Well, this has completely made my day.

There is no “both sides”, unless Side A is “let’s stuff the ballot!” and Side B is “No, don’t do that.” That’s the center of this. Everything else is noise.

“No Award” isn’t a victory. But it is the “we must draw the line HERE and no further” stance. It wasn’t desired, it was what had to be done.

Sadly, I fear it won’t be. It’s far from, in fact.

YES! That was it! I remember Spock has a romance with another Vulcan and she got killed, I think? And Scotty was a junior officer who built a still in the warp core.

Oh, very nice! I remember reading one along those same lines in the 80s. I forget what the title of that one was.

Ooh. This looks interesting...

So excited about Ancillary Mercy! And lots of other stuff to add to my ever-growing TBR pile!