Thanks guys! I'm not really sure about the next part, as the baddies have always had a shroud of mystery around them. But this does explain a few things.

That would be "telling." 

Truth be told, I'm going to bump into canon a wee bit with this one. (Bend, not break) I reviewed the script for "Identified" some time ago (Thanks again Deb) to check a few of the facts. First, to your question, it isn't clearly stated that Ginny has never seen a UFO in action, although one can make that assumption. I do, so I do have a way around that issue, as well as another which will appear later in the story. 

The other issue, and this one is a huge plothole, is, how in the world was SID able to track a UFO using standard RADAR at SOL 8 when the Utronic equipment has not yet been delivered? The UFO would be traveling faster than it's own RADAR echo. I solve this in my story lines by making the following assumptions.

1. The aliens seldom fly a direct course to Earth, rather a circular course such as the classic Hohmann orbit used by deep space probes. This reduces the relative speed to Earth to below sublight. It also explains why the interceptors missed in "Identified".

2. The SHADO tracking system was integrated in stages with most of the key components being software based. The equipment that Seagull X-Ray carried in "Identified" was most likely improved sensors for Moonbase, and the final release of the system software and firmware which could be uploaded into the system.

We also know that Straker said to Freeman that there had been a few UFO sightings, but no interceptions. I'm assuming that he meant since Moonbase and the rest of the tracking network went live. That leaves the pre-SHADO field wide open.

More to come, hang on to your hat!

Hey Denise, I just realized something. You have a story "Need to Know" in your Conover Saga. Must be great minds thinking alike, again.

Just to avoid confusion, I will call this one "A Need to Know" when I send it to the library.

Laughter!

Nope, my imagination doesn't go there, but, tilted takes on vampires and the Mirror Universe, oh yeah!

I think the best part of working with a group of writers who do the same fandom is when we share our "takes" with each other.  No one ever sees a person the same way someone else does, so you can get some real insight into the characters by looking at them through another's eyes.  (As long as you have an open mind, of course.) 

Which story was that?  It sounds hilarious!  I thought I'd read all your stories, but I'm not remembering that line at all.

Oh, yes!  I remember now.  I thought it was a great scene!  I wonder why I didn't remember it?  It was such a fun way to end the story! 

I wanted to turn up the heat, but I also wanted to stay true to the series. Now you know why he always called her Colonel.

I hope to get some more written tonight, I'm almost finished with the story. You'll like the pics I chose for the cover page, black & white just so captures the moment.