Yay! Computer's back! Now to ... spend days reinstalling everything...
Bad luck all around. I didn't have a factory recovery disk so Geek Squad had to install from my copy of Windows. And I didn't realize that the 64-bit disk wasn't in the case, so they installed 32-bit. So I had to reinstall and wipe everything they did to bring it up to date.
Only good thing was, I didn't lose much in the way of files, since I back up to an external HD once a week.
Once you can process information again, you find you're on a natural jetty. Nearby is some poor TRIBBLE's corpse, shot in the head with a chemical firearm of some kind. There's also the mostly-eaten remains of a few fish, a small boat with a fishing rod, and three tunnels into the wall.
You suddenly have the bizarre feeling that somebody, somewhere, is doing this at you.
All right, recap. You and rooster went down, then up, and found a fight between evenly matched fish-men and grey-skinned humanoids. What do you do? Rooster wants to throw a hand grenade into the melee.
I take a large gulp of the paint strip... erm booze.
"Say mate, would you be give me a hand with getting of here if I gave a little... thought, to eliminating your little kuo-toa problem?".
"I don't see why not. I know most of the tunnels around here. Pass me back the wineskin, please?"
He takes a swig. "The kuo-toa usually come out of the northern tunnels and try to steal my rothe. Usually when I'm asleep. If you want to take a watch...?
I lick it off, and rip off a dead guy's arm because I'm hungry.
"So...*munch munch*..you guys know how I can get off of this planet? And where can I get more salt, these guys taste really bland."
Belwar: *blink blink* "Um. How about something more appetizing than drow. Like stew."
The guy behind him nudges him. "Right, village elders, way to the surface. Um. follow me."
They lead you to a hut in the center of the village where the wounded are being taken, and Belwar flags down an older gnome, who's bandaging some poor TRIBBLE's head. "Three, this is Thulmarra Gemcutter, our healer. Also the village planner."
"You know anything about medicine, er, Three, was it?"
"Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
— Sabaton, "Great War"
Belwar: *blink blink* "Um. How about something more appetizing than drow. Like stew."
The guy behind him nudges him. "Right, village elders, way to the surface. Um. follow me."
They lead you to a hut in the center of the village where the wounded are being taken, and Belwar flags down an older gnome, who's bandaging some poor TRIBBLE's head. "Three, this is Thulmarra Gemcutter, our healer. Also the village planner."
"You know anything about medicine, er, Three, was it?"
I shrug. "I know my own regenerative capabilities and enough genetics to turn people into living weapons. Basic field medicine adapted for units, which is of only so much use on baselines.
"I don't see why not. I know most of the tunnels around here. Pass me back the wineskin, please?"
He takes a swig. "The kuo-toa usually come out of the northern tunnels and try to steal my rothe. Usually when I'm asleep. If you want to take a watch...?
"'es, *hick*... 'yes'., I watching man me".
I move myself over to the tunnel entrance nearest to me.
"Don't worry mate, I'm a bloody gooood watshman".
As he shakes his head and settles down to sleep, I pull my knife from my belt and insert it into a device in my sleeve.
I put my glasses back on.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though. JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
You head into the darkness and come to a fork in the road at a small pool bubbling up from a spring. Part of it goes down an underground stream, the other part goes into a pitch-black, but upward-sloping passage.
Zek very quickly hits the deck and the grenades reduce the entire melee to a lumpy paste. Not unlike the result of an inertial dampener failure, actually.
From where you are on the shore you can see what looks like a small village of mud huts, with smoke rising from fires. It's a few klicks' walk. Alternately, there's another tunnel behind you that slopes upwards.
I shrug. "I know my own regenerative capabilities and enough genetics to turn people into living weapons. Basic field medicine adapted for units, which is of only so much use on baselines.
I'm a weapon, not a doctor. Sorry."
"Well, can you carry things and tie knots in bandages?"
I move myself over to the tunnel entrance nearest to me.
"Don't worry mate, I'm a bloody gooood watshman".
As he shakes his head and settles down to sleep, I pull my knife from my belt and insert it into a device in my sleeve.
I put my glasses back on.
The full kick of the mushroom wine doesn't hit you until about fifteen minutes later and you're feeling rather woozy. Possibly Beorngar's greater body mass lets him handle it better.
About an hour in, you hear a chittering noise echoing up the northern tunnel. One of the rothe sniffs the air and moos.
"Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
— Sabaton, "Great War"
The full kick of the mushroom wine doesn't hit you until about fifteen minutes later and you're feeling rather woozy. Possibly Beorngar's greater body mass lets him handle it better.
About an hour in, you hear a chittering noise echoing up the northern tunnel. One of the rothe sniffs the air and moos.
I thank the stars the immense amount of heavy drinking in my of hours at Sect... Starfleet Agricultural Academy. I shift around so my back is facing the northern tunnel, I slide my glasses down onto the end of my nose.
I gently nudge the rest of the bottle of hooch over with my foot, the smell of the booze permeating around me, I then manoeuvre the lid back over the bottle.
"...with a giraffe if you're quite tall, but the hedgehog, oh the hedgehog,...... CAN never be buggered at all" I slur to myself drunkenly.
I wait.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though. JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
Starswordc. Not wanting to rush you or anything, but if you wanted I could share or take over if you are lacking any free time. If you could PM me at any point and just let me know.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though. JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
I grab the handle of my phaser which is still in its holster and turn around.
"Is something funny?"
rooster707 apologises quickly.
The two of you carry onwards into a section of tunnels that seem to be getting darker every step, even as you take a few experimental steps backwards.
The gnomes size you up a bit "Hmm, how would you like to kill some more things? there are some kuo-toa further in the tunnels if you want, you kill them and we all dine on fresh rothe tonight".
I thank the stars the immense amount of heavy drinking in my of hours at Sect... Starfleet Agricultural Academy. I shift around so my back is facing the northern tunnel, I slide my glasses down onto the end of my nose.
I gently nudge the rest of the bottle of hooch over with my foot, the smell of the booze permeating around me, I then manoeuvre the lid back over the bottle.
"...with a giraffe if you're quite tall, but the hedgehog, oh the hedgehog,...... CAN never be buggered at all" I slur to myself drunkenly.
I wait.
You keep on waiting, until you feel a bit silly. Maybe there are some songs that shouldn't be sung out loud, even when pretending to be drunk.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though. JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
The roof above you is beginning to crack. the end of this particular tunnel looks like it may be just close enough to reach if you sprint.
Oh, and me .
I hear a slight noise ahead, a small scuffle on the rocky floor. I tense waiting, curling a bit of wire around my fingers.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though. JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though. JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
Seven-foot living weapon unit with bluish metal shark fangs and foot-long bluish metal blades extending from her arms. She's got dark brown hair cut fairly long, and glittering eyes from her tapetum. Also, there are subdermal armor plates just visible beneath her skin.
Seven-foot living weapon unit with bluish metal shark fangs and foot-long bluish metal blades extending from her arms. She's got dark brown hair cut fairly long, and glittering eyes from her tapetum. Also, there are subdermal armor plates just visible beneath her skin.
Plus she's starting to slip into killer mode.
Thanks
So for me...
I see a very large, very psychotic looking thing, charge towards me, teeth glinting in the dark.
I throw myself down on my back sliding along the moss I positioned earlier, sliping between the intruders legs. Fliping myself upright at the other end I shout "Um, hi. Not trying to kill me eh? We've only just met.".
For worffan...
A bald man in black slides between you legs and prattles some meaningless pleasantries at you in a horrendous Summerset accent.
You make it to the end, with a jump you land on the intersection to two adjacent tunnels, one smells fresh, you head towards it. Suddenly the rock-fall hits a crack in the celling, it heads your way again, it stops just before you and you hear a sickening crunch, the fall has broken your left ankle.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though. JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
I see a very large, very psychotic looking thing, charge towards me, teeth glinting in the dark.
I throw myself down on my back sliding along the moss I positioned earlier, sliping between the intruders legs. Fliping myself upright at the other end I shout "Um, hi. Not trying to kill me eh? We've only just met.".
For worffan...
A bald man in black slides between you legs and prattles some meaningless pleasantries at you in a horrendous Summerset accent.
I reach down, grab the man by the neck, and raise him effortlessly into the air, sniffing as I do just in case there's something else nearby.
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Bad luck all around. I didn't have a factory recovery disk so Geek Squad had to install from my copy of Windows. And I didn't realize that the 64-bit disk wasn't in the case, so they installed 32-bit. So I had to reinstall and wipe everything they did to bring it up to date.
Only good thing was, I didn't lose much in the way of files, since I back up to an external HD once a week. Once you can process information again, you find you're on a natural jetty. Nearby is some poor TRIBBLE's corpse, shot in the head with a chemical firearm of some kind. There's also the mostly-eaten remains of a few fish, a small boat with a fishing rod, and three tunnels into the wall.
You suddenly have the bizarre feeling that somebody, somewhere, is doing this at you.
All right, recap. You and rooster went down, then up, and found a fight between evenly matched fish-men and grey-skinned humanoids. What do you do? Rooster wants to throw a hand grenade into the melee. "I don't see why not. I know most of the tunnels around here. Pass me back the wineskin, please?"
He takes a swig. "The kuo-toa usually come out of the northern tunnels and try to steal my rothe. Usually when I'm asleep. If you want to take a watch...?
Belwar: *blink blink* "Um. How about something more appetizing than drow. Like stew."
The guy behind him nudges him. "Right, village elders, way to the surface. Um. follow me."
They lead you to a hut in the center of the village where the wounded are being taken, and Belwar flags down an older gnome, who's bandaging some poor TRIBBLE's head. "Three, this is Thulmarra Gemcutter, our healer. Also the village planner."
"You know anything about medicine, er, Three, was it?"
— Sabaton, "Great War"
Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
I shrug. "I know my own regenerative capabilities and enough genetics to turn people into living weapons. Basic field medicine adapted for units, which is of only so much use on baselines.
I'm a weapon, not a doctor. Sorry."
*tosses grenades everywhere*
Yea, about those grenades. Got time to duck?
"'es, *hick*... 'yes'., I watching man me".
I move myself over to the tunnel entrance nearest to me.
"Don't worry mate, I'm a bloody gooood watshman".
As he shakes his head and settles down to sleep, I pull my knife from my belt and insert it into a device in my sleeve.
I put my glasses back on.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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Fixed ur link 4 ya.
Zek very quickly hits the deck and the grenades reduce the entire melee to a lumpy paste. Not unlike the result of an inertial dampener failure, actually.
From where you are on the shore you can see what looks like a small village of mud huts, with smoke rising from fires. It's a few klicks' walk. Alternately, there's another tunnel behind you that slopes upwards.
"Well, can you carry things and tie knots in bandages?"
The full kick of the mushroom wine doesn't hit you until about fifteen minutes later and you're feeling rather woozy. Possibly Beorngar's greater body mass lets him handle it better.
About an hour in, you hear a chittering noise echoing up the northern tunnel. One of the rothe sniffs the air and moos.
— Sabaton, "Great War"
Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
...yes...
*I stand and await orders*
I thank the stars the immense amount of heavy drinking in my of hours at Sect... Starfleet Agricultural Academy. I shift around so my back is facing the northern tunnel, I slide my glasses down onto the end of my nose.
I gently nudge the rest of the bottle of hooch over with my foot, the smell of the booze permeating around me, I then manoeuvre the lid back over the bottle.
"...with a giraffe if you're quite tall, but the hedgehog, oh the hedgehog,...... CAN never be buggered at all" I slur to myself drunkenly.
I wait.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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Johnny follows you, chuckling softly.
I grab the handle of my phaser which is still in its holster and turn around.
"Is something funny?"
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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starswordc has given me control for the time being, I'll try not to drive anyone mad this time.
(If anyone thinks I'm missing a part of their story, or I'm forgetting something that's happening, just let me know).
rooster707 apologises quickly.
The two of you carry onwards into a section of tunnels that seem to be getting darker every step, even as you take a few experimental steps backwards.
You can hear the sound of water, wadda you do?
The gnomes size you up a bit "Hmm, how would you like to kill some more things? there are some kuo-toa further in the tunnels if you want, you kill them and we all dine on fresh rothe tonight".
You keep on waiting, until you feel a bit silly. Maybe there are some songs that shouldn't be sung out loud, even when pretending to be drunk.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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Ahead in the tunnel you hear a drunken song stop ending with a little embarrassed cough, the smell of Kuo-toans is permeating from ahead.
The roof above you is beginning to crack. the end of this particular tunnel looks like it may be just close enough to reach if you sprint.
Oh, and me
I hear a slight noise ahead, a small scuffle on the rocky floor. I tense waiting, curling a bit of wire around my fingers.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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Unit kill.
(not said aloud, that's what I do)
Before my reaction. What does Three look like?
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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Seven-foot living weapon unit with bluish metal shark fangs and foot-long bluish metal blades extending from her arms. She's got dark brown hair cut fairly long, and glittering eyes from her tapetum. Also, there are subdermal armor plates just visible beneath her skin.
Plus she's starting to slip into killer mode.
Out of universe: Smart move.
Thanks
So for me...
I see a very large, very psychotic looking thing, charge towards me, teeth glinting in the dark.
I throw myself down on my back sliding along the moss I positioned earlier, sliping between the intruders legs. Fliping myself upright at the other end I shout "Um, hi. Not trying to kill me eh? We've only just met.".
For worffan...
A bald man in black slides between you legs and prattles some meaningless pleasantries at you in a horrendous Summerset accent.
You make it to the end, with a jump you land on the intersection to two adjacent tunnels, one smells fresh, you head towards it. Suddenly the rock-fall hits a crack in the celling, it heads your way again, it stops just before you and you hear a sickening crunch, the fall has broken your left ankle.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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I reach down, grab the man by the neck, and raise him effortlessly into the air, sniffing as I do just in case there's something else nearby.
Out of univierse: Is then ceiling still falling on me or did it stop when I broke my ankle?