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Borg-Hugh

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edited December 2010 in The Foundry for Star Trek Online - Discussion & Feedback
Was he killed or would he still be with us as I would like to use his character in a mission.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Hugh iirc didn't die, but he is no longer part of the collective.

    Also note that you can't recreate characters that appeared in any of the Star Trek movies or TV series episodes due to legal matters.

    You can drop references to him, but not place his likeness into the game directly.

    well thats my interpretation of the Foundry TOS, though I have been told by one of my fleeties I have interpreted it wrong.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    So I could create a new liberated Borg character and use him to refer to Hugh as to how he was freed? Or can I use the name Hugh without referring to past events as long as he doesn't look like anything in the tv show?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    chaddy18 wrote: »
    So I could create a new liberated Borg character and use him to refer to Hugh as to how he was freed? Or can I use the name Hugh without referring to past events as long as he doesn't look like anything in the tv show?

    You could create a completely new, liberated Borg character, and he/she could say that he/she was part of Hugh's group of liberated Borg. That is fine.

    But, creating a half Borg, half human character, and calling him Hugh, saying that he is THE Hugh, is a no-no.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    I think creating hugh would be alright. Most borg look the same anyway, so creating a borg and calling him Hugh is probably not a big deal. The TOS says we can use characters, just not actor likenesses. Hugh was pretty generic looking.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Hangover_Boy wrote:
    I think creating hugh would be alright. Most borg look the same anyway, so creating a borg and calling him Hugh is probably not a big deal. The TOS says we can use characters, just not actor likenesses. Hugh was pretty generic looking.
    You could also point out how much time has passed in-universe, and that any encounter with Hugh in STO's present would mean he's aged quite a bit and have that be why he looks different. After all, there are a number of such characters in game already, who have aged enough that there aren't likeness issues (Naomi Wildman and Icheb, for starters.)
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