Thanks for the comments in the last LC. (If anybody would like to critique the 'series', I'd appreciate it in order to better balance humourous entries, dramatic ones, cliff hangers, etc.)
I found it to be very fun and interesting; earlier LC entries felt like they were sort of wandering, but the climax was an epic badass Trek movie finish.
I haven't gotten around to reading all the entires for LC 60 "Threedux", but will get to them as time wills it. (Wasn't if renamed thusly given worffan101's utter domination?).
Heh, sorry about that. I've been on a Brandon Sanderson binge since the 4th, and it's stimulated my creativity to insane heights (because Brandon blows your MIND...).
I've got an idea for this LC...the loss of the Yorktown, which happened 10 years ago. Which comes to the permission part:
If I can have your ship and captain come to the recovery/rescue operations, could you please advise on:
--Ship name & type, plus captains rank at that time? NCC# a bonus.
--Forward weapon type and what special powers you'd use, ie, torpedo spread, cannon rapid fire, beam overload.
I promise no dialog with your ship...comms have taken major damage by the time they arrive...so no worries about your characters saying something they wouldn't. No significant damage to your ship nor any casualties to your crews.
And if anyone ever wants to check my character: USSBonaventure, NCC-900288-B, Sci-Oddy. Antiproton beam arrays with Borg cutting beam and tractor. Photons and omega plasma Torps forward, Transphasics and Bio-neural aft. Rouge Valley is the Aquarius, spit out as soon as I warp in. High yield Torps, gravity well, and isometric charge are my standard opening salvos. Captain is Nico Garret. If you want Sotek, well...his ship wen get all bus up.
Hope to get the tale out next weekend...R/L has the audacity to take away some of my disposable time for this welcome escape.
I hope to see you in-game, and I can't wait for the story!
If you want to give one of my characters a cameo, here's the basics:
Three (Nemesis unit designation Three), level 50, rank Captain, commanding officer USS George Takei, an Avenger-class battlecruiser with a VATA weapon, forward quantum torpedoes (usually sent out at a full spread) and a hodgepodge of stolen Tal Shiar, Hirogen, and Voth dual cannons and turrets. Notable for reinforcements to seemingly random decks as part of redshirt protection protocols.
In 2399, she was 350 years earlier, in another universe, having tea with a lizard woman.
"Do'eth" (AKA D'trel Tomalak, real name D'trel ir'Aehallah tr'Rihannsu), level 50, rank Vice Admiral, commanding officer IRW Vengeance (T'varo retrofit, equipped with a Breen cluster torpedo, three Breen rapid-fire transphasic torpedo launchers, and three transphasic mine launchers). Has also used a captured Imperial Scimitar-class warbird (unimaginatively called the Scimitar) on previous occasions.
In 2399, she was a farmer on Virinat trying to forget her life.
Ten years ago? Well, Jonathan Sills would have been either a Captain, commanding the Intrepid-class USS Babbage, NCC-92867, or a Commander, in charge of the Hope-class USS Mendeleev, NCC-92770. He's a Science captain, and I dont recall him having anything unusual in his setup - he's big on Fire At Will, and Torpedo tricks.
Grunt would have still been an Engineering Lieutenant, commanding the poor, doomed USS Hypatia, NCC-95784. She had the hull of a Miranda, with the strut from a Shi'Kahr and the pylons and nacelles of a Centaur - and not necessarily the same Centaur...
So I read the challenge description earlier, and was like naaaah can't write anything for this, they'd be useless in this situation... and about an hour later I was finished writing. *throws hands up in the air* Whatever. Hope you people enjoy it.
So I read the challenge description earlier, and was like naaaah can't write anything for this, they'd be useless in this situation... and about an hour later I was finished writing. *throws hands up in the air* Whatever. Hope you people enjoy it.
So, now that I realized that I posted my story to the wrong thread, I've decided to re-post the The Iconian Factor.
There will be some more to post later on, but for now, this is what I give you!
Have a nice evening all, I've loved all the entries so far.
I award aten66 the Jean Luc Picard Medal of Creativity for an amazing entry. Inventing the Iconian language, adhering to the known concept art and capturing the essence of the Iconian people. These aspects and more made this entry one of the highlights of the challenge.
Yeah, I know this isn't a competition but damn, it's just so damn good!
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"
I award aten66 the Jean Luc Picard Medal of Creativity for an amazing entry. Inventing the Iconian language, adhering to the known concept art and capturing the essence of the Iconian people. These aspects and more made this entry one of the highlights of the challenge.
Yeah, I know this isn't a competition but damn, it's just so damn good!
Well the language (Kanter X...blah, blah, blah) Is actually taken from Memory Alpha, it was what was supposed to be heard from the Enterprise when the Iconian Probe was launched.
But Thank you!
Also, I thought it tried far too hard. Reminded me strongly of the SCP Foundation fic, "From Duke 'Til Dawn" - the one that marked the end of decommissioning fics on the site.
Also, I thought it tried far too hard. Reminded me strongly of the SCP Foundation fic, "From Duke 'Til Dawn" - the one that marked the end of decommissioning fics on the site.
For reference, the story is here. SCP-083 was a "vampire", and the votes on the entry had dropped low enough to warrant decommissioning it - that is, removing the entry from the wiki. Back in the day, site administrators used to write fics about decommissioning items, until this tale.
Also, SCP-682 is an alien, possibly extradimensional lizard-like being that can adapt to any form of attack, and hates and wants to violently destroy all life. It seems to be unkillable (one attempt in the entry involved cutting it in half with a laser; they got two half-size 682s that could reflect laser beams. When no one was observing, one disappeared and the other grew to its normal size; it's theorized that one ate the other).
(FWIW, SCP-383 may or may not be God. He can't even see 682.)
For reference, the story is here. SCP-083 was a "vampire", and the votes on the entry had dropped low enough to warrant decommissioning it - that is, removing the entry from the wiki. Back in the day, site administrators used to write fics about decommissioning items, until this tale.
Also, SCP-682 is an alien, possibly extradimensional lizard-like being that can adapt to any form of attack, and hates and wants to violently destroy all life. It seems to be unkillable (one attempt in the entry involved cutting it in half with a laser; they got two half-size 682s that could reflect laser beams. When no one was observing, one disappeared and the other grew to its normal size; it's theorized that one ate the other).
(FWIW, SCP-383 may or may not be God. He can't even see 682.)
For reference, the story is here. SCP-083 was a "vampire", and the votes on the entry had dropped low enough to warrant decommissioning it - that is, removing the entry from the wiki. Back in the day, site administrators used to write fics about decommissioning items, until this tale.
Also, SCP-682 is an alien, possibly extradimensional lizard-like being that can adapt to any form of attack, and hates and wants to violently destroy all life. It seems to be unkillable (one attempt in the entry involved cutting it in half with a laser; they got two half-size 682s that could reflect laser beams. When no one was observing, one disappeared and the other grew to its normal size; it's theorized that one ate the other).
(FWIW, SCP-383 may or may not be God. He can't even see 682.)
Okay, I guess. I'm still not sure what you're talking about. If you don't like my parody of all the horrible, god-mode Mary Sue fiction I've read, that's certainly fine. I just thought you had something more specific you were addressing. Don't worry about it, then.
Given the scope of this challenge, I think I made a bit of an error, when I decided to try and make a two parter. It seemed like a bit of a cop out on my part, so I do apologize for that.
And done. Sorry I've missed the past few LC's. Combination of work, class, and general writer's block...And poor on-campus Wi-Fi. Let me know what you all think of my entry!
Vice Admiral Bryan Mitchel Valot
Commanding officer: Odyssey class U.S.S. Athena
Admiral of the 1st Assault Fleet
Join date: Some time in Closed Beta
And done. Sorry I've missed the past few LC's. Combination of work, class, and general writer's block...And poor on-campus Wi-Fi. Let me know what you all think of my entry!
Both you and Wraith get the Jean Luc Picard Medal of Creativity!
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"
And done. Sorry I've missed the past few LC's. Combination of work, class, and general writer's block...And poor on-campus Wi-Fi. Let me know what you all think of my entry!
Nice.
I liked the little reveal at the end, with Bryan learning he's gonna be a father. :cool:
And done. Sorry I've missed the past few LC's. Combination of work, class, and general writer's block...And poor on-campus Wi-Fi. Let me know what you all think of my entry!
Nice story. Couple of typos, but nothing really jarring. Creative, very nice job getting the menace on the Iconians.
And done. Sorry I've missed the past few LC's. Combination of work, class, and general writer's block...And poor on-campus Wi-Fi. Let me know what you all think of my entry!
I liked the little reveal at the end, with Bryan learning he's gonna be a father.
Thank ye! It's a story that I've been looking to explore for a while now, and this felt like the perfect opportunity to do it. The rose in the midst of the battlefield, so to speak.
Nice story. Couple of typos, but nothing really jarring. Creative, very nice job getting the menace on the Iconians.
Good story.
Anybody have more thoughts on mine?
Glad you liked it! I actually loosely based the beginning of the battle, along with Bryan's overall plan of attack, from the Battle of Ostagar (the PC's first major encounter with the Darkspawn) in Dragon Age: Origins...Which is an AMAZING game if you haven't had the chance to play it.
I'll get to reading yours as soon as I have the opprotunity, with my thoughts to follow shortly.
Thank ye! It's a story that I've been looking to explore for a while now, and this felt like the perfect opportunity to do it. The rose in the midst of the battlefield, so to speak.
You're welcome!!
I have Takeshi having kids, too - his first was a girl, born in late 2409, named Larcei, and his second is a boy, born three years later, named Kouji.
Both Larcei and Kouji are going to play key roles in a story idea I have in the works - if you've played the game Fire Emblem Awakening long enough to be properly introduced to the character of Lucina, you will know what this idea in the works entails. :cool:
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If you want to give one of my characters a cameo, here's the basics:
Three (Nemesis unit designation Three), level 50, rank Captain, commanding officer USS George Takei, an Avenger-class battlecruiser with a VATA weapon, forward quantum torpedoes (usually sent out at a full spread) and a hodgepodge of stolen Tal Shiar, Hirogen, and Voth dual cannons and turrets. Notable for reinforcements to seemingly random decks as part of redshirt protection protocols.
In 2399, she was 350 years earlier, in another universe, having tea with a lizard woman.
"Do'eth" (AKA D'trel Tomalak, real name D'trel ir'Aehallah tr'Rihannsu), level 50, rank Vice Admiral, commanding officer IRW Vengeance (T'varo retrofit, equipped with a Breen cluster torpedo, three Breen rapid-fire transphasic torpedo launchers, and three transphasic mine launchers). Has also used a captured Imperial Scimitar-class warbird (unimaginatively called the Scimitar) on previous occasions.
In 2399, she was a farmer on Virinat trying to forget her life.
Grunt would have still been an Engineering Lieutenant, commanding the poor, doomed USS Hypatia, NCC-95784. She had the hull of a Miranda, with the strut from a Shi'Kahr and the pylons and nacelles of a Centaur - and not necessarily the same Centaur...
Amanda Palmer was a captain, in command of the Nova Class USS Valkyrie NCC 72134
Ael t'Kazanak was a lieutenant serving as chief of security under Captain Christian Hill, aboard the Intrepid Class USS Kaitain NCC 74683
Marcus Kane was flying a desk at Starfleet Command, as head of Starfleet Intelligence.
Vice Admiral Joanne Roslyn
Commander Corspa Eide
inspiration for Fleet Admiral Juana Gal
There will be some more to post later on, but for now, this is what I give you!
Have a nice evening all, I've loved all the entries so far.
I award aten66 the Jean Luc Picard Medal of Creativity for an amazing entry. Inventing the Iconian language, adhering to the known concept art and capturing the essence of the Iconian people. These aspects and more made this entry one of the highlights of the challenge.
Yeah, I know this isn't a competition but damn, it's just so damn good!
-Leonard Nimoy, RIP
Well the language (Kanter X...blah, blah, blah) Is actually taken from Memory Alpha, it was what was supposed to be heard from the Enterprise when the Iconian Probe was launched.
But Thank you!
It is...far less serious.
Quick before they pull out the Mod Hammer!
You can only post one per LC, besides Reduxs!
Oh snap! I forgot! I'll post it in it's own thread somewhere else.
I don't know what any of this means.
Also, SCP-682 is an alien, possibly extradimensional lizard-like being that can adapt to any form of attack, and hates and wants to violently destroy all life. It seems to be unkillable (one attempt in the entry involved cutting it in half with a laser; they got two half-size 682s that could reflect laser beams. When no one was observing, one disappeared and the other grew to its normal size; it's theorized that one ate the other).
(FWIW, SCP-383 may or may not be God. He can't even see 682.)
So, 682 is capitalist industry? *Ba dum tish!*
Trials of Blood and Fire
Moving On Parts 1-3 - Part 4
In Cold Blood
Okay, I guess. I'm still not sure what you're talking about. If you don't like my parody of all the horrible, god-mode Mary Sue fiction I've read, that's certainly fine. I just thought you had something more specific you were addressing. Don't worry about it, then.
Does rely on having read my previous entries
Have fun reading me rant and swear at stuff(all censored of course, but would normally come up in conversation for me.)
Some facts:
Lullaby is the first few lines from the song Niji no Kanata.
The legend is the first verse and chorus from the song STORMBRINGER, by JAM project. This is used as the OP for the anime Kotetsushin Jeeg.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Commanding officer: Odyssey class U.S.S. Athena
Admiral of the 1st Assault Fleet
Join date: Some time in Closed Beta
Both you and Wraith get the Jean Luc Picard Medal of Creativity!
-Leonard Nimoy, RIP
Nice.
I liked the little reveal at the end, with Bryan learning he's gonna be a father. :cool:
Nice story. Couple of typos, but nothing really jarring. Creative, very nice job getting the menace on the Iconians.
Good story.
Anybody have more thoughts on mine?
Awesome story. Maybe not as good as your last one, but really, really nice. And the ds9 reference was great.
Glad to know that I have the official approval of the one who came up with the topic
Thank ye! It's a story that I've been looking to explore for a while now, and this felt like the perfect opportunity to do it. The rose in the midst of the battlefield, so to speak.
Glad you liked it! I actually loosely based the beginning of the battle, along with Bryan's overall plan of attack, from the Battle of Ostagar (the PC's first major encounter with the Darkspawn) in Dragon Age: Origins...Which is an AMAZING game if you haven't had the chance to play it.
I'll get to reading yours as soon as I have the opprotunity, with my thoughts to follow shortly.
Glad you liked it
Commanding officer: Odyssey class U.S.S. Athena
Admiral of the 1st Assault Fleet
Join date: Some time in Closed Beta
You're welcome!!
I have Takeshi having kids, too - his first was a girl, born in late 2409, named Larcei, and his second is a boy, born three years later, named Kouji.
Both Larcei and Kouji are going to play key roles in a story idea I have in the works - if you've played the game Fire Emblem Awakening long enough to be properly introduced to the character of Lucina, you will know what this idea in the works entails. :cool:
Would love any spelling errors if oyu notice any!