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Captain as per your orders i've deposited the Bayerchau into this room after a brief tour of the ship.


so my crew deposits aliens into a ROOM like their grains of sacks? and why isn't the room called the diplomacy room or something?

Cryptic can i write your stuff please?
since when to ambassadors deposit aliens like grain sacks?

http://s842.photobucket.com/albums/zz350/thraxxousai/?action=view&current=screenshot_2010-11-04-22-54-33.jpg

screenshot with how he talks about them. very very rude mister Trey.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Diplomacy is a marketplace of ideas.

    You have to deposit something to make a withdrawal.

    (yes, the dialogue is odd sounding)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Your vent password is showing.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Captain as per your orders i've deposited the Bayerchau into this room after a brief tour of the ship.


    so my crew deposits aliens into a ROOM lick their grains of sacks? and why isnt the room called the diplomacy room or something?

    Cryptic can i write your stuff please?
    since when to ambassadors deposit aliens like grain sacks?

    http://s842.photobucket.com/albums/zz350/thraxxousai/?action=view&current=screenshot_2010-11-04-22-54-33.jpg

    screenshot with how he talks about them. very very rude mister Trey.

    There's something ironic about someone chastising Cryptic for their use of words in a post when they, themselves, demonstrate a poor choice of words, mixed with a handful of typos and punctuation problems.

    But I digress...

    Maybe the guy isn't speaking English and the Universal Translator is to blame.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Combadge wrote:
    Your vent password is showing.

    fixed thank you for telling me.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Rikaelus wrote: »
    There's something ironic about someone chastising Cryptic for their use of words in a post when they, themselves, demonstrate a poor choice of words, mixed with a handful of typos and punctuation problems.

    But I digress...

    Maybe the guy isn't speaking English and the Universal Translator is to blame.

    wasnt being serious Mr. troll. i just found it amusing that we deposit dignitaries into rooms.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Depositing can technically be used in this sense, though it's a fairly uncommon and archaic usage.

    For example, depositing is synonymous with situating.

    "We're situating the diplomats in the Reception Room" would've been a more aesthetically pleasing choice - despite being equivalent to the dialogue above from a linguistic perspective.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Depositing can technically be used in this sense, though it's a fairly uncommon and archaic usage.

    For example, depositing is synonymous with situating.

    "We're situating the diplomats in the Reception Room" would've been a more aesthetically pleasing choice - despite being equivalent to the dialogue above from a linguistic perspective.

    well that makes sense. it just made me do a double take and i was reacting like LOLwhat??
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Captain as per your orders i've deposited the Bayerchau into this room after a brief tour of the ship.


    so my crew deposits aliens into a ROOM like their grains of sacks? and why isn't the room called the diplomacy room or something?

    Cryptic can i write your stuff please?
    since when to ambassadors deposit aliens like grain sacks?

    http://s842.photobucket.com/albums/zz350/thraxxousai/?action=view&current=screenshot_2010-11-04-22-54-33.jpg

    screenshot with how he talks about them. very very rude mister Trey.

    Well, depending how they acted during the tour, it could still be an accurate description...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Well, depending how they acted during the tour, it could still be an accurate description...

    Considering how the Tellarites and Andorians acted during the Enterprise Negotiations, depositing might be the polite way of saying that the security teams had to escort both there.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Well, depending how they acted during the tour, it could still be an accurate description...
    Considering how the Tellarites and Andorians acted during the Enterprise Negotiations, depositing might be the polite way of saying that the security teams had to escort both there.

    Bwahaha never thought of this. okay that would make sense they were pretty obnoxious
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Bwahaha never thought of this. okay that would make sense they were pretty obnoxious
    Anytime there's a weird turn of phrase, I just pretend a Vulcan is saying it and the weird word is in italics for emphasis. They have a deadpan, wry humor - it works. :p

    Besides, I usually get the First Contact brief from an ensign, so I like to imagine they're just trying to sound smarter despite seeing a new race for the first time.
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