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cmdrscarletcmdrscarlet Member Posts: 5,137 Arc User
edited February 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
So ... they are sentient little worker bees ... is that correct?

Is that all?
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  • atatassaultatatassault Member Posts: 1,008 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    cmdrscarlet wrote: »
    So ... they are sentient little worker bees ... is that correct?

    Is that all?
    The Duty Officers are sentient. The combat pets are not.
  • rickysmith1rickysmith1 Member Posts: 610 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    they should explore their story and that of the free holographic society near the neutral zone.
    STAR TREK CONTINUES
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    Episode Four - Head Of A Needle Episode Five: The Duality of Men Episode Six - Redemption Earned
    Episode Seven - Shattered Universe Episode Eight - The Gepetto Condition Episode Nine - One Room, Two Officers
    Episode Ten - Beyond The Farthest Star Episode Eleven - It's OK, It Won't Hurt Episode Twelve - A Protracted Officer
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  • syberghostsyberghost Member Posts: 1,711 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    atatassault wrote: »
    The Duty Officers are sentient. The combat pets are not.

    I don't see it that way. They're as sentient as a Tactical Team, or the guy who pushes the button to fire that Orbital Strike for you; they just don't stick around. That's game mechanics, not a sign the Exocomps are lobotomized, any more than the Tactical Team are.
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  • cmdrscarletcmdrscarlet Member Posts: 5,137 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I apologize for not being more clear.

    This is not about the in-game version of Exocomps. I'm looking at them from a lore perspective and figured this forum was more appropriate than Ten Forward. I've checked Memory Alpha and there is not much about them so I was hoping to pick the brains of the community :)

    SO ... they are worker bees, is that about the sum of them?
    Kathryn S. Beringer - Endless Excelsior - Veritatum Liquido Cernerne - a proud off-meta build
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  • jslynjslyn Member Posts: 1,790 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    syberghost wrote: »
    I don't see it that way. They're as sentient as a Tactical Team, or the guy who pushes the button to fire that Orbital Strike for you; they just don't stick around. That's game mechanics, not a sign the Exocomps are lobotomized, any more than the Tactical Team are.



    All of that flying and shooting drains their batteries. They can't hang long in a fight. It is why we don't have them as playable Captains.
  • syberghostsyberghost Member Posts: 1,711 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    cmdrscarlet wrote: »
    I apologize for not being more clear.

    This is not about the in-game version of Exocomps. I'm looking at them from a lore perspective and figured this forum was more appropriate than Ten Forward. I've checked Memory Alpha and there is not much about them so I was hoping to pick the brains of the community :)

    SO ... they are worker bees, is that about the sum of them?

    Well, sort of. "bees" implies hive mind, and I don't believe we know what their society has evolved into; but yeah, they were created to be astromech droids basically, and they evolved sentience. Now at least some of them have joined Starfleet to help in the war effort, but don't appear to have any at advanced rank; indeed, we don't know what their ranks are. They may simply be enlisted personnel, or some may have advanced to commissions; who knows?
    Former moderator of these forums. Lifetime sub since before launch. Been here since before public betas. Foundry author of "Franklin Drake Must Die".
  • erei1erei1 Member Posts: 4,081 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I though they were just a non sentient version of exocomp....
    Enough to do basic operation, but without the evolutive program, simply do as we say but never try to improve or learn.
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  • cmdrscarletcmdrscarlet Member Posts: 5,137 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    So, I guess then this is kind of a free-range area to explore ...

    I'm trying to justify in my head Exocomps as pets. Maybe they are more like "best friends"? You know, like R2-D2 may be an Astromech droid but he is also a companion to Luke Skywalker (or C-3PO) specifically, yet is also "himself" (I'm assuming R2 is a dude).

    Does that make sense?
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  • bberge1701bberge1701 Member Posts: 726 Bug Hunter
    edited February 2013
    cmdrscarlet wrote: »
    I'm trying to justify in my head Exocomps as pets. Maybe they are more like "best friends"? You know, like R2-D2 may be an Astromech droid but he is also a companion to Luke Skywalker (or C-3PO) specifically, yet is also "himself" (I'm assuming R2 is a dude).

    Does that make sense?

    Makes sense to me. As far as their status as "pets", I would say that depends on their intelligence. If they're at the same level as a cat/dog/war targ, that seems more "pet"-like to me. As depicted in the TNG episode "Quality of Life", this seems about right; however they may well have evolved since them.
  • xigbargxigbarg Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Would be funny to see exocomp starfighters.
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    xigbarg wrote: »
    Would be funny to see exocomp starfighters.

    How would that even work?
  • xigbargxigbarg Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    A) Insert them like a UBS drive

    B) Transformers or act like a bunch of bio neural warheads.

    C) Shenanigans
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  • tbaalantbaalan Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    a wizard did it.
  • jslynjslyn Member Posts: 1,790 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    centersolace wrote: »
    How would that even work?



    Just a really large Exocomp? Equip them to Hanger Slots and let 'em fly.
  • delsabereduxdelsaberedux Member Posts: 244 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Or just mount the normal non-sentient drone Exocomps with something bigger than a peashooter and launch 'em five or ten at a time from a shuttle bay. 'course, it would be easier just to pre-program shuttles and fighters for the same job.

    I just wish the Exocomps had their cute lil' feet.
    Relax.
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