What if Reaper had sensed that something was going on at Starfleet that was being kept from him, he feels that there might be genetic manipulation like on Mars being experimented with at Starfleet. He goes to investigate that, taking on the identity of McCoy to do so. What if one of the scientist working on these experiments was Sam, Jim's brother? It could create a very compelling parellel to John Grimm and his sister.
Or (or and (don't know how this would work, but it could)...) Reaper had chosen George Kirk to be the man to take over for him so that he could go live another life. When George dies Reaper continues his work at Starfleet. Till George Kirk's son, Jim, catches his attention. He attends Starfleet as McCoy to get to know Jim, only to fall in love with him.
If you want to work with both ideas: Reaper had chosen George as his replacement, George dies, when Jim joins Starfleet (with the encouragement of Pike, one of Reaper's agents), Reaper becomes McCoy to see if Jim would make a good replacement, falls in love with him, and discovers chromosome 24 like genetic manipulation secretly being experimented by Starfleet (insert Jim's brother here).
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What if Reaper had sensed that something was going on at Starfleet that was being kept from him, he feels that there might be genetic manipulation like on Mars being experimented with at Starfleet. He goes to investigate that, taking on the identity of McCoy to do so. What if one of the scientist working on these experiments was Sam, Jim's brother? It could create a very compelling parellel to John Grimm and his sister.
Or (or and (don't know how this would work, but it could)...) Reaper had chosen George Kirk to be the man to take over for him so that he could go live another life. When George dies Reaper continues his work at Starfleet. Till George Kirk's son, Jim, catches his attention. He attends Starfleet as McCoy to get to know Jim, only to fall in love with him.
If you want to work with both ideas: Reaper had chosen George as his replacement, George dies, when Jim joins Starfleet (with the encouragement of Pike, one of Reaper's agents), Reaper becomes McCoy to see if Jim would make a good replacement, falls in love with him, and discovers chromosome 24 like genetic manipulation secretly being experimented by Starfleet (insert Jim's brother here).
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