Good stories all around, though. It's neat seeing little slices of characterization like this.
Agreed. This is one of the best things about the literary challenges I think, getting a glimpse at the backgrounds, motives, etc, of other people's characters
I have no idea where I was going with this, just sat and typed for an hour before pressing 'reply'.
I regret nothing xD
as usual, bash away
Nice Amurorx0
I've kinda adopted the portable transporter buffer for my characters too. It's a convenient explanation as to why they can suddenly summon a variety of weapons out of thin air
My entry is here. I decided to wrap up my story arc with Section 31. I had the ship stolen by Section 31 during the Terra Nova literary challenge, and in the New Romulus entry I had Captain Carter get forced into meeting with a secretive Romulan. Now I'll have to come up with something even more ridiculous for the next series of entries.
My entry is here. I decided to wrap up my story arc with Section 31. I had the ship stolen by Section 31 during the Terra Nova literary challenge, and in the New Romulus entry I had Captain Carter get forced into meeting with a secretive Romulan. Now I'll have to come up with something even more ridiculous for the next series of entries.
I think he's/she's meaning the device I am calling a "Morpher Stand-In".
Still, that device was pretty interesting. And I'm starting to lose track of all of your different shout-outs. Gundam, Aquarion, Super Robot Wars, Power Rangers... am I missing any?
Regardless, a very fun entry. I look forward to the next one, as well as learning more about Cagalli's son, who you mentioned at the end of your entry.
My entry is up although i had to weed out a lot of question marks that replaced various punctuation. It's a little more somber in tone, hopefully it's not a bad read. Any way any and all comments are welcome. I'm just glad to get it in earlier than i did last time.
Portable Transporter - The device you used in your story for beaming in the suit. I used the name portable transporter because it's identical in concept to a device used in Voyager: Elite Force to explain why you could carry around some 9-10 weapons without being loaded down.
Personally, I think it's a great idea and should be adopted in game.
My entry is up although i had to weed out a lot of question marks that replaced various punctuation. It's a little more somber in tone, hopefully it's not a bad read. Any way any and all comments are welcome. I'm just glad to get it in earlier than i did last time.
Nothing wrong with somber, I really enjoyed it. Gave an excellent insight into the mindset of someone who realizes that they have been letting things slide, and giving themself a kick in the pants to re-engage A fantastic entry
It was sombre, but I agree that there is nothing wrong with that! I was impressed how you brough the character to life through the medium of a Personal Log like this. Captains need to show strength, vigilance, and level-headedness to everyone around them ... but in private is when the "real" person comes out. I think it's a stellar post and I look forward to reading more from you
Missed 1.5
Misread a Kamen rider reference (the portable transporter is closer in idea than that, just the wrong way round :P)
The other I'd have missed myself if not for you asking. I made an accidental reference to the movie "Doom".
I have no idea how to play out the Son angle, so that might take a while, wanna finish the belt plot first.
I never had the opportunity to play elite force, thus had no idea hehe.
I really enjoyed how your entry took Jinx back to where her story began( I really should go read the rest of that :P) yet I get the feeling that the plaque refers to more than it immediately lets on.
Thank you all for the good reviews, i know the holiday's aren't the best time for every one and while i've mentioned it before it was good to delve deeper into Donovan's background for a little more character development. I'm always saying i need to try and do more of that so maybe i'll be able to pull it off as part of a new years resolution for myself?
As for the personal transporter, i just assumed it's the same thing like the engineering kits and such, maybe a device worn on the away missions that stores patterns of small objects as a way to explain inventory space or where your weapons go when not in use or on your back.
@ Amurorx0 - VERY nice indeed! I am totally yoinking the portable transporter idea for an upcoming post!
@ superhombre777 - Love it!!
Man, I should have hopped on board these LC earlier
Thanks @ marcusdkane and @ cmdrscarlet.
I'm also a fan of the portable transporter - maybe the next literary challenge should be to come up with the most awkward, illegal, or entertaining use of one. I'd be down for that.
My entry is up although i had to weed out a lot of question marks that replaced various punctuation. It's a little more somber in tone, hopefully it's not a bad read. Any way any and all comments are welcome. I'm just glad to get it in earlier than i did last time.
I feel your pain with the special character issue - it seems like all punctuation except periods end up as ? when you copy/paste from a text editor like Word.
More importantly, your story was sad...but awesome. You did a great job capturing the emotion in the story.
I never had the opportunity to play elite force, thus had no idea hehe.
I really enjoyed how your entry took Jinx back to where her story began( I really should go read the rest of that :P) yet I get the feeling that the plaque refers to more than it immediately lets on.
Hehe, well if you never played Elite Force and so missed their personal transporter, good thinking, lol
When you say I take Jinx back where her story began, do you refer to Trill, or that beach specifically? The beach itself I decided was Jinx's favourite place on Trill, and crops up in my background story a few times.
Hehe, well if you never played Elite Force and so missed their personal transporter, good thinking, lol
When you say I take Jinx back where her story began, do you refer to Trill, or that beach specifically? The beach itself I decided was Jinx's favourite place on Trill, and crops up in my background story a few times.
That beach. I feel it is the same place, give or take a couple of yards, from where they chose to head off across the stars, hence the plaque xD
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I have no idea where I was going with this, just sat and typed for an hour before pressing 'reply'.
I regret nothing xD
as usual, bash away
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Thank you. I decided that there weren't enough federation star ships commanded by inscrutable, alien, and objectively horrible space bugs.
Good stories all around, though. It's neat seeing little slices of characterization like this.
Agreed. This is one of the best things about the literary challenges I think, getting a glimpse at the backgrounds, motives, etc, of other people's characters
Nice Amurorx0
I've kinda adopted the portable transporter buffer for my characters too. It's a convenient explanation as to why they can suddenly summon a variety of weapons out of thin air
Awesome entry
@ superhombre777 - Love it!!
Man, I should have hopped on board these LC earlier
umm... what portable transporter?
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I think he's/she's meaning the device I am calling a "Morpher Stand-In".
Still, that device was pretty interesting. And I'm starting to lose track of all of your different shout-outs. Gundam, Aquarion, Super Robot Wars, Power Rangers... am I missing any?
Regardless, a very fun entry. I look forward to the next one, as well as learning more about Cagalli's son, who you mentioned at the end of your entry.
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@amurorx0:
Portable Transporter - The device you used in your story for beaming in the suit. I used the name portable transporter because it's identical in concept to a device used in Voyager: Elite Force to explain why you could carry around some 9-10 weapons without being loaded down.
Personally, I think it's a great idea and should be adopted in game.
It was sombre, but I agree that there is nothing wrong with that! I was impressed how you brough the character to life through the medium of a Personal Log like this. Captains need to show strength, vigilance, and level-headedness to everyone around them ... but in private is when the "real" person comes out. I think it's a stellar post and I look forward to reading more from you
Wraith's entry was somber, and mine was downright miserable
Missed 1.5
Misread a Kamen rider reference (the portable transporter is closer in idea than that, just the wrong way round :P)
The other I'd have missed myself if not for you asking. I made an accidental reference to the movie "Doom".
I have no idea how to play out the Son angle, so that might take a while, wanna finish the belt plot first.
@bortjinx:
I never had the opportunity to play elite force, thus had no idea hehe.
I really enjoyed how your entry took Jinx back to where her story began( I really should go read the rest of that :P) yet I get the feeling that the plaque refers to more than it immediately lets on.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
As for the personal transporter, i just assumed it's the same thing like the engineering kits and such, maybe a device worn on the away missions that stores patterns of small objects as a way to explain inventory space or where your weapons go when not in use or on your back.
Thanks @ marcusdkane and @ cmdrscarlet.
I'm also a fan of the portable transporter - maybe the next literary challenge should be to come up with the most awkward, illegal, or entertaining use of one. I'd be down for that.
I feel your pain with the special character issue - it seems like all punctuation except periods end up as ? when you copy/paste from a text editor like Word.
More importantly, your story was sad...but awesome. You did a great job capturing the emotion in the story.
Hehe, well if you never played Elite Force and so missed their personal transporter, good thinking, lol
When you say I take Jinx back where her story began, do you refer to Trill, or that beach specifically? The beach itself I decided was Jinx's favourite place on Trill, and crops up in my background story a few times.
That beach. I feel it is the same place, give or take a couple of yards, from where they chose to head off across the stars, hence the plaque xD
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Feel free to continue discussing as I unstick this one and post up #36.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=