One issue you've likely experienced,
whether you're a novelist or a role-playing gamer, is when a
character is difficult in the story he's involved in. My many years
of playing role-playing games involves a number of situations where
someone's character didn't exactly get along with the others in the
group. In novel writing, it is important to have a level of conflict
among the characters--if everyone gets along together without any
tension at all, quite often the result feels rather idealistic and
boring, though this can sometimes be mitigated by a plot that is so
full of tension, the stable characters are the only relief. At the
same time, though, characters can be so disruptive and problematic
that the reader hates them enough to stop reading. There are several
ways to handle difficult characters, however...
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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