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Rangin and Kylah can post in whatever order they wish, as far as I'm concerned. If Collins feels strongly otherwise, I suggest you do as she asks.
Just for note: I'm fairly busy these days, so I'll probably post as and when I get time, or when Rangin has something useful to say.
Just to confirm WES's comment -- I didn't get the impression that T'Var was sedating Fujishiro out of fear of her being altered* but rather just to keep her from being annoying a distraction during the escape.
* I refuse to use "zombified" in a Star Trek context, darn it! Not that I'm a purist, but there's no evidence that these creatures are dead, is there? They're genetically screwed-up and possibly able to infect others... though I don't think we've seen proof of even that much except for the fevers and odd behavior of Pourtash** and Fujishiro.
** Pourtash, btw, is getting on my last nerve almost as much as Waite is pissing off Kylah. I hope Collins tells Singh just how useless he's been. "Why don't we use our tricorders to scan" indeed! Scan yourself, Mr. second-in-command! :D (Yes, I know he's an NPC and we're constrained by that. Still!)
Hey fellow crewmembers -- I could be very wrong here but Elendil's Heir's text says that the supply closet and the machine shop doors were locked. He didn't say anything about the transporter room, and unless I'm blanking over a post, I don't think anyone's attempted to enter the transporter room. Collins went right for the closet/shop doors, then we got distracted by Fujishiro.
Of course we may very well end up with a three-locked-door scenario after all, considering our game mod is evil :), but we gotta try, no?
Evil? Perish the thought! I prefer... "creative."
In other news, Vulcan will be Pluto's newest-named moon: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/s...atner/1947565/
Pluto has moons plural? It should resume its rightful place in the list of real planets!
Relevant song: "I'm Your Moon," by Jonathan Coulton. Written as a dialogue between Pluto's moon Charon to Pluto, comforting Pluto for being struck from the list of planets. :(
I'll be leaving for a weeklong family vacation in Arizona on Thursday; don't know how often I'll have online access. I appreciate your patience.
Shatner takes on the Gorn again: http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-...215155239.html
Check out the symbol below the spacecraft on this current U.S.-Russian ISS mission patch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-08M
Cool
Whoa, that is cool. Intentional? If not, what does it signify?
I'd say intentional and a nod to the cooperation of formerly feuding enemies - but YMMV
hello am new on this nice to meet you all
I think we might have Chekov to thank: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_space_agency
Hi, music angel. Stick around. I may not be participating in the next scenario, I might need a break. So there might be room for you.
so, "stunned" huh? unconscious? wounded? how long am I out for?
LOL, I like how T'Var is only hoping on the two smallest members in the group. I know Pourtash and Delaney are NPCs now, but are they unable to take part in anything when it comes to natural behavior for their characters? (This is me genuinely asking -- I don't know how NPCs in RPGs work exactly.)
Also I can sure tell this ain't TNG-era. We'd be parlaying a lot more and attacking a lot less! I can almost hear the '60s-era jazzy soundtrack.
Some funny ST:TNG bloopers I hadn't seen before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hwc6tb-qUc
To Mars in just three months?: http://txchnologist.com/post/4720466...n-one-to-three
I was just reading my favorite PC gaming blog Rock Paper Shotgun's hilariously bad review of the new Star Trek: The Videogame, and among its other crimes, the reviewer mentions this (bolding mine):
EH! You're scarily prescient!Quote:
The vast majority of the game is spent running down corridors, using your tricorder to ‘hack’ terminals to get doors open or switch off security cameras and turrets, and shooting at waves of the same four or five enemy types throughout. The one variation appears in the form of a completely disconnected half-plot about the Gorn also turning your crew into zombie things with some virus, and you’re supposed to stun them instead of kill them.
The Gorn, eh? Hmmm....
I'm a big gamer myself -- mostly SF and Fantasy RPG's (Mass Effect & The Elder Scrolls). Was thinking about getting (or at least renting) this new ST game, but the reviews have not been very good -- like this one. Think I'll pass.
Heard about it, but a two person shooter where Kirk and Spock do pretty much the same thing doesn't really interested me really.
Finally got my hands on Sly 4 - so platform heaven for the next few weeks.
OOC: did you ever play Of Orcs and Men?
Not I. Gorns are kinda sorta the orcs of ST.
I would have thought that Orcs are Klingons, Elves are Vulcans and so on.
Vulcans are definitely quasi-Elves, in appearance if not in temperament or interests. I suppose both Gorn and Klingons have orcish characteristics.
And speaking of shuttlecraft (as we were doing in the game thread): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3155633.html
More power to these guys, but the more work they do, the less it's the "original" shuttlecraft. Consider: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus. I also wouldn't credit ST for coining the term "space shuttle" - it was always a shuttlecraft on the show.
My postings will be sporadic at best over the next couple of weeks - I don't yet have media at my new apartment, so I can only post during my lunch breaks at work. and only if no one is standing over my shoulder. Please be patient with me.
Understood. Hope your move goes smoothly!
All the best with your move, anyrose! Post when you can. :)
Good luck with the move.
I believe Mr Rangin has never stopped monitoring the dead body: #1264Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
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Originally posted by CatInASuit
Ah, I'd missed that. Thanks. My post 1275 amended.
Nimoy v. Quinto in a funny new Audi ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkByAkAdZs
Gorn = Lizard MenQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Romulans get to be Dark Elves of course.
I wonder if that makes Ferengi equivalent to Dwarves?
Kinda, yeah! They certainly cover the "greedy/acquisitive" characteristic, but not really the "fine craftsmen" angle.
DVR Alert!
Wed., 5/15/10pm to midnight, History Channel....
"Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe"
Looks like a neat documentary about Trek stuff in prep for the upcoming new ST movie release.
I just got my media today! I'm back. Now I have to catch up.
Welcome back, anyrose! Hope the move went well, and that you like your new digs.
I've still got a couple dozen boxes yet to unpack, but I'm adjusting to the reduced space.
Welcome back, have fun settling in.
In the sense of "cozy," or "cramped"?Quote:
Originally posted by anyrose
A baker's dozen from the SDMB:
ST cliches
1. Kirk getting his shirt torn in fights
2. The Goatee of Evil
3. Redshirts must die!
4. Scotty must defy the Laws of Physics
5. Spock and McCoy quarrel
6. Links to Earth culture on other planets ("A Piece of the Action," "Patterns of Force")
7. Spock (or Data) blindly tries to understand human emotions
8. McCoy gripes, "I'm a doctor, not a _____."
9. The never-before-seen alien species is a lot like humans except with a strange head
10. Women's costumes that defy the laws of physics (and gravity)
11. No woman can resist the Kirk-meister.
12. All the aliens (of a given culture) dress identically, with minor variations in color and trim details
13. Scotty invents an entirely new technology to solve some crisis
Welcome back, anyrose!
"2. The Goatee of Evil " -- or The Goatee of Awesome. Sisko became 120% more awesome once he shaved his head and got that goatee. Trust DS9 to subvert that cliche!
"4. Scotty must defy the Laws of Physics" Och, I thought he canna do tha'?
"7. Spock (or Data) blindly tries to understand human emotions" And Odo on DS9, to some degree. And on Voyager, they used that shtick with the Doctor / Seven of Sixty-Nine. (Sorry, that was cheap. I really disliked her character.)
"8. McCoy gripes, "I'm a doctor, not a _____."" - Heh. That's why Kylah said "I'm a communications officer, not a doctor" to Hayes in my last post.
"11. No woman can resist the Kirk-meister." Riker had a pretty good batting average too, though not nearly as high as Kirk.
"12. All the aliens (of a given culture) dress identically, with minor variations in color and trim details" -- Yeah, this was pretty bad. I seem to remember only a couple of exceptions; in "Thine Own Self," there was a medieval-esque culture that Data encountered when he had amnesia (or the android equivalent) and caused radiation sickness. The costumes there were roughly similar to medieval or renaissance Europe, so there was a similarity in style, but I recall the outfits were as varied as one would expect in a small community. Whoever did the costumes outdid themselves for once. Also, I think Bajorans had a relatively varied fashion sense, at least considering they were pretty poor and coming off decades of slavery.
"13. Scotty invents an entirely new technology to solve some crisis" - frankly surprised and pleased they didn't trot out the Wesley stereotype. (I also think objections to Wesley were overblown.)
Yes.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's HeirIn the sense of "cozy," or "cramped"?Quote:
Originally posted by anyrose
4 and 12 were mine. :DQuote:
Originally posted by choie
Credit where credit is due!
T'VAR! DUDE! Kylah's been dying to pull that trigger for three rounds already! Dayum that's cold. Of course I blame our game master for giving Kylah the wimpy stun setting while two NPCs got the hardcore weaponry. :)
Well, that was only Hayes's suggestion, after all. Kylah could've objected, or Collins could've ordered otherwise.
Heh. Given the current "Roberts Rules of (Player Response) Order" now in effect, Kylah had to wait for Collins to respond to Hayes's suggestion. Once Collins said "do it," I was stuck. Kylah may be mouthy and borderline (or not-so-borderline) insubordinate, but yours truly couldn't think of a reason to have Kylah demand, "no, let me kill her!" over two more experienced officers without getting even T'Var annoyed with her. I mean, okay, there was a reason, but it was only "Well, I'm a player character and they aren't!" -- and while that might work in Order of the Stick, I didn't quite think it would fly here. :D
As the person who created the Hayes character at the beginning of this group, I was a bit surprised that she would want to use the "kill' setting. <g>
T'Var is just going with the flow as best she can. She just wants everybody to get back to the ship safely, then research the tissue samples and work with others to find a cure for this condition ASAP.