come back from, and she didn't think she could do any better if she tried again.
I'll go see Rommie, make sure she's ok.