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Utopia Planitia Report #3
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With the warped and scarred plating stripped away and the aft assembly exposed to space, Defiant’s rear hull was little more than a skeleton of beams and plasma conduits.
From a distance it looked like delicate wires wrapped into the approximate shape of the ship, like a holiday ornament.
~LaughingTrendy
From a distance it looked like delicate wires wrapped into the approximate shape of the ship, like a holiday ornament.
~LaughingTrendy
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"Kurland here...."
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That's where I stopped reading because of the lol. Going back to finish reading the rest now.
First thing that popped out when reading this.
It's a testament to Kurland's unique voice that I heard him clear as a bell reading this.
Normally these blogs explain new features in the ship, in this case though, it beautifully illustrated the aftermath of the war. And these two get all the "best" assignments. You would think that solving the Hestia's EPS problems would have gotten them out of the salvage work. Then again they are EPS specialists and this is an EPS problem. Call in the best.
In my head canon I have three sentient ones on my engineering crew. Don't play them in tridimensional chess, it's all they do in their off duty time.
Also, I wonder how Jeremy (Kirland's VA) feels that his char is a meme in the game.
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"Kurland here." -- NUFF SAID XXD
I had no idea that the "nose cone" could be launched and used as a weapon O.O That thing truly is one large torpedo with a crew.
Credit goes for Whetu for the creative solution
Saving the link, adding it to my collection. Can't wait to see more!
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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
I'd like to point out that this is why the console was originally the "Photon Warhead Module". It was initially referring to this piece of technology. Shame that Cryptic caved to pressure to make it Quantum. Now the reference is slightly less apparent.
Poor Kurland, poor Defiant. Ripped itself to pieces and now they're having to shoot other pieces at those pieces.
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My forum single-issue of rage: Make the Proton Experimental Weapon go for subsystem targetting!
It depends on what your line for canon is. The DS9 tech manual on page 123 is where it's first mentioned. I consider that canon unless proven otherwise. The MSD doesn't really show it, which makes sense as it's a cross section and not something one would want someone who takes over the ship to be able to see on a general diagram.
But regardless it's not something that was established on screen, but it isn't something that Cryptic just pulled out of their TRIBBLE either. Like the Valiant's design and the Hegh'ta Bird of Prey it's something that was produced on DS9 but never realized on screen.
So, how about a whetu and/or Elyos Doff?
The Post-War Era and Utopia Planitia Reports are written by a completely different department. The people who write these are not the ones responsible for coding the game.
Or they could add them as interactable NPCs to ESD (or to Utopia Planitia during Anniversary event). You could briefly chat to them to get a lore accolade, which would add the contents of these blogs to your accolades (like the Path to 2409 and New Romulus ones).
Hell, they could even get Trendy (assuming she's the one writing these) to voice Whetu:p
"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
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I mean, I like this story. Nice to see engineers doing actual engineering.
For example; some Dev-writing over progress of the "big plans" for the Odyssey as a series of logs that are updated every other Thursday or so, with one Odyssey sitting in one of the larger shipyard bays.
Blasphemy! They should be blowing things up not problem solving and fixing things!
They should just make the First Contact day Utopia Planitia map accessable all year long, via shuttle from ESD, and display new C-store ships there too.
MEGA WOW! That was one heck of a story rendition. We need to see this one in action in the next cut screen episode! GREAT story!
A pleasure to read, and as other mentioned, would be great to have these in game, perhaps that can be read on a pad in a certain designated location. Would also be great to see some more stories on the Rom and KDF side of things, as with Empress Sela which left me hanging here as to what she will do next.