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ULC 9 Discussion Thread

worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
edited March 2015 in Ten Forward
This is the discussion thread for Unofficial Literary Challenge #9: In Memory of Spock.

Entries thread here.

Live long, and prosper, Leonard Nimoy.
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  • takeshi6takeshi6 Member Posts: 752 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    worffan101 wrote: »
    Live long, and prosper, Leonard Nimoy.

    Indeed.

    Will need to see if I can come up with anything for any of these prompts.
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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Well, Worffan's already seen what I have planned for #3, and I've been thinking about how to play "Infection" since grylak proposed it. As for the first one, it occurred to me that the Mol'Rihannsu have more reason than most to want to honor Spock's (apparent) passing. Gives me a good excuse to use Morgan again, and finally reveal why she's called that.
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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Gonna write a thing for D'trel tomorrow. Spock's her idol, she sees him and the Unification movement that he founded/supported as the root cause of the few good things that happened in her life. It gave her Adani and her one year of relative happiness. A concrete purpose, too.

    To someone like D'trel, purpose is everything.
  • moonshadowdarkmoonshadowdark Member Posts: 1,899 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    I might write a little something from the perspective of T'Lumi. She's part Vulcan like Spock, so I imagine he'd inspire her a lot more than Elijah.
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  • marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    I actually had a dream about the first prompt after watching the first JJ movie, I'll try and pull it back through :)
  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,460 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Have some ideas for prompt 1, probably for several captains, but I'll wait until we see exactly what form the in-game memorial takes.
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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    jonsills wrote: »
    Have some ideas for prompt 1, probably for several captains, but I'll wait until we see exactly what form the in-game memorial takes.

    Ooh, good idea. I'll probably do the same.
  • marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    My tribute...


    Cast:
    Drew Mason - Garrett Hedlund
    Marcus Kane - Matt Bomer
    Galan tr'Varo - Dylan McDermott
    Amanda Palmer - Ashley Greene
    Rebecca Van Doren - Charlize Theron
    Jedda Tobin - Bridget Moynahan
    James T. Kirk - voiced by William Shatner
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Very nice, MDK.
  • ambassadormolariambassadormolari Member Posts: 709 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Agreed, nice entry, Marcus. Nice, short, and to the point.

    My main idea for #1 has all my various captains visiting Vulcan, though I also have a possible idea on how to bridge #1 and #3. I also have an idea for #2 that's been brewing in my head for a while.
    Gonna write a thing for D'trel tomorrow. Spock's her idol, she sees him and the Unification movement that he founded/supported as the root cause of the few good things that happened in her life

    Yet another reason why she and Ta'nara must never meet, then. :rolleyes:
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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    ambassadormolari wrote: »
    Yet another reason why she and Ta'nara must never meet, then. :rolleyes:

    Bet that would be explosive...

    That could be hella fun.
  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Hmm...trying to figure out whether or not it would make sense to have one of my characters come to Vulcan. I considered Alyosha, but the environment on Vulcan would be very harsh on him though I know he could endure it long enough for a ceremony with proper advance preparation. I just don't think he would go, though no disrespect would be meant by that. If Berat went, it would be primarily for duty reasons due to his high-ranking dual commission, and I am not so sure the story would ring properly on the personal level.

    There is one other possibility coming to mind, but whether or not the character would be in the area at the right time...I am not sure.

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  • sander233sander233 Member Posts: 3,992 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    marcusdkane wrote: »
    My tribute...

    Very well done.

    I'm going to have to change out my signature soon, because it's reached the point where I can't watch, hear, read, or even think about that speech without tearing up.



    For my part, I too have gone off-prompt. I just can't picture the Vulcans doing an anniversary memorial. And for whatever reason, late June is always a really awkward time of year for my captains.

    But I did have something from two characters who I don't show enough of, who would have been heavily impacted by losing Spock.

    I give you: "Outweighed"

    Starring:
    Edward Norton as Capt. Frank Grimes
    Gregory Peck (ca. 1962) as the voice of Atticus
    John Noble as R. Adm. Bill Davis
    and Brent Spiner as the voice of Capt. Data
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  • takeshi6takeshi6 Member Posts: 752 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    sander233 wrote: »
    I give you: "Outweighed"

    Starring:
    Edward Norton as Capt. Frank Grimes
    Gregory Peck (ca. 1962) as the voice of Atticus
    John Noble as R. Adm. Bill Davis
    and Brent Spiner as the voice of Capt. Data

    Very nice.
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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Nicely done, Sander.
  • marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    worffan101 wrote: »
    Very nice, MDK.

    Thanks :)
    ambassadormolari wrote: »
    Agreed, nice entry, Marcus. Nice, short, and to the point.

    My main idea for #1 has all my various captains visiting Vulcan, though I also have a possible idea on how to bridge #1 and #3. I also have an idea for #2 that's been brewing in my head for a while.

    Thank you :) As mentioned, it was a dream I'd had after first watching That Movie, and the most vivid image I had, was of a fleet of ships encircling the area, like a paddle-out...

    I'll look forward to seeing what you do :cool:
    sander233 wrote: »
    Very well done.

    I'm going to have to change out my signature soon, because it's reached the point where I can't watch, hear, read, or even think about that speech without tearing up.



    For my part, I too have gone off-prompt. I just can't picture the Vulcans doing an anniversary memorial. And for whatever reason, late June is always a really awkward time of year for my captains.

    But I did have something from two characters who I don't show enough of, who would have been heavily impacted by losing Spock.

    I give you: "Outweighed"

    Starring:
    Edward Norton as Capt. Frank Grimes
    Gregory Peck (ca. 1962) as the voice of Atticus
    John Noble as R. Adm. Bill Davis
    and Brent Spiner as the voice of Capt. Data
    Likewise, thank you. Like yourself, I can't picture Vulcans doing an anniversary memorial, it's just not their way, and even if they did, as you know from The Notes, both my Vulcan mains are on Earth, and Ael likely wouldn't atttend something like that unless ordered, so it seemed more fitting to go with my dream than with a direct interpretation... I really liked how you captured the point that Hobus wasn't just a threat to the Romulans, but to everyone everywhere :cool:
  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Sander, it's a nice touch that Spock would have inspired Grimes to appreciate humanity, just as he himself in the end came to appreciate humanity as a part of who he was. Very nice indeed.


    The more I am thinking about it, the more I see the possibility of having my Romulan and Reman characters involved in this, and a Vulcan who hasn't been seen this far, that I intended to debut at a later date. I think this will have personal resonance with them, and even though I know the planetary environment could be harsh in some ways for Commander Shalrak (my Reman toon), I think her endurance in it would be significantly better than Alyosha's, so she would willingly bear the necessary inconveniences. I don't get reasons often to bring out Shalrak or Tovan, so this might work.

    As far as a Vulcan memorial...I do have an idea of the type of commemoration and the motivation, when remembering a person of great accomplishments. It will take a bit of time to make sure it comes across right...

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  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,768 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    nice entries gulberat and sander :)
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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    hawku001x wrote: »
    nice entries gulberat and sander :)

    I have not posted an entry yet.

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  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,768 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    dang, sorry, got my names mixed up cuz i was in a hurry -- meant marcusdkane

    sorry to both of u x-\
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  • marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    hawku001x wrote: »
    dang, sorry, got my names mixed up cuz i was in a hurry -- meant marcusdkane

    sorry to both of u x-\

    Glad you liked it :cool:
  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,460 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Yeah, that knock on your door that you heard three hours from now willan on-be those guys from DTI.
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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    jonsills wrote: »
    Yeah, that knock on your door that you heard three hours from now willan on-be those guys from DTI.

    Wow, I am still trying to parse that tense there. O_O

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  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,460 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    gulberat wrote: »
    Wow, I am still trying to parse that tense there. O_O
    In the novel The Restaurant At the End of the Universe, there's a section discussing Dan Streetmentioner's Guide to Verb Tenses For Time Travel, in which an attempt was made to create verb forms to describe events that haven't happened yet, events that have happened in your personal timeline but not for your audience, events that would have happened if you hadn't changed the timeline to prevent them, and events that happened to you while you were traveling backward in time with the intent of becoming your own grandfather or grandmother. (Later editions eliminated all that, noting that it's possible, if you're sufficiently flexible, to discuss such matters using standard verb tenses. The only change in the end was to remove the future perfect, as it was discovered not to be.)
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  • sander233sander233 Member Posts: 3,992 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    takeshi6 wrote: »
    Very nice.
    worffan101 wrote: »
    Nicely done, Sander.
    hawku001x wrote: »
    nice entries gulberat and sander
    Thank you. :)
    marcusdkane wrote: »
    Likewise, thank you. Like yourself, I can't picture Vulcans doing an anniversary memorial, it's just not their way, and even if they did, as you know from The Notes, both my Vulcan mains are on Earth, and Ael likely wouldn't atttend something like that unless ordered, so it seemed more fitting to go with my dream than with a direct interpretation...
    Agreed; it seems like a very un-Vulcan thing to do.
    I really liked how you captured the point that Hobus wasn't just a threat to the Romulans, but to everyone everywhere
    Yeah, once you parse the technobabble into something that make sense, Hobus really was a pretty terrifying end-of-everything scenario. It was basically a cosmic firestorm that grew bigger and spread farther the more it consumed. Spock's red matter singularity was like a massive air tanker water-drop on the heart of that firestorm.
    gulberat wrote: »
    Sander, it's a nice touch that Spock would have inspired Grimes to appreciate humanity, just as he himself in the end came to appreciate humanity as a part of who he was. Very nice indeed.
    Thanks. :cool: I think Spock inspired Grimes in a lot of ways. (As he also inspired me.)
    As far as a Vulcan memorial...I do have an idea of the type of commemoration and the motivation, when remembering a person of great accomplishments. It will take a bit of time to make sure it comes across right...
    I look forward to seeing what you come up with. :)
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  • marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    sander233 wrote: »
    Agreed; it seems like a very un-Vulcan thing to do.


    Yeah, once you parse the technobabble into something that make sense, Hobus really was a pretty terrifying end-of-everything scenario. It was basically a cosmic firestorm that grew bigger and spread farther the more it consumed. Spock's red matter singularity was like a massive air tanker water-drop on the heart of that firestorm.
    Canonically, we have seen statues on Vulcan, but I doubt there is the same kind of sentiment attached to them as there is in Human cultures...

    And absolutely, maybe the Iconians or Masters just thought "TRIBBLE it... time to wipe the slate and start afresh.."
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    marcusdkane wrote: »
    Canonically, we have seen statues on Vulcan, but I doubt there is the same kind of sentiment attached to them as there is in Human cultures...

    The Vulcans do revere great thinkers like Surak and Syrran. I don't think giving similar reverence to Spock, given his being able to fully come to terms and accept both sides of his heritage, is too much of a stretch.
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  • marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    starswordc wrote: »
    The Vulcans do revere great thinkers like Surak and Syrran. I don't think giving similar reverence to Spock, given his being able to fully come to terms and accept both sides of his heritage, is too much of a stretch.

    Like these, absolutely, but I would not expect to see individual memorials, and the attendent emotions as with Human memorials. (although I've read that a memorial is going to be introduced on the 5th :cool: )
  • antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Nice entries!

    Might do something with prompt 3 - working on something longer right now.
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  • marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    antonine3258 wrote: »
    Nice entries!

    Might do something with prompt 3 - working on something longer right now.

    Thank you, I'll look forward to seeing what you're working on :cool:
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