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Tholian Distress Call

rmackiermackie Member Posts: 97 Arc User
edited October 2012 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I see this mentioned in the update notes for today, what is this tholian distress call, I haven't heard it mentioned before
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    happymarvinhappymarvin Member Posts: 89 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    It's been awhile since I've heard it, but they make this long, high pitched squeal, then a bunch of tholians show up.
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    daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    It sounds kinda like when ya drag yer fingernails across the blackboard. :D
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    theultimatextheultimatex Member Posts: 489 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Unrelated to your question. But your forum pic looks like that blond woman in the Desperate Housewives TV show, but in a DS9 uniform. Is that her?
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    xenor002xenor002 Member Posts: 424
    edited October 2012
    It's probably a cut and paste from the Borg Sector Alerts
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    rmackiermackie Member Posts: 97 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    xenor002 wrote: »
    It's probably a cut and paste from the Borg Sector Alerts

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    I will try a sector alert later today and see if it is borg or tholian
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    borticuscrypticborticuscryptic Member Posts: 2,478 Cryptic Developer
    edited October 2012
    This is a ground ability that some Tholians use. It is a channeled ability that will gradually summon in more and more Tholian troops until either the ability has timed out, or they are killed.

    If you hear the distress call, find the source and kill it quickly. Unless you want to deal with more "friends" coming to join the fray.
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    zeuxidemus001zeuxidemus001 Member Posts: 3,357 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    rmackie wrote: »
    The actresses name is Kim Raver, I use her for a simulation i run http://ussantaeus.hostzi.com

    Feel free to check us out

    I will try a sector alert later today and see if it is borg or tholian

    Yeah she also plays the wife of that militia guy who used to be an insurance guy on that new nbc show revolution.
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    diogene0diogene0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    borticuscryptic wrote: »
    This is a ground ability that some Tholians use. It is a channeled ability that will gradually summon in more and more Tholian troops until either the ability has timed out, or they are killed.

    If you hear the distress call, find the source and kill it quickly. Unless you want to deal with more "friends" coming to join the fray.

    Sounds nice. Makes me willing to play a tholian STF. That's the kind of ability mobs need to get more interesting. :D
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    rifter1969rifter1969 Member Posts: 654 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    borticuscryptic wrote: »
    This is a ground ability that some Tholians use. It is a channeled ability that will gradually summon in more and more Tholian troops until either the ability has timed out, or they are killed.

    If you hear the distress call, find the source and kill it quickly. Unless you want to deal with more "friends" coming to join the fray.

    You know, I've heard this on Nukara, but didn't think much of it.

    I mean, I know what it was supposed to be, but didn't think it had a game related effect :eek:

    So, how do you find out which Tholian is emitting the signal?

    Aside from killing all the Tholians in the vicinity... :P
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    markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,231 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    borticuscryptic wrote: »
    This is a ground ability that some Tholians use. It is a channeled ability that will gradually summon in more and more Tholian troops until either the ability has timed out, or they are killed.

    If you hear the distress call, find the source and kill it quickly. Unless you want to deal with more "friends" coming to join the fray.
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    bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I run with the sound off a lot. Unless there's some other indication as to where the distress call is coming from, I'll be out of luck.

    This would be a good use for, oh, I don't know... a tricorder scan, maybe?

    "I'm sorry Captain, our 23rd century tricorders aren't sensitive enough to figure out where that sound you're hearing is coming from."

    Ok, I'm just pulling the chain here. I don't really expect that. But it would certainly be nice to have the ability to scan for and distinguish between multiple readings.
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