I love this story, because I find it so believable given what happened in the episode. You feel the weight and responsibility of them using the telepaths as weapons even though he wishes there was some other alternative. This is angst done right.

Wow! That hits with a solid one-two punch (not that you would want to Do Harm)! Very solid writing, very solid reflections on medical ethics. Angst, indeed! The last line totally makes the piece.

Plus, Franklin is one of my favorite characters, and he doesn't get much solid air-time on the show. I liked seeing this peek inside his head.

Superb! Thanks for writing and sharing.

I really liked this. I hadn't really wondered too much how Franklin felt about sending his patients off to certain death. Not properly. This gave me a new insite into his character. Thank you!

"He just wished it didn’t make him feel so damned dirty."

I think you captured him perfectly with just that line.

Chillingly accruate about situations that arise about all of this and that well Franklin really should take comfort in the fact that it would be either this or try to slug it out with Clark's Earthforce units which would cuase immense casualties on both sides while considering having to turn towards Earth and having to deal with its dangerous defensive weapons platform.

That's . . . something I never really considered, even when I mentally insulted the character of John Sheridan for deliberately toying with Alfred Bester about his True Love.

Well done, Beatrice.