"Mistress" would really create an interesting vibe on the ship...Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
"Mistress" would really create an interesting vibe on the ship...
Last edited by general_urko; 13 Dec 2014 at 11:38 AM.
I suspect the Captain and CMO wouldn't be too keen on that.
...or would they...
Thank you for the response about Coringu's title. I know "Mr." is canon, it's just silly that women have to be addressed as men while serving in Starfleet. "Okay, you can join, but we'll have to just consider you honorary guys." I'd've hoped by the 23rd century the military would've accepted "Ms." along with the rest of the English-speaking world post-1980.
If the tables were turned, I'm sure male officers would just love being addressed as "Ms." But let's face it, the tables never would be turned, would they? The default is male, forever and ever, amen.
(Although biologically, the opposite is actually true: we all start out as female.)
I consider myself a feminist, so I completely understand and sympathize - but it was intended, from all I've read, as a continuation of ancient Earth naval nomenclature, not as an oppressive measure. Of course Federation civilian women are referred to by gender-appropriate prefixes.
Oooh who will be the first to counsel Mr. Kylah to be less "abrasive" after the mission and really get the party started...*
The One Word Men Never See In Their Performance Reviews
http://www.fastcompany.com/3034895/s...rmance-reviews
*Obviously not St. Rangin
Oooh! oooh! I'll do it, that is Collins will!
Ah yes. Then again, I've always been told not to be so blunt with people.
They earned it.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Woot - the promotion from Starfleet finally came through.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
LOL! Oh please, please let Collins tell Kylah she's too abrasive. That's just what Kylah's been waiting for.Oooh! oooh! I'll do it, that is Collins will!
That's hilarious! But hey if Collins can be a Lt. JG, Rangin can certainly be a Vice Admiral.Woot - the promotion from Starfleet finally came through.
Oh, did I say that out loud?
In other news, I am suddenly very glad I did that infamous thread re-read and created those documents for us with all the clue-filled posts a couple of months ago. Although at the time it seemed that Delaney's sudden reveal of Wilson's conveniently indiscreet file data made all my hard work useless, apparently things are much more complex than we thought.
Picking up on these little clues and inconsistencies in people's stories, or in our own previously assumed narrative of events, is something I'd never have been able to do without that arduous task of copying over all the important posts and so on.
Whether EH is pleased about our having such an aide-mémoire is another story.
Last edited by choie; 16 Dec 2014 at 10:59 AM.
You're all doing fine. On the homestretch now - hope to be done by New Year's Eve!
D'oh! Second time I've done that.Woot - the promotion from Starfleet finally came through.
I've faced down Orions, Klingons, multi-headed poison-spitting carnivores...but nothing's more terrifying than the thought of 'Vice Admiral Rangin,' Graham thinks.
You left out "or mutters that Graham's suggestion is [stupid / thuggish / brutish]"
I meant to imply by my words the likelihood that Velir would make a suggestion under his breath about what Graham could do with his suggestion. I'm too much of a lady to say anything further.You left out "or mutters that Graham's suggestion is [stupid / thuggish / brutish]"
Interesting! Since CIAS/Rangin didn't actually ask any of those questions, but Halsey's answering them as if he did, can we assume the game's entered some kinda "autoplay" or "cutscene" mode, where we don't have to do anything and the NPCs will just answer all the right questions for us? 'Cause that would definitely make things easier!
Or on the other hand...
...Maybe Halsey's just talking to himself via telepathy, since apparently Graham doesn't see Rangin in the infirmary talking to the doctor. Some weird, wacky stuff's happening in this place.
Last edited by choie; 18 Dec 2014 at 01:08 PM.
...Interesting! Since CIAS/Rangin didn't actually ask any of those questions, but Halsey's answering them as if he did, can we assume the game's entered some kinda "autoplay" or "cutscene" mode, where we don't have to do anything and the NPCs will just answer all the right questions for us? 'Cause that would definitely make things easier!Just trying to move things along.
And perhaps Rangin is right around the corner in the Infirmary....
Last edited by Elendil's Heir; 18 Dec 2014 at 08:04 PM.
Some new Apocrypha.
Thanks to you both!
Aaaaaand clocking in at 10,456 out of 695, Spock's Brain....
Definitely. And I remember TNG "Masks," which they have as fifth-from-the-bottom, as not a bad episode.
Thanks for posting this link, anyrose.
What a walk down memory lane: Miles O'Brien, Garak, the Gorn: what great characters. And Edith Keeler...Trek gold.
Conversely: Neelix...better than Jar Jar Binks but that's not saying much. Chakotay demonstrates Native Americans can hold senior positions--albeit in tedious and pedantic fashion.
Of course I expect choie to have re-scored this list, with full commentary, by Tuesday...
I think I will check that link out of working hours
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
No need to hold back CIAS, what does Rangin really think of Graham?
That was a tour de force of vitriolic resentment, CIAS. Well done.
Did I miss something or didn't the footage from the nightclub show that Hardin could not have carried out the murder?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
He's not confessing to the murder, just to stunning Graham and Kylah, and the embezzling.
Graham just arrested Hardin for Wilson's murder.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Yeah, a charge for which we have literally no evidence. Hardin's got a video alibi--the only provable defense any suspect has. And we have nothing whatsoever linking him to any of the people who could have killed Wilson, so this isn't even worthy of a conspiracy-to-commit-murder charge. Heaven knows why murder was included, and none of the financial misdoings of which we actually have at least circumstantial proof.
But given that EH PMed us with the specific wording to use, including charging Hardin with murder, and unlike Mrs. Hsu, Hardin isn't raising the slightest objection to being called a murderer, much less asking for an attorney (because why would Starfleet's Comptroller General be as smart as an assistant hotel manager or thick-as-two-bricks hotel security chief?), we can take it as read that Hardin did it. All that remains is the Villain's Monologue telling us how.
To fanwank, my guess is that the videotape was from a month ago, when Hardin, Fastolfe, Mrs. Hsu and Palver all secretly conspired to show up at the nightclub and go through the motions, knowing that later Hardin would need a perfect alibi. Then the footage was substituted into the system for Kylah to "discover" with the faked explanation that the nightclub was somehow separate from the rest of the video and thus safe from the sabotage.
In any event, who knows? I think since it's the endgame, we've turned into NPCs and the GM has taken over. There's nothing more for us to do but sit back and enjoy the show!
Edited to add: Also, anyrose, Hardin isn't guilty of embezzling--Wilson is. For Hardin, bribery (or maybe graft?) would probably be the charge. Or it might be extortion if it can be proven that Hardin was the one who demanded money in order to maintain the hotel's license. And/or even blackmail if Hardin knew about the embezzling and threatened to reveal it.
Last edited by choie; 28 Dec 2014 at 12:46 PM.
1. Those were suggestions only.But given that EH PMed us with the specific wording to use [1], including charging Hardin with murder, and unlike Mrs. Hsu, Hardin isn't raising the slightest objection to being called a murderer, much less asking for an attorney (because why would Starfleet's Comptroller General be as smart as an assistant hotel manager or thick-as-two-bricks hotel security chief?), we can take it as read that Hardin did it. All that remains is the Villain's Monologue telling us how [2]...
...we've turned into NPCs and the GM has taken over. There's nothing more for us to do but sit back and enjoy the show![3] ....
2. Not so.
3. Ditto.
Last edited by Elendil's Heir; 28 Dec 2014 at 02:56 PM.
I'm sure Graham would be deeply appreciative if Rangin were to interrupt and explain to Graham why Hardin couldn't possibly have committed the murder...
Not to get too meta - obviously the characters should act based on in-game info - but Graham arresting Hardin for murder wasn't a 'mistake' in the sense that (a) I did it on purpose and (b) I didn't forget that there was evidence to the contrary (at least from the angle of being the actual assailant).
As to Graham's rationale, that I suspect will have to wait for a constructive dialogue among the PCs big screaming argument...
Last edited by general_urko; 28 Dec 2014 at 06:12 PM.
Grief no, Rangin is not going to interrupt. He's just surprised by Graham's opener to Hardin.
He'll be even more surprised if it works
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
After Rangin's most excellent tirade about Graham's apish behavior I saw the first photo in this story and thought "here's Graham being wheeled into sick bay..."
http://kuow.org/post/uw-surgeon-perf...orilla-surgery
On the topic of Hardin, looking forward to how he is going to explain away all the evidence we have found.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Just don't turn it into one of those "Oh, crap, we've only got 10 minutes left in the episode! Quick! Have the writers come up with an implausible but correct solution!"
Thanks for the advice. Clearly we won't be done by midnight tonight.
I take it that's sarcasm because that's clearly what's happened. We literally had no chance to solve this crime thanks to false information re: time of death, and no clues whatsoever about the existence of "time release epinephrine pills," LOL. (And there are other inconsistencies too, and the rationale for the murder is not plausible either.) Let's face it, if Hardin hadn't confessed via the monologue I totally predicted (and pointlessly, since we had nothing on him for the murder!), we would never have discovered who killed Wilson. Honestly, the PCs were utterly extraneous over the past three months, aside from Velir finding the Wilson data files so that NPCs could dutifully decrypt them and tell us the entire story. Even capturing Hardin was no victory considering the guy had literally nowhere to go.
There's some stuff to be cleared up, e.g. Mrs. Hsu's role in this. But otherwise we're done here. I had lots of fun in the mission, mostly between the character interactions and some of the NPCs like Fastolfe livening up the joint. The mystery, though.... arrgh!
Full props for the attempt, and I can absolutely appreciate how much work this must have taken, especially because behind the scenes we've been doing nearly as much work to solve it--although as it turns out, to no avail because the clues weren't anywhere to be found.
Mysteries are super-difficult to create when you want your readers/audience to have a fair chance of solving them. I steer clear of those where it's completely impossible because the author is hiding an extremely important detail so that he can dazzle us with the detective's cleverness. (Although my favorite author Rex Stout does that a lot, funnily enough. But his books are so charming and witty, and the Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin detective characters so interesting, that the solution of the mystery is almost besides the point.)
It's the difference between a Doyle-type mystery (usually only solvable by the detectives' specialized and secret knowledge) and a Christie-type mystery (which readers can almost always solve but have been so skillfully misdirected they usually don't). I'm bored by the former and love the latter, which are far more difficult to write. Playing fair is hard.
But I hate to sound like it's all sour grapes. I do applaud the effort, EH, and as I said, the roleplaying part of the mission was extremely enjoyable. Hopefully the next mission will utilize even more of that!
*Points directly at the Judge*
Your Honour, this man could not have committed the acts he is describing, the evidence proves otherwise.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Oh CIAS, that's beautiful.
Anyway whatever the truth is, the game is still afoot as far as I'm concerned. And most importantly, I hope everyone has a...
Happy New Year, all
IMO any module adventure of any type is basically a vehicle for role playing and character development...this fit the bill in my book...
Happy New Year!
Always nice to be appreciated.
May everyone have a happy, healthy New Year.
Hey! I learned a new word! Thanks, EH.
Sorry if I was holding up progress, last few days were unusually busy...I'm back!
Excellent story - if only Collins had listened a little more
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
"Don't worry your pretty little head, that's MAN STUFF," Graham says, figuring there has been too little intra-party drama lately...
LOL! And then he punches ("gently") Rangin just to get things started again.
Original draft of the post:LOL! And then he punches ("gently") Rangin just to get things started again.
Graham bounces on the balls of his feet a little, trying to raise his own energy and add to that in the room. "We're almost home...something's got to give soon," he says. As he does so, he glances from person to person, his instincts momentarily thwarted by second-guessing himself...in the end after vacillating a second he attempts to give Rangin an encouraging gentle punch on the arm. Unfortunately, since he forgot to wear his glasses, Graham expects Rangin's head to be two feet further away and a foot higher, and instead delivers a solid shot to the jaw.
Two recommendations:
The Theory of Everything, a new movie, a tragic romance about Dr. Stephen Hawking and his first wife.
Redshirts by John Scalzi, a hilarious, would-be-R-rated meta spoof of Star Trek.
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