Thanks!
I decided to take this opportunity to introduce my last set of characters, especially since it's S'Rastaa, by far, who's been doing the most grinding for the summer event - he's got all the tailor options now, the best floater, and should have a corvette in a couple of days.
My mental casting is pretty loose, especially with so many aliens in this crew; several of the following would probably end up being just voice with CGI. But for personality and inter-crew dynamics, try these on for size:
S'Rastaa: Laurence Fishburne
Mishara: Gina Torres
Orsin: Jeremy Brett
Nismi: Scarlett Johansson
Cerazod: Wayne Pygram
Zeera: ... anyone have a suggestion for a female Heavy?
Right, just posted mine. Originally, I was going to have the story end with an attack by a Hirogen hunting party, but I decided not to complicate the story any more than I needed to.
Right, just posted mine. Originally, I was going to have the story end with an attack by a Hirogen hunting party, but I decided not to complicate the story any more than I needed to.
Very nice entry, and quite different from other entries :cool:
Thank you Marcusdkane and danqueller for the words of wisdom, but sadly this one didn't turn out as well as i would have hoped for me. There was a lot more i wanted to squeeze in there but it just didn't happen. It still felt a little forced to me, but that was due, in part to late nights and overly nosey family constantly butting in. Either way, please comment or ask questions as you feel to do so. Thank you.
Thank you Marcusdkane and danqueller for the words of wisdom, but sadly this one didn't turn out as well as i would have hoped for me. There was a lot more i wanted to squeeze in there but it just didn't happen. It still felt a little forced to me, but that was due, in part to late nights and overly nosey family constantly butting in. Either way, please comment or ask questions as you feel to do so. Thank you.
Awesome follow up to the previous shenanigans :cool: I rather liked the image of the Ferengi getting the beating with a horga'hn As for nosey family, I know what you mean, I never let my wife read anything I write
Still playing Champions Online, but I've been in here at least once a day to look at the Challenges, and some of the other stories people have up around here.
Also, for those of you who frequent the CO Forums as well (jonsills already knows about this because he's there) I've started a little petition for a return of their Lit Challenges. :cool:
Anyway, I look forward to seeing the next Lit Challenge, and I also hope some of you will visit the CO Forums to help bring back their Lit Challenges.
@ambassadormolari - I am such a fan of Ta'nara from this piece. I really enjoyed the part of her reasoning to take the item from the forest. Really well done.
@wraithsahdow13 - If this was uninspired then color me impressed! Admittedly, some sentences seemed to be missing a word that caused me to reread them, but overall I think it was well-conceived.
@zidanetribal - Thank you for name dropping! So, marcus, no we didn't collaborate. I'm a fan of the Voyager series above the rest (:eek:), so LC that connect to that show really grab my attention. This was a fun piece to read!
@vdiddy5000 - Welcome to the LCs! It reads like you have an interesting crew so I hope you show more of them in future Challenges :cool:
Thank you, thank you, I hope so as well. I admit, this is my first time writing about my STO character, much less her bridge officers...though I always had thoughts of how they would be were they actual characters. Anyway, any feedback/comments/complaints & praises are always welcome.
Very nice entry :cool: Was this a collaborative piece with cmdrscarlet?
@marcusdkane: It wasn't a collaboration; it just happened that all the needed information was in Scarlet's signature, heh heh.
@cmdrscarlet: I'll have to use more Voyager references then. Some of the more advanced races in the Voyager canon may be able to use plot devices to reach Federation space as well.
@vdiddy5000: I think it's a very promising start to a fruitful LC career.
@flamesight: Interesting viewpoint, given the human races current ability for some of its members to want to swap one Earth culture for another, makes sense that there would be some who would want to swap to a non-earth culture.
@cmdrscarlet: Exactly how does a Breen wear shorts? And a nice job on making DOFFing seem sexy, though on Risa, I gues everything seems sexy.
@hfmudd: I like this crew, nice window into their time. And the two Gorn are cute.
@vdiddy5000: Cute story and some interesting characters.
@ambassadormolari: KILLL!!!!!!!! Sorry, old reflex to your opening line. Interesting crew here, lots of good interaction.
@wraithshadow13: It took me a second to remember this character, but interesting action story. 1st person is always hard for me to do well, but I think you did pretty good.
@zidanetribal: Nice conclusion, and very Star Trek, winning them over with open arms.
Unfortunately I couldn't really get mine together well enough for me to put it out. I'll keep working on it and try for next time.
@masopw: Ha, good stuff, mostly funny with a bit of sad to wash it down. And I love a story that proves that people will always lose their minds on a tropical beach.
Catching up on some reading: A lot of good stuff here!
@flightofcrimson - Very fun story! Man, I'd pay real money to see Drake floating around Risa in trunks...
@danqueller - that was a rather elegant solution the problem of Rycho. I look forward to seeing how he handles it! It was also nice to see what the rest of your crew is up to.
@knightraider - sweet, sexy and loads of fun! I really loved the Klingons digging My Little Pony, and the Wrath of Korn reference. And Magnum, P.I. - IN SPACE!
@rextorvan - that was very good. I really liked the reason for Eris' discomfort with attending any sort of festival.
@patrickngo - I seem to recall having a similar experience to Kevin's on my first trip to Pearl. Got a little lost in Waikiki. Don't remember exactly what happened... so many mai-tais... similar story, different punchline.
@flamesight - great log entry. I really enjoy reading from the perspective of characters who are a bit off the wall and know it.
@cmdrscarlet - nice little interlude there. I would also pay real money to see a Breen in shorts.
@hfmudd - simply brilliant. The contrast between Mishara at the start of this piece and the end and all the intrigue in between... I really loved the way you set your Gorn up as having very human concerns (money, fast ships, emotional barriers) but being just alien enough in ways that simply make sense for them.
@vdiddy5000 - terrific first entry! Fascinating characters, humorous and engaging writing. I enjoyed this very much.
@ambassadormolari - that was a really beautiful entry, showing Ta'nara's sensitive side and her (somewhat ill-conceived) efforts to connect with her crew. The bit at the start with Ziala and Taliv was also very good.
@wraithshadow - a fascinating chance encounter there, and an awesome look at Wraith in action! Great stuff as usual.
@zidanetribal - excellent continuation piece! I find it interesting that of all the species in the Lord English's crew, your ex-Borg Ten seemed to be the one most able to relate to Lesa.
@masopw - a hilarious log entry from your CMO! Thank you for the laughs in this one. The morose ending was a nice counterpoint.
...Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you / Oh, I can hear it callin 'me / I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?...
- Anne Bredon
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Zeera - Sigourney Weaver
Heh. Cute, but not quite, IMO. (I considered Claudia Black, for similar / obvious reasons.)
I'll keep thinkin'.
In that case, how about Claudia Christian? She posted a bikini shot on fb the other week, and she's still got it :cool:
@vdiddy5000 - Welcome to the LCs! It reads like you have an interesting crew so I hope you show more of them in future Challenges :cool:
Very nice entry, and quite different from other entries :cool:
Awesome follow up to the previous shenanigans :cool: I rather liked the image of the Ferengi getting the beating with a horga'hn
Still playing Champions Online, but I've been in here at least once a day to look at the Challenges, and some of the other stories people have up around here.
Also, for those of you who frequent the CO Forums as well (jonsills already knows about this because he's there) I've started a little petition for a return of their Lit Challenges. :cool:
Anyway, I look forward to seeing the next Lit Challenge, and I also hope some of you will visit the CO Forums to help bring back their Lit Challenges.
Literary Challenges Entries- Star Trek Online: Lord English
Dramatis Personae of Star Trek Online: Lord English
Very nice entry :cool: Was this a collaborative piece with cmdrscarlet?
@wraithsahdow13 - If this was uninspired then color me impressed! Admittedly, some sentences seemed to be missing a word that caused me to reread them, but overall I think it was well-conceived.
@zidanetribal - Thank you for name dropping! So, marcus, no we didn't collaborate. I'm a fan of the Voyager series above the rest (:eek:), so LC that connect to that show really grab my attention. This was a fun piece to read!
Thank you, thank you, I hope so as well. I admit, this is my first time writing about my STO character, much less her bridge officers...though I always had thoughts of how they would be were they actual characters. Anyway, any feedback/comments/complaints & praises are always welcome.
@marcusdkane: It wasn't a collaboration; it just happened that all the needed information was in Scarlet's signature, heh heh.
@cmdrscarlet: I'll have to use more Voyager references then. Some of the more advanced races in the Voyager canon may be able to use plot devices to reach Federation space as well.
@vdiddy5000: I think it's a very promising start to a fruitful LC career.
Literary Challenges Entries- Star Trek Online: Lord English
Dramatis Personae of Star Trek Online: Lord English
@cmdrscarlet: Exactly how does a Breen wear shorts? And a nice job on making DOFFing seem sexy, though on Risa, I gues everything seems sexy.
@hfmudd: I like this crew, nice window into their time. And the two Gorn are cute.
@vdiddy5000: Cute story and some interesting characters.
@ambassadormolari: KILLL!!!!!!!! Sorry, old reflex to your opening line. Interesting crew here, lots of good interaction.
@wraithshadow13: It took me a second to remember this character, but interesting action story. 1st person is always hard for me to do well, but I think you did pretty good.
@zidanetribal: Nice conclusion, and very Star Trek, winning them over with open arms.
Unfortunately I couldn't really get mine together well enough for me to put it out. I'll keep working on it and try for next time.
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@flightofcrimson - Very fun story! Man, I'd pay real money to see Drake floating around Risa in trunks...
@danqueller - that was a rather elegant solution the problem of Rycho. I look forward to seeing how he handles it! It was also nice to see what the rest of your crew is up to.
@knightraider - sweet, sexy and loads of fun! I really loved the Klingons digging My Little Pony, and the Wrath of Korn reference. And Magnum, P.I. - IN SPACE!
@rextorvan - that was very good. I really liked the reason for Eris' discomfort with attending any sort of festival.
@jonsills - I really like Ruben.
@patrickngo - I seem to recall having a similar experience to Kevin's on my first trip to Pearl. Got a little lost in Waikiki. Don't remember exactly what happened... so many mai-tais... similar story, different punchline.
@flamesight - great log entry. I really enjoy reading from the perspective of characters who are a bit off the wall and know it.
@cmdrscarlet - nice little interlude there. I would also pay real money to see a Breen in shorts.
@hfmudd - simply brilliant. The contrast between Mishara at the start of this piece and the end and all the intrigue in between... I really loved the way you set your Gorn up as having very human concerns (money, fast ships, emotional barriers) but being just alien enough in ways that simply make sense for them.
@vdiddy5000 - terrific first entry! Fascinating characters, humorous and engaging writing. I enjoyed this very much.
@ambassadormolari - that was a really beautiful entry, showing Ta'nara's sensitive side and her (somewhat ill-conceived) efforts to connect with her crew. The bit at the start with Ziala and Taliv was also very good.
@wraithshadow - a fascinating chance encounter there, and an awesome look at Wraith in action! Great stuff as usual.
@zidanetribal - excellent continuation piece! I find it interesting that of all the species in the Lord English's crew, your ex-Borg Ten seemed to be the one most able to relate to Lesa.
@masopw - a hilarious log entry from your CMO! Thank you for the laughs in this one. The morose ending was a nice counterpoint.
...Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you / Oh, I can hear it callin 'me / I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?...
- Anne Bredon