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WTF does my character click his/her heels and salutes when recieving an order?
angrytarg
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First Voth reputation mission cutscene.
It is bad enough we have the salute emote to begin with. But why does my character has to do it in a cutscene? I know Cryptic doesn't really care about anything that happend or was depicted in Star Trek, but never ever, at least to my knowledge, was the militry salute habit depicted in any incarnation of Star Trek, at least with Starfleet. Other species militaries (which starfleet isn't) might do it, though it is no silly earth military salute either.
It is bad enough we have the salute emote to begin with. But why does my character has to do it in a cutscene? I know Cryptic doesn't really care about anything that happend or was depicted in Star Trek, but never ever, at least to my knowledge, was the militry salute habit depicted in any incarnation of Star Trek, at least with Starfleet. Other species militaries (which starfleet isn't) might do it, though it is no silly earth military salute either.
^ Memory Alpha.org is not canon. It's a open wiki with arbitrary rules. Only what can be cited from an episode is. ^
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"A filthy, mangy beast, but in its bony breast beat the heart of a warrior" - "faithful" (...) "but ever-ready to follow the call of the wild." - Martok, about a Targ
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I didn't really wanted to go there, but I might add:
Some Romulan Dude: "We were recieving a encrypted Voth transmission".
Our Character: "The Voth? Aren't we fighting them?" (Duuuuuuh?)
Our characters are truly the most dull and incompetent dudes they could find. Remember how Captain "This is" Kurland has to remind our characters repeatedly not to touch the hot plasma stream?
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Admiral Rylana Dionysis: Get your TRIBBLE out of that chair and snap to it.
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Chief of Starfleet Intelligence Service == Praise Cheesus
Oh come on our characters have been declared officially braindead by "Divide et Impera". Everything after that are just convulsions of a vegetable.
Sometimes, if you want to bury the hatchet with a Klingon, it has to be in his skull. - Captain K'Tar of the USS Danu about J'mpok.
The other two factions however should have their own salutes. It doesn't really makes sense that Romulans and Klingons make the very same gesture which derivated from the handmove of opening a European late medieval/early modern helmet.
On the other hand, since Romulans are so heavily influenced by the Roman Empire/Republic, giving them the historical correct Roman salute will only end up drawing a lot of dimwits to the forums claiming that Romulans make 'OMFG TRIBBLE SALUTES!!!1one'.
But Starfleet doesn't do that. I cannot comprehend why that emote is in this game to begin with. That's my primary point. Aside from the fact that according to the animation style the character could without a doubt shout "Jawohl mein F?hrer" while doing so... XD
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But it was so shiny...
Oh and my KDF / RSE characters to do their canon salutes.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
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'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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Klingons do have their own salute, it's a balled up fist across the chest. You know, the Qa'pla emote. :P
We seen Romulans salute in TOS: Balance of Terror, it's the same as Klingons. Across the chest. Only difference is that Klingons was a quick thump on the chest, while Romulans was graceful.
Oy, we sure are the cr?me of the crop, aren't we? :P
Also rank has little to do with a salute as if you are saluted you must return the gesture.
that aside the romulan you ate saluting is technically your superior since he is in command of the entire dyson sphere operation.
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I can't speak for anybody else, but yeah it irks me to no end. Even if like disposeableh3r0 said there are salutes during the funeral at WoK the gesture has not been shown anywhere in Starfleet day-to-day business and it actually plays a part in the childish militarization of the whole franchise. I know that Cryptic doesn't give anything about the IP they are using for their space game but I still try to see everything they implement in comparision to the thing they claim to love.
Some people don't care at all. They would play Fifa Soccer, Call of Duty or Need for Speed and say it's totally Star Trek because I don't know why. But I at least point out especially minor details I'd like to know what they were thinking. Well, probably because the animation set was only copied over from their other game but now they implemented it in the game's "lore".
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Afraid they didn't.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQUePN5y40
Actually, it's because all character animations in STO, excluding only Star Trek specific ones like Kllingon/Vulcan/TNG/some dances, are shared across all Cryptic games and were originated in Champions Online.
And the latter game has very slapstick/cartoon feel.
Which is why this salute doesn't fit into Star Trek at all. >_>
Yeah, getting rid of it from cutscenes would be the best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al5bErqFrDQ
It's an RPG, the Quest Giver is your Master. All of you. He says jump, you ask how high (if the dialogue box gives you that option). Rank, thats just words.
Cryptic I'll give you 5000 Zen for that
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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