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The War of the Masters shared universe - Index

patrickngopatrickngo Member Posts: 9,963 Arc User
edited March 29 in Fan Creations
Lemme tellya a story. Once upon a time, a bunch of us on the forums here were writing a whole crapton of stories. We began back around 2012 or so, though some of the story elements that linked in are older than that.

We had a great bunch of people, and probably the 'heart' of our team was a forum member and poster who went by the handle "Sander_233".

He died a couple years ago. Nerys Ghemor left the community and the game, Takeshi...got busy with other stuff.

this is a compilation of links-some of them are dead now, most of the stories that made it through the forum update got various kinds of messed u up by it, I'm terrible at re-editing things to re-post them and would probably make a hash of it.

Hereyago...

All links I’ve successfully located are now clickable. Stories I have not received updated links for are not clickable. --NG 16 September 2015

I have updated all the links I can on my own. Updated stories are highlighted in green in the Google doc (until I get them ALL updated). There are 3 authors who didn’t title all their stories that I am still missing stories from: Daniel (7 outstanding), Brian (5), and Takeshi (received all--thanks!). I sent an email out and as soon as I receive the responses I’ll get the last updates made..--NG 6 September 2015

THE WAR OF THE MASTERS - TIMELINE
By popular demand (and so us authors can have a handy point of reference) I have here listed all of the "Masterverse" stories in chronological order
Stories in bold italics are part of the War of the Masters arc - all others are supporting or related stories set in the same universe.

() indicates contributing authors:
(AM) = ambassadormolari
(GB) = gulberat
(KR) = knightraider6
(MDK) = marcusdkane
(PN) = patrickngo
(TY) = takeshi6
(STS) = sander233
(SSC) = StarSwordC

* indicates work in progress

Ancient past
2362
2369 to 2373
2373 to 2375 (Dominion War)
2386
2387
2390 to 2410
2391
2393
2398 to 2399
2399-2405
2402-2406
2403, 2413
2406
2406-2407
2407
2407-2410
  • Spiked (PN with SSC, #MasterverseReboot remake of Pear Shaped)

2407-2412
2408
2409
2410
2411
2412
2415
Timeframe TBD


Items of Greg’s found while searching...some may be duplicates, and some may not have been on the original list.
Klingon Civil War Arc:

https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1271430/fanfiction-nobody-will-read
Nature doesn't HAVE to be nice, or polite.

Free Hong Kong.

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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited June 2017
    Nice compilation. I also wrote a couple solo stories set in this 'verse with Tyria Sark:
    • "The Silence Ends" (setup 2407, conclusion 2412 at the tail end of A Sign at the Crossroads and the start of Operation Peacekeeper)
    • "A Good Compromise" (March 2411, right at the start of the Fek attack on Moab)

    "Past Continuous" was set during the mission "Of Bajor" but I don't remember whether Sander, Nerys, and I had decided on a date.
    Post edited by starswordc on
    "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"
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    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
  • knightraider6knightraider6 Member Posts: 396 Arc User
    Some of them I've noticed had the punctuation bug from being transferred from the old forums. I want to go back and edit the ones I did to make them more readable, but would that run afoul of the zombie thread rule?
    "It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier." R.A.Heinlein

    "he's as dangerous as a ferret with a chainsaw."



  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
    legendarylycan#5411
         Member Posts: 37,283 Arc User
    RP and story threads might be exempt from the necro rule, since it mainly exists to prevent spreading of outdated information about issues and mechanics that might've been fixed/corrected/are no longer available

    but you could always toss baddmoonrizin a PM and ask, since he's currently the most active of the moderator group (though jodarkrider would work too, but you'd likely get a quicker response with the former)

    alternatively, just doing the edits and not mentioning you did so in the thread itself would probably work just as well​​
    Like special weapons from other Star Trek games? Wondering if they can be replicated in STO even a little bit? Check this out: https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1262277/a-mostly-comprehensive-guide-to-star-trek-videogame-special-weapons-and-their-sto-equivalents

    #LegalizeAwoo

    A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
    An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
    A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
    A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"

    "It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
    "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
    Passion and Serenity are one.
    I gain power by understanding both.
    In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
    I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
    The Force is united within me.
  • knightraider6knightraider6 Member Posts: 396 Arc User
    shadowfang240 wrote: »
    RP and story threads might be exempt from the necro rule, since it mainly exists to prevent spreading of outdated information about issues and mechanics that might've been fixed/corrected/are no longer available

    but you could always toss baddmoonrizin a PM and ask, since he's currently the most active of the moderator group (though jodarkrider would work too, but you'd likely get a quicker response with the former)

    alternatively, just doing the edits and not mentioning you did so in the thread itself would probably work just as well​​

    yeah but the only problem is, some of them are so long that if I try to fix the punctuation, it will go over the post size limit and i'll have to put up a new post with the rest of it. Not to mention a couple of stories wern't finished-when Sander took a turn for the worse, some of them were put on hold, for when he got better. Which sadly, didn't happen. I'll ask, both about the edits, and putting up finishing bits on the ones that dropped off before they were resolved.

    "It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier." R.A.Heinlein

    "he's as dangerous as a ferret with a chainsaw."



  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,768 Arc User
    Have you guys done any archiving elsewhere like FanFiction.net? And, there's an article on Star Trek Expanded Universe that might be a good place to catalog stories chronologically too. :)
    Phoenix_Compendium_1.jpg
    USS Phoenix-X Literary Index | Comics | Most recent story: "The Opposite of That"
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    knightraider6 wrote: »
    shadowfang240 wrote: »
    RP and story threads might be exempt from the necro rule, since it mainly exists to prevent spreading of outdated information about issues and mechanics that might've been fixed/corrected/are no longer available

    but you could always toss baddmoonrizin a PM and ask, since he's currently the most active of the moderator group (though jodarkrider would work too, but you'd likely get a quicker response with the former)

    alternatively, just doing the edits and not mentioning you did so in the thread itself would probably work just as well​​

    yeah but the only problem is, some of them are so long that if I try to fix the punctuation, it will go over the post size limit and i'll have to put up a new post with the rest of it. Not to mention a couple of stories wern't finished-when Sander took a turn for the worse, some of them were put on hold, for when he got better. Which sadly, didn't happen. I'll ask, both about the edits, and putting up finishing bits on the ones that dropped off before they were resolved.

    Honestly, my inclination would be to simply repost them, and take the opportunity to polish up anything you think is lacking in the earlier stories. The War of the Masters: Remastered, as it were.
    "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"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
  • knightraider6knightraider6 Member Posts: 396 Arc User

    Honestly, my inclination would be to simply repost them, and take the opportunity to polish up anything you think is lacking in the earlier stories. The War of the Masters: Remastered, as it were.

    That would be best-but being that some of them we no longer have access to...

    "It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier." R.A.Heinlein

    "he's as dangerous as a ferret with a chainsaw."



  • knightraider6knightraider6 Member Posts: 396 Arc User
    hawku001x wrote: »
    Have you guys done any archiving elsewhere like FanFiction.net? And, there's an article on Star Trek Expanded Universe that might be a good place to catalog stories chronologically too. :)
    we were thinking of going that route-then Sander's health declined, and everything else went on the back burner

    "It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier." R.A.Heinlein

    "he's as dangerous as a ferret with a chainsaw."



  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    knightraider6 wrote: »
    Honestly, my inclination would be to simply repost them, and take the opportunity to polish up anything you think is lacking in the earlier stories. The War of the Masters: Remastered, as it were.

    That would be best-but being that some of them we no longer have access to...

    I read your "What a Strange Trip It's Been..." post on the forums.
    Love the story...but where does it fit in this list???

    Should I just read everything labeled "(KR)"???

    "Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK

    “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
  • knightraider6knightraider6 Member Posts: 396 Arc User
    where2r1 wrote: »
    knightraider6 wrote: »
    Honestly, my inclination would be to simply repost them, and take the opportunity to polish up anything you think is lacking in the earlier stories. The War of the Masters: Remastered, as it were.

    That would be best-but being that some of them we no longer have access to...

    I read your "What a Strange Trip It's Been..." post on the forums.
    Love the story...but where does it fit in this list???

    Should I just read everything labeled "(KR)"???

    That was the first one i fixed after getting an ok from Baddmoonrizin. Unfortunately when i fixed the punctuation making it readable-it was now too long so had to put the rest of it in another entry. As for when it is, it's a prequel for all the Masterverse stuff, something PatrickNGO and I came up with to explain some backstory. started editing with that one because it was 'short'. still too long for a single post.
    "It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier." R.A.Heinlein

    "he's as dangerous as a ferret with a chainsaw."



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  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    edited June 2017
    So.....basically, I read everything in this list?
    That is gonna take, like, FORrreeEvvvVERrrrr!!!

    Some of these links are weird....they go to the first post in a "Literary Challenge".
    Never mind... I figured it out...some the the URL formatting is messed up.

    If there is no title...use the first line of the post as the text for the link. Maybe???
    Post edited by where2r1 on
    "Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK

    “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    where2r1 wrote: »
    So.....basically, I read everything in this list?
    That is gonna take, like, FORrreeEvvvVERrrrr!!!

    Some of these links are weird....they go to the first post in a "Literary Challenge".

    A lot of the short fiction in both the Masterverse and my own Bait and Switch continuity was written to literary challenge prompts, and Chrome doesn't handle direct links to posts well under the current forum architecture.
    "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"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
    legendarylycan#5411
         Member Posts: 37,283 Arc User
    edited June 2017
    the forum architecture doesn't handle ITSELF well; that's why we have post-erasing edit bugs

    and speaking of things not being well, some of the links are screwed up - like showing the whole [url="insert link here[/url] bit in addition to the story title instead of just the linked title itself​​
    Like special weapons from other Star Trek games? Wondering if they can be replicated in STO even a little bit? Check this out: https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1262277/a-mostly-comprehensive-guide-to-star-trek-videogame-special-weapons-and-their-sto-equivalents

    #LegalizeAwoo

    A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
    An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
    A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
    A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"

    "It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
    "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
    Passion and Serenity are one.
    I gain power by understanding both.
    In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
    I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
    The Force is united within me.
  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    Yeah, I should have remembered what a p.i.t.a. it is to edit a list of URL's in a text editor.

    I figured it out, though.
    "Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK

    “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    edited June 2017
    Following links have issues......:

    2362... (PN) <-- typo in the URL bb code....also, no text/title to click, goes to page 1 of thread

    forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/comment/11309381#Comment_11309381

    OR

    USS Belleau Wood, 2362, Somewhere on the Cardassian front near Bajor...


    2372 to 2375 (Dominon War) (PN) <--typo in the URL bb code....also, no text/title to click, goes to page 1 of thread

    forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/comment/11349946#Comment_11349946

    OR

    Location: [Classified], Dominion War period Stardate [Classified]...


    2409
    Bouncing Gorn (KR) <-- this link goes to the old STO Forums (search on title/author later)

    Literary Challenge #41 "Call To Arms".....this one has Gorn bouncing around a ship deck. Not sure if this is the correct story to go with this title. Have not read through enough of the stories to see if it repeats somewhere @knightraider6 :

    forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/comment/11134073#Comment_11134073

    +++++

    One Face for the World (GB)<-- link works but typo in the URL bb code so title is not the hyperlink

    forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/comment/12759555#Comment_12759555

    OR

    The Tales of Alyosha Strannik: One Face for the World


    Angels of Mercy (GB) <-- link works but typo in the URL bb code so title is not the hyperlink

    forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1187695/angels-of-mercy-short-story

    OR

    Angels of Mercy (Short Story)



    ++++++

    Personal Log (D Moj) (PN) <-- this link goes to the old STO Forums (search on title/author later)

    @patrickngo Look at Literary Challenge #41 "Call to Arms" It looks as if it could be a entry for a personal log for D'Moj.

    forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/comment/11115046#Comment_11115046


    +++++

    Under It All (KR) <-- Too vague a title....can not find anything that matches.
    Coming Back to Life (KR) <-- Too vague a title...can not find anything that matches.

    2410
    The Ataturk (PN) <-- Too vague a title...can not find anything that matches.

    @patrickngo @knightraider6 give me characters involved in these stories so I can weed them out next time I have time. :)

    Though I did find this story that involves your Catian character Schrodi...
    forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/comment/11501988#Comment_11501988


    2411...

    Hell..that is a lot of links I am following and bookmarking so...I am going to stop for now. Pick it up again in a day or two. I will update this as I go.






    Post edited by where2r1 on
    "Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK

    “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
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  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    edited June 2017
    Well, Patrick..there is something bonkers going on with these links.

    I went straight down the line and bookmarked every link I could follow in the OP.

    I followed a link and am currently reading a story called "Where the Dead Ships Dwell".
    I don't know how that story got in the list of links I saved. It is not visible in your OP.
    So, I am thinking it is one of the links that work that have no title?

    Only thing I can think of is: your OP has some more broken hyperlinks than I can see.
    I don't feel like breaking down source code to figure it out. LOL!

    Never mind...I am looking at the wrong thing as a title. Actual title is all grey like the rest of the text. "The Last Candle Burns". I was looking at the white highlighted text that stands out which is part of the little poem at the beginning of the story (I hate this grey on grey I have to read these posts as...no ARC overlay).

    I will read what does work. Anyways.
    Post edited by where2r1 on
    "Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK

    “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    OMG...Sanders223...boy, he can write.
    I am frickin' bawling over his story about Sway the Gorn in KDF Academy and Ssharki.
    "Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK

    “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    How long are all these stories going to stay on the STO Forums?
    Is there a back up of all these stories anywhere else?

    It would totally suck if PWE come along one day and decide: we are going to delete archives??
    Or, heaven forbid, move the forums to something other than Vanilla and not move any of the archives??

    "Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK

    “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    Dang, you guys have some good characters going in this "Masterverse". Ones I really wanna follow along with.

    I have pretty much put all my books in my Kindle library on hold...just going through the links in the OP.

    @patrickngo thanks for keeping track of all these links.
    If you need help sniffing some of these broken ones out....
    I can try and help you find them. :)
    "Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK

    “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
  • knightraider6knightraider6 Member Posts: 396 Arc User
    where2r1 wrote: »
    How long are all these stories going to stay on the STO Forums?
    Is there a back up of all these stories anywhere else?

    It would totally suck if PWE come along one day and decide: we are going to delete archives??
    Or, heaven forbid, move the forums to something other than Vanilla and not move any of the archives??

    We tend to use Google drive for working on them. A lot of Sanders older stuff that was written before we started using that are probably lost..the stuff he shared with us we should probably back up.


    "It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier." R.A.Heinlein

    "he's as dangerous as a ferret with a chainsaw."



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  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
    legendarylycan#5411
         Member Posts: 37,283 Arc User
    well, that's just realism at work - even the most hardened of men/women rarely come out of crisis situations totally unaffected mentally​​
    Like special weapons from other Star Trek games? Wondering if they can be replicated in STO even a little bit? Check this out: https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1262277/a-mostly-comprehensive-guide-to-star-trek-videogame-special-weapons-and-their-sto-equivalents

    #LegalizeAwoo

    A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
    An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
    A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
    A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"

    "It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
    "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
    Passion and Serenity are one.
    I gain power by understanding both.
    In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
    I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
    The Force is united within me.
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  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    edited June 2017
    After spending a few hours hunting through old forum posts last night...a few things occurred to me that may make it easier for all of you to find your stories on Vanilla Forums at a later date.

    I think hashtags work on Vanilla (???). Add hashtag: "Masterverse", "character names", "author designation" (like PN, KR...ect), title (if there is one). Those are things that make your stories unique and easier to search for.

    Yes, it will be a p.i.t.a. to do this...but it will help with organization.
    Unfortunately, you will not be able to do anything about Sanders 223's old posts.

    Also, is "Masterverse" series the same thing as "War of the Masters"???
    There seems to be two different names being used.

    Note: I can give you guys the link for the pages with an Arc overlay for the stand alone stories, if you want those, too. I can not get links to individual posts (like from a Literary Challenge) with the Arc overlay.
    Post edited by where2r1 on
    "Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK

    “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    where2r1 wrote: »
    Also, is "Masterverse" series the same thing as "War of the Masters"???
    There seems to be two different names being used.

    Yes, they're the same thing. The War of the Masters is the official name, "Masterverse" is a nickname.
    "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"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    edited June 2017
    I swear if Sander 223 kills off his characters Ssharki or Sway...I am gonna be completely destroyed.
    Post edited by where2r1 on
    "Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK

    “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
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  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    edited June 2017
    Sorry to hear about your friend and fellow writer.

    UCLA Med Center is where my Mom went for treatment for her cancer. They were able to get her to remission, though she wouldn't quit smoking and had a relapse years later and passed on after she refused further treatment.

    Anyhoo...in the middle of a novel you and he collaborated on (starting "Dark Horses")...I feel like:

    LEgQtU6.png

    That is one heavy book to read...had a copy of at one time...
    I don't think I ever finished that book.
    "Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK

    “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
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