How to Govern Cities And Principalities ...On Nicholas Rush: A Discourse by solaras (NC-17)

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Show: Stargate Universe

Subject: How to Govern Cities And Principalities That, Prior To Being Occupied, Lived Under Their Own Laws
          On Nicholas Rush: A Discourse

Rec Category: SGU

Characters: Telford/Rush (implied Young/Rush)

Het/Slash/Gen: Slash

Author on LJ:solaras 

Link: solaras.livejournal.com/10349.html

Why this must be read:
Ah, those pesky communication stones - what trouble they cause! Here is a lovely, lovely fic (written for the Stargate Universe Fanfic Exchange) that takes place sometime after Rush returns to Destiny after the events of "Justice". Time is not linear here, and the author interweaves a very interesting encounter between Telford and Rush (in the present) with events from Rush's recent and distant past.

The repeated imagery is especially strong, and the final quote (taken, as was the title, from Machiavelli's "The Prince") could be seen as a wonderfully prescient nod to the events of "Divided".

Enjoy!