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  • @worffan101 Thanks for picking one of my prompts! I had a pretty good idea for this one, too bad I missed this one. Hopefully I'll get in on one of the next ones. I should be able to get back into these LCs/ULCs shortly. :) PS. The other day I had a dream where Ba'al invaded our world. Unfortunately, with no SG1 Earth's…
  • Thanks for supporting the ULC Captain Smirk. Would it be possible to get a Unofficial Literary Challenge: Index Stickied here on Ten Forward? Thanks
  • Second Life You wake up in another time and another life. Though everything seems 'normal' you begin to realize it's not where you belong. As you start encountering members of your bridge crew in key roles of this other life, you become more and more convinced that it isn't real. Where did you wake up? are you a lounge…
  • Smirk and Trendy are hosting a livestream on crafting right now.
  • @worffan101 I'm usually uncomfortable with other people reading my work. To be honest, this community is the first place I've ever put my work up for the world to see. Its a good place and I'm comfortable here, you guys have been good to me. I'm my worst critic, so I'm always interested in seeing if what I think are 'weak…
  • Got mine up... Not sure if I'll get any others up. Life is about to get pretty crazy for a while. I felt like basing it off of a style of a TV crime procedural. Not sure how well that worked out, but I enjoyed trying. Hope you enjoy it. I also had a lot of fun casting this one... Its funny how 'seeing' your character helps…
  • Captain's Log 92071.92 - Captain Dennis Merrik, USS Explorer NCC-92001-E The Explorer has arrived at Facility 4028 in response to a general distress call. Though communication with the facility has been sparse, we've been ordered to help investigate a theft from the facility. The thieves have apparently absconded with some…
  • @masopw A good continuation from the previous episode. At first I though Gul Figler was going to be the same kind of Cardassian as that jerk Durak, I was delighted to see Figler as a different character with a sense of humor and it was all a good spirited prank. The introduction of Icky makes me fear for the future. I know…
  • So I've been thinking about Challenge 2 and where I want to take it. Part of my plan involves some throw-away names for big name celebrities who I don't care much about at all. I'm not very good at names, especially alien names, so I'm looking for some help. I'm looking for some 2409 celebrity names that allude to our…
  • @worffan101 That was a good piece, I thought it was refreshingly dark, and not at all what I expected when I read the premise for Challenge 2. I think you did an excellent job with the implied badness without needing any graphic gory details. From my perspective, if you had gone much futher it would have been unnecessary…
  • @starswordc I read Reality is Fluid I & II at lunch today. It's an excellent piece, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I enjoyed your take on the Cardassian scientist trying to redeem her family name, and Sisko's appearance guiding your character toward the will of the Prophets. I also loved the part where the Undine ships are…
  • I feel like Smirk started this at the end of the day yesterday, got distracted, and then went home for the night. Now he's in for work today and either forgotten that he didn't finish this, or there are some other fires in his Inbox this morning. The LCs are probably not super high on the priority list compared to his…
  • My entry for Part 1 is up. I had a hard time coming up with an idea for this one, I'm not sure how I feel about it, but my time is up. Might come back here to tweak it later. Moonshadowdark's LC idea "One Fine Vessel" inspired me to take my mains back to the ship they lost. More on that later. Once I took my core…
  • Captain's Log Stardate 92024.47 – Commander Takerra Shran, acting Captain USS Explorer NCC-92001-E While Captain Merrik is off ship, I am left supervising a group of children, more specifically, a group of Cardassian, Bajoran and Federation scientists. They are refitting our deflector with new scanning equipment. Their…
  • The 'real' Merrik is a silverblood copy/clone, in the same way that Harry and Tom (and eventually the entire crew) were duplicated in Demons. The fate of the original Dennis Merrik is still unknown, I suspect he's alive (to be used in a future story) but I don't know where or doing what. That said, by now he's a decade or…
  • Nah, not upset. It was a delight. I haven't done much with the LCs either, but I'm enjoying them so much that I'm getting into them more and more. If you want to know more about my characters, check out LC. I wrote LC58-Redacted . I managed to get it in just before Smirk closed the thread. You're right, Silverbloods are…
  • Finally got a chance to read a couple, also figured that I should share feedback since you guys have been so great to me. I'll try to provide some feedback on the others soon. @jonsills While I'm a big fan of Grunt's exploits, I like this Captain Iain Burwell, I look forward to seeing him again. I really enjoy your take on…
  • Thanks for all the tips and ideas! I tend to make notes in txt files all over my desktop. I just opened up a new one (tentatively called New Text Document (4).txt) , so I'll probably bring the bits and pieces together, copy some extracts from my LCs and build out a 'series bible', a loose timeline and some character…
  • I have a question for you guys. How do you track the continuity of your characters and stories? What kinds of tools and tricks do you use? I'm new to this, I've only written a handful of LCs and never ventured too far outside the LC threads. ‎ But it's becoming apparent to me that you guys have built an amazing community…
  • Got mine up. It surprised me actually. It was the first time I've ever let the characters tell me what happened. I know writers say that all the time, but it’s never happened to me. It was really weird not knowing where I was going. In the end, it became less about gender, and more about my Character encountering another…
  • Captain's Log Stardate 91997.9 – Captain Dennis Alexander Merrik, USS Explorer NCC-92001-E Our colonization assessment on the surface of P4X-650 continues into its fifth day, so far we have identified a dozen potential locations for a new colony, though the final decisions will be made by the Federation Bureau of…
  • I don't like the idea of having 'winners' for LCs. Feels too competitive to me. I'd rather we vote on LC ideas themselves. Maybe take the ideas from this 'Player's ideas for...' thread and vote on them. Highest ranking LC idea every 2 weeks gets picked. New ideas could be added every month or two, and the polls reset. I'm…
  • I've really enjoyed your LCs guys! Great job! I got lots of inspiration from you guys and your stories, but I just couldn't realize a story. I had such a hard time with this one, I wrote myself into a corner with my character's nightmares, and couldn't build a story around it.
  • Really looking forward for #63... They always seem to run late when I'm itching to write. But in the meantime, some ideas... *Daily Grind* Throughout the day, you and your senior staff manage dozens of duty officer assignments of varying difficulties both on and off the ship. For the most part, your crew preforms these…
  • The whine of the transporter was barely audible over the sounds of exotic seabirds and a rushing waterfall. The fine white sand shimmered like diamonds in the hot sun, giving the feeling of a stroll across opulence. Porters and waiters wandered the sand, carrying towels and drinks back and forth between small drink kiosks…
  • OOC: Shoot, missed this one by a day. Going to post this anyway, and start working on number 55. Captain Dennis Merrik slumped into the chair of his ready room. He let out an exhausted sigh and pivoted the chair letting it spin lazily. The chair came to a stop facing the window. Instead of open space or warping star field…
  • This is my first attempt at one of these literary challenges. I recently stumbled across them, and have really enjoyed reading all your efforts, so I thought I would take a stab at one myself. I've been away from the game for a long time, and recently decided to start playing again. (I've been in and out for special…
  • Admiral James Gorman watched quietly as Captain Dennis Merrik stormed into his ready room. The younger man looked furious, and James knew why, it was the fifth time that the launch of his ship, the USS Explorer, had been delayed. "What the hell James?" "You've been out of the game too long old friend." James smiled. "But…