Helen wrote: <How about one where Mary-Sue befriends and then betrays the crew, makes off with the instructions on how to built a teleport, sells the instructions to the Federation, steals Orac, and finally dies horribly as a result of some security program Avon put on Orac so one of his own crew wouldn't nick it?>

That's more of a Mary-Servalan, isn't it? (OTOH, she'd get to wear much more lovingly invented clothes than your average MSue).

<Or does Mary-Sue just need a good dose of Prozac?>

This would quite often be a good idea ... personally, I'd want Valium boosters before setting foot on the Liberator.

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