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Raison d'Etre
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Raison d'Etre |
| Author(s): | Sharon Decker |
| Date(s): | 1980 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | gen |
| Fandom(s): | Star Trek: TOS |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | on AO3 |
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Raison d'Etre is a Star Trek: TOS story by Sharon Decker. It was later published as part of Revolution.
It was published in the print zine Galactic Discourse #3.
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A redemption story of Mirror Kirk. Returning from his hour aboard “our” Enterprise, Kirk must sort out what really happened in his absence, determine his real relationships with Spock and Marlena, and figure out what to do about the Halkans - he doesn’t want to destroy the planet, but knows that Spock has orders to kill him if he doesn’t. This is a nice ISS Enterprise story, with a Kirk who is ambitious but bothered by the actions he has taken to gain his position, and by the picture the facts of his record will present to the “other” Kirk. For example, he killed Pike out of mercy, not ambition. Problems abound - Marlena frees Sulu and Chekov to kill him - but he and Spock dance around each other until they determine that they are both interested in taking up the revolutionary life. [1]