Not being in a universe where Moonshadowdark's postings are available.
I had a crappy day at work and I really needed something to make me laugh and lighten up. Thank you.
I haven't laughed this hard in about a week. BTW, you owe me a laptop and a bottle of Glen Fiddich. I covered my laptop in single malt Scotch while laughing and in my haste to wipe it off, I knocked over the bottle.
Note to self: DO NOT take a sip of a quality adult beverage prior to reading any more of this thread and keep the bottle off the desk.
A six year old boy and his starship. Living the dream.
Not being in a universe where Moonshadowdark's postings are available.
I had a crappy day at work and I really needed something to make me laugh and lighten up. Thank you.
I haven't laughed this hard in about a week. BTW, you owe me a laptop and a bottle of Glen Fiddich. I covered my laptop in single malt Scotch while laughing and in my haste to wipe it off, I knocked over the bottle.
Note to self: DO NOT take a sip of a quality adult beverage prior to reading any more of this thread and keep the bottle off the desk.
I am SO sorry.
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"
He wants to be a Picard type Captain but his time in the Klingon war has given him an intense hatred of Klingons. He worries constantly about not being able to live up to the Federation way, He does not want to become like those he fought against. He is afraid of giving into his hatred and becoming just a bad as they are.
No writers were harmed in the making of this bit. The episode reel of the Voyager episode "Threshold" and all related props remained in the CBS studio vaults, where they are to never see the light of day.
Speak for yourself. I still have nightmares about that pool.
T'Phira (Vulcan): Cephalopods. Mainly from those from Earth.
Vokno (Klingon): (Unknown. Interviewer was returned in multiple boxes. Little ones.)
Selena (Liberated Borg Human): Static discharge from extravagant carpets and rugs.
Raylene (Orion): Chafing.
Altecha (Human): Being sucked out into the vacuum of space.
K"Kera (Fed Klingon): Her defenseless, unreliable, fragile, and useless Starfleet uniform tearing at the seams while on Away Team missions.
S'ena (Romulan): Accidentally marrying Tovan Khev.
Aydihe (Fed Joined Trill): The bathrooms on Deck 13.
Member since November 2009... I think. (UFP) Ragnar
My Fed Sci officer, "Salty" St. Claire, an astrophysicist, likes to say that facing Klingons is nothing compared to defending your disertation on dark mater in front of Adm. Janeway.
*Laughing all the way out the room so as to not look weird*
Om gosh, Moonshadow, my memory is fuzzy, what DID I write iup for a nightmare? All I remember was Three being BBFF's (Borg[In one case only] Best Friends Forever) with Hakeev, and the Barbershop quartet featuring Sela and Kurland being backed up by two grunting river pigs...I mean Nanovs...
On Topic...
In terms of Greg's fear, it was the Doomsday machine, though that has been mostly resolved, as well as a fear of failing at a crucial moment, causing the alliance to fracture over a simple mistake. He also fears the death of those he considers friends and loved ones, and then fears losing his morales as he goes on a resulting revenge-rampage.
Berg(Alien KDF), Dying alone, dishonor, having to personally dispatch Gregs.
Hazel(Aug. Human), knowing she can't save everyone, failing the legacies of the great captains before her, the DTI and Aegis deciding to send her home, the discovert of her Genetically enhanced nature.
Ace(Rom), The future he once was a part of, being used as a weapon, failing Greg's and Berg, death by freezing.
Sa'lvin(Rem), Failing Obisek, failing D'Tan, Ace, Spock's legacy, etc. Fear of becoming a slave to the Tal Shiar or even the Iconians.
My character's main fear is dying a slow horrible death
"The meaning of victory is not to merely defeat your enemy but to destroy him, to completely eradicate him from living memory, to leave no remnant of his endeavours, to crush utterly his achievement and remove from all record his every trace of existence. From that defeat no enemy can ever recover. That is the meaning of victory."
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
For a starship crew, being killed in the blast is better than suffocating in the the wreckage
"The meaning of victory is not to merely defeat your enemy but to destroy him, to completely eradicate him from living memory, to leave no remnant of his endeavours, to crush utterly his achievement and remove from all record his every trace of existence. From that defeat no enemy can ever recover. That is the meaning of victory."
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
For a starship crew, being killed in the blast is better than suffocating in the the wreckage
Not by much. In hard vacuum you'll pass out from oxygen deprivation in maybe ten seconds.
"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"
Not by much. In hard vacuum you'll pass out from oxygen deprivation in maybe ten seconds.
still a horrible way to go
"The meaning of victory is not to merely defeat your enemy but to destroy him, to completely eradicate him from living memory, to leave no remnant of his endeavours, to crush utterly his achievement and remove from all record his every trace of existence. From that defeat no enemy can ever recover. That is the meaning of victory."
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
For a starship crew, being killed in the blast is better than suffocating in the the wreckage
I was thinking of longer lasting effects like someone suffering with cancer, a starving child in Africa, or a person with a meaningless job that pays minimum wage with no hope of escaping to a meaningful life rather than some that has radiation poisoning or plasma burns that will kill them in a couple of days. So they are suffering for months or even years rather than hours or weeks.
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Krystal: Spiders
Blaze the Cat: Drowning
Roll: Isolation and losing her family, including her KDF sister Fali.
Ashe: Falling to the Borg
Saria: Losing her home, family, and friends
Fali: Losing her family. Even her Starfleet sister Roll.
Captain Zhang's greatest fear is the mere notion of his partner, Tactical Officer Lt. Cmdr. Christine Barber, walking out on him.
Bear in mind that this is the captain that fought the Klingons, Tal Shiar, the 2800, the Breen, the Borg, the Voth, the Undine and the Vaudwaar throughout his career without so much as a flinch.
Laws of thermodynamics as applied to life: 0 - You must play the game. 1 - You can't win. 2 - You can't break even. 3 - You can't quit.
I was thinking of longer lasting effects like someone suffering with cancer, a starving child in Africa, or a person with a meaningless job that pays minimum wage with no hope of escaping to a meaningful life rather than some that has radiation poisoning or plasma burns that will kill them in a couple of days. So they are suffering for months or even years rather than hours or weeks.
valid point
"The meaning of victory is not to merely defeat your enemy but to destroy him, to completely eradicate him from living memory, to leave no remnant of his endeavours, to crush utterly his achievement and remove from all record his every trace of existence. From that defeat no enemy can ever recover. That is the meaning of victory."
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
Which means when Starfleet needs to really put the foot down hard with Tholians, one name tops the list (since he, ah, wrote it in). Bug hunting with a Fed rifle set to disintegrate is so cathartic.
My character does not have many fears but I'd say he would be afraid of a couple things.
1.) Zombies.( The flesh and brain eating feral undead kind not the borg kind by the way. Not sure why he would have that fear but maby by watching some old zombie movies from the 20th centry.)
2.) Pitch Black Darkness not being able to see anything. So yeah afraid of the dark. That is why his ship is well light with lights.
Being assigned by Fleet Command to mount a rescue mission for Tovan Khev. Who was contacting a deep cover operative in Starfleet known as - dun-dun-dun! - Wesley Crusher. Upon successful completion of the mission, T'Cael is assigned a new non removable Human BOff known as
- dun-dun-dun! - Wesley Crusher.
Cha's greatest fear?
Being assigned to support a Delta Alliance scientific research project headed by
- dun-dun-dun! - Admiral Reg Barclay.
Crell's greatest fear?
Being assigned to the personal security detail for Ambassador Neelix.
Samantha's greatest fear?
Being forced by the Prophets to play an endless game of "Where's Kurland?" on DS9.
Thunderfoot's greatest fear?
The replicator loses the recipe for crawfish etouffee.
A six year old boy and his starship. Living the dream.
One one level, Merrik's biggest fear is failing his friends and his crew. He feels like he sits in the shadow of his highly-decorated Grandfather and worries that he can't possibly live up to his legacy. Despite his own successes, he worries that he got command through neopotism and fears that one day he'll be in over his head, unable to save the people he cares about.
On a deeper level, he fears that he is not real. Merrik knows that he's a biomimetic duplicate of the real Dennis Merrik. He fears that he is an imposter created in a lab and no matter how much he tries, he's not human, just a twisted image of a man. He struggles with how his existence fits into his faith and worries that he may just be some sort of abomination. To support that fear, his seemingly immortal nature and silverblood abilities/weaknesses makes him question how long can he hold onto his humanity.
Liza's greatest fear is one day she will wake up and find herself still in the matrix - I mean stuck with tuvok in that horrible mind meld ordeal, forced to search for undine shapeshifters with serious inception ()@() going on all around her.. FOREVER!!! :eek::P
"He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
Sophie (human female sci) = Failure. The failure to save her crew. The failure of a critically important mission. The failure to stop the Borg/Iconians/whatever from destroying the Federation. On a more personal level, being viciously assaulted/*****/ect.
Natasha (ex-Borg female eng)= Again, failure. But also she'd fear being reassimilated by the Borg. Or seeing her crew or the Federation itself assimilated by the Borg. She'd fear having control of herself taken away again.
Runa (Fed!Romulan female tac) = Again, failure. But this time the failure to protect New Romulus and the Romulan people. She would fear her people falling under the Tal Shiar's complete control. The whole reason she fights is so that the Republic can thrive. Also she'd fear being brainwashed by the Tal Shiar again. That's her worst fear.
Elizai (Female ex-Borg Klingon eng) = Being reassimilated by the Borg or seeing her crew assimilated. She fears failing her duties as a KDF Klingon warrior or being dishonoured. Fears seeing the mighty Klingon Empire crumble away.
Tashai (Female Caitian tac) = Once again she would fear failing her crew, her mission or the Federation. She also has a particular fear of failing the Caitians. She'd fear becoming subservient to an evil like the Tal Shiar or Iconians or whatever.
An'riel's (Fed-based Romulan science) greatest fear? The simulation and conditioning never ended during the Tal Shiar adventure, or worse, was never completely expunged. The Romulans more or less mastered the 'Manchurian Candidate' process, after all.
Antonine (Starfleet engineer) - a meaningless death. Sacrifice inn the line of duty has seemed likely more than once, and going down giving their all is a rational acknowledgement that sometimes, you just don't have enough ship. To simply die or be brushed aside as useless in spite of all their work would be... disquieting. It's not so much a warrior ethic as death is the most likely complete failure, and being fast-tracked like she was, failing all that for herself and other rapid promotions is too much.
Fate - protects fools, small children, and ships named Enterprise Will Riker
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John Harrison - Game Over - As an augmented humanoid refugee from the Mirror Universe, John has been exposed to more than his own fair share of brutality, war, and chaos. Having escaped and redeemed himself, he has sworn his life to upholding and protecting the values of the United Federation of Planets, and will gladly risk himself and his ship if it is the price for freedom and liberty.
Yet, in all of his victories and successes, John's one nagging fear is losing. He will readily sacrifice anything necessary if that's what it takes to win, but he doesn't believe in the no-win scenario, and he fears it because he cannot accept it.
Fenix - Treachery - Remans have a long history of strife in the wake of the Romulan Star Empire. Fenix has endured through it all: slavery, torture, manipulation...since he saw his parents publically executed by a squad of Romulans at a young age, he vowed to make every last Romulan pay for their sins against his race in their own blood. With the rise of the Romulan Republic, Fenix has transformed his focus from one of vengeance to that of servitude, and has willingly given up his own priorities to protect others from the demons of his own past. Yet, even as an operative in the Romulan Republic's fleet, he fears that D'Tan and his followers have a greater agenda.
Slade - Death - The duty of a warrior in the KDF is to enter the glory of battle without the slightest fear of death. Slade's hard exterior has convinced everyone who knows him that he is a fearless, merciless killing machine, but deep down inside, he is merely a coward. He fights for his own personal gain - the Nausicaan pursuit of wealth, power and control - but he constantly fears that death will separate him from his destiny before he can attain it.
Kane - Homeworld - Kane is a Kilon, one of the last of his kind from a distant planetary system near the Galactic Core. The Kilons were once an advanced, enlightened and extremely powerful interstellar government, but their rigid, militaristic culture drove them into a war they had no possible hope of winning. Instead of dying for his race, Kane abandoned his people to their extinction and traveled thousands of lightyears in the direction of the Beta quadrant. He was recently discovered by Federation explorers and given a home and career in Starfleet. Now, with hundreds of years of combat experience and galactic wisdom, Kane's only fear is the unexpected return of his own species.
Firstly, Moonshadowdark, have a cookie for that dream sequence! :P
Now, what scares Ryan? Failing to protect his crew. His parents died with his mother staying aboard to help patients get off and his father taking command. He saw his parents' ship explode on FNN as an Academy Freshman, an experience which still has a traumatic mark on him. His fear is that he won't be able to protect his crew from that fate - to die for a pointless battle.
As for Dannover, two words: THE BORG!!!! I go into this a little in my fanfic 'Old Wounds', the link to which you can find in my sig.
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Not being in a universe where Moonshadowdark's postings are available.
I had a crappy day at work and I really needed something to make me laugh and lighten up. Thank you.
I haven't laughed this hard in about a week. BTW, you owe me a laptop and a bottle of Glen Fiddich. I covered my laptop in single malt Scotch while laughing and in my haste to wipe it off, I knocked over the bottle.
Note to self: DO NOT take a sip of a quality adult beverage prior to reading any more of this thread and keep the bottle off the desk.
I am SO sorry.
-Leonard Nimoy, RIP
He wants to be a Picard type Captain but his time in the Klingon war has given him an intense hatred of Klingons. He worries constantly about not being able to live up to the Federation way, He does not want to become like those he fought against. He is afraid of giving into his hatred and becoming just a bad as they are.
No. You are not. You're just glad it wasn't your Scotch.
How am I supposed to enjoy this mess of game while I am sober?
Speak for yourself. I still have nightmares about that pool.
Vokno (Klingon): (Unknown. Interviewer was returned in multiple boxes. Little ones.)
Selena (Liberated Borg Human): Static discharge from extravagant carpets and rugs.
Raylene (Orion): Chafing.
Altecha (Human): Being sucked out into the vacuum of space.
K"Kera (Fed Klingon): Her defenseless, unreliable, fragile, and useless Starfleet uniform tearing at the seams while on Away Team missions.
S'ena (Romulan): Accidentally marrying Tovan Khev.
Aydihe (Fed Joined Trill): The bathrooms on Deck 13.
(UFP) Ragnar
Just for the lols, as it's kind of on theme...
Dougal MacLeod: Are ya scared, Connor? Ha ha ha...
Connor MacLeod: No, cousin Dougal, Ah'm not!
Angus MacLeod: Don't talk nonsense, man! Ah peed mah kilt the first time Ah went into battle!
Dougal MacLeod: Aye! Angus pees his kilt all the time!
Om gosh, Moonshadow, my memory is fuzzy, what DID I write iup for a nightmare? All I remember was Three being BBFF's (Borg[In one case only] Best Friends Forever) with Hakeev, and the Barbershop quartet featuring Sela and Kurland being backed up by two grunting river pigs...I mean Nanovs...
On Topic...
In terms of Greg's fear, it was the Doomsday machine, though that has been mostly resolved, as well as a fear of failing at a crucial moment, causing the alliance to fracture over a simple mistake. He also fears the death of those he considers friends and loved ones, and then fears losing his morales as he goes on a resulting revenge-rampage.
Berg(Alien KDF), Dying alone, dishonor, having to personally dispatch Gregs.
Hazel(Aug. Human), knowing she can't save everyone, failing the legacies of the great captains before her, the DTI and Aegis deciding to send her home, the discovert of her Genetically enhanced nature.
Ace(Rom), The future he once was a part of, being used as a weapon, failing Greg's and Berg, death by freezing.
Sa'lvin(Rem), Failing Obisek, failing D'Tan, Ace, Spock's legacy, etc. Fear of becoming a slave to the Tal Shiar or even the Iconians.
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
Isn't that what life is for some people?
You're just mad we went with Mirror's nightmare.
-Leonard Nimoy, RIP
For a starship crew, being killed in the blast is better than suffocating in the the wreckage
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
Not by much. In hard vacuum you'll pass out from oxygen deprivation in maybe ten seconds.
— Sabaton, "Great War"
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still a horrible way to go
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
I was thinking of longer lasting effects like someone suffering with cancer, a starving child in Africa, or a person with a meaningless job that pays minimum wage with no hope of escaping to a meaningful life rather than some that has radiation poisoning or plasma burns that will kill them in a couple of days. So they are suffering for months or even years rather than hours or weeks.
Blaze the Cat: Drowning
Roll: Isolation and losing her family, including her KDF sister Fali.
Ashe: Falling to the Borg
Saria: Losing her home, family, and friends
Fali: Losing her family. Even her Starfleet sister Roll.
Bear in mind that this is the captain that fought the Klingons, Tal Shiar, the 2800, the Breen, the Borg, the Voth, the Undine and the Vaudwaar throughout his career without so much as a flinch.
valid point
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
Which means when Starfleet needs to really put the foot down hard with Tholians, one name tops the list (since he, ah, wrote it in). Bug hunting with a Fed rifle set to disintegrate is so cathartic.
1.) Zombies.( The flesh and brain eating feral undead kind not the borg kind by the way. Not sure why he would have that fear but maby by watching some old zombie movies from the 20th centry.)
2.) Pitch Black Darkness not being able to see anything. So yeah afraid of the dark. That is why his ship is well light with lights.
Being assigned by Fleet Command to mount a rescue mission for Tovan Khev. Who was contacting a deep cover operative in Starfleet known as - dun-dun-dun! - Wesley Crusher. Upon successful completion of the mission, T'Cael is assigned a new non removable Human BOff known as
- dun-dun-dun! - Wesley Crusher.
Cha's greatest fear?
Being assigned to support a Delta Alliance scientific research project headed by
- dun-dun-dun! - Admiral Reg Barclay.
Crell's greatest fear?
Being assigned to the personal security detail for Ambassador Neelix.
Samantha's greatest fear?
Being forced by the Prophets to play an endless game of "Where's Kurland?" on DS9.
Thunderfoot's greatest fear?
The replicator loses the recipe for crawfish etouffee.
On a deeper level, he fears that he is not real. Merrik knows that he's a biomimetic duplicate of the real Dennis Merrik. He fears that he is an imposter created in a lab and no matter how much he tries, he's not human, just a twisted image of a man. He struggles with how his existence fits into his faith and worries that he may just be some sort of abomination. To support that fear, his seemingly immortal nature and silverblood abilities/weaknesses makes him question how long can he hold onto his humanity.
"He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
Sophie (human female sci) = Failure. The failure to save her crew. The failure of a critically important mission. The failure to stop the Borg/Iconians/whatever from destroying the Federation. On a more personal level, being viciously assaulted/*****/ect.
Natasha (ex-Borg female eng)= Again, failure. But also she'd fear being reassimilated by the Borg. Or seeing her crew or the Federation itself assimilated by the Borg. She'd fear having control of herself taken away again.
Runa (Fed!Romulan female tac) = Again, failure. But this time the failure to protect New Romulus and the Romulan people. She would fear her people falling under the Tal Shiar's complete control. The whole reason she fights is so that the Republic can thrive. Also she'd fear being brainwashed by the Tal Shiar again. That's her worst fear.
Elizai (Female ex-Borg Klingon eng) = Being reassimilated by the Borg or seeing her crew assimilated. She fears failing her duties as a KDF Klingon warrior or being dishonoured. Fears seeing the mighty Klingon Empire crumble away.
Tashai (Female Caitian tac) = Once again she would fear failing her crew, her mission or the Federation. She also has a particular fear of failing the Caitians. She'd fear becoming subservient to an evil like the Tal Shiar or Iconians or whatever.
An'riel's (Fed-based Romulan science) greatest fear? The simulation and conditioning never ended during the Tal Shiar adventure, or worse, was never completely expunged. The Romulans more or less mastered the 'Manchurian Candidate' process, after all.
Antonine (Starfleet engineer) - a meaningless death. Sacrifice inn the line of duty has seemed likely more than once, and going down giving their all is a rational acknowledgement that sometimes, you just don't have enough ship. To simply die or be brushed aside as useless in spite of all their work would be... disquieting. It's not so much a warrior ethic as death is the most likely complete failure, and being fast-tracked like she was, failing all that for herself and other rapid promotions is too much.
Member Access Denied Armada!
My forum single-issue of rage: Make the Proton Experimental Weapon go for subsystem targetting!
John Harrison - Game Over - As an augmented humanoid refugee from the Mirror Universe, John has been exposed to more than his own fair share of brutality, war, and chaos. Having escaped and redeemed himself, he has sworn his life to upholding and protecting the values of the United Federation of Planets, and will gladly risk himself and his ship if it is the price for freedom and liberty.
Yet, in all of his victories and successes, John's one nagging fear is losing. He will readily sacrifice anything necessary if that's what it takes to win, but he doesn't believe in the no-win scenario, and he fears it because he cannot accept it.
Fenix - Treachery - Remans have a long history of strife in the wake of the Romulan Star Empire. Fenix has endured through it all: slavery, torture, manipulation...since he saw his parents publically executed by a squad of Romulans at a young age, he vowed to make every last Romulan pay for their sins against his race in their own blood. With the rise of the Romulan Republic, Fenix has transformed his focus from one of vengeance to that of servitude, and has willingly given up his own priorities to protect others from the demons of his own past. Yet, even as an operative in the Romulan Republic's fleet, he fears that D'Tan and his followers have a greater agenda.
Slade - Death - The duty of a warrior in the KDF is to enter the glory of battle without the slightest fear of death. Slade's hard exterior has convinced everyone who knows him that he is a fearless, merciless killing machine, but deep down inside, he is merely a coward. He fights for his own personal gain - the Nausicaan pursuit of wealth, power and control - but he constantly fears that death will separate him from his destiny before he can attain it.
Kane - Homeworld - Kane is a Kilon, one of the last of his kind from a distant planetary system near the Galactic Core. The Kilons were once an advanced, enlightened and extremely powerful interstellar government, but their rigid, militaristic culture drove them into a war they had no possible hope of winning. Instead of dying for his race, Kane abandoned his people to their extinction and traveled thousands of lightyears in the direction of the Beta quadrant. He was recently discovered by Federation explorers and given a home and career in Starfleet. Now, with hundreds of years of combat experience and galactic wisdom, Kane's only fear is the unexpected return of his own species.
Now, what scares Ryan? Failing to protect his crew. His parents died with his mother staying aboard to help patients get off and his father taking command. He saw his parents' ship explode on FNN as an Academy Freshman, an experience which still has a traumatic mark on him. His fear is that he won't be able to protect his crew from that fate - to die for a pointless battle.
As for Dannover, two words: THE BORG!!!! I go into this a little in my fanfic 'Old Wounds', the link to which you can find in my sig.
/shamelessplug
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