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Albino Klingon skin???
cncshade
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Why do we not have that white skin color that VOQ has? It is canon in two different shows. I for one think that VOQ looked AWESOME. I would love to have that skin on my DISCO KLINK!!!!
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Is he really special if he isn't the only one???
2: until that happens, we have created these custom costumes using the alien species:
https://imgur.com/a/weGZ5m8
These costumes are based on the following characters from the TV show as well as STO originals, in order of appearance in the picture album: T'Kuvma, L'Rell(season1), Voq, Kol, L'Rell(season 2), Kol'Sha, Tenavik, J'Ula, Akar, and a generic Mo'Kai warrior.
You can download the saved costume files, as well as see pictures of the slider settings here.
Please note that the the costume files/pictures for all of the characters that actually appeared in the show are in the "Discovery" folder, while the files for J'Ula, Akar, and the Mo'Kai warrior are in the "STO Characters" folder.
You might be right, but I don't buy it.
Yes, they are supposed to be rare, but then again, there are hundreds of players flying around in a TOS Connie named U.S.S. Enterprise, so I don't buy the "It's supposed to be rare" argument.
Even if every klink player made an albino character, storywise, it is still just one albino klink. All player characters in the same faction are really just the same character in the STO storyline.
Who knows, maybe they are going to try to monetize it later on by selling a skin option unlock in the C-store for 1k zen.
That is simply not true, the name "Enterprise" is blocked (pretty sure the registry 1701 is also blocked). Sure, there are people flying "U.S.S. Entrprise", "U.S.S. Entorprise", etc, but none of them are actually named "Enterprise".
My point still stands. This is a game, after all, where you can fly an NX refit in endgame content because reasons. We can even equip our ships with the cutting edge technology of phase cannons and grapplers. Certainly this ancient technology would also be "rare" and relegated to museums, not state-of-the-art frontline ships. The only reason for me to fly an NX would be space barbie/RP, just link the only reason to create an albino klink would be space barbie/RP.
The discussion is moot however because we have no clue whether or not Cryptic made the deliberate decision to not allow albino klinks. I am of the opinion that this was probably just an oversight.
**Disclaimer** This post was not an attack on the NX refit or Enterprise era technology. It is not my cup of tea, but I fully support having it in game for those who do like that particular brew.
Some might think that whole YoK was a major oversight from beginning to end mostly.
I agree that since they allow all eras to be mixed then anything seen in the shows should be available, however CBS has vetoed things in the past for similar reasons. For years endgame Enterprise and TOS ships were prohibited, then when they greenlit AoY suddenly that wasn't an issue anymore (I've always been curious what made them change their mind on that), when the Discovery faction first launched Kelpiens weren't allowed but are now (still not in-game yet, but probably will be eventually), etc. As prominent as Voq was it seems very likely to me that albino klingons were vetoed by CBS to keep them rare rather than a Cryptic oversight.
Since albinism is a genetic trait where the body does not produce pigments, it would make sense that every species, or at least the mammalian ones, would have an albino option. I know several albino gamers that have commented in the past about the lack of representation of albinos in games.
What was incorrect about the post? we got albino klingons in both DS9 and Discovery.
I think he means he incorrectly posted in the wrong thread or forum.
at least lizards and birds have albinism as well though, albinos in the wild tend to die off quite quickly due to the other issue besides lack of pigment that condition causes.
also for most trek species the skin color probably wouldn't be white but rather that of the underlying tissue (for example human albinos have skin really pale pink(ish) skin color and pale blond hair)
Yes, this is true, most albinos in the animal world die off before reaching maturity. However, most humans don't, and I think we can assume most albino Vulcans, Klingons, Ferengi, etc. also do not die before reaching maturity. It is true that we have only seen albino Klinks in Trek shows, but that is no reason why the skin option can't be available to all species.
Do you think STO era Klingons still kill their albino babies? IDK.
I don't know either. On the other hand Klingons are highly traditionalists so it's possible they kept that custom, Voq is the only 100% confirmed albino Klingon (there's also the character called "the albino" from DS9 but it's not 100% confirmed he was a Klingon) in canon at the moment.
However I could see customs like that being an issue with relationships with the UFP so the Klingon Empire could also discard them. For better odds during negotiations (especially after Praxis).
No it wasn't. It's in the right spot.
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