Names of MiSTiers: Sarah Heiner, David Rood, Petrea Mitchell, David Nelson

Title and Author of MiSTing: 'Encounters' by Douglas Alfred Wu

Plot Summary:  Star Trek: The Next Generation fanfic.  In a plot highly
               reminiscnet of 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture,' 'Star Trek II: The Wrath
               of Khan,' a few Original Series and TNG episodes--and a bit of Star Wars
               and Dr. Who thrown in for good measure--Admiral Picard takes command of
               the Enterprise from Captain Riker to lead it on a first-contact mission.  The 
               aliens, called the Aridians, have decided that humans are too violent for 
               their own good and must be conquered.  Picard and co. convince them 
               otherwise...by leading a raid on a Cardassian military outpost to rescue 
               two Bajorans.

Characters Involved:
        SOL: Mike, Crow, Servo
        D13: Dr. Forrester, Pearl Forrester
        Guests in D13: Forrester family, including Flora, Uncle Phil,
                Phil Jr., Christine

Host Segments: Pearl holds a family reunion, and Dr. Forrester tries to
               avoid Flora's well-intended meddling in his life.

Reflections:  This fanfic was chock-full of weird little quirks.  Wu 
              wrote it as a film script, with plenty of references to music, lighting, 
              etc.  But this also lead him to explain scenes, and their outcomes, 
              before actually showing the scenes.  Very bad when you're trying for 
              suspence.  He also seems to have an aversion to certain words--the, and, 
              a.  The ship was always 'Enterprise,' not 'the Enterprise,' even when the 
              word 'the' was needed.  I have a fairly good sense of grammar, so it was 
              *very* hard not to commit all sorts of grammar flames.  Still, it wasn't 
              a particularly badly-written fanfic.  Just...dull.  And unimaginative.  
              Hey, they can't *all* be as bad as Ratliff.

Chronological Notes: During Season 7, but before ep. 706.