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Iconian Intelligence File #248
pwlaughingtrendy
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Contact with the barrier has been known to give mere mortals almost god-like power. What terrible wonders can a race that can cross it at will be capable of?
We must learn everything we can about the Heralds and the Iconians before they are at our doors.
~LaughingTrendy
We must learn everything we can about the Heralds and the Iconians before they are at our doors.
~LaughingTrendy
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Can't wait for season 10!
Of course, this leads me to ask if us player characters will ever get access to the Herald armor pieces or to Herald characters as boffs or player characters. Or for that matter, Herald power staves or power maces as personal weapons. Like I said, they're cool looking and I want one.
Hrmm, the more I see of the Heralds...the more I'm picturing various NCSoft fantasy MMOs and wondering what they're doing in Star Trek.
Cause I mean...
Shadow Mage: http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/arc/e1/dc/e1dcb3ddf4049d5721c4b81657fdfcb81428011298.png
Summoned Pet: http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/arc/e1/fd/e1fde99b0f7c62ad42e1818303e8aa3d1428013233.png
Rogue/Monk: http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/arc/6b/e6/6be648ed4d04cd682603214c29779b951428453218.png
Warrior: http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/arc/b6/70/b670b41ca9b737bf89500df9c27a836f1428452506.png
...it's just screaming a few fantasy games at me.
edit: Don't get me wrong, if I was playing some fantasy game - I'd be like, "Dayum, those look freakin' awesome!" - but er, I'm not playing some fantasy game.
You want fantasy stuff, look at the Klingons with their leathers and furs and metal bolts and wrought iron boots from the Moria branch of Hot Topic.
This is Star Trek. The only guys who dress in tailored, simple, practical sci-fi outfits is Starfleet.
I want to see D&D night on the Enterprise.
Despite their appearance, The Heralds actually seem less magical to me compared to lot of the beings which have already appeared in Star Trek.
USS Casinghead NCC 92047 launched 2350
Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
Pretty much..I know I'm ready to serve them a warp core breach or two! For the Milky Way, and qapla'!
Unless these guys are the evil Asgard of STO (in that they clone and cannot reproduce) then a better reason (or rather, an initial reason) for their low numbers wouldn't hurt.
No No No No No...
I'm liking the look for the upcoming S10, these antagonistic characters are mean looking, but for gods sake, do not allow their technology/weapons to be obtainable to use by players! If they're to remain special, make their tech unobtainable.
I mean, I'd rather not see a whole lot of Iconians & their heralds come screaming in only to be slaughtered by our own people wielding the same weapons & tech. It would diffuse the huge threat Cryptic has developed around them, thus making a huge portion of this game, well, pointless...
If anything, have the allies make their own usable variant that mirrors iconian tech, but is nowhere near as powerful or advanced...
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After the first encounter with the Barrier. Federation ships crossed it without too much hassle multiple times (see the TOS Episode "By Any Other Name".) Just saying...;)
PWE ARC Drone says: "Your STO forum community as you have known it is ended...Display names are irrelevant...Any further sense of community is irrelevant...Resistance is futile...You will be assimilated..."
The iconians have had 5 to 10 times longer to reproduce, yet seem not to have done so.
We know there are some interesting results of this small original gene pool for the native Americans ( like nearly all of them being blood type o, unless they're far enough north to have interbred with a second wave that brought type a). I wonder if the chronitons in the brain phenomenon was originally rare among iconians. I also wonder if they have issues reproducing (either social or biological). It is also possible that what ever is going on in the andromeda galaxy the is making it impossible for the kelvan to survive there might be impacting the iconians population numbers. So might a long war with the kelvan for that matter.
Still, this is the bit I'm most interested in. Secondarily, is it just me or is this author the most polite Klingon ever?
Some interesting reading on the above:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
And there's a wonderful timeline on this page, I like to compare to the memory alpha timeline:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_of_the_Americas
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Distant_past
Hmm. I can haz one?
The obelisk carrier did this in its mission.
Heck, it's entirely possible that the Iconians of back then really weren't as malevolent... but passing through the Barrier changed them the way it did others, and turned them into self-proclaimed gods.
I can haz a different one? One that isn't shaped like a giant tennis shoe logo?
the meaning behind the word magic is an illusion by "apparent" superpowers one has used or fallacy of intelligence and visual deception, in both cases the alluded to powers are very much a tool or deception.
in the trek world kirk almost ended up dead because of a god like mitchell, those powers were not magical, they were not an illusion. q had powers and for the most part unexplored to the trek audience, again the incident with the borg and the ent-d was not magic especially where the deaths of several crew members by the borg were concerned.
if you want magical, kirk carried a significant reputation with his enemies and they respected him for it without testing it in combat to prove the claim, that is an illusion or a magic attempt.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
http://larptrek.com/ Ask, and ye shall receive
^^^
Not really. Kirk showed his tactical abilities and guile many times throughout the series. His Reputation was deserved and battle tested. Examples?
TOS - The Corbomite Manuever"
TOS - "The Balance of Terror"
TOS - "The Deadly Years"
TOS - "Journey to Babel"
TOS - "The Ultimate Computer"
TOS - "Elaan of Troyius"
TOS - "The Enterprise Incident"
TOS - "Day of the Dove"
Honestly, if you want an example of a Captain in Star Fleet who had a reputation that was 'all talk' (Hell, anytime he talks about his 'military' exploits he either lost his ship TNG - "The Battle"; was running from an enemy ship TNG - "The Wounded"); I give you Captain Jean Luc Picard; and challenge you to provide an episode that shows his ability at actual starship command.
PWE ARC Drone says: "Your STO forum community as you have known it is ended...Display names are irrelevant...Any further sense of community is irrelevant...Resistance is futile...You will be assimilated..."
Having the allies use their own variants...like the Dyson ships? Thematically it might work better, but we're deluding ourselves if we think Herald tech won't show up in the next lockbox.
the universe is doomed i tell you. lets close down shop and open up in JJ universe
anyway, you get the point of the magic act im getting at. no power in an illusion if you can see through it, i wonder why his enemies didnt? :P.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Loving how the Dyson sphere themes and how especially art-wise Iconian assets and servitor race assets have evolved. All looks really exciting and deadly.
Staying with Star Trek Online because of the story.