The story itself was good, please don't take my comment as a slight on that. I enjoyed it. As for some of the others commenting in the thread... no comment.
As for Tortoth though, yeah, I can see him now having a price on his head and the almost unanimous hatred of the rest of the Klingon race.
I do wonder though, will we ever see Tortoth in game or is he destined to be "relieved of duty" off screen?
Hello. My name is iamynaught and I am an altaholic.
Oh hey, lots of new comments on the thread for the story I wrote! I wonder if people liked it!
*reads thread*
O_O
*backs away slowly*
@ambassadorkael#6946
It's not personal. Blame the controversy surrounding Discovery.
This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
As for Tortoth though, yeah, I can see him now having a price on his head and the almost unanimous hatred of the rest of the Klingon race.
I do wonder though, will we ever see Tortoth in game or is he destined to be "relieved of duty" off screen?
I'm not sure how he'd fit into the main story thread, given what we've seen in 'Scylla & Charybdis'... but I'm sure the Foundry community might be able to scratch that itch, once that feature is back online...
When I heard he was an celebrity archaeologist, I was immediately reminded of a certain Cassian lass from another MMO: Artemis Zin (shown below).
And yes, that outfit can be very closely approximated with the Dyson researcher garb.
-Every Trek show has looked more advanced then the last, even ENT, which was a prequel, because our perceptions of what is high tech in the future changed year by year, so the shows change as they are made to reflect that
And each show also explicitly validated TOS and how things looked then....to the point that they added select DS9 characters to footage from a actual TOS episode. And as for ENT....they tried to make it look like a it came before TOS, the interior sets were far starker and more spartan than any series that came after in the timeline.
As someone who plays an Orion, I want to take him prisoner then auction him off to the highest bidder! What the bidder does with him is of no concern to me, just as long as I get paid first.
And each show also explicitly validated TOS and how things looked then....to the point that they added select DS9 characters to footage from a actual TOS episode. And as for ENT....they tried to make it look like a it came before TOS, the interior sets were far starker and more spartan than any series that came after in the timeline.
Well... how many ship interiors did we see that weren't belonging to the Constitution class at the time?
Oh hey, lots of new comments on the thread for the story I wrote! I wonder if people liked it!
*reads thread*
O_O
*backs away slowly*
I liked the story. The problem is I HATE Discovery. I'm not throwing stones at you, nor I think is any one else. I'm just expressing my extreme distaste for a [REDACTED] of a [REDACTED][REDACTED]...........
CBS is not the authority on Star Trek (in the sense of "expert". as in "He's an authority on 19th century history.")
CBS does HAVE authority (the power to make decisions) over current Star Trek production because they bought the rights to the franchise, but that's a very different definition of the word authority.
Power does not equal wisdom, expertise or truth. If you buy a plot of land, you can certainly say "The Law of Gravity does not apply here." But you just make yourself look like an idiot, because even though you are the owner of that land, your assertion of its nature is demonstrably incompatible with the established reality of the universe in which it exists.
Similarly, CBS's claim that Discovery takes place in the Prime Universe in approximately the same time-frame as Pike's Enterprise is at best idiotic, and at worst deliberately mendacious. Their assertion of its nature is demonstrably incompatible with the established reality of the universe in which it is supposed to exist.
The only real "authority" of what is or is not Star Trek was the late Gene Roddenberry. He created the original series, and its first pilot. If Discovery conflicts with them, it's simply not Prime Universe Star Trek, no matter how many times the current franchise owners chant their marketing lines.
I always enjoy these little side stories that pop up on the forum. Its a nice little treat to see what other characters are doing, get a glimpse into how people who aren't badass Starfleet/KDF/RR Captains live. I hope to read many more of them in the months and years to come.
As for Discovery, I haven't watched it. I plan to soon, with an open mind. I'm generally quite easy to entertain so I expect to enjoy it. And CBS? It isn't about if "they know best." It's about the fact that they own the franchise and thus they get to say what is canon, what timeline it's set in, and all the rest of it. Right or wrong don't come into it, they have the authority to do as they please. Its our choice to watch it or not but unless you (and a whole bunch of others) do some Farscape-level bitchin', complaining won't do anything about it.
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*reads thread*
O_O
*backs away slowly*
As for Tortoth though, yeah, I can see him now having a price on his head and the almost unanimous hatred of the rest of the Klingon race.
I do wonder though, will we ever see Tortoth in game or is he destined to be "relieved of duty" off screen?
Losing faith in humanity, one person at a time.
@ambassadorkael#6946
It's not personal. Blame the controversy surrounding Discovery.
When I heard he was an celebrity archaeologist, I was immediately reminded of a certain Cassian lass from another MMO: Artemis Zin (shown below).
And yes, that outfit can be very closely approximated with the Dyson researcher garb.
And each show also explicitly validated TOS and how things looked then....to the point that they added select DS9 characters to footage from a actual TOS episode. And as for ENT....they tried to make it look like a it came before TOS, the interior sets were far starker and more spartan than any series that came after in the timeline.
My character Tsin'xing
I thought it was pretty good actually.
As someone who plays an Orion, I want to take him prisoner then auction him off to the highest bidder! What the bidder does with him is of no concern to me, just as long as I get paid first.
My character Tsin'xing
Well... how many ship interiors did we see that weren't belonging to the Constitution class at the time?
I liked the story. The problem is I HATE Discovery. I'm not throwing stones at you, nor I think is any one else. I'm just expressing my extreme distaste for a [REDACTED] of a [REDACTED][REDACTED]...........
CBS does HAVE authority (the power to make decisions) over current Star Trek production because they bought the rights to the franchise, but that's a very different definition of the word authority.
Power does not equal wisdom, expertise or truth. If you buy a plot of land, you can certainly say "The Law of Gravity does not apply here." But you just make yourself look like an idiot, because even though you are the owner of that land, your assertion of its nature is demonstrably incompatible with the established reality of the universe in which it exists.
Similarly, CBS's claim that Discovery takes place in the Prime Universe in approximately the same time-frame as Pike's Enterprise is at best idiotic, and at worst deliberately mendacious. Their assertion of its nature is demonstrably incompatible with the established reality of the universe in which it is supposed to exist.
The only real "authority" of what is or is not Star Trek was the late Gene Roddenberry. He created the original series, and its first pilot. If Discovery conflicts with them, it's simply not Prime Universe Star Trek, no matter how many times the current franchise owners chant their marketing lines.
As for Discovery, I haven't watched it. I plan to soon, with an open mind. I'm generally quite easy to entertain so I expect to enjoy it. And CBS? It isn't about if "they know best." It's about the fact that they own the franchise and thus they get to say what is canon, what timeline it's set in, and all the rest of it. Right or wrong don't come into it, they have the authority to do as they please. Its our choice to watch it or not but unless you (and a whole bunch of others) do some Farscape-level bitchin', complaining won't do anything about it.
Story was good, it's just ST:D is rather controversial...