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Personal Log: "Days Gone By" Stardate 90847.20 A little while ago I received a subspace message from the Romulan Ambassador at Earth Spacedock. We met during the promotion ceremony last month and she told me then that she might have some important information, and that she'd contact me again once she was certain it'd be of…
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It keeps throwing me off too, how far removed 2409 really is from the events of any of the series. Not only does she not remember those things, she only arrived right as the new Klingon war was beginning and grew to adulthood through it. That's actually making one chronological detail in a later story a little awkward. Not…
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Thanks! Since the last few stories had been so dark and focused on the Borg, I wanted to give the crew a chance to relax and just have a "day in the life" story where we can get to know them better. Corspa in particular really came to life for me as I wrote her: she's so much the team mom of the group that seeing both her…
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Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! I've rewritten that part of the story now, just enough to remove Kwam from the conversation. The alternative, trying to explain the logic of it, would bog down the dialogue way too much, and I actually prefer him just standing there confused while Azera does the talking. :)
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Personal Log: "Blast from the Past" Stardate 90811.23 We've just returned from the Imaga System and our battle against the Planet Killer. It's been some time since I've had a chance to make a log entry, so this one may be a little rambling. It all began with a report from Admiral Quinn on the rogue Klingon raids on medical…
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That makes sense, and it's even a little similar to her attitude on romance (saying no more, it'd mean spoilers ;)). It's also how I incidentally thought Odo should have been portrayed, and why his tendency to fall in love with humanoid woman (and I forgot until reading Memory Alpha that Kira wasn't his first…
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That's a good point about the Academy having its own frat-like societies, and how dissolving the command track could have helped break their hold on Starfleet's culture. I wonder if Voyager was an early step in that direction, and the inspiration for that mechanic in STO: the show emphasized Janeway having been a science…
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That's no Moon... :eek:
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Oh agreed, DS9 took a very dark view of what war does to the Federation, and I really like the idea that the mistakes of the Dominion War led to admirals like Quinn, who saw it firsthand, making better choices. Then again, we've got people like Drake running around so maybe some things never change... ;) Gah, I somehow…
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Thanks! I'll look forward to reading about his romantic misadventures. :) I'm glad you liked it! Auslaz might be the character I relate to most: put me in a situation that involves talking to people and I spaz out every bit as much. Even getting tells freaks me out a little... :o That's a good point - these last LC's…
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She's chronologically 18 or 19 at this point: she did grow up a little faster than a human, just enough to have gotten her through her Starfleet Academy at such a remarkably young age, but she's still definitely an adolescent in most ways. That comes into play with her relationship with the senior officers, all of whom are…
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Have fun, and watch out for time-traveling alien cops!
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Done at last! "Respondez s'il vous Plait" is based on Literary Challenge #9, Shore Leave, and, since Azera Xi's stories tend to be rather dark and focused on the Borg, this one breaks away to instead follow the rest of her bridge crew, with no mention of the Borg and Azera as a supporting character. It's a shame we're in…
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Literary Challenge #9: Shore Leave Azera Xi: Repondez s'il vous Plait Three Years Ago Even through the howling night winds buffeting the snowswept plateau, Nyzoph could almost hear the thrumming noise of the graduation festival beneath his feet. The wind couldn't drown it out, the invigorating cold couldn't stir his…
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Argh! Okay, I thought if I used every free moment over the last few days to focus on writing the story, it'd be done by now, but my free time just will not cooperate. :mad: It's down to just the last page or so, and tonight's going to be busy, but I will make tomorrow work if nothing else. With any luck it'll either be…
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Oh, they definitely have very different personalities. He seems much more mature and serious, a more introspective character who weighs and considers each situation carefully. She's less mature at this point, and a bit unsure of herself as a result, and a little more naively trusting of people. She's also been able to more…
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That I do. ;) Reading Aloysha's stories, Azera Xi actually has a lot in common with him: they both awoke from stasis with an unknown origin and enrolled in the academy, until Starfleet eventually realized their connection to a very dangerous enemy that needed to be kept secret. While his nature forces him to confront that…
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This is perfect! I knew what I wanted to write next anyway, and there's a past LC that sets up exactly that premise. Now, to just make it to the weekend for a coffee-fueled, all-night writing binge... :)
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Well done! If there's one thing you really capture with Alyosha, it's how the the world can look so different through an alien's eyes. No rubber foreheads or pointy ears here: he really is alien, in the most philosophical sense, and working constantly to connect his own experience with the people around him and find common…
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Pretty much not. I can get maybe one player's info per zone: the rest all come up with fleet, rank and HP, and that's it. No species, no bio, nothing, and according to the Gameplay Bugs thread, it's been going on since December. It seems like such a little thing, but that little thing is what got me hooked, and I'm worried…
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I beg and plead for just one little bug to be fixed - please let us be able to read each other's info screens again. The devs might never make it a priority since the blank info bug doesn't affect the mechanics, but being able to read and write customizable bios is what got me into STO to begin with. :(
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I'm a big fan of the Borg, and so not a fan of the V'ger theories, but reading this is a relief to me. The Borg work so much better as a mystery, something that emerged from thousands of years in the past whose origins have been lost, with all kinds of legends and stories arising about them that might be true. To have any…
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If it's any consolation, I'm sure to still be reading and commenting way, way after the deadline. ;) Thanks! Don't worry, the mysteries about Azera's past and connection to the Borg are just as mysterious for the characters, and they're foreshadowing the revelations that'll eventually emerge. But if you're curious about…
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Personal Log: "The Wild Blue Yonder" Stardate: 90744.71 I don't think I'm ever going to trust a strobing blue light again. Our investigation of the Drozana Station led to a paranoid Section 31 operative, a crash course on Dabo and more lost Energy Credits than I'd like to admit, a battle of wits against a malfunctioning…
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So many stories, so little time! But at least two more are read now... Cmdrscarlet: A very nice, quickly paced story with a twist that had me rereading it to fully take in what happened. Orion slavers be warned... assimilation gets you zero sympathy points from Kathryn. :eek: hfmudd: Your story has a very visual writing…
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Thanks! And yeah... :( She didn't even understand how bad being a drone is, or have any frame of reference to see the Collective as anything but normal. She'd just started discovering a world she'd never imagined before and, when she realized that it was about to be destroyed, used her last spark of individuality to save…
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Thanks for reading it! Enala may have been originally born out of an LC and only had a few days aboard the ship, but she's a vital part of the Roanoke's history now. She's a symbol of everything they're fighting against when they face the Borg, and of all the people they're fighting to save. :/ Thanks, and I'm glad they…
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Azera Xi: Fools and Children "We've lost engines, helm control, external sensors... damn it!" Azera hadn't ever heard Luverala swear before, much less bang his fist against conn station, but if the situation could drive even her shy, nervously introspective Betazoid engineer into a glowering fury, it had to be even worse…
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Okay, I'm posting my story now. First off, curse the mods for this topic! I was just about to finish the Devidian arc when this thread popped up and I instantly had to stop the game again to start brainstorming. :D This wasn't an easy story to write, but then, Azera having to actually deal with a Borg drone was never going…
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Here's how what finally worked for me after getting a new ship right as the bug started: 1. Switch back to the last ship you had with a bridge crew assigned to it. 2. Beam to the bridge. 3. Remove each the BOFF's from their stations. 4. Leave the bridge and switch back to the ship you want to use. 5. Beam to that bridge.…