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So one thing about the Romulan Storyline that I don't get, Lore-wise.
jaymadiv
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why did Tovan decide to leave all the decision-making to me?
I know, Player Character plot armor mumbo-jumbo.
besides that, lore-wise, he's the combat trained and experienced one, and he's the one who knows how to operate the ship, I'm just a dude trying to escape before the Tal Shiar blows everything up. by the time I get there, it's basically his ship. why does he decide to just give the ship to me and let me call all the shots, instead of him being the Leader himself?
I don't think the Romulan PC was a Leader in any way, shape, or form on that Colony, unless I missed something. I don't recall seeing anything that suggested that the PC had any kind of leadership role.
then all of a sudden he's standing in front of the Romulan Republic, Commander Temer and Tovan's all like "he's the boss, not me. btw you seen my sister?".
what did I miss here?
I know, Player Character plot armor mumbo-jumbo.
besides that, lore-wise, he's the combat trained and experienced one, and he's the one who knows how to operate the ship, I'm just a dude trying to escape before the Tal Shiar blows everything up. by the time I get there, it's basically his ship. why does he decide to just give the ship to me and let me call all the shots, instead of him being the Leader himself?
I don't think the Romulan PC was a Leader in any way, shape, or form on that Colony, unless I missed something. I don't recall seeing anything that suggested that the PC had any kind of leadership role.
then all of a sudden he's standing in front of the Romulan Republic, Commander Temer and Tovan's all like "he's the boss, not me. btw you seen my sister?".
what did I miss here?
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I don't recall my character's background being covered in any detail -- as in, was I a militia leader? did I have any past experience before joining the colony? Did I have a lightning bolt scar to mark me as the Chosen One?
Besides, Tovan's simply a good soldier not a leader. That's our job
Not all the Khevs are identical, of course - for instance, the Tovan we found on Gasko Station is a scientist, who was trying to rescue his "brother" (it's a long story) from the horrors of the station's medbay, and one of the Rinnas, who works as the chief engineer of RRW Tovan Khev XIV, is a Reman (she goes by Rinna NotKhev).
See, it's the Q, that's just pulling a prank on you.
And other poor 'hero's' like you.
Another well accepted theory is, you're still in a holostory...
They just get less sober.
And after that because he's smart. When we meet Temer he seeks a poster boy for his group that stands at the foremost front against the empire & tal'shiar and will most likely end up as numero uno on their hit list.
So Thovan just points at us, says "that guy" and walks out.
It's pretty much this hard to keep just one timeline intact. ♪
My characters have very different backgrounds. One is a Vorta clone - of an operative - that was activated accidentally and refused to kill herself and tries to kinda redeem herself for disobeying the Gods.
Another is a Romulan that had served the Romulan Navy half a century ago, but had settled down with a family and all. When the Hobus event happened, she lost everyone she ever held dear - but she couldn't stand by idly, and eventually ended up on Virinat, helping the colonists.
Next, you need one that had his village burn down when he was a kid. He was saved by his kindly grandfather, who taught him the ways of the sword. As an adult, he seeks to fulfill his vow of revenge on those who destroyed everything he held dear! He's the chosen one though, so he totally wins.
It's pretty much this hard to keep just one timeline intact. ♪
Her primary motivation, all the way through until "Cutting the Cord", was to avenge her crewmates and her uncle against Hakeev. Putting that blaster bolt through his head was glorious. Then playing her became less compelling...
I portray my Romulan as having been a career officer in the Romulan Star Navy before eventually ending up on Virinat in the wake of the Hobus Supernova.
Both Eobard Thawne and Lady Quark approve of this explanation!
To paraphrase Q himself, "May whatever Tovan you believe in have mercy on your warbird!"
all very simple really, your character is the one programmed to lead and Tovan is the one who was programmed to follow.
just in the same way life doesn't seem to make much sense to us, lore only comes into play when the programmers choose for it to do so.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
well, first off you CAN sort of set a basic in game background for your character by talking to the storyteller in the market area. Not all of the options there have you as some bumfuck yokel farmer.
secondly, I don't know about your Romulan character but mine was a Commander in the RSE Navy and had her own warbird. She was just on planet for to secure some provisions when the fec es soundly struck the air oscillation unit.
"Sir, you must do this", "Sir, you must do that"
So how about instead of telling me what to click on, click on it yourself.
It reaches absurd levels in some cases. Like the logic puzzles. I've got a Vulcan science officer, for crying out loud. She should be champing at the bit to do them. Or that mission where you have to diagnose and treat injured aliens. You have the medical officer giving you hints as to what to do, but they should be doing it themselves.
Go back to mining your own dilithium crystals and be happy about it! Pay no attention to the 500+ crew you have available or the engineering staff.... or even the miners your fleet hired that are watching you and laughing.
This is because the only "backstory" Cryptic wants as "canon" concerning the Romulan Admiral "Kills'em'all" is that s/he was a fairly important personage on Virinat.
Much Like Federation Admiral "Kills'em'all" is "seen" as a command section cadet of promise who was "thrust" into fulfilling that promise post-haste.
("Seen" because the TOSling was presented more as a "standard ensign" who then got the "federation tutorial's history of stuffing Borg on Vega"...)
Player origins are left "extremely vague" so that whatever the player wants to have as the "lead in" to scene 1 "works" with the campaign.
So many of my Romulans can be a "retired veteran of the Campaign's in Kirk's time" and therefore also somewhat familiar with the T'Liss (even though they're horrendously out of shape) while others can still be a farmer or time-displaced alien...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
Bumf*ck Yokel Farmer needs to be a new title
It is the hypothesis by some that his condition is not psychological but instead could be some kind of unknown virus or disease, possibly contagious. Others who spent a lot of time in his presence started exhibiting the same symptoms. During times of crisis, especially when exploring unknown and possibly dangerous areas such as enemy ship/facilities/buildings they would sometimes be found hiding behind a door in a previously visited area instead of following the rest of the team. Direct orders will sometimes snap them out of it, other times nothing works.
Whatever is causing it needs to be isolated and eradicated as the same symptoms are now being reported as occurring in almost all areas of the galaxy, even areas where Tovan has never visited, and it seems to affect all races..
Latest news, it is even affecting non-biologic life forms such as androids and photonics.
But at least none of them ever become as clingy as Tovan, so they can be sent back to basic training if their condition becomes too severe.