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  • cookiecrookcookiecrook Member Posts: 4,524 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Better late than never! His character model could definitely use some work though.
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  • ccarmichael07ccarmichael07 Member Posts: 755 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    sophlogimo wrote: »
    "Just don't ask about that time they tried to make him an admiral. It didn’t work out."

    Where can I have that for my toons?

    ^ THIS RIGHT HERE!

    Would love to demote my characters down from the Commander in Chief of Starfleet to the actual rank I say they hold....and have the NPCs address me correctly!


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  • taylor1701dtaylor1701d Member Posts: 3,099 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Yesssss !! I was hoping he'd get in on the DR action :D He should do a great job !
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  • alchevsk1992alchevsk1992 Member Posts: 280 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    All we need is B'Elanna Torres, Chakotay and Kathryn "Bad TRIBBLE" Janeway...

    No I'm serious... regardless if they are too expensive... get em in here. Naaoow

    although this kinda blows... Jennifer Lien (Kes) "She is married to writer and filmmaker Phil Hwang; their first child, Jonah, was born on September 5, 2002. Since the birth of her son, Lien has retired from acting and voiceover work."
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  • psiameesepsiameese Member Posts: 1,646 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    johngazman wrote: »
    Sweet jesus yes.

    He's commanding his own ship eh? It wouldn't a be a certain T6 Fed Escort with a Pilot Hybrid seat, would it?

    Here is it! I hear it comes with a Destructo Beam slotted and locked. On a critical hit, it turns it's target monochrome.
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  • alexvio1alexvio1 Member Posts: 389 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Nicholas Locarno - Reporting for Duty? Interesting...
  • astrobot702astrobot702 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Givin' all the alternate timeline lore and the possibilities for STO quests I think it's time to visit the Mirror Universe and the reign of Empress Sato!! (Give us some Hoshi LOVE!!!)

    Also I think it's time to bring back Jennifer Lien as Kes

    John Loprieno as Obrist when be great to bring the Krenim into the game and have a 'Year Of Hell' for your ship and crew...

    Finally, bring back Nancy Bell to reprise her role as Ensign Ahni Jetal who come back an admiral from another timeline to save your ship etc almost like when admiral janeway came back and saved the crew of Voyager.
  • astrobot702astrobot702 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    We're excited to announce that Voyager star Robert McNeill will be joining the cast of STO and reprising his role as Tom Paris. Our lovable wise-cracking pilot is back to help us in the fight against the Iconians.

    Captain Proton, Spaceman First Class, Protector of Earth, Scourge of Intergalactic Evil, at your service!

    ~LaughingTrendy

    Givin' all the alternate timeline lore and the possibilities for STO quests I think it's time to visit the Mirror Universe and the reign of Empress Sato!! (Give us some Hoshi LOVE!!!)

    Also I think it's time to bring back Jennifer Lien as Kes

    John Loprieno as Obrist when be great to bring the Krenim into the game and have a 'Year Of Hell' for your ship and crew...

    Finally, bring back Nancy Bell to reprise her role as Ensign Ahni Jetal who come back an admiral from another timeline to save your ship etc almost like when admiral janeway came back and saved the crew of Voyager.
  • cyllus2014cyllus2014 Member Posts: 51 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Woot! Tom! ... but why does he look like Giles??
  • yreodredyreodred Member Posts: 3,527 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Would love to demote my characters down from the Commander in Chief of Starfleet to the actual rank I say they hold....and have the NPCs address me correctly!
    This ... 100 times ... this!

    Would be really nice!
    "...'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured...the first thought forbidden...the first freedom denied--chains us all irrevocably.' ... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. I fear that today--" - (TNG) Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie

    A tale of two Picards
    (also applies to Star Trek in general)
  • burstorionburstorion Member Posts: 1,750 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    wanderintx wrote: »
    Nice! I am curious about the ship under his command though. When do we get those details?

    It has to be a Risian Corvette - its the only ship that would suit him
  • bucklerpwbucklerpw Member Posts: 102 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Givin' all the alternate timeline lore and the possibilities for STO quests I think it's time to visit the Mirror Universe and the reign of Empress Sato!!


    :P

    YES Please! Hoshi hotness! Empress Sato sets the burner to high! Set her against Sela. One Empress to rule them all. :D
  • bucklerpwbucklerpw Member Posts: 102 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Tom Paris will probably pilot one of the new pilot ships. He would have a sassy nickname for his ship. Anyone have a good suggestion for an unofficial name for Tom Paris' ship? What was the name of Captain Proton's ship?
  • mthomps016mthomps016 Member Posts: 66 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    psiameese wrote: »
    Here is it! I hear it comes with a Destructo Beam slotted and locked. On a critical hit, it turns it's target monochrome.

    As long as it lands on it's tail like God and Robert A. Heinlein intended.
  • leviathan99#2867 leviathan99 Member Posts: 7,747 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    bucklerpw wrote: »
    Tom Paris will probably pilot one of the new pilot ships. He would have a sassy nickname for his ship. Anyone have a good suggestion for an unofficial name for Tom Paris' ship? What was the name of Captain Proton's ship?

    It depends on the ship's name.

    I'm expecting a "Delta Flyer upgraded to a Defiant" style ship.

    And I can see him calling it something like "Betsy". Probably an old time woman's name but probably something that will sound like whatever the ship's name is.

    So, for example:

    U.S.S. Elizabeth = Betsy
    U.S.S. Earhart = Amy/Amelia
    U.S.S. Lindbergh = Charlene (for Charles Lindbergh)

    Thing is, ships named for a person or place seem to be background ships to me whereas I kind of expect hero ships to have a mythological name or be named for a personality trait or feeling or state of mind.

    For Paris, several names jump out as working for me:

    Hera - Always schemed against Zeus and rebellious like Paris. Also, a strong female, which could be a backwards meta-nod to serving under the first female series captain.

    Troy/Trojan/Helen/Discord/Eris/Aphrodite/Iliad - Here's where we get on the nose with a mythological reference. The mythological Paris started the Trojan War by running off with Helen of Troy after the incident with the Apple of Discord where he chose Helen, who had Aphrodite's gift.

    You might also get some humor for him having been a convict with a name like Alcatraz, Riker (as in Riker's Island), Leavenworth, Folsom, Attica, San Quentin, etc.

    You could possibly have the ship named something like the Proton.

    I could also see it having a nod to classic cars:

    Chevrolet, Ford, Durant, Camaro, Corvette...

    You might run into dicey issues with trademark though. More likely on a show than in a game. Although we have "corvette" as a type of ship in the game.

    Assuming Paris designed the ship and that the ship was supposed to have his personality and loves incorporated into it...

    The U.S.S. Goodheart, a Stingray-class Starfleet Corvette as a beefy Delta Flyer/Defiant hybrid.

    - Constance Goodheart from Captain Proton. Which works as both a description of a personality and a woman's name.

    - Corvette Sting Ray, turned around. Corvettes are both cars and small warships, hence the pun. Paris had a Corvette Sting Ray in a holoprogram. Also since Sting Rays and sharks are related (and MACO is a play on "mako" or shark), the ship could be a maneuverable little ship with an emphasis on deploying MACO past enemy lines.

    Granted, he might just get assigned a ship but there is a history with ship designers like Paris having ships that they tailor built, ala Sisko, or like Geordi commanding a Galaxy, which he knew well. (Janeway had a hand in finetuning Voyager's configuration too, didn't she?)

    Gonna assume high speed, turnrate, cannons. Maybe ability to equip cloak (not included). The native gimmick might be some kind of hyper-maneuverability or subspace jump variant.
  • commanderkassycommanderkassy Member Posts: 1,005 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    sophlogimo wrote: »
    "Just don't ask about that time they tried to make him an admiral. It didn’t work out."

    Where can I have that for my toons?

    This this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this.
    ♪ I'm going around not in circles but in spirographs.
    It's pretty much this hard to keep just one timeline intact. ♪
  • killalljedikillalljedi Member Posts: 88 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I get a feeling that the reprise of Tom Paris is going to coincide with the introduction of the Pilot Class of Starships. I still want to get some "Captain Proton" gear rewards though, so I'm going to remain optimistic.
  • gambit9526gambit9526 Member Posts: 10 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    There's only one ship that is a pilots dream...

    T6 vesta.

    He made the delta flyer, he drooled over voyager...

    He will like doing donuts in sector space at slipstream speeds.

    Plus the thing is like a classic 30s plane, especially with the gleaming MACO skin on. It looks like thunderbird one. But in a good way...like the experimental sound barrier breaking designs.

    Also, I hear rademaker is working on an updated design and mesh, and has already quipped about it being T6 worthy.

    So, Tom, in a top class vesta, breaking those transwarp speed records....in an ideal world with his wife in the engine room.

    And ships name in Galileo script down the engineering hull and a 40s pin up girl painted underneath. Just because.
  • warlordcompanywarlordcompany Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    looks like LIEUTENANT TOM PARIS IS BACK IN ACTION AND MAY I SAY THAT HIS NOI LONGER IN RANK OF LIEUTENANT HIS ON RANK OF CAPTAIN HE ALWAYS TAKE THE RISK AND DANGEROUS MISSIONS NO MATTER WHAT.
  • whamhammer1whamhammer1 Member Posts: 2,290 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    alexvio1 wrote: »
    Nicholas Locarno - Reporting for Duty? Interesting...

    You beat me to it. Maybe we will get Kolvoord Starburst I and II?
  • whamhammer1whamhammer1 Member Posts: 2,290 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    gambit9526 wrote: »
    There's only one ship that is a pilots dream...

    T6 vesta.

    He made the delta flyer, he drooled over voyager...

    He will like doing donuts in sector space at slipstream speeds.

    Plus the thing is like a classic 30s plane, especially with the gleaming MACO skin on. It looks like thunderbird one. But in a good way...like the experimental sound barrier breaking designs.

    Also, I hear rademaker is working on an updated design and mesh, and has already quipped about it being T6 worthy.

    So, Tom, in a top class vesta, breaking those transwarp speed records....in an ideal world with his wife in the engine room.

    And ships name in Galileo script down the engineering hull and a 40s pin up girl painted underneath. Just because.

    He did also loved to wrench on that holo 1st Gen. Camaro, maybe he wants to go with something '60's style :)
  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,758 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Also I think it's time to bring back Jennifer Lien as Kes

    She's dead... That's right, dead tired of not being in STO!
  • robeasomrobeasom Member Posts: 1,911 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    You beat me to it. Maybe we will get Kolvoord Starburst I and II?

    Considering this takes 4 ships to do I doubt it
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  • wallyhoustonwallyhouston Member Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    The timing of this is a kinda funny (just to me) as I just finished reading ST Voyager: Full Circle. I'm going to consider this and all those "post-Nemesis and after the end of show" novels cannon since they just pick up where the shows left off and they do have that official CBS logo. It mostly looks like STO also considers them cannon enough too since we have the Vesta and Luna class ships taken directly from the books.
  • sharpie65sharpie65 Member Posts: 679 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    reyan01 wrote: »
    Nah - he'll be in command of one of the new Pilot ships.

    Expect a Dev blog about those before too long.

    To be fair, I was expecting to hear about them before today...although there might be some trouble in the publishing department. Gremlins anyone?
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  • ir0ncladbravoir0ncladbravo Member Posts: 51 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    ^ THIS RIGHT HERE!

    Would love to demote my characters down from the Commander in Chief of Starfleet to the actual rank I say they hold....and have the NPCs address me correctly!

    Yes it annoys the hell out of me as I don't get called Sir by lower ranks

    But I'm hoping Tom Paris asked for a ship name change to the "Alpha Cruiser" to comemerate his design of the Delta Flyer :cool:
    Everytime I see complaints about the same thing
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  • captaincelestialcaptaincelestial Member Posts: 1,925 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    I hope Captain Paris was able to give Star Fleet input into starship design.... Speaking of which, any chance of a starship or more (capital ship, that is) being designed by him?
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