*grin* You were lucky to know enough to keep you from angsting over it!

I am so loving this. It's just kick-ass. I agree about the problems, just about all related to storytelling logic. "Get him off the ship!" Excuse me, but last I looked, the Enterprise had this thing called a "brig"; it's where you put bad people. So there's no need to risk a cadet's life just because he irritates you, dammit!

But yo, Karl was grand! I wish DeForest could have seen his performance. I think he would've been tickled pink. *goddess bless him*