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I was playing my Orion Character today and I was running around the first city when I noticed something interesting. None of the other Orion's players running around were male. Now I play a female Orion female myself so whatever, but as I thought about it, I don't recall ever having seen male orion in game who wasn't an npc or someones bridge officer.
Anyone else find this little statistic just a little bit telling. lol
Anyone else find this little statistic just a little bit telling. lol
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Some scoff at me when I state the obvious: the Klingon Empire has come under Orion control. I make this assertion not only because of the apparent greater numbers of players of Orions, but also (and more relevantly) due to the STO storyline and information from canon. I have explained at length in the past:
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On a more serious note I'm male, but when I see female Orions I assume most, but not all are being played by men, which is cool its always good to walk a mile in some one elses shoes.
When I see the rare Male Orion I assume its probably a female player whose tired of being bugged by dudes. I Myself am obviously an exception to this rule.
He still has the seduce trait. I figure producing more powerful pheromones is like lactation in males, its rare, but does occur.
And I agree, the Orions does control the empire completely, but thier influence is growing by leaps and bounds, and I also agree that thier influence is strongest on the house of Jempok who depends on thier support, but no doubt the Synidicate has done favours and aligned operatives with each of the Great Houses including the House of Martok.
So while the Gorn have a not voting seat on the high council, the Syndicate no doubt has massive influence and may control several or more Great Houses, which have voting seats on the high council.
Also I have a feeling the reason King Slithris wasn't executed in normal Klingon tradition of killing governement leaders is the influence of the Orion Syndicate, which King Slathris now owes a major favour too.
btw: My Klingon toon commands a orion-free vessel Boff and Doff wise and any orion doffs I get are executed the moment they step on my Vor'cha
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Yeah I still don't get that. I mean let's play a species then go out of our way to remove its most destrinct and defining physical feature so they look human. I absolutely hate it, but whatever floats peoples boats.
My Orions both PC and Boffs are shades of green aka real proper Orions, not sad human wannabes.
I mean it's like creating a spotless Trill, A Vulcan with round ears, or a Betaziod with baby blue eyes. Its not startrek and they look aweful.
If your not green or blueish green at least your not playing an Orion, your playing a human.
Okay I've finally vented on that pet peeve, sorry if I offended anyone, but it had to be said.
Anyone else feel the same way?.
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With my Vulcan's diplomacy boff, I justify it as the Orion femme being the least thuggish of the available officers and, as a Vulcan, he is immune to her pheromones, while the rest of the (mostly female, with the exception of the Reman, Breen, and Jem'Hadar) bridge crew are equally immune. Well, supposing other Vulcanoids are immune.
On my Gorn's ship, I justify it as my Gorn, being cold-blooded and massive (more space for dispersal), also being immune. No real basis for that like with the Vulcan, but I figure a cold-blooded fellow will be 'immune' to the pheromones of a warm-blooded species.
Anyway, yeah. Played an Orion male mostly because while it would be more 'fun' to stare at a shapely, green, bikini-clad butt as I run around ground maps... I'd just feel awkward playing a female character when I have the option to be male. Besides, most stuff is in space.
My Orion char Navar is odd in that 1. She is green and 2. She doesn't go into battle wearing bikinis.
Anyway, I don't have an Orion male. Or female. My only Orion BOFF is on my fed tac, and she wear a pant, and a winter coat. I don't need STO to see half naked women, and that's not the reason why I'm playing.
And a majority of those Orion females are probably Undine in disguise! :P
(Of course, this brings up the question of whether an Undine disguised as an Orion still could produce the same pheromones as a real Orion...)
Personally, I disapprove of the bolting metal plates on the men folk. I use quite a few male orion Boffs, since I think they fit that role well - If only I could but them in suits...
I agree with those who disapprove of Orions disguised as humies. Not to say I think they shouldn't, just that I don't think it's the best decision
My only problems with female characters are:
a) The players.
Specifically those who decide to give them, exaggerated, proportions. I lost count of the number of female characters with TRIBBLE bigger than their heads in my first 5 minutes on ESD. Plus all the impossibly skinny ones. It'd make sense if they were Elves from D&D, but when a woman is 6 ft. tall with the build of a 13 yr old (with half a stone of silicon), something is just a bit off.
b) The feasibility.
(This applies to a lot of male characters too really)
I'm not saying it's unfeasible that women would be progressing through starfleet, that's all perfectly reasonable. But when your 5 ft 6 woman, of slight build roundhouse kicks a 12 ft gorn some 30 ft into the distance, somethings a bit off
Which is another hatred of mine - I see so many male starfleet captains who are almost as wide as they are tall! Without wanting to generalise, I do have to say it's usually the newer players that do this. And the ones who look like they haven't come to terms with the customisation in game (running around in tacky looking sierra uniforms and such). And don't get me started on the Aliens!
In general, I'd say less than 1 in 20 people I see has a well thought out character design. I am being slightly hypocritical here, since my Fed sci is unrealistically slim, but that's simply because I can't be bothered to redo all her uniforms...
Anyway, jumping back to the main topic, in a few months you'll be able to put your humies, trill and vulcans in bikinis, so all those orion women are gonna start feeling neglected. Who'd want a She-orc when you can have someone with sexy spots? :P
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Character customization isn't something a lot of people put much effort into. Not everyone is a diehard like me.
In fact except for TAS we didn't even get too see Orion males in the flesh until Enterprise.
Personally, my main Federation character is a male liberated borg, made to resemble me, and I use a natural and normal body build.
My main KDF character is an Orion female that wears a hybrid orion/Klingon outfit when she's not donning her Elite Honor Guard costume.
On her I have spent many hours tweaking and trying to make look unique, attractive, and believable.
And contrary to many players I have actually reduced the chest slider. :P
And to top it off she has a large scar over her right eye, to add to her character as an honorable warrior.
Indeed, I have all my characers realistically proportioned.
I can understand that - but can't they just leave them as defaults? Do they have to go out of their way to make them repulsive?
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Even the min chest slider is too big for some of my characters. Though I think it's mostly the Federation standard push-up bra:P
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