Warning or not, I just wouldn't want to write it...
Aaaaaah. I see. Too much squick, and not in the humorous "why the hell would Three WANT to sleep with what is effectively a sentient rock?" way, I presume?
"It was the perfect plan! During an excursion to the mirror universe, you successfully swapped places with your annoying counterpart and have infiltrated their starship. Now, as they are aboard your vessel in stasis, you are free to sabotage the ship and open portals to your universe! All you have left to do is-wait, what's this? The First Officer wants to have a lunch meeting? Your First Officer hates you with all their life. The ship's helm's man is inviting you to play cards? Must be a trick to assassinate you. Or is it? As you spend more time aboard this vessel, you discover how...nice it is! No having to worry about assassination plots, no battle rations for every meal, no having to report to those hard asses at HQ. This universe is paradise! But the Terran universe is expecting you to complete the mission. What do you do? Can you really turn your back on your home reality?"
That because they're already dysfunctional, sadistic socio/psychopaths?
Partially, partially because their backstories...don't work so great in the MU. Mirror D'trel wouldn't be a starship commander, for sure; I mean, she's a political dissident in the Mirror Romulan state (whatever that is), she wouldn't live very long or achieve much standing if she did.
I can't even imagine Mirror Three, but I guess that she'd either be an uncontrolled killing machine or...shoot, I dunno, a five-foot anorexic housewife?
Partially, partially because their backstories...don't work so great in the MU. Mirror D'trel wouldn't be a starship commander, for sure; I mean, she's a political dissident in the Mirror Romulan state (whatever that is), she wouldn't live very long or achieve much standing if she did.
I can't even imagine Mirror Three, but I guess that she'd either be an uncontrolled killing machine or...shoot, I dunno, a five-foot anorexic housewife?
Mirror Three would be a stable and functioning member of society who believes in monogamy with her steady girlfriend. She is genre aware, but has the actual sense NOT to point this out because she has professional courtesy for the denizens of the universe she currently inhabits. She obeys her CO and does things by the book. She upholds every Directive and she refuses to use vulgar language out of politeness.
DONE.
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"
Mirror Three would be a stable and functioning member of society who believes in monogamy with her steady girlfriend. She is genre aware, but has the actual sense NOT to point this out because she has professional courtesy for the denizens of the universe she currently inhabits. She obeys her CO and does things by the book. She upholds every Directive and she refuses to use vulgar language out of politeness.
Mirror Three would be a stable and functioning member of society who believes in monogamy with her steady girlfriend. She is genre aware, but has the actual sense NOT to point this out because she has professional courtesy for the denizens of the universe she currently inhabits. She obeys her CO and does things by the book. She upholds every Directive and she refuses to use vulgar language out of politeness.
Aaaaaah. I see. Too much squick, and not in the humorous "why the hell would Three WANT to sleep with what is effectively a sentient rock?" way, I presume?
Essentially... Yes, it would show why Ael and S'rR's are such tight non-homo lifemates, and why Ael is much harsher than she was as a child, but I doubt anyone would actually enjoy reading about it, nor would would AI want to focus on the event enough to be able to write about it. Same way as I won't write the mission Amanda had to the Mirror Universe, where she wound up expering the 'hospitality' of the Cardassian-Klingon Alliance... Like a Unit, I have limits. I won't cross when writing... (when I wrote what happened to T'Reya, that was as close as I will push that boundary, and even, that was as momentary flashbacks, not a full scene...)
Essentially... Yes, it would show why Ael and S'rR's are such tight non-homo lifemates, and why Ael is much harsher than she was as a child, but I doubt anyone would actually enjoy reading about it, nor would would I want to focus on the event enough to be able to write about it. Same way as I won't write the mission Amanda had to the Mirror Universe, where she wound up expering the 'hospitality' of the Cardassian-Klingon Alliance... Like a Unit, I have limits. I won't cross when writing... (when I wrote what happened to T'Reya, that was as close as I will push that boundary, and even, that was as momentary flashbacks, not a full scene...)
Yeah, makes sense.
Also, Siri and Ael make very cute Heterosexual Life Partners. Sort of like Sherlock and John.
How's the next chapter of "Invasion" coming? I've got a decent first half for my chapter, trying to keep Warat from exploding prematurely...
Cool :cool: Will be interesting to see what the new LC is, and what I have to do to tackle it :cool:
If Smirk sticks to plan, it'll be a prompt from this thread.
I do want to see how you'd handle the prompts "Visit to a weird planet, revisited, revisited" or "Fourth Wall? What's that?". Plus, I'd have a ton of fun meeting Three and showing her her character UI.
If Smirk sticks to plan, it'll be a prompt from this thread.
I do want to see how you'd handle the prompts "Visit to a weird planet, revisited, revisited" or "Fourth Wall? What's that?". Plus, I'd have a ton of fun meeting Three and showing her her character UI.
It might be the starboard latch that keeps the Captain's Gig snug against the primary hull, a tractor beam that shorts out every time the target is at 4.3 km from the ship, or a sensor pallet that just won't stop sending feedback into the primary deflector array. It could be the torpedo launcher's exhaust drives the internal temperature up 10 degrees on Deck 7, or perhaps the phaser array's coolant keeps leaking into crew quarters, ruining the carpet.
Or maybe the replicators just can't make a good pie.
Something keeps breaking down, over and over and over...
What aspect of your ship has your Chief Engineer cursing the day they put on the gold? What component does your captain not rely on because it keeps breaking down? What makes the Science Division create a backup repair tool made of tricorders, duct tape, and 30 year old Romulan Ale?
Format ideas:
--from the Captain's perspective, a log detailing what keeps going wrong, or a report to Starfleet demanding that this be looked at by the SCE.
--from the Chief Engineer's perspective, a report to the Captain filled with explanations and excuses; a general hail to other ships of the same class asking, "Is your ship doing this too?"; a personal log on how you're overseeing the repairs personally this time.
Captain, you've certainly done some unorthodox things in your career...but what has your crew crying, "Mercy!"
Maybe you demand Evasive Maneuvers every 45 seconds, and the SIF, Inertial Dampers, and other systems are being replaced on an daily basis, as opposed the the scheduled maintenance cycle of every six months.
Perhaps you separate the saucer so much that the docking latches are worn down.
Could be you're a stickler for discipline, deportment, and decorum, and you order your crew to repaint every corridor weekly, whether it needs it or not.
So...is it a Junior Officer that comes up the chain of command to respectfully request you stop flying your personal shuttle to the redline? Does your First Officer kindly suggest you take it down a notch before your crew gets on the edge of mutiny? Or does somebody have their Admiral Aunt or Uncle call you to ESD to discuss just why is it you're mounting 8 torpedoes on a Federation cruiser with a turn rate of a sick whale.
Format ideas:
--a Junior Officer risks his or her career to confront you directly...maybe after what you did got their best friend killed.
--you overhear crewmen talking while repairing a shuttle they don't know you're inside of.
--one of your senior staff tells you there's a problem.
--An Admiral demands an explanation for something you've done.
--counterpoint - you're called on what you did, but you explain why it is you did what you did...and it becomes a new SOP when the alternatives, in simulation, have proven disastrous.
It might be the starboard latch that keeps the Captain's Gig snug against the primary hull, a tractor beam that shorts out every time the target is at 4.3 km from the ship, or a sensor pallet that just won't stop sending feedback into the primary deflector array. It could be the torpedo launcher's exhaust drives the internal temperature up 10 degrees on Deck 7, or perhaps the phaser array's coolant keeps leaking into crew quarters, ruining the carpet.
Or maybe the replicators just can't make a good pie.
Something keeps breaking down, over and over and over...
What aspect of your ship has your Chief Engineer cursing the day they put on the gold? What component does your captain not rely on because it keeps breaking down? What makes the Science Division create a backup repair tool made of tricorders, duct tape, and 30 year old Romulan Ale?
Format ideas:
--from the Captain's perspective, a log detailing what keeps going wrong, or a report to Starfleet demanding that this be looked at by the SCE.
--from the Chief Engineer's perspective, a report to the Captain filled with explanations and excuses; a general hail to other ships of the same class asking, "Is your ship doing this too?"; a personal log on how you're overseeing the repairs personally this time.
This one would be a real fun one.
I'd imagine it would be easier to have the ship in question be an older design (anything older than a Galaxy or Nebula), but even the newer ships likely still have bugs, some of which refuse to stay fixed...
The Iconians have attacked, as described in LC 61. And they have won. They and their servitors destroyed entire star systems, wiping out all Milky Way resistance in a matter of hours. In the last minutes of your homeworld, as Iconian planet killers emerged from subspace and powered up, your ship was sent on a desperate mission to travel back in time and save the galaxy.
You must convince someone, anyone, of the threat posed by the Iconians, and help them develop anti-Iconian weaponry, engage in a preemptive strike, or otherwise take the fight to the demons of air and darkness before it's too late.
Everything is at stake. Can you and your crew pull through?
Someone's been watching Enterprise's Daniel's episodes again, haven't they?
Another LC! But we should save this one for LC 100.
"Nexus"
"2410. The year when everything changes. The Nexus has reopened and your Captain has disappeared within. Your crew has followed into the Nexus and discovered that, while only moments passed outside, your captain has spent one hundred years in the Nexus in their own paradise. Write a log about how your captain spent that century in the Nexus. What was their paradise like? Who was there? Does your captain even want to leave?"
Ok, it's 2410 now, we definitely should kick off the 'new year' with this as our next LC! I mean, come on, it's perfect...too perfect...
Another LC! But we should save this one for LC 100.
"Nexus"
"2410. The year when everything changes. The Nexus has reopened and your Captain has disappeared within. Your crew has followed into the Nexus and discovered that, while only moments passed outside, your captain has spent one hundred years in the Nexus in their own paradise. Write a log about how your captain spent that century in the Nexus. What was their paradise like? Who was there? Does your captain even want to leave?"
Three would spend a hundred years alternately having s*x with pretty much everything she's ever encountered and killing random things for fun, in all sorts of crazy environments. She is a psychopath with uncomplicated desires.
D'trel...well, her desires would be simple, too. Maybe a little less creepy, but simple.
Three would probably be OK with leaving, but D'trel would have to be dragged out by her crew.
This one might be too canon-busting to be useful, but Ive been watching old eps lately, and have been wondering where these worlds ended up.
*Epilogue*
Throughout its history, Starfleet has visited thousands of worlds, and while some become Federation members or resource worlds, others seem to slip through the cracks. With the Undine influence creeping through the quadrant, command has ordered you to visit a planet first explored by your favourite Starfleet crew. What has happened since their visit, and how do they fit into the Galaxy now?
For example:
Did anyone ever settle on Archer's Planet?
What happened to the androids of Mudd's planet?
Are the people of Malcor III finally ready for first contact?
And it would appear that information from Worlds of the Federation may be freely ignored - while looking up whatever happened to the Iotians (nothing in-canon), I was sidetracked into Andor, which WotF has listed as a planet orbiting Epsilon Indi, rather than Procyon (which seems to be the agreed-upon location for our purposes - I'll investigate in-game later to see what STO says).
*Red Shirt Diaries*
On your way to the bridge one morning, you share the turbolift with a low ranking officer who works in the lower decks. You share a brief exchange as you exit the turbolift. Write a personal log from the perspective of officer, sharing their impressions of the Captain, the senior staff, and the ship they serve on.
"Ensign log, Stardate 8321.5"
"So today, on my way back from the mess hall where I was lucky enough to get the last banana nut muffin on the tray Yay for me!, I was lucky enough to catch the same Turbolift as the captain. My thoughts on him are-
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGH!*
WHAT THE-OH MY GOD HOW DID A GORN GET INTO MY QUARTERS?! OH GOD IT'S BITING ME! IT'S STRIPPING MY FLESH FROM THE BONE WITH IT'S TEETH! OH GOD IT'S KILLING ME! IT'S KILLING MEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.......
*sounds of fatal blood splatter*
*Gorn leaves*
*A gold shirt pokes his head into the room*
Hey, dude I need to borrow your PADD for a se-
*Gold shirt looks around the carnage*
Holy hell! How did this happen? How did...
*Gold Shirt walks up to the desk and picks up the muffin*
...YOU not get in my belly this morning?
*Gold Shirt takes a bite out of the muffin and exits*
AUTOMATED END LOG"
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"
Still hoping to see the Kobayashi Maru as an LC...
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For this LC, give a name and a prompt from the community LC idea thread in your post before you write a story. The indicated person then writes a story on that prompt, and gives you a prompt from the thread to work on.
Obviously this requires a little coordination, but I think it'd be really cool.
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Aaaaaah. I see. Too much squick, and not in the humorous "why the hell would Three WANT to sleep with what is effectively a sentient rock?" way, I presume?
I could have some fun with this one!
Trials of Blood and Fire
Moving On Parts 1-3 - Part 4
In Cold Blood
I can just imagine Mirror Trenek...an evil Vulcan, who implanted himself with some nasty Borg tech after partial assimilation...
I can't imagine Mirror Three or Mirror D'trel, though.
That because they're already dysfunctional, sadistic socio/psychopaths?
Trials of Blood and Fire
Moving On Parts 1-3 - Part 4
In Cold Blood
Partially, partially because their backstories...don't work so great in the MU. Mirror D'trel wouldn't be a starship commander, for sure; I mean, she's a political dissident in the Mirror Romulan state (whatever that is), she wouldn't live very long or achieve much standing if she did.
I can't even imagine Mirror Three, but I guess that she'd either be an uncontrolled killing machine or...shoot, I dunno, a five-foot anorexic housewife?
Mirror Three would be a stable and functioning member of society who believes in monogamy with her steady girlfriend. She is genre aware, but has the actual sense NOT to point this out because she has professional courtesy for the denizens of the universe she currently inhabits. She obeys her CO and does things by the book. She upholds every Directive and she refuses to use vulgar language out of politeness.
DONE.
-Leonard Nimoy, RIP
*Shivers.* I don't like the MU anymore...
:P
Trials of Blood and Fire
Moving On Parts 1-3 - Part 4
In Cold Blood
Jesus...
That actually creeps me out.
Like, even more than my regular sadistic psychopath...
Yeah, makes sense.
Also, Siri and Ael make very cute Heterosexual Life Partners. Sort of like Sherlock and John.
How's the next chapter of "Invasion" coming? I've got a decent first half for my chapter, trying to keep Warat from exploding prematurely...
Definitely a more flattering comparison than to Jay and Silent Bob
It's coming along... Hopefully within twelve hours or so :cool:
OK.
I should be able to post my next one on Wednesday, because tomorrow during the patch I'll probably be posting the new LC.
Cool :cool: Will be interesting to see what the new LC is, and what I have to do to tackle it :cool:
If Smirk sticks to plan, it'll be a prompt from this thread.
I do want to see how you'd handle the prompts "Visit to a weird planet, revisited, revisited" or "Fourth Wall? What's that?". Plus, I'd have a ton of fun meeting Three and showing her her character UI.
We'll just have to wait and see :cool:
Nothing is more horrifying that the prospect of normality.
-Leonard Nimoy, RIP
I don't know, my characters manage pretty well.
...Except for Dannover, who's a liberated Borg suffering from her implants.
I seriously hope to delve more into that next chance I get in the LCs - especially the aftermath of the 'Stranded' entry I did for the last redux.
Trials of Blood and Fire
Moving On Parts 1-3 - Part 4
In Cold Blood
Or maybe the replicators just can't make a good pie.
Something keeps breaking down, over and over and over...
What aspect of your ship has your Chief Engineer cursing the day they put on the gold? What component does your captain not rely on because it keeps breaking down? What makes the Science Division create a backup repair tool made of tricorders, duct tape, and 30 year old Romulan Ale?
Format ideas:
--from the Captain's perspective, a log detailing what keeps going wrong, or a report to Starfleet demanding that this be looked at by the SCE.
--from the Chief Engineer's perspective, a report to the Captain filled with explanations and excuses; a general hail to other ships of the same class asking, "Is your ship doing this too?"; a personal log on how you're overseeing the repairs personally this time.
Maybe you demand Evasive Maneuvers every 45 seconds, and the SIF, Inertial Dampers, and other systems are being replaced on an daily basis, as opposed the the scheduled maintenance cycle of every six months.
Perhaps you separate the saucer so much that the docking latches are worn down.
Could be you're a stickler for discipline, deportment, and decorum, and you order your crew to repaint every corridor weekly, whether it needs it or not.
So...is it a Junior Officer that comes up the chain of command to respectfully request you stop flying your personal shuttle to the redline? Does your First Officer kindly suggest you take it down a notch before your crew gets on the edge of mutiny? Or does somebody have their Admiral Aunt or Uncle call you to ESD to discuss just why is it you're mounting 8 torpedoes on a Federation cruiser with a turn rate of a sick whale.
Format ideas:
--a Junior Officer risks his or her career to confront you directly...maybe after what you did got their best friend killed.
--you overhear crewmen talking while repairing a shuttle they don't know you're inside of.
--one of your senior staff tells you there's a problem.
--An Admiral demands an explanation for something you've done.
--counterpoint - you're called on what you did, but you explain why it is you did what you did...and it becomes a new SOP when the alternatives, in simulation, have proven disastrous.
This one would be a real fun one.
I'd imagine it would be easier to have the ship in question be an older design (anything older than a Galaxy or Nebula), but even the newer ships likely still have bugs, some of which refuse to stay fixed...
Someone's been watching Enterprise's Daniel's episodes again, haven't they?
Yup.
I was gonna watch some Shran episodes, but I brought the wrong disks with me.
Ok, it's 2410 now, we definitely should kick off the 'new year' with this as our next LC! I mean, come on, it's perfect...too perfect...
Three would spend a hundred years alternately having s*x with pretty much everything she's ever encountered and killing random things for fun, in all sorts of crazy environments. She is a psychopath with uncomplicated desires.
D'trel...well, her desires would be simple, too. Maybe a little less creepy, but simple.
Three would probably be OK with leaving, but D'trel would have to be dragged out by her crew.
"Ensign log, Stardate 8321.5"
"So today, on my way back from the mess hall where I was lucky enough to get the last banana nut muffin on the tray Yay for me!, I was lucky enough to catch the same Turbolift as the captain. My thoughts on him are-
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGH!*
WHAT THE-OH MY GOD HOW DID A GORN GET INTO MY QUARTERS?! OH GOD IT'S BITING ME! IT'S STRIPPING MY FLESH FROM THE BONE WITH IT'S TEETH! OH GOD IT'S KILLING ME! IT'S KILLING MEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.......
*sounds of fatal blood splatter*
*Gorn leaves*
*A gold shirt pokes his head into the room*
Hey, dude I need to borrow your PADD for a se-
*Gold shirt looks around the carnage*
Holy hell! How did this happen? How did...
*Gold Shirt walks up to the desk and picks up the muffin*
...YOU not get in my belly this morning?
*Gold Shirt takes a bite out of the muffin and exits*
AUTOMATED END LOG"
-Leonard Nimoy, RIP
"Freestyle--with a twist!"
This is a freestyle challenge, like LC 45...except that you must write your story as a two-part collaboration with another Ten Forward author!
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For this LC, give a name and a prompt from the community LC idea thread in your post before you write a story. The indicated person then writes a story on that prompt, and gives you a prompt from the thread to work on.
Obviously this requires a little coordination, but I think it'd be really cool.