User:David Falkayn

Author of the Star Trek: Sutherland and Star Trek: Lexington fan fiction series, David Falkayn has written fan fiction for a variety of different series including: Star Trek, Farscape, American Dreams, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Babylon 5, and Young Riders. David Falkayn has also written crossover fan fiction stories. Now, Falkayn's fan fiction writing is almost completely devoted to his Star Trek series.

The screen name David Falkayn comes from a character in a series of short stories and novels written by the late Poul Anderson and reflects his great affection and devotion to that science fiction literary giant.

David Falkayn's love for Star Trek came fairly early in his life as he watched first the original series and then the animated series as a child. This affection for Star Trek continued into his adult years along with his love for science fiction in general.

His first Star Trek series, based on the USS Sutherland, was inspired by an interview with Ronald D. Moore where he briefly mentioned the Sutherland, describing it as something of a 'party ship'. The author thought that was an intriguing notion and decided to follow up on that: to tell the story of a ship with a crew that worked hard and played equally hard. As the author feels that in many ways, a ship and crew are reflective of their captain, Falkayn has portrayed Captain Elizabeth Shelby in a somewhat controversial manner for some readers in that he has disregarded all the events and characters in the Star Trek: New Frontiers series of novels written by Peter David, portraying her instead as a sexually adventurous and hedonistic individual, while at the same time keeping the sharp edged, more than willing to take chances and use her initiative, and ambitious characteristics that have marked her character since her appearance on the TNG episode Best of Both Worlds.

With Star Trek: Lexington, David Falkayn is attempting to capture some of the feel of the original series, hoping to evoke in the reader that feeling of surprise in exploring new worlds along with the adventure of being out on the wild frontier.

David Falkayn posts his stories on the Trek BBS and at his website Different Worlds and is always appreciative of comments and constructive criticism of his work.