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Unofficial Literary Challenge 43 Discussion Thread

starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
edited January 2018 in Ten Forward
This is the discussion thread for Unofficial Literary Challenge #43: "Deadly Alliance".

As usual, be honest and polite.

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"Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
— Sabaton, "Great War"
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  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,758 Arc User
    edited January 2018
    Hmm. I like that title. I'm intrigued. But it looks like the thread must've been eaten.
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    > @hawku001x said:
    > Hmm. I like that title. I'm intrigued. But it looks like the thread must've been eaten.

    It did, I've been trying to get @ambassadorkael#6946 to fix it for two days. This was the prompt, from @moonshadowdark:

    "Deadly Alliance"

    "Some cultures bond over shared interests like entertainment or technology. Others join forces to help one another through difficult trials. But the most common bonding, if not the most dangerous, is the bonding over a common enemy. From the Cardassian-Dominion alliance against the Federation to the infamous Voyager-Borg pairing against the Undine, history has shown that even the bitterest of enemies can sometimes unite for a greater cause. Write a log about an alliance your captain has made once to ensure their survival. Perhaps you've sought assistance from the Hirogen with a promise of a grand hunt across time with the Devidians. Maybe you've convinced the Kazon to help you fight against a revitalized Dominion sect. But remember, these alliances will not truly forge a lifelong friendship. There may be a moment in these alliances where even your captain must keep a phaser or disruptor pointed firmly to their left. How far can you trust your enemy?"
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
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  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,758 Arc User
    edited January 2018
    Nice! Yeah maybe the one prompt is the way to go now.

    For the post, I'd just post it again. Then, if desired, PM Kael and ask if he'd pin it.
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    > @hawku001x said:
    > Nice! Yeah maybe the one prompt is the way to go now.

    That was actually mostly because I've been so busy this month it was already half over by the time I finally worked my way around to posting a thread. But yeah, with the current level of participation or lack thereof, I'm wondering if we should just drop to one prompt a month.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
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  • xungnguyenxungnguyen Member Posts: 233 Arc User
    This is an interesting prompt Starsword. I'll use my AoY character (transferred from Wizard101 to STO) for this prompt. Steven DrakeRider is a wizard/dragon hybrid serving under his dragon mother Jayde (promoted to admiral thanks to family ties). They mainly serve the High Order of Dragons, but their Starfleet duties usually don't conflict with this. Steven is a powerful magician, swordsman, and alchemist, but his scientific skills are average at best.
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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited January 2018
    > @xungnguyen said:
    > This is an interesting prompt Starsword. I'll use my AoY character (transferred from Wizard101 to STO) for this prompt. Steven DrakeRider is a wizard/dragon hybrid serving under his dragon mother Jayde (promoted to admiral thanks to family ties). They mainly serve the High Order of Dragons, but their Starfleet duties usually don't conflict with this. Steven is a powerful magician, swordsman, and alchemist, but his scientific skills are average at best.

    Welcome aboard! :) We've been losing authors for a couple years now, it's good to get some new blood in.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
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  • xungnguyenxungnguyen Member Posts: 233 Arc User
    Does Starfleet have a Cyberwar/defense division?


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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    xungnguyen wrote: »
    Does Starfleet have a Cyberwar/defense division?

    Well, there's nothing in canon to my knowledge: the prime universe ended before that was really a thing IRL.

    If you were going to invent one, probably the way such an agency would be situated would involve a "matrix management" structure. Based on previously established branches of Starfleet, probably they would be nominally part of Starfleet Intelligence (and therefore have black as their divisional color if you're using Odyssey uniforms), but would likely also have ties to Starfleet Security and the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and/or Starfleet Science.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
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  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,758 Arc User
  • xungnguyenxungnguyen Member Posts: 233 Arc User
    edited January 2018
    Thank you Starsword. I'm a fantasy specialist, but I know a few things related to scifi. Are the Vaads still our enemies after the Delta quests? I'm trying to create a Vaad "frenemy" faction in my story (Vaadwaur Remnant).
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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    > @xungnguyen said:
    > Thank you Starsword. I'm a fantasy specialist, but I know a few things related to scifi. Are the Vaads still our enemies after the Delta quests?

    Canonically, sort of, yes. There's an easily missed line in "Dust to Dust" that Eldex turned on the Alliance after the Battle of Vaadwaur Prime. There aren't any large-scale hostilities but there don't appear to be any serious attempts at a lasting peace, either. I discarded that for a bunch of reasons in my personal canon, though (chief among them being "the hell with the Kobali").
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

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  • xungnguyenxungnguyen Member Posts: 233 Arc User
    starswordc wrote: »
    > @xungnguyen said:
    > Thank you Starsword. I'm a fantasy specialist, but I know a few things related to scifi. Are the Vaads still our enemies after the Delta quests?

    Canonically, sort of, yes. There's an easily missed line in "Dust to Dust" that Eldex turned on the Alliance after the Battle of Vaadwaur Prime. There aren't any large-scale hostilities but there don't appear to be any serious attempts at a lasting peace, either. I discarded that for a bunch of reasons in my personal canon, though (chief among them being "the hell with the Kobali").

    Thanks. My stories are set in an alternate STO continuity known as the Altverse (magic replaces science in this one). The antagonists are the Kobali (govt is the Kobali Cabal) people led by Q'Nel. They serve the Iconians as their necromancers
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    "Simba, you have forgotten me. You have forgotten who you are … you are my son and the one true king." (Mufasa)
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    > @xungnguyen said:
    > Thanks. My stories are set in an alternate STO continuity known as the Altverse (magic replaces science in this one). The antagonists are the Kobali (govt is the Kobali Cabal) people led by Q'Nel. They serve the Iconians as their necromancers

    What do you think, @hawku001x, is it a good or bad thing that this makes more sense than canon? :D
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
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  • antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    xungnguyen wrote: »
    Thank you Starsword. I'm a fantasy specialist, but I know a few things related to scifi. Are the Vaads still our enemies after the Delta quests? I'm trying to create a Vaad "frenemy" faction in my story (Vaadwaur Remnant).

    Vaad main group doesn't seem to be paying attention; as an autocratic group that lost its center and its puppet masters, I'm sure they have lots of splinters, too.
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  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,758 Arc User
    starswordc wrote: »
    > @xungnguyen said:
    > Thanks. My stories are set in an alternate STO continuity known as the Altverse (magic replaces science in this one). The antagonists are the Kobali (govt is the Kobali Cabal) people led by Q'Nel. They serve the Iconians as their necromancers

    What do you think, @hawku001x, is it a good or bad thing that this makes more sense than canon? :D

    Haha, that works too. As long as the Kobali are Pokemon-ing their corpses, that's all that matters.
  • xungnguyenxungnguyen Member Posts: 233 Arc User
    hawku001x wrote: »
    starswordc wrote: »
    > @xungnguyen said:
    > Thanks. My stories are set in an alternate STO continuity known as the Altverse (magic replaces science in this one). The antagonists are the Kobali (govt is the Kobali Cabal) people led by Q'Nel. They serve the Iconians as their necromancers

    What do you think, @hawku001x, is it a good or bad thing that this makes more sense than canon? :D

    Haha, that works too. As long as the Kobali are Pokemon-ing their corpses, that's all that matters.

    I could also include a modified Kobali virus that turns all Kobali into Pokemon Hawku.
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    "Simba, you have forgotten me. You have forgotten who you are … you are my son and the one true king." (Mufasa)
  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,758 Arc User
    xungnguyen wrote: »
    hawku001x wrote: »
    starswordc wrote: »
    > @xungnguyen said:
    > Thanks. My stories are set in an alternate STO continuity known as the Altverse (magic replaces science in this one). The antagonists are the Kobali (govt is the Kobali Cabal) people led by Q'Nel. They serve the Iconians as their necromancers

    What do you think, @hawku001x, is it a good or bad thing that this makes more sense than canon? :D

    Haha, that works too. As long as the Kobali are Pokemon-ing their corpses, that's all that matters.

    I could also include a modified Kobali virus that turns all Kobali into Pokemon Hawku.

    That would be poetic justice. :p
  • xungnguyenxungnguyen Member Posts: 233 Arc User
    hawku001x wrote: »
    xungnguyen wrote: »
    hawku001x wrote: »
    starswordc wrote: »
    > @xungnguyen said:
    > Thanks. My stories are set in an alternate STO continuity known as the Altverse (magic replaces science in this one). The antagonists are the Kobali (govt is the Kobali Cabal) people led by Q'Nel. They serve the Iconians as their necromancers

    What do you think, @hawku001x, is it a good or bad thing that this makes more sense than canon? :D

    Haha, that works too. As long as the Kobali are Pokemon-ing their corpses, that's all that matters.

    I could also include a modified Kobali virus that turns all Kobali into Pokemon Hawku.

    That would be poetic justice. :p

    Yeah. I don't agree with Cryptic's decision to ally us with the Kobali after we found their "temple"'s purpose.
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    "Simba, you have forgotten me. You have forgotten who you are … you are my son and the one true king." (Mufasa)
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited January 2018
    xungnguyen wrote: »
    Yeah. I don't agree with Cryptic's decision to ally us with the Kobali after we found their "temple"'s purpose.

    You're in good company there, believe me. The flame wars about that whole situation were nasty, and I co-write with a guy who had his Romulan character behead Q'Nel and install Jhet'leya as leader of the Kobali after "Dust to Dust". The Delta Alliance ended up burying the Kobali under punitive sanctions and seeking a separate peace with the Vaads.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
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  • xungnguyenxungnguyen Member Posts: 233 Arc User
    edited January 2018
    starswordc wrote: »
    xungnguyen wrote: »
    Yeah. I don't agree with Cryptic's decision to ally us with the Kobali after we found their "temple"'s purpose.

    You're in good company there, believe me. The flame wars about that whole situation were nasty, and I co-write with a guy who had his Romulan character behead Q'Nel and install Jhet'leya as leader of the Kobali after "Dust to Dust". The Delta Alliance ended up burying the Kobali under punitive sanctions and seeking a separate peace with the Vaads.

    This story takes place a few months before Operation: Kingdom Hearts (Sapph goes to the Kingdom Hearts universe (includes Pride Lands) to prevent Maleficent and co. *includes Organization XIII as well as Scar, Ursula, etc.* from crossing to the STO 'verse and for her family's safety.).

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    "Simba, you have forgotten me. You have forgotten who you are … you are my son and the one true king." (Mufasa)
  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,354 Arc User
    Sorry I haven't been contributing; I started working on an idea involving my AoY toon, Kevin Tamlin (Kevin Timeline in-game, but that's not really an appropriate in-joke for stories, I think) based on a "crossover" prompt (finding a way to send them to the Fallout 'verse temporarily), but got stuck - then came the prompt about time-traveling while preventing a rep of the "Great Krenim Imperium" from erasing Earth from history, and I saw a way to get them to when and where I wanted them (the Commonwealth, sometime in mid-2288, as the Sole Survivor is on her way to open the first meeting of the new Commonwealth Provisional Government), but then I hit a number of roadblocks in meatspace.

    I'm still trying to get that cleared, but I might have to toss in a quickie with Grunt (who, as you might recall, I had established as an undercover operative of Starfleet Intelligence, posing as a formerly-disgraced officer now supposedly stuck at Captain rank) using this prompt and my knowledge of Maxim 29 (I'll have to see if there's a similar Rule of Acquisition, of course). I just don't usually like working on more than one story at a time. Maybe if I break that rule, it'll clear the other story out for me...
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  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,758 Arc User
    I've got a document going for this ULC, but I'm just gonna be a bit behind.
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    > @hawku001x said:
    > I've got a document going for this ULC, but I'm just gonna be a bit behind.

    That's fine, I haven't even started on mine yet, got delayed by my day job. But they're starting to pare back overtime for the first time in close to a year so I might be able to get it out this weekend along with the new prompt.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
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  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,758 Arc User
    starswordc wrote: »
    That's fine, I haven't even started on mine yet, got delayed by my day job. But they're starting to pare back overtime for the first time in close to a year so I might be able to get it out this weekend along with the new prompt.

    BTW do you have pin-powers? Just realized we could probably bring back the normal Literary Challenges too. :o
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    > @hawku001x said:
    > BTW do you have pin-powers? Just realized we could probably bring back the normal Literary Challenges too. :o

    I do, that's how I pinned this one. I'll talk it over with Kael and the other mods.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
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    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
  • cmdrscarletcmdrscarlet Member Posts: 5,137 Arc User
    WHICH btw I am stuck on the Tholian 2-part (LC 27?).
  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,758 Arc User
    WHICH btw I am stuck on the Tholian 2-part (LC 27?).

    You always come through though.
  • antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    I'm working on the 'history playback' one still from a few ULCs ago.
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  • xungnguyenxungnguyen Member Posts: 233 Arc User
    Phew! I published my story for this prompt.
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