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ULC 27: Extra Lives, Discussion Thread

aten66aten66 Member Posts: 654 Arc User
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This is the discussion thread for ULC #27: Extra Lives

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    hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,758 Arc User
    Nice prompts!
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    antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    Interesting set of prompts!
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    takeshi6takeshi6 Member Posts: 752 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    Very interesting prompts. :)

    Will need to see if I have any ideas (even though I have plenty of unfinished stories from EARLIER LCs that I need to work up the inspiration to finish! :angry: )
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    aten66aten66 Member Posts: 654 Arc User
    Part of my ulc:26 story for the 'Dinner with the In-laws' prompt, spiraled into Forefathers, so please enjoy!
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    antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    aten66 wrote: »
    Part of my ulc:26 story for the 'Dinner with the In-laws' prompt, spiraled into Forefathers, so please enjoy!

    Well I feel a little confused, but I like the emotion a lot!
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    aten66aten66 Member Posts: 654 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    antonine3258 wrote: »
    aten66 wrote: »
    Part of my ulc:26 story for the 'Dinner with the In-laws' prompt, spiraled into Forefathers, so please enjoy!

    Well I feel a little confused, but I like the emotion a lot!

    Don't worry, it's more of an interlude until I finish my final ULC26 prompt, hopefully tying this in.

    Edit: Also, if you have read one of my previous ULC entries, in 24 or 25, it's alluded that they (Tekhav and Nali) had a descendant in the Republic, who had sided with the KDF. He was a Delta Recruit I've had on a backburner, maybe I'll use one of these prompts to show you guys some more about him and his history!
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    marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    aten66 wrote: »
    Part of my ulc:26 story for the 'Dinner with the In-laws' prompt, spiraled into Forefathers, so please enjoy!
    I really enjoyed that piece, especially the imagery of the meld B)
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    marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    Not a story I had ever planned to tell, but the prompt was too apt not to do so. Please Enjoy Paradise Unlost B)

    --

    Za'vi - Jada Facer
    Xelif - Matthew Morrison
    Visuban - Matt Bomer
    Artim - Michael Welch
    Anij - Donna Murphy
    Q'sha - Hannah John-Kamen
    Khoq - Michael Ealy
    Agetha - Alicia Silverstone
    Liet - Jordyn Jones
    Elan - Natalie Alyn Lind
    Chiron - Jonathan Groff
    K'mpok - Omar Sy
    Lomakh - Anthony Mackie
    On'daQ - Mary Beth Peil
    Ur'ana - Emma Thompson
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    aten66aten66 Member Posts: 654 Arc User
    marcusdkane wrote: »
    Not a story I had ever planned to tell, but the prompt was too apt not to do so. Please Enjoy Paradise Unlost B)

    --

    Za'vi - Jada Facer
    Xelif - Matthew Morrison
    Visuban -
    Artim - Michael Welch
    Anij - Donna Murphy
    Q'sha - Hannah John-Kamen
    Khoq - Michael Ealy

    Please don't leave me hanging, tell me you have more planned!
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    marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    aten66 wrote: »
    marcusdkane wrote: »
    Not a story I had ever planned to tell, but the prompt was too apt not to do so. Please Enjoy Paradise Unlost B)

    --

    Za'vi - Jada Facer
    Xelif - Matthew Morrison
    Visuban -
    Artim - Michael Welch
    Anij - Donna Murphy
    Q'sha - Hannah John-Kamen
    Khoq - Michael Ealy

    Please don't leave me hanging, tell me you have more planned!
    Thank you for the enthusiasm, I really was in two minds about writing this (let alone making it long enough for other plot points I had, to come through) I hope the theme and homages in the names, has come across B)

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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    Thanks for going ahead and posting. I have a loose idea for "Vader, I Am Your Son" but I've basically only got a piece of the middle of the story and I'm not sure how to get to it.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
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    antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    marcusdkane wrote: »
    Not a story I had ever planned to tell, but the prompt was too apt not to do so. Please Enjoy Paradise Unlost B)

    Seriously, don't stop there.
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    marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    antonine3258 wrote: »
    marcusdkane wrote: »
    Not a story I had ever planned to tell, but the prompt was too apt not to do so. Please Enjoy Paradise Unlost B)

    Seriously, don't stop there.
    Thank you, I'll give them a rattle and see what else they give me :) As above, I hope the theme and homages in the names, has come across B)
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    dalolorndalolorn Member Posts: 3,655 Arc User
    Visuban sounds... familiar. (Aside from the fact that his name resembles 'Vis Uban', the name of a planet from Stargate.)

    Is it anyone who should be dead? :tongue:
    Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.p3OEBPD6HU3QI.jpg
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    marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    dalolorn wrote: »
    Visuban sounds... familiar. (Aside from the fact that his name resembles 'Vis Uban', the name of a planet from Stargate.)

    Is it anyone who should be dead? :tongue:
    The homage has been recognized :D Part IV will clarify and reveal all, I hope you've enjoyed it thus far B)
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    shevetshevet Member Posts: 1,667 Arc User
    Well, I've done one, based on @starswordc 's prompt. (Turned out overly long, too - I had to split it over two posts. Sorry about that!)
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    marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    shevet wrote: »
    Well, I've done one, based on @starswordc 's prompt. (Turned out overly long, too - I had to split it over two posts. Sorry about that!)
    Awesome B) Really good to see Ronnie again after the past few stories B)
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    antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    shevet wrote: »
    Well, I've done one, based on @starswordc 's prompt. (Turned out overly long, too - I had to split it over two posts. Sorry about that!)

    Wow, nicely done.
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    marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    Well, that's Paradise Unlost finished, I hope y'all enjoyed it B)
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    dalolorndalolorn Member Posts: 3,655 Arc User
    @marcusdkane Heh, I knew it had to be Marcus.

    @shevet Not so much 'fun' as your usual fare, but definitely interesting. Now I'm wondering if Two's going to be coming back...
    Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.p3OEBPD6HU3QI.jpg
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    marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    dalolorn wrote: »
    @marcusdkane Heh, I knew it had to be Marcus.
    Well of course it was, that goes without saying :D I hope you enjoyed all the other gags and references I threw in though B)
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    code743code743 Member Posts: 14 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    Welp. After my rather brief efforts up to this point, I've gone and hammered out a 5000 worder.

    Notes:
    • In my headcanon, season 11/ AOY hasn’t happened. The alliance is still very much in recovery mode, and TF7s presence in the Delta Quadrant is causing friction at SFC.
    • The ‘fleet escort’ (for those newer to the game) is the former name for the Patrol Escort (the Dervish/Herme/Gryphon/Maelstrom/Tempest line). The name was changed in season 6 when fleet ships became a thing. I retain the old name for reasons I won’t bore you with.
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    antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    @code743 - So life without the Borg invasion? Interesting how the post-Vega Starfleet isn't just quite a fit. I liked it.

    @marcusdkane Marcus ever gets really tired of living he's going to have to find a supernova wavefront, I think. The universe isn't ready to give up on him.
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    marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    antonine3258 wrote: »

    @marcusdkane Marcus ever gets really tired of living he's going to have to find a supernova wavefront, I think. The universe isn't ready to give up on him.
    This is the thing with immortals, they just Don't Stay Dead :D But to touch on the point of getting tired of living... That enoui is usually an immortal's greatest weakness... Marcus, was a pretty tormented soul, psychologically-speaking. Visuban, on the other hand, is an entirely different kettle of fish and an entirely new personality. He's not only an immortal living in a community of other immortals, but he quite literally doesn't know any different. I'd say the universe has put him exactly where he needs to be, to actually find contentment B) I hope you enjoyed the other gags and references B)
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    marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    code743 wrote: »
    Welp. After my rather brief efforts up to this point, I've gone and hammered out a 5000 worder.

    Notes:
    • In my headcanon, season 11/ AOY hasn’t happened. The alliance is still very much in recovery mode, and TF7s presence in the Delta Quadrant is causing friction at SFC.
    • The ‘fleet escort’ (for those newer to the game) is the former name for the Patrol Escort (the Dervish/Herme/Gryphon/Maelstrom/Tempest line). The name was changed in season 6 when fleet ships became a thing. I retain the old name for reasons I won’t bore you with.
    That was absolutely fantastic, the imagery was so visceral, I absolutely loved it B)
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    "Brother on Brother, Daughter on Mother". Hey, that rhymes!

    Crew of the USS Bajor:
    • Captain Kanril Eleya, commanding officer: Jennifer Hale
    • Commander Tesjha Phohl, first officer and tactical officer: Claudia Black
    • Lieutenant Commander Reshek Gaarra, operations officer: Adam Baldwin
    • Lieutenant Park Jin-Soo, conn officer: Will Yun Lee
    • Lieutenant Junior Grade Arak Esplin, communications officer: Naomi Peters
    • Master Chief Sensor Officer Peter Wiggin: Jim Murtaugh
    • Command Master Chief Petty Officer Kinlo, daughter of Koltek: Kate Mulgrew
    • Lieutenant Alicia Westlake Gantumur, assault team commander: Keira Knightley
    • Lieutenant Junior Grade K'lak, assault team sniper: Tony Todd
    • MACO Unit 131:
      • Lieutenant Rachel Connor, commanding officer: Michelle Rodriguez
      • Special Warfare Operator First Class Jose Luiz, heavy weapons specialist: TBD
      • Special Warfare Operator Second Class Aarno Kallio, sniper: TBD
      • Special Warfare Operator First Class Belka Saris, computer specialist: Bridget Regan
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    @aten66 , I really enjoyed that. Nice, emotional story.

    Ditto @shevet, nice to see Ronnie again. Good job on the emotional torque, and the question of how to regain control of a system when your opponent is fully in control of it.
    Also good to see Section 31 is still as pointlessly villainous as ever. That's how the organization really needs to be written, and hasn't been since DS9: human-nationalists wackos doing the unnecessary evil.
    I wonder if Ronnie decides to check out Eta Palinuri afterward anyway, just to see what she can frak up.

    @marcusdkane: Nice punchline with the
    opera recitals in the targ pit.
    That cracked me up. And it's a nice change to see Klingons actually apologizing for attacking civilians.

    @code743: Wow, just, wow. Really interesting the stuff people do with liberated Borg, and that was a really good approach to the "glitch in the Matrix" style.
    I'm almost disappointed that the middle sections turned out to just be a dream; they could be good fodder for the "What If?" prompt on the next redux.
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    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
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    marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    starswordc wrote: »

    @marcusdkane: Nice punchline with the
    opera recitals in the targ pit.
    That cracked me up. And it's a nice change to see Klingons actually apologizing for attacking civilians.
    Thanks, I'm glad it gave you a chuckle B) the vibe I got when writing was two-fold. Partly that as a scientist, Khoq is somewhat better mannered than some of his brethren, but also thought that to attack an (essentially) unarmed person (or at least someone who posed no real threat to a Klingon Warrior) was dishonorable, and not what Ty'Gokor would expect of its graduates...

    I really liked the
    time travelling daughter
    idea B)
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    marcusdkane wrote: »
    I really liked the
    time travelling daughter
    idea B)
    That was actually the idea that inspired the whole prompt: I just woke up one morning thinking about these lines:
    "I'm Reshek Taryn."

    "Gaarra, I didn't know you had any other relatives in the service.

    "Neither did he. Captain Kanril, I'm your daughter."
    The rest of the story was me trying to justify using them.
    What I ended up with was an attempt to take the timecops idea, which is decent fodder for stories, and reconstruct it and create a Grand Unified Theory of Star Trek Time Travel so that it made more sense than the current time war arc, and would more fully explain why timelines that ought to be vastly different, e.g. the mirror universe, still end up sharing major features of the prime universe.

    I was also trying to avoid something that I, @shevet, and @patrickngo all have complained about at various times: the timecops in the official story always end up looking like idiots or tyrants (or idiotic tyrants).
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
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    marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    starswordc wrote: »
    marcusdkane wrote: »
    I really liked the
    time travelling daughter
    idea B)
    That was actually the idea that inspired the whole prompt: I just woke up one morning thinking about these lines:
    "I'm Reshek Taryn."

    "Gaarra, I didn't know you had any other relatives in the service.

    "Neither did he. Captain Kanril, I'm your daughter."
    The rest of the story was me trying to justify using them.
    What I ended up with was an attempt to take the timecops idea, which is decent fodder for stories, and reconstruct it and create a Grand Unified Theory of Star Trek Time Travel so that it made more sense than the current time war arc, and would more fully explain why timelines that ought to be vastly different, e.g. the mirror universe, still end up sharing major features of the prime universe.

    I was also trying to avoid something that I, @shevet, and @patrickngo all have complained about at various times: the timecops in the official story always end up looking like idiots or tyrants (or idiotic tyrants).
    You definitely succeeded in that regard. I keep meaning to do a little time-cop bit which would touch on that notion, but finding the motivation to actually sit down and write it, has been a bit scarce lately...

    I hope you liked the deliberate mixup in the Klingon's insult to Xelif B)


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