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teklionbenrasha
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How well do they get on? For instance, I played an excellent Foundry Contest mission a while back entitled "A Good Ship Goes To War", which had a nameless man wearing a bow tie who travelled through time. No names were used and so there's absolutely nothing concrete to tie it to any BBC sci-fi series much beloved by many generations.
Likewise, two episodes of DS9 come to mind: The Sword of Kahless, which bears more than a passing similarity to the adventures of Indiana Jones, albeit in space; and Our Man Bashir, which was so close to the 007 series that it got a stroppy letter from MGM.
But how would it fare in the Foundry, if no names were mentioned? If one of those two episodes, or any of the others I can't think of, had been foundry missions, would they have passed the EULA?
Likewise, two episodes of DS9 come to mind: The Sword of Kahless, which bears more than a passing similarity to the adventures of Indiana Jones, albeit in space; and Our Man Bashir, which was so close to the 007 series that it got a stroppy letter from MGM.
But how would it fare in the Foundry, if no names were mentioned? If one of those two episodes, or any of the others I can't think of, had been foundry missions, would they have passed the EULA?
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"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
The trick is to be subtle, but not too subtle. I have several 007 references in my Ghosts of War series. The Starfleet Intelligence admiral you deal with throughout the series is named Madelaine (as in, begins with "M") Youngs. Her mobile base is a ship named the S.S. Fleming (named for original 007 author Sir Ian Fleming) representing a fake front company called Interstellar Exports, Ltd. (a stand-in for Universal Exports). The fake ship's fake company representative is named Miss Pomeny (a partial anagram of Moneypenny).
Meanwhile, much of my upcoming Romulan GoW prequel trilogy Valley of the Shadow will take place on a planet called Nivay IV - that's Yavin spelled backwards - which is under threat of a planetary doomsday weapon. I trust you can figure out for yourself which franchise that's honoring.
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Parallels: my second mission for Fed aligned Romulans.
And after that, you'll make Foundry missions where you're fighting parasitical beings called the Dlu'aog, who call their warriors Affaj and live on the planet Arakad. :rolleyes:
And have a ship class known as the Kat'ah. :P
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
But Miral Paris appears in the Episodes as a npc contact?
You can, as long as Janeway and Kim don't actually appear in the mission. Maybe have a boff say "Admiral Janeway has ordered us to the Devron System" or "Captain Kim reports no sign of Klingon activity" or something like that.
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
But it still doesn't explain how can they use Miral Paris? She was portrayed by an actress in the last episode of Voyager. If they can use her why not anyone else? And then there was Dr McCoy and Mr Scott in the Devidian story line.
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Hence the need for strict guidelines as to what can or cannot be used in player generated content. It's not fan-fic, but a viable source of revenue.
Homages in ST episodes are one thing - they get clearances from legal before production on an episode airs. Even they they run into problems. DS9's famous time-travelling tribble episode is a great example. They didn't have the 'right' to reuse Shatners image from a previous show in a new production. Another example is Larry Niven's contribution to the animated series, or Harlen Ellison's Guardian of Tomrorrow.
These type of problems exist because the lawyers of the day didn't cover every use of the material when they acquired it in the 60's. Back then, television wasn't about reruns, dvd's, spin off's and licensed goods.
Todays contracts are much more defined in terms of who owns the IP and what can ultimately be done with it. And that's why the Foundry's rules are so strict.