Recently, I watched an episode of a TV
series that involved excessive flashbacks. Most people that I’ve
talked with do not enjoy having a linear story progression disrupted
by a jump to the past, because they feel the forward momentum and
want to see what happens next. However, flashbacks are sometimes a
necessary plot device that writers use to deal with unanswered
questions and fill in necessary backstory without having to actually
fully divulge the entirety of the backstory. It’s often more
interesting to learn information through a flashback instead of
suffering a character’s long expository discourse about why things
are now the way they are. Showing is usually better than simply
telling, and by that I mean that going through the events instead of
having a character describe them is usually a more effective and
meaningful way to deliver the information.
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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