TREKS IN SCI-FI FORUM

I thought I'd provide a thread where non RPG players (those just enjoying the read) and RPG participants can talk about stories being written or the past or future audio productionsâ€"if you have comments we'd love to hear them. Players, if you have anything you want to convey to your fellow players, regarding their posts (complements or questions),  tack them them here.  ;)

I like the exchange between Tain and Manrique. Looking forward to reading about the jungle adventure. I also enjoyed reading about Holoworldâ€"Rick and Iceman.
Great work X...I like the ideas you have. Keep them coming... Nice work everyone.

Shore leave should be wrapping up soon, so prepare your characters for the next season...It'll be an action packed adventure for sure. You don't have to come back to the ship just yet, but know that we'll have to leave Earth fairly soon. We'll let you know in advance how soon that will happen.

I would like to discuss RPG ideas via Skype bi-weeklishâ€" if anyone else likes that idea let me know.

Another thought, if you know anyone that you think would enjoy the RPG...send them over to check it out. Word of mouth is the best advertising. :)

I have been really enjoying reading everyone's posts. I think everyone is doing so well that I check the posts several times a day to see what happens next.

I'm posting mine today.  Its taken a while, but it should be worth it.

King Linksr

I'm up for skype too, let me know when.

I have to get a mic, but I'm in too. Also, I like the posts that have been happening. They are really cool and fresh in their ideas. Keep up the great work!

Great writing you guys and gals.  Nice.

I am really enjoying the character development.   

I think Three Ducks  introductory post was great! Good job and welcome to the RPG.... you wicked, slimy Cardassian.

Thank you. It looks like there is an abnormal number of telepaths on board for this season, but any character who can masquerade as a Tal'Shiar operative for as long as mine has can surely survive on a Federation starship, telepaths or no. Also remember that he has survived on Federation starships before (during the war), and surely he ran into a couple Betazoids then without much trouble.

I too really enjoyed your post duckman. 

We have several characters aboard who have things to hide, and are doing so successfully...so far...

He he yes, some have more secrets than others..wouldn't you say so Jen?

King Linksr

;)

A Cardassian who's been living as a Romulan for several years and is now posing as a Vulcan. . .crazy.  It's very cool 3 Ducks.

Quote from: PepperDude on September 29, 2007, 03:40:15 PM
A Cardassian who's been living as a Romulan for several years and is now posing as a Vulcan. . .crazy.  It's very cool 3 Ducks.

This guy is not going to be easy to "discover" thats for sure.

King Linksr

There was an idea I had that I mentioned to Jen or Kenny (I can't remember who) that had to do with MIA/KIA characters. I'm not sure it'll work, but I thought I'd throw it out there to the group, so maybe there could be some bit of discussion and consensus about it. And maybe it needs its own thread, but maybe not.

The idea is this: if someone is planning on leaving or abandoning their character or wants their character to die/disappear for any reason, you might privately contact (in the forums, not the game) one of the known spies and ask them to "take care of" your character.

My reasoning behind it is this: if a character disappears because of abandonment or whatever, the rest of the players (or at least the moderators) have to find some way to explain away the death or disappearance. If the spies got involved, it would do two things.
1) It would spread around some of the labor, so that the moderators wouldn't need to spend extra time editing someone out; the spies could just write it into one of their posts. Two birds with one stone.
2) If a meaningful character (non-NPC) gets knocked off "mysteriously," it creates motivations for the other characters to push the story line forward, it helps foster a thicker plotline, and it might give players something to do (like a puzzle to solve) if the action or posting gets slow.

Of course, not everyone is going to require this service (very few will). Nor would it be a good idea for spies to kill off every player that goes MIA/KIA--people do die of natural causes. But it widens our options, at least for this season.

Any thoughts on this?

That's a topic for the "Think Tank" section of the forum (it's in OOC). Really, this thread is meant for compliments for other writers. But I agree with you. In fact, there are two in the MIA section that I know are never coming back (one asked me to kill his character off). Maybe I will write them into the story and send you their names so you can off them at your leisure.  :)

The problem is that typically, people who don't play anymore just stop writing and never respond to PMs about what they want us to do with their character (they just go AWOL). On rare occasion, we've had someone ask us to keep their character safe for them. Only two people asked us to kill their characters. One of them was killed in the line of duty, the other never made an appearance so I didn't write them out of the story...none of us would know who they are anyway. Most of the time the writers just never come back. The MIA/KIA section of our forum is for folks who may want to pick out a character that no one is using anymoreâ€"not sure we want them all killed, but feel free to PM those people who's characters are in that section and ask them if they want their character's offed.


Last season we only lost one player...He's MIA (he played Mr. Smith the Section 31 spy). So I think we have a good group now. Go ahead and start a thread in the OCC section of the RPG. There's always a possibility may lose folks in the future...and I think that a few of the people who don't write any more, still lurk around the RPG.

>.>  "rodents" eh Man in Costume?  A bit harsh.  *pouts*   :dry   :laugh:  Good idea though. Thanks. It wasn't exactly what I had in mind, but it works.

King Linksr

Heh. Yeah. I mean, he's supposed to act like a Vulcan. How else would a vulcan describe something like a Sugar Glider? That's kind of the fun and weird part about writing Vulcan dialogue: you've got to describe everything in terms so sterile they almost become humorous.

That is very true.  Its why I didn't create a Vulcan, writing is difficult XD.  :)

King Linksr

Welcome back to the RPGâ€"great first post Rico! I loved the scene you set up as well as the Subtle probing Talbot was able to carry out through the game. I may be reading too much into the chess match, but it seemed as though the pieces represented specific people on the ship. Particularly Khev's queen (the agent's wife, Commander Sevryll). If that was your intent, bravo! Nicely done.

I thought that the Admiral's mission was unsanctioned. Did he share his goal with a few of the brass?

Thanks Jen.  I wish I could write more, but time seems to get away from me with a lot of other things going on too.  I usually have scenes rolling around in my head for several days before I put something down.  Yes, I was trying to imply a few things in the game as well as possibly things to come in the mission ahead.

As far as the mission, since the marine guard/undercover agent is with him I kind of assumed he shared the mission with Khev.  Therefore, I think Talbots feels Khev blabbed the mission a bit to his superiors.  Not sure if that all plays out but it's the way I was thinking.

OK. For a minute, I was wondering why Talbot knew the agent was an agent, because 31 is notorious for going unnoticed even by Starfleet brass. But then, if 31 comes out of the shadows, they're probably confident that whatever they have planned will make up for the lack of secrecy. Or perhaps blowing their own cover is part of the design. Either way, it makes for some interesting possibilities.

Talbot doesn't know he is an agent.  However, he is a bit suspicious of him right now.

Oh, OK. I assumed that because you made reference to him as an agent, your character knew.

But seriously, who wouldn't be suspicious of a Romulan? They're slippery little devils, ain't they.

Actually Talbot is half Romulan as well.  Obviously, I know he is an agent.  But my character Talbot in the RPG doesn't know that.  At least for now.

Welcome to the RPG Chief! Great first post. Can't wait to learn more about the Lt. Colonel.
Have fun and be creative. :)

WOAH. This changes things now.  Great post 3 ducks.  Had me going for a while.  Poor Enoch...

King Linksr

I was hoping to clear spacedock before I put the good lieutenant on ice, but I couldn't help myself. And, like you said, this changes things up a little--gets the blood flowing.

Sheesh...blood thirsty already 3 Ducks?  Not good for this RPG...Hey, Jen, remove him from the RPG, he's going to kill us all!!!!!!

lol jk

King Linksr

Heh. Yeah. Cardassians drink blood. Didn't you know that?

But seriously, there are some developments that I want to make to/with/for my character that necessitated this little episode coming as early as it did. We had planned to build Brandt up a little more, but I jumped the gun a little.

Perhaps while we're still getting the ship and crew in order, there might be glimpses (flashbacks maybe?) into the past relationship between Enoch and Brandt. I know I have some back story with her that I'm going to put into a profile entry.

Hey, its still cool.  I jumped the gun myself....>.> but you never saw that post.  I'm hoping only about 5 ppl saw that post.  he he  >.>

Anyway, keep posting guys!!

King Linksr

Nice post, Jen. I especially liked the bloodsport-as-bonding moment. At first I thought that a Vulcan would regard such an activity as pointless and irrelevant, but then she is a science officer. And what could be more fascinating than observing the survival methods of two species locked in mortal combat! Excellent!

:)

Thanks. Wasn't quiet sure how she would react...but in the end I think I made the right decision.

Quote from: 3 Ducks in a Man Costume on October 09, 2007, 08:42:41 PM
Nice post, Jen. I especially liked the bloodsport-as-bonding moment. At first I thought that a Vulcan would regard such an activity as pointless and irrelevant, but then she is a science officer. And what could be more fascinating than observing the survival methods of two species locked in mortal combat! Excellent!

haha I quite agree.  I was taken a little aback that Sevryll would be interested, but hey, it flows so I'm cool with it. 
As for me posting, Isaac is in 5-Forward right now depressed, who wants to cheer him up?  Send me a PM before you do, so I can /agree with it.

King Linksr

I think it would be kind of funny if my character went straight from icing a Tal'Shiar black-ops agent to cheering up an ensign with the blues. I'm sort of known for taking perverse pleasure in ideas like that. But I think my character needs a nap: he's had a long day. I'm probably going to focus on back story for a bit, anyway. Where's a drunken Klingon when you need one?

I'd help King but Sevryll doesn't do "cheer".  ;)  :D
I know you're petitioning other folks...someone be friends with Starstriker! That's an order. Don't make him cry...

Quote from: 3 Ducks in a Man Costume on October 09, 2007, 08:59:41 PM
I think it would be kind of funny if my character went straight from icing a Tal'Shiar black-ops agent to cheering up an ensign with the blues. I'm sort of known for taking perverse pleasure in ideas like that. But I think my character needs a nap: he's had a long day. I'm probably going to focus on back story for a bit, anyway. Where's a drunken Klingon when you need one?

Yea.....that would be just a little....odd.....

Quote from: Jen on October 09, 2007, 09:06:59 PM
I'd help King but Sevryll doesn't do "cheer".  ;)  :D
I know you're petitioning other folks...someone be friends with Starstriker! That's an order. Don't make him cry...

Yes, you found me out Sevryll.  Cmon!  Lets hear those ideas roll!!!

King Linksr

P.S. Any idea is good. 

The ensign can always attempt to bypass security to come hang out with Aeric and his girls or catch him when he's working on the ship. I'm sure that we can come up with something interesting. Shoot me  PM and we can figure out something.

ooo that sounds interesting.  I'll think about it.  Got 4 classes today so not much thinking XD

King Linksr

Just watch out for the giant death robots guarding the hangar. There are giant death robots gurading the hangar, aren't there? I mean, come on, what good is a hangar without giant death robots to guard it. You've got this perfectly good hangar on one hand, and then you've got all these spare giant death robots sitting around. Solution: guard the hangar! Don't waste those giant death robots! Someone took the time to build them, so you might as well use them. Guard the hangar. Guard it with death robots--giant death robots. Get my drift?

GIANT DEATH ROBOTS!

(Wow. Sorry. That was crazy talk. I guess I just needed to get that out of my system.)

>.> boy, I didn't know Romulans had any sort of telepathy.  Guess I need to reresearch. 

Otherwise, great post Rico.  I can't complain.

King Linksr

Better the half romulan mention something as opposed to the other psi-active people that might have taken more offense.

Oh don't worry.. Quinn hasn't finished with him yet :)

LOL! Yeah, Picard never had issues like that. Kirk maybe, Sisko yeah, but Picard never!

I won't even count Janeway who was alway too busy trying to get her ship back from whoever took it that week. Personel problems weren't as important.

Oh Quinn, you aren't done even close to done.  Check my post :)

King Linksr

Ok, I now dislike you Kenny.   :jawdrop Didn't you know that putting people in suspense was illegal??!!  Especially for me??!!  Cmon dude, your tripping.   :smilie_nono:  :boxing

LOL LOL JK JK JK just kidding  :cheers :metallica: :laugh: :laugh: :lol2 ;D ;D ;D

Great post! Keep it up guys!

King Linksr

Well I gotta make you sweat a bit :)

Uh-oh...You better get on Captain Kenny's good side.

Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on October 16, 2007, 05:08:35 PM
Well I gotta make you sweat a bit :)

Quote from: Jen on October 16, 2007, 06:48:53 PM
Uh-oh...You better get on Captain Kenny's good side.

Nah, I'll just sit back.  You know, because there is noway that Isaac would be...kicked off the ship, I mean, cmon, he's the whole point of the story.  So why should I worry?

*in a begging tone* PLEASE PLEASE I'LL DO ANYTHING!!!!!

King Linksr ;)

I've been spending the last couple of days getting caught up on this RP, and I've got to hand it to all of you-- outstanding work!  Everyone has obviously put a lot of time and effort into creating their characters and backstory, and it gives the RP a depth that is lacking in some of the Trek novels I've come across lately.  Keep up the great work; I can't wait to see how the story develops! :)

Quote from: wraith1701 on October 17, 2007, 04:27:10 AM
I've been spending the last couple of days getting caught up on this RP, and I've got to hand it to all of you-- outstanding work!  Everyone has obviously put a lot of time and effort into creating their characters and backstory, and it gives the RP a depth that is lacking in some of the Trek novels I've come across lately.  Keep up the great work; I can't wait to see how the story develops! :)

Thanks so much for the comment Wraith—it means a lot to us. We all are having so much fun and it's great to hear that there people, other than ourselves, who are enjoying the story as much as we are. :)

Quote from: Jen on October 17, 2007, 06:49:01 AM
Thanks so much for the comment Wraith—it means a lot to us. We all are having so much fun and it's great to hear that there people, other than ourselves, who are enjoying the story as much as we are. :)

Yes, its great to hear from other people that they enjoy the RPG like us.  :) :) 

King Linksr

Ouch Kenny....ouch.....that hurt a lot......I'll never recover from the emotional damage....*cry*

lol jk.

Great post.  My "reply" will be posted tomorrow.

King Linksr

I wanted Isaac to feel bad for letting Quinn down.. I thought that would be better then yelling and screaming.. especially since Quinn very rarely raises his voice.

Well, it was certainly effective.  I just posted.  This is certainly Isaac's bad time right now.

But it makes great character development.

King Linksr

Yeah just read your post.. I actually felt bad for Isaac but then remember what he did...

and you are right.. this will be some good character building.

Yea, I meant for ppl to feel bad for him.  That was the point of it.  Maybe he'll improve?  or maybe he'll "jump ship" *not literally*

This will be good.  I'm hoping though that I'm not choking anyone else out of the spot light.  Lets see more posts!!

King Linksr

Wow! This last round of posts are great! I can't wait to read more!

O.O  looks like Quinn is on a rampage.  I'll bet if Isaac gets into any more trouble......*OFF WITH HIS HEAD*.  lol

Man, wait until the next post....lol

King Linksr

I like the collaborative post. You guys did a great job with it.

I'm going to post my next entry in the morning when I'm not quite so drunk (uh . . . Romulan ale . . . right?) and hopped up on adrenaline from watching the Sox cream the Indians. (I live in Boston, what can I say?)

Quote from: 3 Ducks in a Man Costume on October 21, 2007, 09:52:22 PM
I like the collaborative post. You guys did a great job with it.

I'm going to post my next entry in the morning when I'm not quite so drunk (uh . . . Romulan ale . . . right?) and hopped up on adrenaline from watching the Sox cream the Indians. (I live in Boston, what can I say?)

It's a small world.

Hey Ducks, I'm just curious...wouldn't a drunk Vulcan be very suspicious? It would to Sevryll as Vulcans rarely drink alcohol...just on special occasions.

Heh. I was referring to myself, but even still, my character is not necessarily drunk. He just feels queasy when he wakes up. Probably some ill effect of Romulan ale.

Oh, I know.. ;)
I'm talking about your plans you hinted at in other posts...He does spend a lot of time drinking Romulan Ale. If she had time to pay attention, she may start to believe he's actually a Romulan posing as a Vulcan.

Perhaps . . .

I actually am kicking around the idea of having my cover blown at some point. After all, if my character is going to become an advisor to the ship in the future, his full identity must be revealed sooner or later.

This might be a dumb idea, but I was thinking that we could compile the seasons into some small paperback books using lulu (http://www.lulu.com/ (http://www.lulu.com/)) it costs about 7 bucks USD to create a 100 page paperback book. I'd love to read this RPG from the start in book form.

Comments? Am I crazy? Has this already been suggested?

Your crazy billybob476.  Why would we do that?? 


lol jk jk.  Actually its a great idea.  I would LOVE this and I will willingly pay for this to happen.  But thats up to the Admins.  What do you think Jen and Kenny?

Kign Linksr

I think it's a great idea.. but there would need to be some major editing before it was published. And that takes time.

We really liked doing the audio versions of the RPG and so far only a small portion of that has been done because it takes a huge amount of time that most of us here don't have.

But I do like the idea.

That is a cool idea. Having been editing my own novels for the last year due to laziness, I can agree that editing really takes time and is very draining in some aspects.

Yeah. Editing is an enormously lengthy process, but it can still be done. The trouble I see with it is all the back story and character introductions. How do we incorporate the characters' side stories (in the Active Profiles section) into the main story? Granted, physically it wouldn't be hard to do. But doing it in a readable and logical way would be trickier.

I think it's a great idea, but I agree with Kenny, the editing is a daunting task. I edited the first time for the audio drama. The first thing that really hit me, and it should have been obvious, was that this RPG doesn't read exactly like a book. Some people repeat the first few lines of a post they were replying to, some people forget to write in the third person...some things need to be reworded...some don't fit in the story. It's a big project that would take a lot of time. But I'd be willing to do this if we had more than two people helping. We could revisit the first season and tie that up nicely—it sort of fell apart. It should be fixed so we can be proud of it.

The back stories don't need to be apart of the book ,but if we had to include them, maybe each bio/backstory could be their own chapters intended to introduced each character before the main story started.

I still want to do the audio dramas...we need to finish Season Two. I'm pretty sure the parts were all recorded—they just weren't put together . If you need help mixing that Rick, let me know.

I'm willing to do some of the grunt work with editing.

I'll help out too, just tell me what needs to be done. 

King Linksr

Quote from: Jen on October 23, 2007, 12:23:43 PM


I still want to do the audio dramas...we need to finish Season Two. I'm pretty sure the parts were all recorded—they just weren't put together . If you need help mixing that Rick, let me know.

Yes, we want to continue that, time issues with Nathan working and going to college and my work duties increasing!  (holiday's are busy for pastor's) :)  But hopefully we can finish the season out on audio.  I will ask for help. I need to find out where we are.  ANd thanks again Jen for your editing, you did a great job.

Rick

Thanks Rick...And again, just let me know and I'll pitch in where ever you need me as far as mixing and recording go.

Back to the book—here's something to think about: If we publish this through LULU, its going to cost somebody money. If we provide a nicely organized and laid out PDF for download, at the end of each season, we may attract potential readers and writers. I think it's more likely people will read it if it's free.

In addition to the free PDF, the audio drama is free...well for the most part. We have to pay for sound effects and spend our free time putting it together, but it's a labor of love. :)

I could also help out with some of the editing. I don't want to boast but I do a lot of the editing for my school team projects and everyone always tells me I do a great job. . .although sometimes I do wonder if I really am good.

Then again, editing a creative writing project is much different than editing research papers. . .

I like the PDF idea and the paperback idea. I think both can be done.  Those that want the paperback can always choose to buy it. Frankly, I don't really like reading from a PC screen (but that's mostly because my chair is not very comfortable) so I'd be willing to buy the paperback.

BTW Jen, I tried to edit the quotation issues on my posts in season 3 but the thread is locked.

I will unlock the previous three season so folks can make the changes.

Quote from: Jen on October 23, 2007, 04:30:09 PM
Thanks Rick...And again, just let me know and I'll pitch in where ever you need me as far as mixing and recording go.

Back to the book—here's something to think about: If we publish this through LULU, its going to cost somebody money. If we provide a nicely organized and laid out PDF for download, at the end of each season, we may attract potential readers and writers. I think it's more likely people will read it if it's free.

In addition to the free PDF, the audio drama is free...well for the most part. We have to pay for sound effects and spend our free time putting it together, but it's a labor of love. :)

PDF is a good option as well. I was under the impression we could price the book on Lulu so that the production costs would be covered by the sales. Obviously those who would want a book would pay for it.

Wow.. great first post Wraith.... now if only Quinn would accept the transfer :)

LOL Quinn and his crew that mostly seem to be transfers from the Isle of Misfit Toy.

And I agree that was a fantastic first post.

What an entrance! I wonder how K'Tan and Lt. Tain (Orion/Human)  will get along—they have similar histories. I'll make a character banner for you tomorrow and send it to Rico to upload for your use.

Quote from: billybob476 on October 23, 2007, 05:58:13 PM

Quote from: Jen on October 23, 2007, 04:30:09 PM
Thanks Rick...And again, just let me know and I'll pitch in where ever you need me as far as mixing and recording go.

Back to the book—here's something to think about: If we publish this through LULU, its going to cost somebody money. If we provide a nicely organized and laid out PDF for download, at the end of each season, we may attract potential readers and writers. I think it's more likely people will read it if it's free.

In addition to the free PDF, the audio drama is free...well for the most part. We have to pay for sound effects and spend our free time putting it together, but it's a labor of love. :)

PDF is a good option as well. I was under the impression we could price the book on Lulu so that the production costs would be covered by the sales. Obviously those who would want a book would pay for it.

But there's the fact that Star Trek is owned by Paramount...We can't make a profit on something that is copyrighted, even if the money is going to pay for the books we print. I'm not sure that a we would make up the cost—we have to sell the books and there's no guarantee that people would pay to read it.  ???

It is a good idea though and we definitely appreciate the thought and the fact that you want to read it all. That makes us feel good. But the free route is probably safer.

Yeah, shaping it into a PDF or E-Reader book would be the best way without dealing with copyright issues.

For what it's worth, I'd be willing to pay for a bound copy of the story thus far. 

BTW, thanks for the kind word and the warm welcome, folks; I appreciate it. :)

Quote from: Jen on October 23, 2007, 06:28:23 PM
What an entrance! I wonder how K'Tan and Lt. Tain (Orion/Human)  will get along—they have similar histories. I'll make a character banner for you tomorrow and send it to Rico to upload for your use.

Cool!  Thank you! :)

I think you are allowed to pay for a printing as long as you aren't trying to sell it, but if we get a good PDF version, we can talk to more than a few places that can do bindings.

Another option would be to download our PDF (complete with cover that I will design) and print it at Kinko's, or their equivalent, and have it bound there.

Great joint post Kenny and X! Quinn is pretty ticked... Aeric has a lot of work to do to convince his commanding officers that he's a value to the crew and trustworthy. Poor guy...he's got rotten luck.

It hit me when I was reading this post that the Captain and XO have no clue what Areic is talking about when he refers to Temporal Defense or orders from another Temporal agent. Quinn and Sevryll should probably ask him that question at some point.

Quote from: Jen on October 23, 2007, 06:34:41 PM

Quote from: billybob476 on October 23, 2007, 05:58:13 PM

Quote from: Jen on October 23, 2007, 04:30:09 PM
Thanks Rick...And again, just let me know and I'll pitch in where ever you need me as far as mixing and recording go.

Back to the book—here's something to think about: If we publish this through LULU, its going to cost somebody money. If we provide a nicely organized and laid out PDF for download, at the end of each season, we may attract potential readers and writers. I think it's more likely people will read it if it's free.

In addition to the free PDF, the audio drama is free...well for the most part. We have to pay for sound effects and spend our free time putting it together, but it's a labor of love. :)

PDF is a good option as well. I was under the impression we could price the book on Lulu so that the production costs would be covered by the sales. Obviously those who would want a book would pay for it.

But there's the fact that Star Trek is owned by Paramount...We can't make a profit on something that is copyrighted, even if the money is going to pay for the books we print. I'm not sure that a we would make up the cost—we have to sell the books and there's no guarantee that people would pay to read it.  ???

It is a good idea though and we definitely appreciate the thought and the fact that you want to read it all. That makes us feel good. But the free route is probably safer.

Ah yes, didn't think of the Star Trek copyright issues.

Quote from: Just X on October 23, 2007, 06:02:37 PM
LOL Quinn and his crew that mostly seem to be transfers from the Isle of Misfit Toy.

Oh thats harsh Just X.  My character is perfect in every way........


Ok, so I lied, maybe he's a bit unnatural.  Heh, we just didn't want to be like the other crews.   :)

King Linksr

Quote from: Jen on October 24, 2007, 04:14:47 AM
Great joint post Kenny and X! Quinn is pretty ticked... Aeric has a lot of work to do to convince his commanding officers that he's a value to the crew and trustworthy. Poor guy...he's got rotten luck.

It hit me when I was reading this post that the Captain and XO have no clue what Areic is talking about when he refers to Temporal Defense or orders from another Temporal agent. Quinn and Sevryll should probably ask him that question at some point.

Aeric was glad it got washed over. His investigation isn't done and the temporal prime directive isn't something to toy with ... or is it?

Wraith your writing is superb, very detailed, it's like being there... great job. You'll be a great addition to the crew.

I agree with StarTrekFanatic5, your writing is very very good. 

King Linksr

Great posts guys! Keep up the good work.

Agreed.  Really interesting stuff gang.  Anyone here could write a book if they wanted to.  Just wish I could find a bit more time to post more.

Thanks for the kind words, guys. :blush  Like Rico and Just X said, everyone is doing some outstanding work on the RPG.  The participants are all very imaginative, and have given their characters a lot of depth.  I also love the fact that everyone is working together to move the story forward; it's cool to see posts that are collaborations between different players.  It gives the game coherence and makes each post seem like a logical part of a single large story.  I participated in an RPG on another forum that didn't have the cooperation and structure that this one does, and it eventually evolved into a mish-mash of unrelated stories that ended up going nowhere.  With the quality of the folks involved here, I don't see any danger of that happening to this RPG.

I'm honored to be in such great company here! :)

I want to thank Jen, Just X and Moyer777 with the help with Isaac's character and posts.  I really want to thank Just X for bouncing off ideas from him.  Thanks man! 

King Linksr

You're welcome.  :)

yeah, ditto. I'm more than happy to help.

As always, very nice job on that last post, Just x!  :) I liked the Kobayashi-Maru tactic; it drew me in to the action and really spiced up the story.  Nicely done!

Quote from: wraith1701 on November 02, 2007, 04:55:12 AM
As always, very nice job on that last post, Just x!  :) I liked the Kobayashi-Maru tactic; it drew me in to the action and really spiced up the story.  Nicely done!

/agree.  Very nice post Just X. 

King Linksr

Yeah when I stared to read that I kept telling myself.. man he just advanced the plot forward.. we haven't even gotten that far in the story... then he give permission to fire on the ships and I'm thinking.. I'm going to need to talk to his guy about command structure but when I got to the end and saw it was a holodeck program...I breathed a sign of relief. Cool post...

Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on November 02, 2007, 09:20:59 AM
Yeah when I stared to read that I kept telling myself.. man he just advanced the plot forward.. we haven't even gotten that far in the story... then he give permission to fire on the ships and I'm thinking.. I'm going to need to talk to his guy about command structure but when I got to the end and saw it was a holodeck program...I breathed a sign of relief. Cool post...

My first worry was that Just X has forgotten that the Tiberius is not anywhere near Romulus.  That he had had some sort of amnesia and figured: "Hey, lets talk about ships at romulus."  LOL LOL LOL

Good post!

King Linksr

Thank you. Now that we have this nice list of people on the ship, I thought it would be nice to give a few of them some screen time. I'm going to try to define some of the people on the flight deck so that they can be developed for other parts in the story. I at least want to get some of their skills and personality out in the open even if some of them are going to stay background players.

Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on November 02, 2007, 09:20:59 AM
Yeah when I stared to read that I kept telling myself.. man he just advanced the plot forward.. we haven't even gotten that far in the story... then he give permission to fire on the ships and I'm thinking.. I'm going to need to talk to his guy about command structure but when I got to the end and saw it was a holodeck program...I breathed a sign of relief. Cool post...

LOL...I thought the same thing Kenny. Then I thought, "no, wait Just X writing this...I bet he's just being clever and writing a sim program."

Good post X. :)

Nice job everyone! The season is progressing very well. You are all doing great!


FYI, for those of you who have gotten behind in the story... it's ok, you can still jump back in. We have yet to really get into the main plot yet.  If you need a quick synopsis, PM me and I'll send you one.

When I concieved the idea, I had planned on introducing the two pilots more as they were in seperate holodeck doing their part of the mission, but it got too long and I decided to focus on Jaxa and hint at the other two.

I had also planned on the flight crew meeting via a lower decks styled setting and discussing their upcoming mission, but honestly, I think that I laid the foundations of the Chief and Lt. Jaxa well enough to not need to give them more screen time as of yet.

I'm loving what everyone is doing and since there is a bit of time until the action picks up, fleshing out the crew without forcing the story to progress has been quite fun and a good test to see if the bible and wiki are worth the effort and I'd have to say that having that info does make it easier to put a story together.

When Jen suggested we flesh out some NPCs in the first skype meeting, I didn't think I'd have this much fun with them. I was totally wrong.

I would personally like to write about 1-2 NPCs myself.  Its always fun, but I'm not sure who isnt' being controlled by someone.  Is it listed in the MIA/KIA?

King Linksr

I think the best way to figure that out is to figure out who is currently being played by looking in the active section and then picking a few of the names from the manifest that are not being played or used by people currently writing for them.

I would further suggest that you look at the department of the NPCs you want to play and then talk to the department head about playing one of the npcs or coming together to add another NPC to the ship since there are over 500 beings on the ship.

Good suggestion, or you could invent a crewmen friend of your own. You did mention one last season who was there when Starstriker hit the floor in Five Forward. :)

Yea, but he was an innocent bystander crewman that was there at the right place and right time.  Though I suppose I could build him up to something important.  Even minorly.  I'm going to think about it this week.  Although Isaac is great to work on, its nice to talk about another crewmate. 

King Linksr

Hey, guys.

I have to apologize; I kinda broke up the flow of the story. :-[  I put together a post and was getting ready to post it when I got the "warning:  another post has just been made" message.  I went ahead and threw caution to the wind, and posted anyway.

Sure enough, the post immediately before mine involved a character I included in my post.  I went back and edited my post to try and make it less jarring to the timeline, but the edit wasn't perfect.  I guess I'm a little selfish; I just couldn't bring myself to delete my post. :ohwell

Once again, guys; sorry about the way my post might have interfered with the story-flow.  I promise to be more vigilant in the future, and to keep up with the momentum of the story. 

Also; if y'all think that my post is too damaging to the story-flow, I'll go ahead and delete it. :-[

Not at all Wraith! It's fine. We can't all post in the right order. Just as long as it's not pages and pages later. :)
I thought it was an excellent post (I saw it right after you wrote it the first time). As always, great job!

So long as your not posting about the way past or future, you'll be just fine Wraith1701.  I haven't had a chance to look, but I'll take a look now...

King Linksr

***breathes a sigh of relief***

Whew!  Thanks. ;D

Quote from: wraith1701 on November 20, 2007, 12:56:53 PM
***breathes a sigh of relief***

Whew!  Thanks. ;D

Yea, I have no issues with this post.  Its still enough in current time to not be an issue.  Good post.  Very nice.

King Linksr

I actually really liked the post.. it's cool hearing from a different perspective on someones conversation. Good job...

Very good job guys.  Although I'm seeing a little too much david and not enough crew.  So guys!  Don't feel intimidated by Jen and Just X.  Post away.  Besides, they can't do anything bad...cept...bann you.  lol jk

King Linksr

LOL! I can't and wouldn't ban anyone. I also understand how busy some people are these days.

Yeah sorry for my absence, between Thanksgiving and work I have had very little free time. I'm going to try and read the post two pages of post and catch up.

Quote from: Just X on November 26, 2007, 12:49:38 PM
LOL! I can't and wouldn't ban anyone. I also understand how busy some people are these days.

Hee hee.  Well, I know people are busy.  I wasn't complaining.  Besides, you know Jen, she is soooo mean that if you screw up one post you get banned.  It has happened and its going to happen.  ;)   

:banned:

Oh crap, I just got banned.....whaaaaa /cry

lol jk

You know I kidd Jen. ;)

King Linksr

Just for any new folks who might be reading this...I can't ban people without Rico's expressed permission. And even if I could, I wouldn't because I don't roll like that.  ;)

Don't worry about it Kenny. Understandably, the holiday has kept people from posting regularly and rather than leave the RPG idle, X and I decided to write a little character development.

As you know, David is one of several characters that I play. As long as he's apart of the story, I will continue to write from his perspective. It's either too much of him or too much of Sevryll, Sareth or the kidos. Take your pick.  ;)

Very nice everyone!!  Its giving me a lot of reading to do!!  ;) 

King Linksr

Yeah.. great stuff guys.. the story is moving along. Next up the Titan.

I think everyone has really done a great job writing this season. I've really enjoyed all the collaborations. Well done. :)

Wow, Jen and Just X have burning the midnight oil!   :laugh:  I'm really loving the things that you guys are writing.  Very very interesting. 

Keep it up!

King Linksr

I burn no oil! I use more carbon neutral methods of night time illumination such as breeding armies of trained fireflies that light in unision.

 :D

I prefer biodiesel myself.

Thanks for the complement King. Just to let folks know, I want to start the mission in the next day or two. The weekend may be when some of the initial action takes place.

If you're unsure of what to do, check out the outline we posted in the OOC for ideas.

So please post away.  ;)

I'm really liking the posts Just X and Jen.  Now if I can figure out what to do while you guys go and have "fun"....lol

King Linksr

I guess I could have Isaac go have a mental breakdown because his "anchors" are jumping ship.  :laugh: 

lol jk

King Linksr

Aeric and the rest of the crew are still on the ship. The only two crew members have left the to romulus.

I think that you can jump right into the story happening on the ship with no problems.

Oh I know I can, its just figuring out what to write....wait, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the Tiberius supposed to get to Romulus and still hasn't? 

King Linksr

Eh, I think I'm in the wrong with the tiberius thing. 

King Linksr

The Aurora is on Romulus. The Tiberious is outside the Neutral Zone

And the plot thickens...

Good job all!

King Linksr

Damn, Pepperdude; that was a helluva post! :)  I didn't see the twist coming- it totally caught me off guard. :shocked 

Outstanding stuff, man! :thumbsup

Thanks wraith. I was inspired by many things including the great posts that you and the others have been writing.

I too really enjoyed your post Pepper.  WOW.

Great writing.

Good job Pepperdude.  ;)

Loved the latest posts guys, please keep up the fantastic work.

Thanks Just X.  And great post Pepperdude.

King

Thanks everyone.

However, I need to give credit to the band Maroon 5. I thought that maybe someone would've recognized some of the lyrics from their song titled "Wake Up Call." A good part of the dialogue came from that song. Here's a link to the lyrics:http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/maroon5/wakeupcall.html (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/maroon5/wakeupcall.html)

Despite having the lyrics to the song, I took about three hours to write the entire post. However, I really enjoyed writing it. It's my little twist on the song and some things that have happened in my life and the lives of some of my friends. 

I wish I could take credit for all of the dialogue. . .I wish I could write poems like Rick. :)

Here's a link to the music video. It's the U.S. version which means it's not the NC-17 version:

Great post Wraith!

I'm going out of town for my wedding anniversary this weekend... I may be able to post one more today, but won't be back until Sunday night.

Everyone continue posting the action scenes, on the Tiberius and on Romulus. We want to wrap up the season in the next week or so. Make this season the best... Post your hearts out!

Keep it up.  :)

I'm working on yet another paper for school, but I should be posting something soon to add to the flow.

Quote from: Just X on January 04, 2008, 06:03:30 PM
I'm working on yet another paper for school, but I should be posting something soon to add to the flow.

Thanks for posting Chris. Even small additions help move the plot. I appreciate it. Good luck on your paper. :)

Nice post Wraith.   ;)
I like the image of Sevryll with a "smoking phaser"...she sounds very "Sidney Bristo" (from Alias).  :D

Quote from: Jen on January 07, 2008, 11:09:35 AM
Nice post Wraith.   ;)
I like the image of Sevryll with a "smoking phaser"...she sounds very "Sidney Bristo" (from Alias).  :D

Thanks!  Sidney is close to what I was imagining as I was writing Sevryll.  Awesome posts, everyone!  I'm really enjoying watching this story unfold! :)

Great post Kenny.  Its......great.  I can't really say anything more than its one of the heart-renching ones. 

King

Thank King.. I felt a bit rushed because work is so crazy but I wanted to get that out. I'm sure Jen, X or Wraith could have spruced it up a bit.. but I think I got my point across.

Nice follow up post X

Eh, anyone can say that.  i still felt it was a good one.  I think...I have an idea for a post though....

King

I think both X and Kenny's posts were great. Rico's too. I like how the season is ending. It's coming together nicely. Good job guys. :)

Thanks! Kenny's post was hard to follow behind and I think my brain was eaten over the holidays, but I wanted to finally show some of Aeric's own mental issues with the illness and have it slowly affecting how he's seeing things.

Great posts everyone.  Things are wrapping up rather nicely.  I can't wait to see the next season!

King

Jen and Kenny--

You had me laughing out loud on the last post!  AWESOME!

Thanks for all your great input.  I am still catching up on the whole story, but from the stuff I have read.. incredible!

Very fun!

Ok, so am I getting this right?  Mr. Mouse is a kitty?  For some reason Rick I thought it was an actual mouse.  XD Thats Linksr for you, always blind.  lol. 

Great post btw.

King

Yes, Mr. Mouse is a kitty.

He has been around every season so far.  :)

Maybe I should bring Quinn's rats Phil and Grant... :)

Great start to the season guys.. keep it up.

Quote from: moyer777 on January 20, 2008, 06:32:33 PM
Yes, Mr. Mouse is a kitty.

He has been around every season so far.  :)

I knew that, I just for some reason thought he was a rat......ugh, I need a holiday.

King

Good posts! I'm enjoying the show!

Great posts, everyone!  Looks like season 5 is off to a great start!  :thumbsup

Sheesh, and I (Isaac) get my head blown off for bringing Sugar Gliders to a mere meeting.  Whereas Mr Mouse and puppie have destroyed a room and damaged Margon.  I think I'm a victim here of injustice!!!

lol

Great posts all!  Its a great start!

King

yes, but the captain hasn't been in the room yet..   I wonder where they will wind up?

Quote from: moyer777 on January 21, 2008, 03:32:26 PM
yes, but the captain hasn't been in the room yet..   I wonder where they will wind up?

mmm good point.

King

Quote from: Kinglinksr on January 21, 2008, 12:21:33 PM
Sheesh, and I (Isaac) get my head blown off for bringing Sugar Gliders to a mere meeting.  Whereas Mr Mouse and puppie have destroyed a room and damaged Margon.  I think I'm a victim here of injustice!!!

lol

Great posts all!  Its a great start!

King

Well, there was the little part of that incident that involved reading other peoples mind's too.  ;)

Quote from: Rico on January 21, 2008, 04:36:22 PM

Quote from: Kinglinksr on January 21, 2008, 12:21:33 PM
Sheesh, and I (Isaac) get my head blown off for bringing Sugar Gliders to a mere meeting.  Whereas Mr Mouse and puppie have destroyed a room and damaged Margon.  I think I'm a victim here of injustice!!!

lol

Great posts all!  Its a great start!

King

Well, there was the little part of that incident that involved reading other peoples mind's too.  ;)

Alright alright, I got the point.  *pouts*

;) jk

King

Great post Jen.. that moved the story along quickly... it's getting exciting now.. what will happen next ... dum dum dum....:)

Just FYI everyone... Lucas died because he's been exposed the longest.

Quote from: Jen on January 24, 2008, 10:40:44 AM
Just FYI everyone... Lucas died because he's been exposed the longest.

But we don't know that yet.. that will come to light later in the season.

I'm really enjoying the story guys. Good job. ;)

I have to agree with Jen, the posts are really coming through well. 

King

I hate to sound like a parrot, but I agree; everyone is putting out some really outstanding posts!  I'm loving how this story is evolving; can't wait to see what happens next! :)

Ah nuts!  Aeric's down for the count.  Who will be next??

King

Jen and Tim, wow.  That post was emotional and well written.  THANK YOU!

What a great story. 

I remember taking my kids to the dr and feeling so helpless as they had a procedure, I can't imagine putting them in a bio chamber.  Eeek!  Nice imagery.. the tear and all.

This is great.

Fantastic posts!

Thanks. I'm embarrassed to admit this but I got a little choked up when I wrote that scene.... I don't even have children yet.  :D

Quote from: moyer777 on January 29, 2008, 05:18:18 PM
Jen and Tim, wow.  That post was emotional and well written.  THANK YOU!

What a great story. 

I remember taking my kids to the dr and feeling so helpless as they had a procedure, I can't imagine putting them in a bio chamber.  Eeek!  Nice imagery.. the tear and all.

This is great.

Did I miss a post?? Are you talking about the joint post with Jen and X (Chris)

That was a fantastic post.

Quote from: moyer777 on January 29, 2008, 05:18:18 PM
Jen and Tim, wow.  That post was emotional and well written.  THANK YOU!

What a great story. 

I remember taking my kids to the dr and feeling so helpless as they had a procedure, I can't imagine putting them in a bio chamber.  Eeek!  Nice imagery.. the tear and all.

This is great.

Indeed, fantastic.  I can't wait to read more!

King

Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on January 29, 2008, 05:35:39 PM
Did I miss a post?? Are you talking about the joint post with Jen and X (Chris)

That was a fantastic post.

I think he is referring to my work on the joint post.  Which I say thank you.  I could be wrong. 

King

sorry, I get confused with who is really who.  I meant Chris in the post, but I also have enjoyed working with you Tim!

This is just a blast!  I am glad we are part of the RPG

WOW WOW WOW.  O.O 

That woman is crazy!  I guess Mother's can get a little nutty ;) 

EXCELLENT post!

King

Thanks, King! :biggrin  And thanks Jen for coming up with the scenario!

Yeah, nice post.  I could see it all in my head!

Good Vulcans gone bad!!

:)

Quote from: moyer777 on January 29, 2008, 07:55:19 PM
Yeah, nice post.  I could see it all in my head!

Good Vulcans gone bad!!

:)

Reminds of that TOS episode where Spock went nuts....;)

Pon Far for the lose. ;)

King

I will say this, this season has had the most collaborative posts compared to any season by far.  Which of course is great!

King

...and Ensign Dunn finally got to fire his phaser! Grrrrrr!

The RPG story is moving along great.  A new face and a return of 3 ducks.  woot!! 

Groovy!  lol

King

Yeah. I'm back. My posts may be sparse, but I'm going to try and make the post-a-week requirement as best I can. Also, be prepared for me to finally take a familiar role aboard ship. It should be interesting.

Indeed, very interesting.  Glad to see you back!

Besides, who doesn't want a spy onboard?  lol

King

I'm sorry, I can't remember, who is Remor on the ship? I mean his cover identity?

He's posing as a Vulcan poet.

It won't matter for much longer, anyway. SPOILERS!!

FYI, the moderators had an issue with Three Ducks that the we could not come to an agreement on and he subsequently left the forum. So the security team is free to discover his spy and arrest/airlock him if the story calls for it.

Ah man.  I was hoping that he would work out an agreement/be more flexible.   :'( :ohwell

How about Isaac catches him?  lol ;)

King

The outstanding posts just keep on coming!  Great job, everyone!  And Jen; that last post was something else... the death scene told from the ensign's point of view was very well done. You did an incredible job painting the scene and depicting the character's frame of mind... it felt like I was there! :thumbsup  And the rising death toll... it reminds me of the beginning of Stephen King's "The Stand".  Very scary stuff...

***EDIT***

As I was making this post, yet another was added to the RPG- King and Moyer777, your joint posts are blowing me away!  You guys are doing a great job building up the sense of impending doom on the ship, and making it seem real.  Things are definitely looking pretty bad...  I'm hoping that Jen and Kenny have an ace up their sleeve!

Thanks very much Wraith!  Nice to hear!  Yea, its impending doom is at hand.  What will happen??  ;)

King

OMG Jen... your last post was amazing...  :'( :'( :'(

I'm sitting here at work with watery eyes and my co-workers are getting concerned.

Great post.. I nominate this one as the one we read/Dramatize in our next Ready room microcast.

Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on February 07, 2008, 03:46:41 PM
OMG Jen... your last post was amazing...  :'( :'( :'(

I'm sitting here at work with watery eyes and my co-workers are getting concerned.

Great post.. I nominate this one as the one we read/Dramatize in our next Ready room microcast.

lol.  It was a great post.  So sad....*sniff*

King

Thanks everyone. :)
And good job King and Moyer.

Poor Margon! AWESOME post Rick. I loved the way you described the scene. I could picture it perfectly.

/tear

King

Man... :'(

Outstanding post, Rick; you conveyed Margon's pain perfectly.  Rough stuff...

The hard part is trying to make people see special effects. 

I remember the scene in TNG when the race of beings had the rouge telepath that was abusing people.  The camera work on Jack Crusher and Beverly was really good.

Now what's going to happen to our blue counselor???

What an amazing post guys.. Moyer, King, Jen and Four Lights

RIP Brex

Ah shucks.   :blush

Thanks....it was...saddening to say the least. Goodbye Brex.  :(


King

Wow! This is GREAT!

oooooo the plot thickens.. those pesky Vulcans!

Ever superb!

King

Thanks so much everyone for using the storyline with Margon, it is so cool to read a section and see it all working together.  Pretty cool.

Anybody for a rootbeer and vinegar?

Quote from: moyer777 on February 14, 2008, 10:58:57 AM
Anybody for a rootbeer and vinegar?

I'll happily pass... that seems scarry to me. I'd be more inclined to a half OJ half milk ... as wierd as it sounds ... reminds me of the old orange creamcicles you got from the ice cream truck on a hot summer day.

Quote from: Just X on February 14, 2008, 11:12:53 AM

Quote from: moyer777 on February 14, 2008, 10:58:57 AM
Anybody for a rootbeer and vinegar?

I'll happily pass... that seems scarry to me. I'd be more inclined to a half OJ half milk ... as wierd as it sounds ... reminds me of the old orange creamcicles you got from the ice cream truck on a hot summer day.

Yuck to both.

Excuse me while I go get some water...

King

Great post Ricodocameron! :)
Quick question... did your character think that Drett was CMO? She's only the Acting CMO. Peterson is the man in charge... but he's sick. :)

Nice post, Ricardocameron.  It can be tough to fit a character into a story in progress, and you did a great job!  Looking forward to seeing more! :thumbsup

Wraith, AWESOME POST.  You are so good at being descriptive. Man, I wish they would do a scene like that in Star Trek.  It was kickin'.  Way to go.

I agree with Moyer.. just finished reading it.. excellent job...

EXCELLENT WRAITH! Bravo! Loved it.

Thanks, guys. :)

I dug your post Kinglinksr... :) :thumbsup

Starstriker strikes me as being a pretty sensitive character... I can't help but wonder how he will react when he realizes that he was a catalyst in the spread of the virus...

I'm looking forward to seeing how his story develops...

Thanks Wraith. 

As for Starstriker, well, you'll be surprised.  Thats all I can say.

;)

King

Kenny, X and Jen--

Another great post! :thumbsup

  I enjoyed the interplay between Drett, Aria and Quinn, as well as the subtle fleshing out of Aria's character. 

And Quinn's pain was palpable-- you guys did a good job depicting the struggle between his altruistic nature and his need to do his duty as Captain of the Tiberius.

I'm eagerly awaiting the outcome of his discussion with Starfleet command...

what wraith said!

:)

Excellent!

Great post Rico!  Hope she doesn't die =(

King

Yeah Rico.. nice post.. can't wait to see what happens next.

Thanks guys.  And everyone else has been posting some great stuff too. 

Ensign Starstriker is dead... RIP

Great post guys

:'( :'(  :'(  :'( :'( :'( :'(

Goodbye Friend. 

King

P.S. Watch for post in Active Character profiles that I will be making. 

ahhhhH!  I didn't see that coming!

WOW!  Margon is going to be upset!

Yeah lose his son and his best bud in one day... I think the counselor is going to need a counselor :)

Yea, I realized that when we killed your son I'm like "Oh no...Margon is going to be in a sad state."

King

Man; that was pretty messed up...  I definitely didn't see this coming. :(  I didn't realize how attached I had grown to the regular PCs in the RPG until I read that last post.  Kind of a metaphor for real life. 

RIP, Starstriker.

Yeah, I have to give Tim all the credit in showing the mortality of people other than redshirts in out trek verse. It was a very powerful step in what we all do together to build a story.

It also ended his story sooner than anyone expected, a very life like situation that happens all too often.

Ah thanks guys.  :blush  I was saddened to kill off Isaac.  He truly was a character I enjoyed writing. 

King

P.S. I will talk about the Sugar Gliders with the post I am making.  It will be up soon.  So don't think you can adopt them, just yet.  ;)

I'd like to propose a toast.

Here's to Ensign Starstriker:
May you be in heaven a full half hour
before the devil knows your dead.  ;)  ;D

We enjoyed your character King... Look forward to learning who  you'll be playing next.  Good job!

Owwwww Jen.  That stung. Just for that:

/leave treksf forums

lol just kidding

King

Great job folks.  One and all!  Glad to see people shaking things up some.  Awesome work!

Great post Rick.  Seems Margon is just not lucky this season. 

I'm still a little heart broken that Isaac is dead. 

King

The music becomes intense, and we pause for a commercial break.  :)

LOL.. very funny Rick.. and so true... what will happen next... dun dun dun!!!!!

Great posts, folks!

The plot thickens... what will happen to the Tiberius?

[kidding] looks for nearest escape pod [/kidding]  :)

 :luke "I have a bad feeling about this!"   :r2d2line

This is getting better and better.

Great post Rick. I started to wonder at first if you were bringing back Bell. :D
I love that you incorporated his days as a barber into the dream. The dream was a nice choice, to further develop his character.

Ooooo...things are starting to heat up and at the same time, come to a close. If you guys have something to add before the end of the season: as Arnold would say, "Do it! Do it NOW!
:D

Ahhh she used an Arnold quote!!  ahhhhhhh

lol just messing

King

Great posts guys!  Now I'm concerned about the Tiberius!! 

King

"My God, Bones; what have I done?"

-Kirk, Search For Spock

Great post Bryan. I liked the last line. :)
Nice touch.

Oh me too... made my eyes water...  I'm such a sap :)

I can picture a rather large Klingon touching the ship and saying "Tiberius, today is not a good day for you to die."

Agreed; that line was a nice touch.  :thumbsup

Thanks guy's, it was from the heart.  :blush

Great post Rick.... so sad... reminded me of Moya from Farscape.

Yeah, but I was thinking more of Talin when I read it. I miss Talin.

Whoa... cool post, Rick!   The introduction and descriptions were very poetic, and the point of view you used was very unique!  I salute you!  :thumbsup

Very cool Rick.  Starting to cry for the Tiberius now.  I hope she doesn't die.  :(

King

Great Job Ricardo... you are the perfect example of someone who isn't a huge part of season five RPG story but still manage to get yourself in the middle of the action and don't really wait for someone to bring you in.. great job.

What Kenny said... he just beat me to it.  :D

Glad to see you are able to jump in there and make it work. Can't wait to read more from you. :)

Quote from: Jen on February 23, 2008, 01:39:59 PM
What Kenny said... he just beat me to it.  :D

Glad to see you are able to jump in there and make it work. Can't wait to read more from you. :)

Ditto.  You have skills!  Looking forward to seeing more!

Wraith, I totally dig the fact that you are using my NPC so well! You are really giving Ensign Dunn a lot of character, and I am laughing at your last post about him being out of shape! Those are fighting word my man!!! ;)

I thought that was funny too Bryan... it's sort of ironic that you would have a character out of shape. Thanks Wraith!  :D

Nice post Rick... it was very well written.. it was like being there.. I kept waiting for something to go wrong.. it was tense. :)

I almost had it blow up... but hey, she's not safely there yet! :)

Yeah I really did feel that.. but was relieved when she made it..

It's kind of wild how ideas come.  I was walking yesterday and was thinking of how I would feel if I knew my ship was going to blow up and I had to cram myself in a little claustrophobic compartment and jettison myself into space.  I would be so freaked out.  The same yet even more intense feelings of going to the dentist for a root canal, you know you have to, but you don't want to do it.

Thus the post.  I wish I had more time, I would have made it more descriptive emotionally. 

Anyway, I think I got the point across.  I could see it in my head!

:)

*sniff* looks like the Tiberius is about to go.  Goodbye friend. 

Great posts all! 

King

Fab writing from all, am enjoying this tense and exciting story. have been talking to Jen about joining the Tiberius but will it still be here?????? Can't wait for more, excellent writing you all should be very proud.

We all thank you for the complement Meds. Hope you still want to join up.
Our crew will be around, whether Tiberius is or not, but you never know. :D

R.I.P. Tiberius!

Nice post Kenny and Jen.

WOW! Great post! Such a powerful end to a beautiful ship.

As Darth Vader would say:

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Goodbye Tiberius.  Hopefully we'll see something again.

King

Wow! You really blew her up! :(.

Don't worry Empok Nor is always available for transfers

Now THAT would be a fun season! All of us cooped up on a station!

At least it would have room to run and maybe even Ironman.

Quote from: Bryancd on March 02, 2008, 02:50:23 PM
Wow! You really blew her up! :(.

Or did we? You won't know what's up until next season.... Which BTW, it is about a week away. I'm going to talk to Kenny and find out when exactly it will start... maybe after the Ready Room Skype party. I think we'll put up the first post to give people a starting point.

Great post, Jen and Kenny!  The ship's demise was portrayed with heart.  I like the 'trusty steed' comparison... good stuff!   :thumbsup

Nice introductory post Hawkeye! I feel so bad for Joe. :(

Thanks Jen, really enjoyed your post. I think Joe could go either way during this season.

It feels so good to have my addictions being saited again!

Just X is high on RPG Yay.

GREAT post Orma!

Really good post Orma.

Wow, such good and long posts I'll have to actually take 5 minutes to read it all.  (when I get lunch heh heh)  Great job guys!

King

Great post Sheppard and Kenny! Nice way to introduce a character. :)

Wow today is just busy with new post! They are all looking fantastic!

Great writing iceman and sheppard/kenny.

Some very awesome posts, especially our new folks, great stuff!

Great start by everyone.  Really fun to read!

And yours Rico! Who knew Rico was a romantic at heart!  :wub

Yeah Rico, you old smoothy. :D

I have to say this is the best start to a season yet! Everyone has really stepped up and I've learned more about many of your characters in a single post than I have in several seasons. VERY well done! Give yourselves a big pat on the back!

I was just going to post the same thing.. wow.. what a great start to the season.

Quote from: Bryancd on March 09, 2008, 05:11:27 PM
And yours Rico! Who knew Rico was a romantic at heart!  :wub

Guilty as charged.  ;)

Great post Institches! Rick and Just X, thanks for helping me with the latter post. I really enjoyed cooperating with you both. I can't wait to hear more about Margon's trip to Earth. :)

I would like to apologize for not participating the last seasons - Personal issues made it difficult for me to be a part of it.

I would like to participate this season. I will be reading the previous seasons and jumping in this one. I will come up with a plausible reason my character was not involved and go from there, unless you want me to come up with a different character.

I am enjoying watching the ensamble gather and getting know all of these characters.  I started reading  season five, but then realized, hey; my characters would not know anybody before the ship assignment.  And stopped myself for fear it would color my writing. 

Great posts everyone!  And thank you all for your kind comments.  And thank you Jen and Just X for your help in getting my characters  ready. 

Man; this season is starting off incredibly well! :)  I'm thoroughly impressed with each and every post!  Great job everyone!  :thumbsup

Every post has been fantastic, so many different styles and characters. This is shaping up to be a great season. Well done all.

Oh my gosh Rico-  I chuckled after I read yours!  It was great.

I am really digging this felion character too, pretty cool.

Man, this is like reading a real novel!

:)

I'll say this about the RPG, I don't know what sparked so much interest, but its like reading Season 1 and 3 all over again, the posts and ideas are suberp.  We have so many people now participating that it really feels "fuller".  My kudos to everyone who is working in the RPG. 

King

I'm trying to get caught up ... .

Quote from: Kinglinksr on March 10, 2008, 08:27:37 PM
I'll say this about the RPG, I don't know what sparked so much interest, but its like reading Season 1 and 3 all over again, the posts and ideas are suberp.  We have so many people now participating that it really feels "fuller".  My kudos to everyone who is working in the RPG. 

King

We may have had alot of posts in Season One but NONE compare to the past two. ;) (this one and Season Five) Season One was pure chaos.  :shocked

Quote from: Jen on March 10, 2008, 08:42:48 PM

Quote from: Kinglinksr on March 10, 2008, 08:27:37 PM
I'll say this about the RPG, I don't know what sparked so much interest, but its like reading Season 1 and 3 all over again, the posts and ideas are suberp.  We have so many people now participating that it really feels "fuller".  My kudos to everyone who is working in the RPG. 

King

We may have had alot of posts in Season One but NONE compare to the past two. ;) (this one and Season Five) Season One was pure chaos.  :shocked

Ok, thats true.  Still, it was fun to read.  Maybe its me.

King

I think there are a few reasons for the great start to this season.  I also think each season has steadily improved.  A big part I think are the recent Ready Room's.  They really add a lot to the overall RPG experience and helps keep folks up to date on the RPG.  Also, Kenny and Jen have been working very hard to recruit new members and also to work with those already in the RPG to make sure things flow and move along well.  Kudo's to everyone at making this so much fun to read and a great success! 

Note to RPGers, my characters are based on the series Star Trek New Frontier Series books.  Great series that I just started a while ago. 

King

Great introductory Season Six post Ricardo! Very nice.

Omra- I'm really digging your posts!  Your scenes and characterizations are painted very vividly; I can almost see the action as it plays out.  Kudos! :thumbsup

Thank you Wraith1701, knowing that people are enjoying my work makes it all the more rewarding.  And thank you to all of the other contributers for making the characters so diverse.

wow, puns in the story.  NICE!  great job wraith...  you had me "armed" and ready... or should I say, the way you "disarmed" her, was nice.

:)

I was glad to have a conclusion on that.  I was wondering if he would make it out alive!  :-\

Great job Jen and X.. I really liked your last two parter... nice job.. very touching.

I'm really enjoying this season and I can't wait to see what happens next.

Nice post Iceman!!

Quote from: Just X on March 21, 2008, 09:43:09 AM
I'm really enjoying this season and I can't wait to see what happens next.

I agree; I couldn't wait to log on today to read the latest developments in the rpg!  Great job everyone! :thumbsup

Great Job everyone on getting to Vulcan and the new Ship... I want to end Season six tomorrow (Saturday) so those few of you that are left get yourself to the ship. If you don't have time then will just say you got to the ship off screen. Season Seven will be starting on Sunday and the adventure begins...

We'll lock the thread tonight. So if you still want to add something, there's still time. I still have to put up a post for Ryla and Dennis

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This is the piano that is in the rear lounge.

It's like...the piano of the future.

cool piano.  Nice keys, cool top. (said in Warf voice)   :klingon

Cool...... very cool...

I suck. I'm sorry I haven't participated. I've been preoccupied with some writing assignments and the new addition, who is just lovely BTW.

I guess this just isn't my thing. I was trying to keep up with the posts but got distracted and ... well, I'm respectfully bowing out. Sorry all.

I like it. Options for writing are always helpfull.

Just finished Season 6 as I was a little behind.  All I have to say is Great Job everyone!

Looking forward to Season 7.

King

I'm enjoying the posts. I laughed outloud when Mackie stepped on her conical hat. AWESOME! And I laughed when Dunn and D'callan said they were bored. You guys are cracking me up. :D
Just a few Reminders: This program is supposed to be fun, so be creative, don't look too much for direction... We're breaking a little from the outlines we create and flying by the seat of our pants. This is your chance to direct the course of the story, so get medieval. Also, don't skim the posts... you may miss some important details added for quests.

Great posts everyone. Really enjoying this season so far. Here we go for more muld wine in Camelot.

all right, now we're cookin!  Nice post Jen and Just X.   This is fun!

What will happen to our knights??

Quote from: moyer777 on April 29, 2008, 05:46:15 PM
all right, now we're cookin!  Nice post Jen and Just X.   This is fun!

What will happen to our knights??

Thanks, glad you like it... What will happen to the knights? Dum dum DUM!!! That's up to all of you. :D

OMG.. I can barely keep up and you guys go and post this super long post.. are you trying to kill me. :)

I'm going to suggest that we make this a short single season and let this go another week or two. It's finally getting traction and the other main story can wait...otherwise we will never get to it.

I'm trying to end the holodeck program... hence the joint post. We are "getting to it". Be patient padawan.

Quote from: Jen on May 06, 2008, 07:06:37 PM
I'm trying to end the holodeck program... hence the joint post. We are "getting to it". Be patient padawan.

I know. It's not your fault that this story became long, but at this rate we are a week from getting out of the holodeck and even close to planetside. You have us all together and doing these joint posts, which is fun. Why not let it run another week or two, close it out, move on to the mission as a new Season?

LOL. I asked everyone for their opinions about how we should deal with the holodeck. You said Kenny and I need to "just make a decision". :D

I'm open to what the people want. Comments?

Again - it's up Kenny & Jen.  I'm personally fine with letting the story continue into the mission.  The season breaks for me aren't that critical.  Especially when it seems things are starting to get interesting right now.

I think that ending on the holodeck after it's complete and then opening on the planet after dropping off the passengers would work better to trim some of the time.

If we go that way, we could do it as a new season or just imagine it's after a commercial break. We don't need to see the whole trip to the space station and then the planet on screen.

Quote from: Jen on May 07, 2008, 05:29:15 PM
LOL. I asked everyone for their opinions about how we should deal with the holodeck. You said Kenny and I need to "just make a decision". :D

I'm open to what the people want. Comments?

LOL!  :roflmao

Well, what I meant was a decision to stop the holodeck program immediately and get to the mission back last week. We didn't quite get there. We sort of have tried to split the difference and still haven't found Kenny yet! Since we never really pulled the trigger on ending this, let's see it through! :)

I just want to make a brief, general comment on the RPG.

This is Jen & Kenny's project.  They put a great deal of time, effort and hard work into it.  While others also spend time writing some great posts, they are still the ultimate decision makers.  If they decide they want feedback I know they will ask.  As for the current situation I think Jen has made it pretty clear the direction she is taking things.  So let's all work on writing some new, interesting posts in the story and let them handle the rest.

Well i just love writing this RPG and i have had an absolute blast writing with Eric and i have enjoyed writing with everyone on the end big posts . I'd like to offer out a big thank you to both Kenny and Jen for all their hard work, and I'd also like to say thanks and well done to all the great writers of the RPG.

  ???  Can I have a mod repair a section I wrote for the last joint post?  The line I wrote was-

"One thing was certain, in any event.  Despite her apparent conversancy with fighting, she seemed to have a healthy dose of her people's belief in their infallibility."

Somehow, someone changed conversancy (personal knowledge or information about someone or something) to conservancy (environmental conservation).  Sorry if this comes of as being silly, but I'm kind of neurotic when it comes to someone changing the meaning of something that I wrote.  :ohwell

I did a spell check... it's possible I inadvertently clicked "change" instead of ignore. I did not do it on purpose and I didn't change anything Aria would say. If you need something changed, I can edit the posts...just tell me what it is you want altered.

DONE...

Quote from: wraith1701 on May 08, 2008, 04:53:52 PM
  ???  Can I have a mod repair a section I wrote for the last joint post?  The line I wrote was-

"One thing was certain, in any event.  Despite her apparent conversancy with fighting, she seemed to have a healthy dose of her people's belief in their infallibility."

Somehow, someone changed conversancy (personal knowledge or information about someone or something) to conservancy (environmental conservation).  Sorry if this comes of as being silly, but I'm kind of neurotic when it comes to someone changing the meaning of something that I wrote.  :ohwell

Thanks!  :) :) :)

I was working on that... you beat me to it.

Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on May 08, 2008, 05:07:48 PM
DONE...

Quote from: wraith1701 on May 08, 2008, 04:53:52 PM
  ???  Can I have a mod repair a section I wrote for the last joint post?  The line I wrote was-

"One thing was certain, in any event.  Despite her apparent conversancy with fighting, she seemed to have a healthy dose of her people's belief in their infallibility."

Somehow, someone changed conversancy (personal knowledge or information about someone or something) to conservancy (environmental conservation).  Sorry if this comes of as being silly, but I'm kind of neurotic when it comes to someone changing the meaning of something that I wrote.  :ohwell

If we're going to discuss plot ideas, let's do it in the Season Seven OOC and leave this section for the kudos for the writers and comments on their posts. I'm going to post some details/ideas now so look for it there.

A massive bunch of kudo's to everyone writing. Just read Omra's post set in the afterburner. I cried with laughter, oh man that last line is going to stay with me all week. Brilliant. Great writing with you all.

The whole Afterburner scene was great!

Final Briefing To Come Tomorrow 12ish Central Time
I'm just going to write the post as if Sevryll and Quinn completed the meeting, assigned crewmen to two away teams and then asked for questions/suggestions. If your character has anything to contribute to the meeting, follow up posts to the briefing will be your chance to do so. If you have anything for your character to do before that meeting, do it before 12ish Central.  ;)

I'm going to have Sevryll dismiss the meeting and order Ryla to begin the surgical alterations, since Peterson will undergo them as well and will need to begin preparations for the mission.

These people can attend the meeting, those listed here, who are not senior officers can come at the request of their senior officers:

Quinn
Sevryll
Aeric (Second Officer/ Operations)
Peterson (CMO)
K'ararth (Engineering)
K'Tan (Tactical)
Margon (Counselor)
Aria (Civilian Medic)
Ryla (Surgical Alterations)
Spring (Botanist)
D'Callan (Security)
and Korridan (Engineering- maintenance, repair)

QuoteThe sky transitioned from blue-green to vermillion, as the Ter'Oss sun submerged itself in the sea of grass on the distant horizon. Daylight sank with the Population I Star and took with it, the warmth of the day.  Twelve hours earlier, the sun's rays had welcomed Sevryll by caressing her jade skin with an embrace of heat. Now the cool night air nipped at her like a cornered animal. A bitter breeze stirred, prompting the fine hairs at the nape of her neck to stand on end. Sevryll subdued the urge to shiver, and headed back to the runabout where replicated wool blankets, robes and shawls were stowed. The Vulcan seemed to be swallowed up by the gaping mouth of an invisible monster, as she entered the emitter-cloaked vessel.

Incredible post, Jen!  I dig your use of metaphor and simile here; you've painted the scene so vividly, not only can I see it, I can feel it!  This is the type of word-picture I strive to paint when I post;  I bow before your talent!  Once again, awesome job!!! 

 :blush Thank you for the complement Eric.

Just X, Wraith and Institches: I LOVE that scene. It was very well written, and exceedingly clever and creative. I love The Wizard of Oz, and this post's comedy reminded me a bit of the scene where the Scare Crow, Tin Man and Lion jump the Witch's soldiers to steal their uniforms. That's intended as a complement btw. Bravo. :D

Awesome job on the follow up Eric! I love the way you transitioned the poker game. I had to research to write those scenes... Bryan said he wasn't much of a card player either so we weren't very sure what to do next. :D I was hoping it would have an interesting ending. Thanks for tying those loose strings into a nice bow for us. FYI, I think the festival sounds like FUN. Great idea!

Thanks! 

By the way, let me take this opportunity to say that I'm incredibly impressed by how this RPG is growing and evolving.  Each season manages to top the one before it.  Kudos to all of the writers; the contributions of each and every participant have been outstanding!  I look forward to seeing what comes next!  :)

/sigh oh how I miss the RPG, it all looks cool these days but apaprently I'm paid to work not be creative  :offtopic

Quote from: Geoff G.o.B on June 05, 2008, 08:46:27 AM
/sigh oh how I miss the RPG, it all looks cool these days but apaprently I'm paid to work not be creative  :offtopic

Aside from me, I'm not sure that anyone here is paid to be creative. It's just something fun we all try squeeze into our schedules. ;)

You're always welcome to rejoin Geoff. :)

Actually, I am paid to be creative (as I think many of us are here in our daily jobs).  And I have two patents and daily MacGyver type requests to show for it.  ;)

Making this site actually do anything useful took a metric ton of  creativity on my part.

www.cordonbleu.edu

Not to get too off topic, but in this day and age I think just about every job takes a big amount of creativity.  Unless you are a line worker putting the same nut on a bolt all day, most positions are asking more and more for new ideas from their employees.  Just about a week or so ago we had a half day session at my job just talking about new products to work on and brainstorming.  It's just a way of working in the 21st Century.

P.S.  Nice site Billy.

Quote from: Rico on June 05, 2008, 10:39:57 AM
Actually, I am paid to be creative (as I think many of us are here in our daily jobs).  And I have two patents and daily MacGyver type requests to show for it.  ;)

>.>  I'm fairly certain any job I get right now will not ask me to be creative........

King

Quote from: Kinglinksr on June 05, 2008, 11:14:01 AM

Quote from: Rico on June 05, 2008, 10:39:57 AM
Actually, I am paid to be creative (as I think many of us are here in our daily jobs).  And I have two patents and daily MacGyver type requests to show for it.  ;)

>.>  I'm fairly certain any job I get right now will not ask me to be creative........

King

Well. I had an office job while I was in school where I basically did a lot of data entry and reports. So instead of just doing them, I'd find interesting ways to auto-generate my reports using Excel and things of the like. Even if your job doesn't really NEED you to think, you can force it to. if I hadn't done stuff like that I'd have gone nuts.

Quote from: billybob476 on June 05, 2008, 11:17:38 AM

Quote from: Kinglinksr on June 05, 2008, 11:14:01 AM

Quote from: Rico on June 05, 2008, 10:39:57 AM
Actually, I am paid to be creative (as I think many of us are here in our daily jobs).  And I have two patents and daily MacGyver type requests to show for it.  ;)

>.>  I'm fairly certain any job I get right now will not ask me to be creative........

King

Well. I had an office job while I was in school where I basically did a lot of data entry and reports. So instead of just doing them, I'd find interesting ways to auto-generate my reports using Excel and things of the like. Even if your job doesn't really NEED you to think, you can force it to. if I hadn't done stuff like that I'd have gone nuts.

You can only get so creative at Taco Time/Safeway/Home Depot etc.  But I see your point. 

King

I always find something creative to do. Even when i worked at Woolworths i found my creative streak by laying the cards out in the shelves so the first word of each saying (Happy Birthday = H) would end up saying a rude or suggestive word. Oh the fun.

I always forced myself to keep busy at McDonald's. We had this one manager that would make you do ridiculous 'maintenance' tasks if you weren't busy. I had to clean the ceiling one day, another day he had me cleaning the grout lines on the floor times in the storage room! After that I always just pretended to clean.

Quote from: billybob476 on June 05, 2008, 12:48:24 PM
another day he had me cleaning the grout lines on the floor times in the storage room! After that I always just pretended to clean.

Ugh, I remember doing that last year at Taco Time, we were REALLY slow then.....*shiver*

King

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on June 05, 2008, 12:01:07 PM
I always find something creative to do. Even when i worked at Woolworths i found my creative streak by laying the cards out in the shelves so the first word of each saying (Happy Birthday = H) would end up saying a rude or suggestive word. Oh the fun.

Nurse the pills have worn off again ;-)

Quote from: Geoff G.o.B on June 06, 2008, 03:17:35 AM
Nurse the pills have worn off again ;-)

Ha ha aint that the truth.

BTW, when I said I that I thought I may be the only one paid to be creative in the RPG, I meant it in the literal sense—artistically. I didn't mean to imply that your various jobs don't require some creative thinking. No insult was intended. I was just trying to encourage Geoff.  :)

Stay on target... stay on target.  :dstar

Try not to get to far off topic. We should leave this thread for well earned pats on the back. Even if you're not a member of the RPG, you are welcome to comment on what you have read there. But remember it's called "Comments... and Complements". ;) Be nice.

lol I was wondering when we'd get back on track. No offense taken Jen.

I'd like to chip and say well done to Jen and Kenny for the excellent work you do running the RPG and a massive thanks, winks and manly slaps on the back to out King of the site, Rico. Thanks for bringing us all together.

Quote from: Jen on June 06, 2008, 06:34:37 AM
BTW, when I said I that I thought I may be the only one paid to be creative in the RPG, I meant it in the literal sense—artistically. I didn't mean to imply that your various jobs don't require some creative thinking. No insult was intended. I was just trying to encourage Geoff.  :)

Stay on target... stay on target.  :dstar

Try not to get to far off topic. We should leave this thread for well earned pats on the back. Even if you're not a member of the RPG, you are welcome to comment on what you have read there. But remember it's called "Comments... and Complements". ;) Be nice.

"Shutting up!"

Heh heh :)

King

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on June 07, 2008, 10:05:57 AM
I'd like to chip and say well done to Jen and Kenny for the excellent work you do running the RPG.

Ah, shucks... My pleasure. ;)

Yes, thanks King Rico. You rock.

I gotta tell 'ya, I was a bit skeptical that this story line would be able to move forward efficiently but the joint post collaboration has been awesome! When some people are too busy, others step in and carry both the story, their characters, and other characters forward. Great stuff everyone!

Quote from: Bryancd on June 08, 2008, 03:59:40 PM
I gotta tell 'ya, I was a bit skeptical that this story line would be able to move forward efficiently but the joint post collaboration has been awesome! When some people are too busy, others step in and carry both the story, their characters, and other characters forward. Great stuff everyone!

Ditto. ;)
The action is going to start picking up here pretty quick... so hang on everyone.

Great idea on that last post, Desi. To be honest, I was kind of stuck until you provided that very cool way to resolve the confrontation and move the story forward. Thanks for letting me contribute to it!

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Yes, great idea Desi. :)
Chris had a good idea to have a "clean up" team from another ship come in behind us and fix the cultural contamination issue. This may help us wrap up quickly. I was thinking we might use Zremm's probes to enhance the beam out of both teams. They have to be done at the exact same time, as I believe Rico wrote that the probes can only be used once. Maybe after we explain what happened in a few subsequent posts we can use the beam out as the last scene of the season? Thoughts?

Ummm "Geterdone"?

Though I absolutely despise that phrase... yes. Exactly what I am saying. ;)

Thanks for the kudos. I can always use a nice kudo.

So, let's go get that Denobulan and head back to the ship!

Well, we need to send bind our darling brat and the magician before we go. Maybe they come with us to the runabout and someone "guards them". Chief Grant can do that... I believe she's our pilot. Joint post anyone? Start it up and pass it around. ;)

Quote from: Jen on July 05, 2008, 04:35:20 PM
Though I absolutely despise that phrase... yes. Exactly what I am saying. ;)

You know, I hate it too. My stepson loves that sort of humor and it came to mind while my eyes and ears were recovering from bleeding after I walked in on him watching some Larry the Cable guy movie.

I think we should keep the magician with us. He works for the guy that's got Era-Khellen.

An excellent season and great ending to the season.  I can't wait to rejoin for season 8 and bring in my character(s) again. 

King

WOW!!! :o :o :o :o  Season 8 is off to a GREAT START!!!  :thumbsup

It reads like a super-cool Trek film!  GREAT JOB GUYS!!!  ;D

agreed.

Just to remind you guys. You're characters are still disguised as Ter'Ossick and they obviously don't have time to remove the prosthetics. This will help us distinguish between universes too. Use it when you describe your peeps.

Oh, and for the people who write for medical characters, in case there is any doubt.. Ryla is gone. You can't save her. "That's all she wrote,".  ;)

Great follow-ups Eric and Meds! I think this is the most exciting start to a season we've had yet!

Wow. Great start people. Can't wait for more!

Flowing really well. Great posts Jen and Eric. Poor Ryla, bit the dust, done a blinder, muscled of her mortal coil and gone to meet her maker, she's a stiff, bereft of life she rests in peace if you hadn't nailed her to..... hold on..

Yeah; RIP Ryla. 

Hope K'Tan doesn't freak out..

(watch out, Ensign Bowers...) J/K

Oh you know you can't wait to freak him out mate.

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on August 23, 2008, 09:44:58 AM
Oh you know you can't wait to freak him out mate.

LOL. Ensign Bowers' writer left the RPG back in season one. He's fair game. Do with him what you will.

LOL!

I honestly haven't decided how I'm going to have him react.  I've been more focused on what I'm going to be writing for the Mirror Universe scenes.  I'm thinking that at this point in his career, K'Tan has developed enough professionalism to not let his feelings get in the way of his duty.  Then again, he has had a funky, Klingon-type upbringing...

We'll just have to wait and see. ;)

Woah....I never expected this.  Great job all. 

Post incoming myself...

King

That was great stuff. It was almost like reading Peter David. It's gonna be a good one.

Definitely got my creative juices flowing!

Nice first post Bryan. Its was nice to read a little more about K'arath's background. :)

Thanks Jen. I touched upon it briefly in his character profile and though this would be a great chance to bring some more to light without bogging down the story. I like brevity. :)

Hey, nothing for nothing but I need some reinforcements on Deck 11 or we are all screwed!

Help is on the way!

Quote from: wraith1701 on August 24, 2008, 05:29:17 PM
Help is on the way!

Bring Dunn!!!!

Dunn's joining the party.  ;)

By the way; great posts X, Bryan, Iceman and Rick!  

:-[  What's going to happen to Margon?!?  I hope you aren't planning on permanently borg-ifying him!  :-[

nope the drone that would tranport him is dead.  heheheh.  We will see!

Are we going to have a brief reprieve from the Borg to have ourselves altered back into our normal appearances? It makes it hard to remember what we are supposed to look like!

Make it up... no one remembers what color they were (though I think K'ararth was black).
They can't change our appearance in the middle of this situation, even if we do have a brief reprieve. "It wouldn't be prudent", as a former president once said. ;)

LOL! He was black with gold eyes....maybe I can scare the Borg off the ship..... ;)

I don't know, but I'm a RED disabled Bolian with a cat licking my face.  :)

Hello everyone.

As a newcomer to treks in Sci fi, I have only been listening for about 4 months, and am now catching up from the beta cast. I have to say, great show, wonderful community... Something that any trek fan would want to be a part of.

I have to express my sheer thrill at the audio dramas I heard in some of the ready rooms recently... Amazing. Great work. I have to say my favorite one was the violin in the jefferies tubes. Took my favorite episode of TNG, and built on it.. It was so well put together, something I am sure everyone is looking forward to seeing more of. I can tell already that season 8 is going to blow away the preconceptions, because it seems the team is coming in with a level headed attack strategy, and an very intresting plot twist...

And while it saddens me that I havent yet gotten familiar with the mirror universe, I look forward to seeing what happens. Good luck... and Keep going boldly where no one has gone before and we will all follow you.

-Lexii

Thanks Lexii... it's always nice to hear from non-rpg players.

Thank you Lexii! :)

Nicely done Wraith, BryanCD and Meds. :) Total yuck on the description of the blade gore. I could see it clearly in my mind's eye.   :blink   ;)

Remember that the inability to warp has more to do with the subspace disturbance than the warp core.

Hey guys, you are doing a really great job this season. (By guys, I mean everyone that's posting regardless of gender). I'm on another training week and doing 96 hours over the course of seven days, so I might be a little light on the posting for this week. I am really loving the imagery.

Brilliant writng everyone, this rocks. hey Lexi, you could easily help out with some reasons if you fancy joining in. PM Jen or Kenny. Thanks for your kind words, welcome to the forums.

Hey guys, LOVING the action scenes... great work on the descriptions and collaborations. Just keep one thing in mind as you battle the drones in future posts. The Borg are a menacing lot and we want our characters to be between a rock and a hard place. Try not to steal too much of the Borg's power by wiping them all out with blades. Klingons and other blade wielding species could have put an end to the Borg a long time ago if Bat'leth was the answer to the problemo. ;)  It's the shear numbers that makes them unstopable. They just keep coming and coming and adapting to everything their victims can throw at them.

Maybe the Borg will eventually adapt to your bladed weapons. Maybe the current of energy that powers their cyborg components can fry their adversaries through the metal blades that are swung at them.  Our characters will have to figure out a way to survive without taking out the entire boarding party and those who have been assimilated.... we've got a long way to go until the end of the season. :)

Don't worry, K'arath, K'Tan, and D'Callan will have all the Borg wiped out shortly....... ;)

They are like Zombies, coming and coming and coming. Good point Jen, Just thinking though, how could they adapt to a blade? hmmm, me thinks we have hit upon a snag in the trek universe. ha ha ha

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on August 26, 2008, 02:24:18 PM
They are like Zombies, coming and coming and coming. Good point Jen, Just thinking though, how could they adapt to a blade? hmmm, me thinks we have hit upon a snag in the trek universe. ha ha ha

They have forcefield. Forcefield are known to deflect physical attacks. If you think about the holding cells on a federation ship, I think it becomes clear.

I also believe that Worf managed to cut one of the Borg, not because it's constantly possible, but because the script needed a way to solve the whole threat and leaking air suit.

I think that the nature of the Borg was a bit weakened in first contact, but given that it did happen, if blade were a true option in combating the Borg, Starfleet would have briefed their captains on the solution and armed the troops with bladed weapons. If Voyager is a good example, then it just might be a flub or script necessity that bladed weapons worked that one time in First Contact.

Another thing to consider is that if bladed weapon were that great of an advantage, then the races with hand weapon training should have few to none assimilated people. Again, that was proven false in the Voyager episodes.

That's just my two cents. If Blades work and blades are the first real technology that cultures develop ... the Borg would not have gotten that far at all.

Boo! I thought i was onto something there ha ha. ;)

In my opinion, the Borg can't be beaten by physical force.  Because of their hive-mind, cutting down a drone is almost like one of us cutting our hair-- more will grow to replace what is lost.  And as horrible as it sounds, each drone has about as much self awareness as a strand of hair (I know, it's an exaggeration, but you get the idea). 

I think that the only way to truly defeat the Borg would be to attack their mind, or programming.  Something like a computer virus, or a telepathic attack (or both).

Speaking of Telepaths, nice post Kenny!

The plot thickens-  Who is the Borg King?  Will it be someone we recognize?  Can't wait to find out!

But a forcefield that could stop a physical weapon as opposed to an energy weapon would also prevent physical contact, so they couldn't grab you. It's kind of like DUNE... ;)

Dun dun durrrrrrrrrrr

Quote from: Bryancd on August 26, 2008, 03:05:46 PM
But a forcefield that could stop a physical weapon as opposed to an energy weapon would also prevent physical contact, so they couldn't grab you. It's kind of like DUNE... ;)

Sure it can. The Borg doesn't need to keep the forcefield active. it can pop up during an attack. Even without the forcefield, they have armor on that is better than a lot of things, consider that the phasers have to be on the highest setting to knock them down and other would be vaporized, that's some good armor.

I don't think that they would have gotten as far as they did if physical attacks were all that dangerous to the borg. I also think that for someone to get that close to a borg to inflict physical damage, they might be assimilated. I have yet to see a borg die onscreen from a single blow. Lose a limb? sure, but not die and that means they could infect someone.

Hmmm Its only a flesh wound, come back or i'll bite your legs off. ;)

Quote from: Bryancd on August 26, 2008, 03:05:46 PM
But a forcefield that could stop a physical weapon as opposed to an energy weapon would also prevent physical contact, so they couldn't grab you. It's kind of like DUNE... ;)

That's a good point.  Heck; the most effective weapon for mowing down the drones would probably be projectile weapons, like the machine gun Picard used in First Contact.  Borg shields might hold off a few bullets, but they couldn't keep their shields up forever...
My point was that even if you could wipe out the drones by the hundreds, the losses wouldn't discourage or demoralize the Borg.  Like Jen mentioned; they are relentless.  They would just keep on sending in more drones.  And if we somehow managed to wipe out the thousands of drones in one Borg ship, they would just send out more ships.  

In the Trek Universe, I think the writers intended the Borg to be the one bad guy that you can never truly beat.  You might hold them off for a while, but never eliminate them for good.  That's what makes them such scary opponents.

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on August 26, 2008, 03:13:41 PM
Hmmm Its only a flesh wound, come back or i'll bite your legs off. ;)

Funny, I was thinking the same thing...

King

It's Star

Quote from: Just X on August 26, 2008, 03:11:53 PM

Quote from: Bryancd on August 26, 2008, 03:05:46 PM
But a forcefield that could stop a physical weapon as opposed to an energy weapon would also prevent physical contact, so they couldn't grab you. It's kind of like DUNE... ;)

Sure it can. The Borg doesn't need to keep the forcefield active. it can pop up during an attack. Even without the forcefield, they have armor on that is better than a lot of things, consider that the phasers have to be on the highest setting to knock them down and other would be vaporized, that's some good armor.

I don't think that they would have gotten as far as they did if physical attacks were all that dangerous to the borg. I also think that for someone to get that close to a borg to inflict physical damage, they might be assimilated. I have yet to see a borg die onscreen from a single blow. Lose a limb? sure, but not die and that means they could infect someone.

LOL! It's Star Trek, I don't think they thought all this out. ;)

Quote from: Bryancd on August 26, 2008, 03:21:42 PM

LOL! It's Star Trek, I don't think they thought all this out. ;)

I think that's partly true, but we also need to adapt the Borg to serve our story needs. We have at or around 160 people on the ship. They didn't send the entire sphere to attack the ship and if we wish to keep the Borg a threat during the escape, they should be able to survive being on the Arabella for more than a few minutes. They didn't send 100 borg to take the ship and if dozens are falling, how many will be able to keep the plot moving for the rest of the story?

I agree with Eric about the sheer number of drones being a serious threat, but I also think that for them to incorporate weapons, personal armor, and personal shields, they do place some value on their drones. They can handle the loss with ease, but I think that they would rather leave a target ship or planet with more Borg than they started with.

As to the holodeck scene, some people consider that a huge flub because other holodeck episodes had established that the rounds from a holo projectile weapon were holograms, which would make it energy and thus subject to assimilation.

OK... It's our version of Star Trek so we can all make it what we want. Point is to keep them scary as long as possible. :) So if they keep coming at us that makes them a relentless wave of zombies that want to eat your brains....I mean assimilate you. They can't beam more drones over, so that means that our crew would have to be the new threat as far as drones are concerned. I think it would be interesting to see how our characters treat the assimilated crew. Margon for instance. What will you do when you happen upon Borg Margon?!

Borg Margon, where do i get my drink now. ;)

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on August 26, 2008, 03:50:22 PM
Borg Margon, where do i get my drink now. ;)

Oh he'll give you a drink...of nanoprobes...in the neck.

:D

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on August 26, 2008, 03:50:22 PM
Borg Margon, where do i get my drink now. ;)

Huh? Are you thinking of J'Dan? Margon's the counselor. :D ;)

Quote from: Jen on August 26, 2008, 06:13:52 PM

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on August 26, 2008, 03:50:22 PM
Borg Margon, where do i get my drink now. ;)

Huh? Are you thinking of J'Dan? Margon's the counselor. :D ;)

Maybe he prescribed it as a 'bracer'

Quote from: Jen on August 26, 2008, 06:13:52 PM

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on August 26, 2008, 03:50:22 PM
Borg Margon, where do i get my drink now. ;)

Huh? Are you thinking of J'Dan? Margon's the counselor. :D ;)

DOH!!!!!!

What about putting the Assimulated crew in cryogenic freeze until we can unassimulate them?

Quote from: iceman on August 27, 2008, 02:17:54 PM
What about putting the Assimulated crew in cryogenic freeze until we can unassimulate them?

That's alot of cryo freeze chambers. ;)

You will see, you will see!!

Do we need to try and limit the amount of casualties this time or is the crew toast?

well I didn't expect many deaths for this season since we lost so many in season six.. but wow... right off the bat we are losing folks left and right.

Yeah, I wasn't expecting the amount of Borg that board, the quickness of their dispatching, or the amount of people dead on the ship thus far. I saw it as a few Borg doing some damage, but it's still a good story.

Well, we can all reign it in. I lost only one person in Engineering and two were infected. Maybe we can have a standoff with the remaining Borg, where they control a part of the ship and we control the other, including Engineering so we have more options. Any ideas where the Borg can bivouac?

Well, Dennis is in the mainframe fighting the "Borg virus"... so let it ride... I say make it a stalemate, don't continue to wipe people out. FYI, just because people are Borg now doesn't mean they can't come back. :)

How about the doctor comes up with a sirum that slows the progression of the borg naobites, but does not provide a cure

Quote from: Jen on August 27, 2008, 05:00:52 PM
FYI, just because people are Borg now doesn't mean they can't come back. :)

Voyager already established that we can detach people from the Borg and return them to almost normal...

Quote from: iceman on August 27, 2008, 05:03:00 PM
How about the doctor comes up with a sirum that slows the progression of the borg naobites, but does not provide a cure

I don't think we need another vaccine (it sounds alot like season 5 and the virus), but I'm glad your gears are turning on this. Maybe they just get stunned and herded into a shuttle bay where they're kept until the nanites and implants can be removed person by person.

Once we get into the mirror universe story, we can let this aspect slide a bit.

I'm working on what happens to Margon.  He is isolated but infected with the nanoprobes.  I'll be contacting a couple of you for a joint post.

Quote from: Bryancd on August 27, 2008, 06:07:07 PM
Once we get into the mirror universe story, we can let this aspect slide a bit.

Exactly... It will be resolved in Act III. No need to solve our problems in Act I. :)

I'm sorry I don't mean to interrupt, but I was reading through the thread here and I just so amazed and fascinated by this process. You guys are so imaginative and committed to this. It's like each of you riff and the others play / go along.

Riff, Play, and Go along.

I'm gonna get out of here now. You guys are so cool!

Carry on.

Quote from: Metron07 on August 27, 2008, 06:24:59 PM
I'm sorry I don't mean to interrupt, but I was reading through the thread here and I just so amazed and fascinated by this process. You guys are so imaginative and committed to this. It's like each of you riff and the others play / go along.

Riff, Play, and Go along.

I'm gonna get out of here now. You guys are so cool!

Carry on.

You can stop by anytime.. love non rpg'ers input.

Thank you for the compliment! WE have done similar things for other season, but this time is the first one where I think the readers are privy to 80% or more of the creation process.

Quote from: Metron07 on August 27, 2008, 06:24:59 PM
I'm sorry I don't mean to interrupt, but I was reading through the thread here and I just so amazed and fascinated by this process. You guys are so imaginative and committed to this. It's like each of you riff and the others play / go along.

Riff, Play, and Go along.

I'm gonna get out of here now. You guys are so cool!

Carry on.

Thank you Metron. We're happy to have readers comment here too. It's nice to know that people like to read what we write. Drop in anytime. :)

I couldn't sleep last night so I went in the catch up on the last few posts. It was 1 am, the lights were off, the place was quiet, I was reading.

Honestly, I felt nervous. I felt like I was in my quarters and the Borg were going to bust in. Dragging me into the narrative like that is not an easy thing to do.

I'm very impressed! Amazing so far.

Wraith.. your last line of your joint post gave me chills.. great job.

Me too.  Great job. :)

Thanks!  And thanks to HawkeyeMeds and BryanCD for setting up the scene, it's been a blast collaborating with y'all! 

I've been digging each and every post this season; great job EVERYONE! :)

Brilliant ending Eric, as always its a pleasure writing with you and Bryan. Great writing all, this season is just amazing, everyones input and work is really inspiring.

The last round of posts was really fantastic, guys!  I'm thoroughly enjoying the story; it keeps getting more and more engaging!  Great work!  :thumbsup

Hi guys, great job on the posts. I'm sorry I haven't been able to jump in there this week. I had a technical question for you "technobabble freakasaruses". Is it "nanobots" or "nanites" that Aria and Aeric have? I thought they were nanites. Just want to find out so we can correct the posts that use "nanobots" if it's incorrect before we read them next week.

I'm so glad Institches is back! :)

Lets finish up this Act so we can start with our Mirror Universe in Act II. Finish up whatever business needs concluding in this Act before we cross over. Act II is up next and Act III will be our final chapter... the final chapter, of course, is where all the loose ends are tied up and the story is concluded, so if your story needs more room to tell then set it up now before we move on to the Mirror Universe.

Just a reminder for everyone, take your time in writing your posts. Make sure you get the punctuation as close as you can to proper. Not all of us are experts at placing commas, I'm not, but try to end sentences with periods and use quotation marks when you're writing dialog. It's sometimes difficult to read posts for the Ready Room when it's one long sentence or if the grammar and spelling is really off. Just a friendly reminder. :)

For sure, great stuff and let's get going!

I think we should wrap up Act 1 now, the meeting in the briefing room is good enough to secure a decent ending. Great writing everyone, absolutely mind blowing.

Yes, I can do a few collaborative posts with K'Tan, Fissual, and Took as to how we foil the Borg regen alcoves on the Arabella (still don't like that name), and we can get on with the good stuff! A fat, lazy, unmotivated K'arath!

Yeah! Great writing everyone and I also agree that this is a good point to end act I

Quote from: Bryancd on September 13, 2008, 04:59:44 PM
Yes, I can do a few collaborative posts with K'Tan, Fissual, and Took as to how we foil the Borg regen alcoves on the Arabella (still don't like that name), and we can get on with the good stuff! A fat, lazy, unmotivated K'arath!

Ready to put Fissual back in action, he and Reese's storylines are ready to take separate paths.
And I'm ready to get into the mirror universe as well.

Great post Desi and Rick, brilliant detail, loved it.

Wow amazing last post Jen, such fantastic emotion. Excellent stuff.

Thanks Meds. :)

Hey everyone, I think I'm going to transition this Act to Act II (mirror universe now). So if your character is in the briefing...don't respond to my post about Sevryll. Let's leave that until Act III. If you're working on getting to the Sickbay, it's OK if you post about that until we get the introduction post to Act II up (just don't want any more posts about the briefing). Kenny and I are working on it... and Meds and I have two that follow. After that it will be open for Mirror Time. :D

I can hear the maniacal laughs now....

muhahahahwwwhwhwhwhaaawahhh!

I hear a dissonant  chord with a low male choir as the normal universe melts away to reveal.....................!

oooooooooooooooooooo you tease metron ha ha

Very good posts...haven't had too much to write but perhaps that will change?  o.O 

King

What is Evil Margon up to?! :D Nice post Rick.

Hawkeye and Bryan helped!

Quote from: moyer777 on September 21, 2008, 08:48:56 AM
Hawkeye and Bryan helped!

And  Meds and Bryan. Good job.  ;)

Wow Jen, again your  latest post is amazing, well done to Trekkygeek and Iceman as well, brilliant collaboration between you all. :)

Thanks. :) Tim is catching on to this RPG thing! They did a great job.

So, I'm I mysterious enough? Or is everyone catching on regarding Sevryll's condition?

I'd say you are keeping it mysterious, I'm still in the dark, there again I'm also not trying to fathom things out. I like to be kept in suspense. The throwing D'Callan thing was something i thought about but there again she is a vulcan and they are strong, hmmm hold on a minute,,,, oh........

I'd like to say good job all on the posts.  Its been really great reading them all!

King

Hmmmm, Jen. I think I get it, ...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.  ;)

Great writing again everyone, Jen your last post describing David is brilliant, I have him etched in my mind now and i can imagine him there watching the battle. Brilliant.

Jen, the intro to the second act is absolutely amazing.  I got shivers reading it and was reminded of that when I listened to the reading.  WOW~  Some of you folks could write novels, and many would enjoy them.  So descriptive and emotional.  AMAZING!

I need to pull K'arath completely out of this season, I'll never be able to write his story. I would like to keep trying to contribute joint posts for Ensign Dunn with Med, Rick, Wraith, et al. Things at work right now combined with training for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships Nov. 9 have taken all my attention and I can't give 100% to the story right now. Sorry, but I can still bang out reading if needed as well. Love you all and will do my best to turn this market around for all of our sakes! ;)

I am also pulling out of the RPG.  Rava will be usable as an NPC character, but that's all.  I've decided this as I can't figure out what I want, thus I must take a backpedal on life as I figure out my road, my goal, and my destination.

King

Quote from: Bryancd on September 29, 2008, 04:19:05 PM
I need to pull K'arath completely out of this season, I'll never be able to write his story. I would like to keep trying to contribute joint posts for Ensign Dunn with Med, Rick, Wraith, et al. Things at work right now combined with training for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships Nov. 9 have taken all my attention and I can't give 100% to the story right now. Sorry, but I can still bang out reading if needed as well. Love you all and will do my best to turn this market around for all of our sakes! ;)

No problem Bryan.. you got a lot on your plate right now. Will reassess K'arath's future when we start season seven.

Quote from: Kinglinksr on September 29, 2008, 10:04:58 PM
I am also pulling out of the RPG.  Rava will be usable as an NPC character, but that's all.  I've decided this as I can't figure out what I want, thus I must take a backpedal on life as I figure out my road, my goal, and my destination.

King

Sounds like a great plan King.. if you ever wish to re-join the rpg please let us know.

Quote from: Bryancd on September 29, 2008, 04:19:05 PM
I need to pull K'arath completely out of this season, I'll never be able to write his story. I would like to keep trying to contribute joint posts for Ensign Dunn with Med, Rick, Wraith, et al. Things at work right now combined with training for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships Nov. 9 have taken all my attention and I can't give 100% to the story right now. Sorry, but I can still bang out reading if needed as well. Love you all and will do my best to turn this market around for all of our sakes! ;)

I'll keep Dunn going for you mate (not giving anything away), totally understandable with whats all going on. Hang in there dude.

Quote from: Kinglinksr on September 29, 2008, 10:04:58 PM
I am also pulling out of the RPG.  Rava will be usable as an NPC character, but that's all.  I've decided this as I can't figure out what I want, thus I must take a backpedal on life as I figure out my road, my goal, and my destination.

King

Keep on looking forward King.

Great job everyone! Don't forget to keep encouraging each other. I think honest complements help keep the momentum going in the story... Of course, you should give credit where credit is due, if you think the writing stinks don't comment. :D

I'd like to pat Rico and Meds on the back for their recent additions. The intrigue just keeps coming. :)
As I've mentioned before, it's alot of fun to do joint posts, try to mix it up and collaborate with someone you have never written with before or someone you haven't written with in a very long time.... see what comes of it. :)

I think Act II is about to top the mountain and begin it's journey to Act III. So start wrapping up your side plots on TIBERIUS....There are a few things that have to come to a close on the Empire's flag ship before the big, giant, scrap between the Alliance, Cooperative and Empire... so start working towards that.

All i can say is top banana to everyone. the writing is fantastic and I am totally hooked. I so look forward to seeing a new post in the RPG, brilliant everyone.

Everyone has been doing great!  I look forward to each new twist and turn.  Very fun stuff gang!  Kudos to all!

Wow Rico, your post... it was awesome.  Poor guy... my neck hurts!

:)

The plot thickens!!!! I love the direction Act II is heading. Lots of great joint posts being written. Great job everyone. :)

Just a quick slap on everyones back, I'm totally loving this Act, Chris love your detail brilliant last post. Great stuff everyone, I've said it before and i'll say it again this is going to make one hell of a audio drama.

Great job on the last posts Moyer and Meds.... "Moyer and Meds", that sounds like a traveling sideshow act. :D ;)

I enjoyed the series of Alliance posts Wraith, well done as always. :)
Lets kick this RPG in drive and bring it home boys (and one other gir). :)

I believe we have some joint posts floating around, check your email and PM in-boxes to make sure you haven't been "tagged".  I'd like to conclude Act II this week, if possible, and move on to Act III.

If you have unfinished business with your Mirror Characters, take care of it soon. :)

Wow brilliant last post from Jen, Kenny and Dan. Great tension and i sat on the edge of me seat to see what happened. Great writing everyone. :)

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on December 05, 2008, 04:14:07 AM
Wow brilliant last post from Jen, Kenny and Dan. Great tension and i sat on the edge of me seat to see what happened. Great writing everyone. :)

Thanks Meds :)  The story is about to come to an end for Act II, and Act III (the final stretch) is about to start...so if you haven't tied up your loose strings in the Mirror Universe you have until Saturday.

Nice post Rico. I like that the end result of the Mirror Universe conflict is left a mystery....it gives us a chance to revisit one day to resolve the story. :)

Great job everyone. Now, let's wrap up Season Eight in Act III. :)

Great last post Jen, Chris and Kenny, am really enjoying where this is going. Great work. :)

Thank you Meds. :)

Well looks like season 8 has wrapped up and what a brilliant finish to it. Well done everyone this season has been fantastic. You all should be very proud of yourselves. I am honored to write with you all.

Yeah, I think everyone did a great job. We forgot to factor in the holiday slow time, but things turned out very nice. Good job to all and happy new year.

If I was a real commander, I'd promote you all. :)
Great job. I hope to see you all back next season. And I hope that those of you who dropped out temporarily will come back.

I just had a read of the last posts of Season 8 and must voice a well done to all. I am looking forward to hearing the reads of the posts on the ReadyRoom.

I have really enjoyed the story you have all created and am proud to have been a part of it on the 9 or so casts I made some background music for.

A Happy New Year and many more great seasons of the RPG!

Sincerely,


Rob
:cheering

Hey guys,

Just wanted to say that I have been SO impressed with the RPG. I had never considered reading / listening to a fan made story in this way until I discoved the Ready Room in my TrekSF podcast queue. I've got to say it didn't take me long to get hooked! I have yet to finish Season 8 as I prefer to listen to the post as they are performed so well.

I am considering going back and listening to previous seasons now. I'm guessing there is a continuity going right back to season 1 just like any ST tv show has. I have been reading the character profiles to try to get insights into them and I was wondering if there are any plans to branch out this RPG extended Star Trek Universe into some sort of Wiki style web page to document the history of the characters and key past events etc? That would be great for RPG newbies like me!

BTW I am really looking forward to the audio drama!

You never know, once I have a little more RPG experience under my belt I may contribute to this wonderful creative expression...

Keep up the great work,

really looking forward to next season!

We look forward to that!  You will make a welcome addition.

I'm going to Jamaica on Saturday and I'll be printing out all of season 8 and bringing it along. Gonna recap it all in one shot on the beach!

Quote from: billybob476 on January 07, 2009, 07:53:24 AM
I'm going to Jamaica on Saturday and I'll be printing out all of season 8 and bringing it along. Gonna recap it all in one shot on the beach!

That's a great idea! I think I will do that for the previous seasons. Never thought of doing that...  :-[

It's 179 pages for the whole season!

Why dont you just download all the readings on your ipod. You wont have room in your case otherwise.

lol, 179 pages isn't all that big! I usually bring a book or two on vacation. This seems about equivalent to a short book! I want to review the season for the anniversary Ready Room!

Splendid, good man. Thats the spirit.

Quote from: billybob476 on January 07, 2009, 10:54:09 AM
It's 179 pages for the whole season!

Very ambitious. I'm jealous. Have fun on your trip!

I'm glad to hear you enjoy the RPG Dangelus. Unfortunately, you won't be able to listen to all the seasons as we just started doing dramatic readings. But I hope you'll read them and maybe join us one day soon. :)

Quote from: Jen on January 07, 2009, 12:05:11 PM

Quote from: billybob476 on January 07, 2009, 10:54:09 AM
It's 179 pages for the whole season!

Very ambitious. I'm jealous. Have fun on your trip!

I'm glad to hear you enjoy the RPG Dangelus. Unfortunately, you won't be able to listen to all the seasons as we just started doing dramatic readings. But I hope you'll read them and maybe join us one day soon. :)

Thanks Jen. That's the plan. I'll be collating the posts like billybob suggested as I need to learn more on the back story of the characters and events. I'll pop it on my ipod touch ebook reader. I would also have to get a feel for how you go about writing a massive joint story too. You make it look so easy!

Well here is season 8 in all it's 179 page hardcopy glory. You guys should be proud.

Holy Moly  :jawdrop that's a like a ream of paper..

Wow! That's a lot of paper!

Since you already printed the entire season... do you want to be the narrator for the next audio drama Billybob????  :D

Holy cow! That's a lot of thinly sliced trees!  I think I'm gonna have to stick with the dramatic readings in order to save on paper... *clings to iPod*

Quote from: Jen on January 07, 2009, 08:17:14 PM
Since you already printed the entire season... do you want to be the narrator for the next audio drama Billybob????  :D

Ha well I definitely wouldn't mind taking a bigger part in the next audio drama! I might need a better mic though. :)

Quote from: KC on January 07, 2009, 08:50:06 PM
Holy cow! That's a lot of thinly sliced trees!  I think I'm gonna have to stick with the dramatic readings in order to save on paper... *clings to iPod*

I'm just glad I have an iPod Touch that can read .txt files and ebooks....   ;D

I just like seeing my name on the top page of all that paper, Jen, Jen look our names are on the top LOL ;)

LOL, yeah I saw that. :D

Though we are all obviously into technology one way or another (based simply on the fact that we are posting on an internet message board), I always thought there must be a cool feeling to see something you've written and put a lot of time and effort into physically sitting on your desk. Makes it seem more real I think.

I get a feeling of accomplishment looking at that stack and I didn't even write a word in it!

Quote from: billybob476 on January 08, 2009, 11:12:06 AM
Though we are all obviously into technology one way or another (based simply on the fact that we are posting on an internet message board), I always thought there must be a cool feeling to see something you've written and put a lot of time and effort into physically sitting on your desk. Makes it seem more real I think.

I get a feeling of accomplishment looking at that stack and I didn't even write a word in it!

Yeah it's the same feeling I get seeing my name on TV or Webseries.

Yeah same here Kenny, when i see my name go across the titles on the danger signs i always get a kick out of it.

Nice job Dangelus on your character development posts... he's not fond of telepaths.. well he's in for a shock when he's assigned to a starship with one of the most powerful telepathic Captains. :)

Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on January 29, 2009, 07:59:21 AM
Nice job Dangelus on your character development posts... he's not fond of telepaths.. well he's in for a shock when he's assigned to a starship with one of the most powerful telepathic Captains. :)

Thanks Kenny. LOL! When Lester sees the Captain down the hall he will:  :eekout

Great job on the back story Dan. I like how he tries to "talk Vulcan". ;)  I think Sevryll would appreciate that if/when she comes back. ;) :D

wraith, nice guilt post with K'tan.  Very thought provoking and deepening of the character.

Quote from: moyer777 on February 16, 2009, 10:04:22 AM
wraith, nice guilt post with K'tan.  Very thought provoking and deepening of the character.

I agree. I felt very sorry for him. :(

I really enjoyed your latest post, wraith. I'm really interested to see where K'Tan heads this season. Everyone's doing such a good job! I'm so pleased to be a part of the RPG. :)

Quote from: KC on February 18, 2009, 05:37:08 PM
I really enjoyed your latest post, wraith. I'm really interested to see where K'Tan heads this season. Everyone's doing such a good job! I'm so pleased to be a part of the RPG. :)

Yes that was a nice post Wraith.
We are glad to have you (KC) and Dangelus as apart of our group! I'm glad you finally gave in to all the pressure I dished out. ;)

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Quote from: KC on February 18, 2009, 05:37:08 PM
I really enjoyed your latest post, wraith. I'm really interested to see where K'Tan heads this season. Everyone's doing such a good job! I'm so pleased to be a part of the RPG. :)

Yes that was a nice post Wraith.
We are glad to have you (KC) and Dangelus as apart of our group! I'm glad you finally gave in to all the pressure I dished out. ;)

It's hard to resist your charms for too long, Jen. ;)

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Quote from: Jen on February 18, 2009, 05:45:02 PM

Quote from: KC on February 18, 2009, 05:37:08 PM
I really enjoyed your latest post, wraith. I'm really interested to see where K'Tan heads this season. Everyone's doing such a good job! I'm so pleased to be a part of the RPG. :)

Yes that was a nice post Wraith.
We are glad to have you (KC) and Dangelus as apart of our group! I'm glad you finally gave in to all the pressure I dished out. ;)

It's hard to resist your charms for too long, Jen. ;)

Resistance is futile. :D

Thanks for the comments on my post, and GREAT JOB EVERYONE!  I'm really impressed by the talent being showcased in the RPG... really some great stuff!  And welcome to the fold KC and Dangelus. :)  Always happy to see the family grow! 

KC, nice first post.  VERY COOL!  WELCOME!

Great first post KC, great to have you on board. Everyone is doing a great job and i can see that everyones characters are becoming more personal and you can see the detail and care in the writing. Big thumbs up.

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on February 19, 2009, 12:35:31 PM
Great first post KC, great to have you on board. Everyone is doing a great job and i can see that everyones characters are becoming more personal and you can see the detail and care in the writing. Big thumbs up.

Yeah that was great KC!

Looks like most people are at the ceremony, this is getting more and more exciting!

Not sure how Lester is going to react in this situation...

KC and Dangelus, I really enjoyed your introductory posts! I'm looking forward to reading more from you!  Iceman; nice job weaving into the Afterburner scene; very skillfully done!  By the way, I read your post in OOC about collaborating with Dangelus' character; cool idea. :)  And Rick, that last post really hooked me.  What have you got up your sleeve?  ;)

Quote from: wraith1701 on February 24, 2009, 04:55:06 AM
KC and Dangelus, I really enjoyed your introductory posts! I'm looking forward to reading more from you!  Iceman; nice job weaving into the Afterburner scene; very skillfully done!  By the way, I read your post in OOC about collaborating with Dangelus' character; cool idea. :)  And Rick, that last post really hooked me.  What have you got up your sleeve?  ;)

Thanks!

I'm also curious as to what Rick has planned!  :shocked

you'll see... you'll see, just watch out for Orion maintenance and repair workers with laser welders. :)

Great post Rick, what have you got cooking. Also great forst posts Mike and Maxfazu welcome to the RPG.

Quote from: moyer777 on February 24, 2009, 09:32:21 AM
you'll see... you'll see, just watch out for Orion maintenance and repair workers with laser welders. :)

I find that racist. ;) I kid, I kid...

Great posts, Rick! I too can't wait to see what you have next.

Mike and MaxFazu; welcome to the RPG. :)

And outstanding posts, everyone!  Truly some quality stuff being written; I look forward to seeing what happens next!   :)

Welcome to the RPG Max. Great posts everyone! I love the scenes taking place off the ship as well. It's neat to get a  little perspective from someone outside our crew! Well written guys. :)

I check my email often for notifications on the RPG...it's a great way to keep up with it. There's a lot of posts flying around so consider clicking that feature to stay on top of it all.

Aw, Kenny. Your latest post is so sweet.  I love it. :wub

Quinn is afraid of Margon?  Better make an appointment with Counselor Mar-- ..Oops. 

Uh-oh!

Great post, man.  :)

Yeah, we are going to have to work through that.  You gave me a lot of ideas!

Margon should offer to show Quinn his collection of Borg arms and legs...you know....the ones he keeps in jars in the cubby in his office? ;)

Can't wait to see what happens next. :)

A bit of sauce going on in the captains quarters. Hee hee.

I'm really enjoying the side stories everyone. Well done. That holodeck investigation was all Meds' idea and I thought it worked very well. Feathers, I love the latest Starbase lounge collaboration between you and Meds. Well done.

Just a note to keep in mind as we continue along.  Be careful not to progress the timeline too much. A little overlap is okay, but some of us still have characters in the lounge at the reception. I  have worked on a joint post with Desi and Kasey to get Cyra, Ryla and Mackie out of the Afterburner, which will go up later today, but we had to wait for writers who have a busier real life schedules to pick up an open-ended post or join our collaboration...so it pushed us back a little.

It's not a big deal if the story has already progressed to the next day, and you're still finishing up on the day before, but the story works better as a whole if we are close to the same timeline while on the ship. It hasn't changed too much this season, just giving a heads up. 

What Desi, Kasey and I did to get out of our timewarp, was write as though our characters were in the lounge all night chatting, and didn't notice how long they had been there until the morning shift showed up. If you get behind in the story as a writer, see if you remedy the situation by coming up an idea that will get your character from one day to the next, in one post. Maybe use a flashback to finish a scene or a conversation that recalls what happened so that you can catch up with everyone else. :)   

The whole time thing is something I've been aware of but am not sure how to handle.

Who decides when it's tomorrow?

I've generally removed 'last night' and 'yesterday' references from my posts so I hope it's open to the readers interpretation what happened when. I'm trying to track what's going on on the ship but am not completely sure how well it's going to work.

That's partly why I'm generally writing cut scenes rather than fully sequential stuff.

We haven't really had a written rule about the timeline, but in the past seasons I have made sure I knew where everyone was, and what was going on then I progressed it as the moderator. Kenny has progressed it as well. If you're one or two posts from catching up with everyone, it's not a big deal. A little overlap is fine. :)  But when there are a lot of writers, and they're posting once a day, it's very easy to be lost in the past.  ;)

Oh...and it's okay to say you're having breakfast or dinner. Our characters may work different shifts. They could be eating at weird hours or sleeping during the day or whatever. Just be careful about the actual ships time and shift changes and things like that. :)

Thanks Jen, but you polished off that post and that's what makes good collaboration. Mike's post is all his i just added the last line, he got D'Callan dead on so well done Mike. Time line is tricky and i think people get all excited and want to get their post in. Its best to write your posts and just hang on to them, PM Jen or Kenny and I'm sure they will say wait until so and so, that's what i do ha ha ;)

Ah so the sneaky rules are coming out now!

It's odd really. At the moment I've just written and posted whem the next day comes around but I could romp through a lot of time doing that, or give everyone every detail of ferengi life. I suspect part of it is RPG newbie enthusiasm so I will probably slow down with time but part is also the fact that I'm finally writing something again. Other people are reading it too which is a bonus.

On the D'Callan front, I've had him read to me on a weekly basis for quite a while now, which helps.

Nothing wrong with enthusiasm Mike, i still do it. I have a rough working line on where i want D'Callan to go this season and then i work on the events going on to put his story together. This will help build my character but also give me time to work on the other NPC's. I write every day for the RPG but i don't necessarily post every day. Sometimes I'll write and wait and then think "Oh K'Tans walking down a corridor time for some D'Callan K'Tan conversation" and then throw in a post.

Great writing everyone.

I meant to say - I loved the holo investigation scene on the station. That worked really well for me both as a bit of writing and as a use of tech. I wish I'd come up with it.

The whole Bowers story is lookin quite cool too.

Sorry for the last long post BTW. I didn't realize how much I thrown into it until I saw it again just now. Appologies to whoever reads it!

Oh i loved your last post, quite eary the way you wrote it. I hope i get to read it Mike.

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on March 03, 2009, 12:44:42 PM
Oh i loved your last post, quite eary the way you wrote it. I hope i get to read it Mike.

Why thank you :)

Of course it was "eary"...he's a Ferengi :D

You make me want to read it again now!

There hasn't been much posting in this thread. Don't forget to pat people on the back for specific deeds of writing valor. Encouragement keeps the RPG ball rolling. ;)  And as a reminder, none writers are welcome to post here as well.

Nice post Just X. Soon Dennis will be backonline. :)

Oooh, Meds...I think I know who that was. Does his name start with a "T"? Nice post! I like the fact you contrasted Australia with the starbase. Well done. :)

I just want to say massive well dones to Jen and Chris I am so loving your posts. I can't wait to hear these on the Ready Room, they are awesome.

Quote from: Jen on March 28, 2009, 10:54:20 AM
Nice post Just X. Soon Dennis will be backonline. :)

Oooh, Meds...I think I know who that was. Does his name start with a "T"? Nice post! I like the fact you contrasted Australia with the starbase. Well done. :)

Thanks so much Jen, I like the fact you are trying to guess who ha ha, T, hmmm who do you think it is?

Hey guys, keep up the good work. I am quite impressed by the level of writing that has been going on. Kudos to all.

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on March 28, 2009, 11:07:53 AM
I just want to say massive well dones to Jen and Chris I am so loving your posts. I can't wait to hear these on the Ready Room, they are awesome.

I agree; the side-stories are very cool!  And the new member posts are outstanding as well.   I'm especially looking forward to seeing our new Ferengi crewman officially join the crew.  :)

It's coming, don't worry! :) He has a little side story to wrap up at some point though too.

Just wanted to say I love what I call the 'Aeric and the Orb' post. Very atmospheric/emotional for some reason I can't pin down.

I first looked at this game because I know Jen from elsewhere in `Netland. But the reason I wanted to join and why I check the board with almost stalker-esque zeal, is that the writing feels very... (I've been laboring over the right adjective for a couple minutes)... smooth. The hardest thing to do when writing fiction is to make it feel like the reader is actually standing in the room with the person as an unseen observer. If you burden the work with too much description, it takes the reader out of the moment. If you use too little, it has no presence, no sense of occurring in 'reality'. Striking that balance in a sci-fi setting is dang-near impossible. It' one of the the reasons sci-fi gets unfairly scoffed at by a lot of writers.  Granted, we have the benefit of working from a VISUAL medium, most of us can for a mental picture of the interior of the Enterprise.


But this ain't the Enterprise now, is it? This is the Arabella, set several years later. So while we have a crutch, someone's sawn through most of it.

Despite that, we still have the "looking over the shoulder" feel. It's awesome. I love it.

Nicely put, dinghead.  Loved your last post, by the way.  :thumbsup    I'm very interested in seeing where your character is going.  Be careful, though.. Capt. Quinn is a nice guy, but he has been known to lock characters up if they get too far out of hand.  When I first joined the RPG, Lt. Commander James was in the brig!   :D

Eric and Jen, great last post, loved the banter between the two of the characters, you really do feel the bond between K'Tan and Ryla, I so hope they keep getting closer. Brilliant stuff. :)

Thanks man; I'm digging your posts as well. :) 

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on March 28, 2009, 03:29:36 PM
Eric and Jen, great last post, loved the banter between the two of the characters, you really do feel the bond between K'Tan and Ryla, I so hope they keep getting closer. Brilliant stuff. :)

Thank you, Meds. Only time will tell. ;)

Quote from: wraith1701 on March 28, 2009, 02:38:59 PM
Nicely put, dinghead.  Loved your last post, by the way.  :thumbsup    I'm very interested in seeing where your character is going.  Be careful, though.. Capt. Quinn is a nice guy, but he has been known to lock characters up if they get too far out of hand.  When I first joined the RPG, Lt. Commander James was in the brig!   :D

Oh he won't have to go that far. You'll note he didn't ACTUALLY convert the phaser range into a kitchen, he only thought about it. For a moment. Maybe two. ^_~

Quote from: wraith1701 on March 28, 2009, 02:38:59 PM
Nicely put, dinghead.  Loved your last post, by the way.  :thumbsup    I'm very interested in seeing where your character is going.  Be careful, though.. Capt. Quinn is a nice guy, but he has been known to lock characters up if they get too far out of hand.  When I first joined the RPG, Lt. Commander James was in the brig!   :D

Yeah Aeric's done some brig time. He's trying to be good though. The kids have mellowed him out otherwise he would be very Kirkish in how he dealt with problems. Passing out neck chops and double fisted spine blows.

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Quote from: wraith1701 on March 28, 2009, 02:38:59 PM
Nicely put, dinghead.  Loved your last post, by the way.  :thumbsup    I'm very interested in seeing where your character is going.  Be careful, though.. Capt. Quinn is a nice guy, but he has been known to lock characters up if they get too far out of hand.  When I first joined the RPG, Lt. Commander James was in the brig!   :D

Well, if it helps, Aeric has a working kitchen in his Quarters and the Officer's mess has a mini kitchen. Cook likes to make new dishes and then scan them into the replicators for the whole crew to enjoy.

Oh he won't have to go that far. You'll note he didn't ACTUALLY convert the phaser range into a kitchen, he only thought about it. For a moment. Maybe two. ^_~

Nice post Dan. Lester's mom is a bit overbearing...Sevryll knows a thing or two about that. I think maybe when/if Sevryll comes back she and Lester should chat. :)

Feathers and Meds, I enjoyed your joint post. I could totally see Galdar's reaction to seeing his transfer notice. Feathers, I look forward to writing a joint post with you when he comes for his physical. Ryla would be the one he'd come to see since she's now in charge of routine medical care. Let me know when you'd like to work on that. ;)

I hope you liked the 'nod to us writers' with the downloaded stories on D'callans PADD 'wrote by amateurs for entertainment'. couldn't resist that LOL

Nice. ;)

Thanks!

Just back from France so I need to get back into the where's, why's and how's of Galdar now. I'll be in touch!

Need to read the latest story first.

Mike I had the privilege of reading your posts for the next ready room and i have to say from an acting point of view I'm loving it.

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on April 03, 2009, 04:29:27 PM
Mike I had the privilege of reading your posts for the next ready room and i have to say from an acting point of view I'm loving it.

You're very kind, but I'm simply throwing words on a page in a fairly haphazard manner. I'm still trying to feel my way back into this whole 'writing' thing. The fact that you've the confidence and abiliry to act it rather than read of is all down to you.

I think I've reached the point where you are the voice of Galdar in my head, though.

What I've got to do now us finish off his little story arc and get him aboar the ship.

Does that mean Galdar has a northern accent? it would make sense considering ...

Quite possibly. Having just heard Dan read this weeks installment, I've realised I actually combine the voices of both guys in my head. It actually helps form the character to a degree - thanks guys!

Having said that, I've just listened to Meds Reading Aeric. He's obviously am upper-class Brit :) Was he written that way?

Glad to be of assistance!  ;D

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Having said that, I've just listened to Meds Reading Aeric. He's obviously am upper-class Brit :) Was he written that way?

The way I see it is that Aeric has the feel of a naval officer. And he's now second in charge of the ship and by Chris's writing you get the impression that Aeric wants the best, be the best and show off the best. I can see him through the writing sitting at a desk being quite important and for an actor you need to get into the character. So for me i see the naval link, and the voice would be quite upper military. Galdar is different i actually see the character of Fagin in Oliver Twist. Not that he's like Fagin but whenever you see the character of Fagin he's rubbing his hands and is slightly bent over and when i do his voice i actually do that. Now I know that sounds weird but that's how i get into character.

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Quote from: Feathers on April 04, 2009, 07:03:58 AM

Having said that, I've just listened to Meds Reading Aeric. He's obviously am upper-class Brit :) Was he written that way?

The way I see it is that Aeric has the feel of a naval officer. And he's now second in charge of the ship and by Chris's writing you get the impression that Aeric wants the best, be the best and show off the best. I can see him through the writing sitting at a desk being quite important and for an actor you need to get into the character. So for me i see the naval link, and the voice would be quite upper military. Galdar is different i actually see the character of Fagin in Oliver Twist. Not that he's like Fagin but whenever you see the character of Fagin he's rubbing his hands and is slightly bent over and when i do his voice i actually do that. Now I know that sounds weird but that's how i get into character.

That's a great take, and pretty on the mark. Aeric wants to be the best and is the sort of person that places honor above comfort. He also spent some time on Vulcan and might have picked up their stuffy, seems that they are always looking down on you when they speak to you even when they supposedly don't give into emotions, inflection on some of his words. Which is what any officer on duty in the upper levels of the military seem to have mastered.

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Quote from: Feathers on April 04, 2009, 07:03:58 AM

Having said that, I've just listened to Meds Reading Aeric. He's obviously am upper-class Brit :) Was he written that way?

The way I see it is that Aeric has the feel of a naval officer. And he's now second in charge of the ship and by Chris's writing you get the impression that Aeric wants the best, be the best and show off the best. I can see him through the writing sitting at a desk being quite important and for an actor you need to get into the character. So for me i see the naval link, and the voice would be quite upper military. Galdar is different i actually see the character of Fagin in Oliver Twist. Not that he's like Fagin but whenever you see the character of Fagin he's rubbing his hands and is slightly bent over and when i do his voice i actually do that. Now I know that sounds weird but that's how i get into character.

That doesn't sound weird at all, Meds. I do the same thing. I gesture with my hands and when the character smiles, I smile...it supposedly comes through the voice when you do that...or so my buddy Angela has told me. She's been a good teacher when it comes to acting.

I like your vision of Galdar and Aeric!  Great observations.

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Quote from: Feathers on April 04, 2009, 07:03:58 AM

Having said that, I've just listened to Meds Reading Aeric. He's obviously am upper-class Brit :) Was he written that way?

The way I see it is that Aeric has the feel of a naval officer. And he's now second in charge of the ship and by Chris's writing you get the impression that Aeric wants the best, be the best and show off the best. I can see him through the writing sitting at a desk being quite important and for an actor you need to get into the character. So for me i see the naval link, and the voice would be quite upper military. Galdar is different i actually see the character of Fagin in Oliver Twist. Not that he's like Fagin but whenever you see the character of Fagin he's rubbing his hands and is slightly bent over and when i do his voice i actually do that. Now I know that sounds weird but that's how i get into character.

That's a great take, and pretty on the mark. Aeric wants to be the best and is the sort of person that places honor above comfort. He also spent some time on Vulcan and might have picked up their stuffy, seems that they are always looking down on you when they speak to you even when they supposedly don't give into emotions, inflection on some of his words. Which is what any officer on duty in the upper levels of the military seem to have mastered.

HEY! Who you call'n stuffy? :D

I know what you mean...it's so hard to play a Vulcan. You have to be flat and formal, but some how still utilize voice inflections. I try to raise my eyebrows a lot when I play Sevryll. I imagine her using that singular facial expression to get her points across.

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Quote from: Feathers on April 04, 2009, 07:03:58 AM

Having said that, I've just listened to Meds Reading Aeric. He's obviously am upper-class Brit :) Was he written that way?

The way I see it is that Aeric has the feel of a naval officer. And he's now second in charge of the ship and by Chris's writing you get the impression that Aeric wants the best, be the best and show off the best. I can see him through the writing sitting at a desk being quite important and for an actor you need to get into the character. So for me i see the naval link, and the voice would be quite upper military. Galdar is different i actually see the character of Fagin in Oliver Twist. Not that he's like Fagin but whenever you see the character of Fagin he's rubbing his hands and is slightly bent over and when i do his voice i actually do that. Now I know that sounds weird but that's how i get into character.

That's a great take, and pretty on the mark. Aeric wants to be the best and is the sort of person that places honor above comfort. He also spent some time on Vulcan and might have picked up their stuffy, seems that they are always looking down on you when they speak to you even when they supposedly don't give into emotions, inflection on some of his words. Which is what any officer on duty in the upper levels of the military seem to have mastered.

HEY! Who you call'n stuffy? :D

I know what you mean...it's so hard to play a Vulcan. You have to be flat and formal...but some how still utilize voice inflections. I try to raise my eyebrows a lot when I play Sevryll. I imagine her using that singular facial expression that gets her point across.

I know what you mean, Vulcans are hard but they are fun too. I really enjoyed playing an 'actual' Vulcan with Radrek, Galdar's C.O. Doing a character like Lester who tries to emulate Vulcans in public with limited success and nerves and is usually pretty emotional on his own in his quarters is a challenge. I think the more reading I do, the more I get used to 'acting' the readings more... I hope.

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Quote from: Feathers on April 04, 2009, 07:03:58 AM

Having said that, I've just listened to Meds Reading Aeric. He's obviously am upper-class Brit :) Was he written that way?

The way I see it is that Aeric has the feel of a naval officer. And he's now second in charge of the ship and by Chris's writing you get the impression that Aeric wants the best, be the best and show off the best. I can see him through the writing sitting at a desk being quite important and for an actor you need to get into the character. So for me i see the naval link, and the voice would be quite upper military. Galdar is different i actually see the character of Fagin in Oliver Twist. Not that he's like Fagin but whenever you see the character of Fagin he's rubbing his hands and is slightly bent over and when i do his voice i actually do that. Now I know that sounds weird but that's how i get into character.

That's a great take, and pretty on the mark. Aeric wants to be the best and is the sort of person that places honor above comfort. He also spent some time on Vulcan and might have picked up their stuffy, seems that they are always looking down on you when they speak to you even when they supposedly don't give into emotions, inflection on some of his words. Which is what any officer on duty in the upper levels of the military seem to have mastered.

HEY! Who you call'n stuffy? :D

I know what you mean...it's so hard to play a Vulcan. You have to be flat and formal...but some how still utilize voice inflections. I try to raise my eyebrows a lot when I play Sevryll. I imagine her using that singular facial expression that gets her point across.

I know what you mean, Vulcans are hard but they are fun too. I really enjoyed playing an 'actual' Vulcan with Radrek, Galdar's C.O. Doing a character like Lester who tries to emulate Vulcans in public with limited success and nerves and is usually pretty emotional on his own in his quarters is a challenge. I think the more reading I do, the more I get used to 'acting' the readings more... I hope.

You're doing a great job, I have no doubt you'll get better and better. Practice makes perfect! Especially with writing and voice acting.

I must say i actually prefere voice acting than standard acting. I do a lot of stuff in front of the camera and lately I'm having to do several different accents ( London, Newcastle, Yorkshire and Scottish) and its harder to do these in front of the camera because you're aware of facial ticks and movements. With audio acting you can wave your hands, get into character without worrying that you look like a idiot.
Dan you're doing great and the more you do the more confident you'll get.

Thanks guys!

Guys, guys, guys!

Having helped write us into a major station incident, I just love the reactions of the other characters!

Kudos to Chris and Meds for the follow on posts. Brilliant!

I meant to say...nice bit of Xenexian swearing creeping in there Dinghead :D

Where did Shane pick up such language?

Woah!!!!!, woah!!!!!!!!!. Firstly Mike and Jen great last post, i loved that post brilliant. And Chris and Kenny, boy that oozed with tension, really loved it. Great writing everyone.

WOW!  Really some fantastic writing going on; I'm loving it! Great job, guys! :)

Yes, I enjoyed the Aeric and Quinn throw down too.  Nicely done gentlemen. ;)

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on April 28, 2009, 01:10:38 PM
Woah!!!!!, woah!!!!!!!!!. Firstly Mike and Jen great last post, i loved that post brilliant. And Chris and Kenny, boy that oozed with tension, really loved it. Great writing everyone.

Thanks Meds.  :blush

Wow, what is happening to the RPG? So much tension and mystery, it great!

Well done all those involved with the big storyline that is unfolding.

I think Lester might just have to hide in his quarters for a while...  ;D

Yes for a shore leave season we couldn't have planned a better storyline.. great job everyone.

So will next season be shore leave from the shore leave season?

Next season will be entitled 'Galdar's view of the Brig ceiling'.

Quote from: Feathers on April 30, 2009, 08:43:27 AM
Next season will be entitled 'Galdar's view of the Brig ceiling'.

LOL ha ha ha ha

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on April 30, 2009, 11:39:15 AM

Quote from: Feathers on April 30, 2009, 08:43:27 AM
Next season will be entitled 'Galdar's view of the Brig ceiling'.

LOL ha ha ha ha

Hey, don't laugh! I've done an awful lot more writing than I planned this season (I thought I wouldn't keep up with the story when I started). By the time we're finished, I'm going to need the break!

Hmmm. Perhaps a nice prison planet somewhere? ;)

Thats the trouble, you just get sucked right in. And how good a feeling is that.

Yeah, I think it's about to get interesting now!

I think it's been prtty interesting so far already!

I hate posting after myself but I have to say that I love Therans response to the latest persuit events :)

Knew you'd like it, thanks Mike.

Wow! Great job guys. Very exciting action scenes. I liked everything from Aeric's conversation with the Admiral to Theran's consideration of airlocking Andrews. :D  Well done. :)

Great last post Chris and Mike, brilliant action scenes. Well done.

Now THAT'S why I wanted to make Galdar a shuttle pilot. :)

(Don't worry, I'm not going to put a shuttle persuit in every season.)

I was WONDERING how Galdar and Rory were going to capture the bad guys in that little shuttle hotrod! Great idea! I could totally picture Galdar and Rory in the cockpit working hard to get their captured prisoners to the other starship...btw...is that the ship that David Locke is being kept on?

Yes ma'am it is indeed the ship that David Locke is on

Quote from: Jen on May 14, 2009, 05:55:44 PM
I was WONDERING how Galdar and Rory were going to capture the bad guys in that little shuttle hotrod! Great idea! I could totally picture Galdar and Rory in the cockpit working hard to get their captured prisoners to the other starship.

Thank you :)

It was good fun to write that particular sequence and Chris is an excellent man to work with. Not least because he catches all the detail and important bits that I'd tend to breeze past so makes the whole thing a lot more coherent and believable.

Mike did most of the writing if not all of it, I just made some suggestions.

Quote from: Just X on May 15, 2009, 09:02:22 AM
Mike did most of the writing if not all of it, I just made some suggestions.

Ah! Apportioning blame for the bad writing are we! ;)

Looking forward to the resolution of all this, chasing down Karum and closing out the story should be fun to read.

Is Karum going to be caught?

Hmm I'll check with SI

Nice post Meds. I can see that affecting Joseph greatly. :(

Welcome, Shelby Daelen!  Great character profile! :)

Indeed, welcome aboard. BTW, how did you learn about the RPG? Did you discover us via the forum, Treks In Sci-Fi or the Ready Room?

:)

Well fantastic start, hold on we havn't started yet. I'm really enjoying everyones back stories. Great stuff. :)

Ah, there's more to come!

Ryla and Galdar have been busy in the new reality.

You are doing great Mike, don't burn yourself out though aye ha ha

Burn out...before the season begins. That would be a first!

A lot of Galdar's stuff's been knocking about for weeks, I haven't bashed it all out as I've posted it but I think it will probably slow a bit by now.

I've just been reading Sevryll and Aeric's back story. Very well written! I think Jen must have been doing more RPG writing than anyone else in the break.

Quote from: Feathers on June 11, 2009, 01:34:06 PM
I've just been reading Sevryll and Aeric's back story. Very well written! I think Jen must have been doing more RPG writing than anyone else in the break.

Thanks. :D   I type fast and most of the time the ideas roll, especially when I collaborate with you guys. ;)  It was fun coming up with Ryla and Galdar's prank scene. LOL. I can totally see them doing that. Word of warning to other characters: don't mess with the "Trill / Ferengi wonder duo". They'll tweak the frequency of your sonic shower and make all your hair fall out! :D

Wonder twins power activate?

Quote from: Just X on June 11, 2009, 06:54:39 PM
Wonder twins power activate?

Ryla: "Shape of a eagle!"
Galdar: "Form of the wind!"

That was a fun scene to do and only finished yesterday too.

I've no idea if hair folicles really do have a fundamental frequency that they could tune the shower to...but it's a nice idea!

For anyone who ever wanted to know how Galdar handled his Kobsyashi Maru test at the Academy (yes for both of you!), that should be up later this morning.

Very good story happening there Mike and Jen. I'm loving every posting! It's giving me a real feel for the characters that I really like going into the next season.

I thank you sir! (for both of us)

What worries me is that I now have to start writing Tolok. Galdar is becoming...comfortable. Tolok is largely unknown.

I am overwhelmed by the talent displayed by everyone. We haven't even started season 10 and there's already so much good stuff to read!

Just hope I can keep up!

I second what dadandersen said-- great posts, everyone!  The character back stories are very well put together, and very creative!  You all are really ramping up my eagerness for the start of the new season!

-Eric

I love the Shane back story post - it really puts a lot of what he is (going to be) into perspective.

I just want to give a massive shout out and thanks to Crystal who's been posting Shelby's and Joseph's back story up while I've been and still am away. It's been great writing with you and the post we've been doing with Jen and Chris has been so much fun. :-)

Quote from: Feathers on June 23, 2009, 08:19:15 AM
I love the Shane back story post - it really puts a lot of what he is (going to be) into perspective.

WHy thank you, Sahr! And Part two of it is lurking in the wings... ^_^

Awesome, awesome start Jen and Chris, brilliant opening posts.

:) Thanks Meds. Sorry for the length— do as I say not as I do. ;)  We had to set up the situation for the season so everyone will know what is going on and what their characters can be doing. I think I covered everyone but the civilians working in the Afterburner. Start making Romulan food. ;)

Put all "OOC" posts here, do not post in the Story So Far.  :)

Enjoying the away team posts. I can see them fanning out through the ship as they go.

What happens next? ;)

I want in on the action! My guy is waiting in the shuttle bay to help! Can there be a bomb for him to defuse? Some boogers to wipe? A grenade he can throw himself on? Oh... wait....

Quote from: dadandersen on July 01, 2009, 10:12:32 AM
I want in on the action! My guy is waiting in the shuttle bay to help! Can there be a bomb for him to defuse? Some boogers to wipe? A grenade he can throw himself on? Oh... wait....

It's coming. He can help move the injured to Sickbay... In the mean time you can do some character building by talking about what he's doing in the shuttlebay while waiting. What is going through his head? What does he see there in the bay? Why is he in Starfleet. etc. I did that earlier with Sevryll. She's just staring at the view screen and people are talking to her, but she's thinking about her husband being in danger. Do that sort of thing.

Thanks! Already working on that post. I'm thinking he's using his PADD to learn some Romulan phrases and that leads to some flashbacks and such...

Quote from: dadandersen on July 01, 2009, 10:12:32 AM
I want in on the action! My guy is waiting in the shuttle bay to help! Can there be a bomb for him to defuse? Some boogers to wipe? A grenade he can throw himself on? Oh... wait....

Lt. Dunn is also in the shuttle bay, let me know if you want them to have a joint post chat. :)

Great post bryan and Crystal, a fab fight scene well done.

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on July 01, 2009, 02:28:06 PM
Great post bryan and Crystal, a fab fight scene well done.

I agree; outstanding scene!  :)  Well paced, and you guys did an awesome job scripting out the fight.  Very nice!  :)

Girl Fight! It was great working with Crystal and we have some more drama planned between these two!

Great post Eric, love the concern for Ryla at the end regarding her wrist, very subtle, great writing.

Thanks man; I've been enjoying your posts as well. :)  Lots of good stuff being posted this season by everyone! :)

Fantastic description of the exploding Romulan craft Eric, loved it.

Thanks; digging your stuff as well.  K'Tan is going to have to buy D'Callan that drink he owes him some time soon. :)

Great job everyone. :)

Awesome last post Jen and Chris great description and i loved the touch of the finger tips. Nice, very nice.

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on July 19, 2009, 03:11:03 PM
Awesome last post Jen and Chris great description and i loved the touch of the finger tips. Nice, very nice.

Thanks Meds. :) I'm enjoying your posts as well.

Great batch of posts guys!  Very enjoyable. :)

And "Mr. K'Itten"...  AWESOME.  :D

Good job guys, I'm loving the progression of the story.

Agree can't wait to find out more.

Thanks guys. He's not the typical romulan as seen on tv, but hopefully I do it justice. I'm also liking the chemistry between two certain officers.

Great post Meds, Jen, and Chris! Crystal and I were doing a joint post which I quickly put up to get Shelby into the action!

Great post Bryan and Crystal, nicely rounded to get into the action. Loving this season and i would like to say a massive well done to the newbies, to the old school and of course to Jen and Chris, great direction as usual.

I'd like to single out Crystal as newbie extraordinaire! She has been a terrific JP partner!

I concur! (Bows low chanting "I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!")

Quote from: dadandersen on July 24, 2009, 11:33:59 AM
I concur! (Bows low chanting "I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!")

Dan you're doing a great job too. :)  Everyone is. Don't be intimidated by the number of posts people, there are some great stories in them. ;)

Every writer is doing an awesome job, good work Dan, looking forward to reading more from you.

Quote from: Jen on July 25, 2009, 06:18:59 AM

Quote from: dadandersen on July 24, 2009, 11:33:59 AM
I concur! (Bows low chanting "I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!")

Dan you're doing a great job too. :)  Everyone is. Don't be intimidated by the number of posts people, there are some great stories in them. ;)

LOL! For the record, my name's not Dan. It's Allen. But you can call me Dan if you want to!

Quote from: dadandersen on July 25, 2009, 11:57:08 AM

Quote from: Jen on July 25, 2009, 06:18:59 AM

Quote from: dadandersen on July 24, 2009, 11:33:59 AM
I concur! (Bows low chanting "I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!")

Dan you're doing a great job too. :)  Everyone is. Don't be intimidated by the number of posts people, there are some great stories in them. ;)

LOL! For the record, my name's not Dan. It's Allen. But you can call me Dan if you want to!

Doh, I knew that! I've exchanged several PMs with you calling you "Allen". Sorry Dan... I mean Allen.  :blush

All of the past seasons were great, but somehow, this season seems to be more coherent, and flow more smoothly than many others.  It feels like everyone is stepping up their game, and it makes for some exciting, enjoyable reading.  Great job everyone!!!

Meds, X, Jen-- The evolving scenario involving the intruder is especially intriguing.  Great work!  :thumbsup

Cheers Eric, I feel a joint post coming on soon with K'tan and D'callan, love the ale scenes. :)

Hmmmm suddenly i have an idea :)

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on July 26, 2009, 08:33:37 AM
Hmmmm suddenly i have an idea :)

I can feel something brewing to the North...

Well when you look at your post number in this section Shelby you will realise why its gonna be bad ha ha

LOL...that is a very bad number. :D

Great post Meds and Crystal!

Quote from: Bryancd on July 29, 2009, 05:05:20 AM
Great post Meds and Crystal!

Ditto!!!  You guys did an amazing job building up the tension.  Hot stuff.  :ohbaby

I have to give a massive slice of the complimentory cake to Crystal. Her writing is fantastic. :-D must be a woman thing. Jen and Crystal if you two write a post together i don't think anything would beat it lol. This season is flowing really well and great stuff from You all, great to see you back Bryan, good stuff. Hats of to our writing directors Jen and chris thanks for being at the end of my constant emails ;-).

Fun post Feathers!  I love the fact he was drinking his beverage under the table while everything was going down. How very Ferengi. ;)

For the record, Ryla has no trouble finding guys...they're just always the wrong guys. That'll probably be her MO for a little while. :D  

Chris said he was going for Han Solo when he created Oryn, but I picture  Lando Calrissian... "Hello what do we have here?" Purple cape and all.

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on July 29, 2009, 11:35:54 PM
I have to give a massive slice of the complimentory cake to Crystal. Her writing is fantastic. :-D must be a woman thing. Jen and Crystal if you two write a post together i don't think anything would beat it lol. This season is flowing really well and great stuff from You all, great to see you back Bryan, good stuff. Hats of to our writing directors Jen and chris thanks for being at the end of my constant emails ;-).

Back off, mate! Crystals MY girl!  :boxing

:biggrin

Quote from: Jen on August 03, 2009, 11:02:07 AM
Fun post Feathers!  I love the fact he was drinking his beverage under the table while everything was going down. How very Ferengi. ;)

Well I figure he's short and not overly powerful and wouldn't waste a good drink :) (I also had the image of Cyrano Jones walking through the bar fight in 'The trouble with tribbles')

Quote from: Jen on August 03, 2009, 11:02:07 AMFor the record, Ryla has no trouble finding guys...they're just always the wrong guys. That'll probably be her MO for a little while. :D

I know that...but I figured she doesn't double date with Galdar very often so he doesn't realise it :)

Oh Eric great post with K'Tan and the Cardassian, burst out laughing at that. :)

Great post, X & KC!  You guys handled the building tension between your characters masterfully! I especially liked the peak into what was going on in their heads.  Keep 'em coming! :)

Agree with Eric. Great post kc & X. Like the line of Cyra thinking stupid, stupid ha ha. Lots of nice tension going on between a few members of the Arabella lol.

Great last post Jen, love Ryla's attitude towards Oryn but if he thinks he's getting near Joe's step sister oh dear that cricket bat is coming out to play. :-D lol.

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on August 25, 2009, 06:16:54 PM
Great last post Jen, love Ryla's attitude towards Oryn but if he thinks he's getting near Joe's step sister oh dear that cricket bat is coming out to play. :-D lol.

LOL, batter up!

Quote from: wraith1701 on August 25, 2009, 05:04:51 PM
Great post, X & KC!  You guys handled the building tension between your characters masterfully! I especially liked the peak into what was going on in their heads.  Keep 'em coming! :)

I just played off of KC. She's a fantastic writer.  Once we blocked out the scene, she really made it something that you could see.

Quote from: Just X on August 25, 2009, 06:57:10 PM

Quote from: wraith1701 on August 25, 2009, 05:04:51 PM
Great post, X & KC!  You guys handled the building tension between your characters masterfully! I especially liked the peak into what was going on in their heads.  Keep 'em coming! :)

I just played off of KC. She's a fantastic writer.  Once we blocked out the scene, she really made it something that you could see.

Aw, Chris... I'm blushing. :D

It was a really fun post to work on. Chris came up with a lot of good ideas that could have worked, and once we set a path, it just seemed so easy to write. And I think Chris has it the other way around--he's the brilliant writer and I just played off of him. :)

Great post Jen & X! The description used to set the scene was incredible; I felt like I was right there! And the interplay between Drett & Oryn was very entertaining. Kudos to you!  :Bow:

Yup again i'm agreeing wit Eric nicely done post Jen and Chris. Good to see Ryla at her best. Oh love, love the line 'Bat thing' ha ha. Poor k'tan. Lol.

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on August 26, 2009, 08:14:33 AM
Yup again i'm agreeing wit Eric nicely done post Jen and Chris. Good to see Ryla at her best. Oh love, love the line 'Bat thing' ha ha. Poor k'tan. Lol.

Quote from: wraith1701 on August 26, 2009, 06:57:48 AM
Great post Jen & X! The description used to set the scene was incredible; I felt like I was right there! And the interplay between Drett & Oryn was very entertaining. Kudos to you!  :Bow:

LOL, it was a fun post...thanks guys. I always enjoy writing with Chris.

Quote from: Shelby Daelen on September 04, 2009, 07:50:45 AM
Hasn't been said in a while so I will say it - Everyone writing in the RPG is a star. We are really working hard towards the same goal - having a great storyline. There is a lot of talent out here. :D

Cheers.

Crystal

HOORAH!!! love the RPG, isee Ricks RPG writer song coming back :)

Hey  great post Jen and Eric, really enjoyed that especially Rylas thoughts and poor K'Tan, beaten by Tass and now a small boy. What has happened to D'Callans drinking buddy.

Ouch! Liked the whole role role reversal thing with K'Tan. Almost laughed at the brutal repair job by Ryla!

Yay, the bat-thing is back!

Its all about the bat.

Thanks guys, it was fun writing with Wraith. Can't wait till he comes back online. :) It's quiet around here without him.

I liked writing the voices of Ryla's previous hosts as "the voices in her head"... lots of stuff to play with there. Trills are fun. Quirky Trills are even funner. :D

Awesome big post Jen, Chris and Mike. Love the description and i even felt hungry reading all about the food being cooked. Also great post from Shelby. Really enjoying th relationship between the two characters. :-)

Thanks, although I seemed to lose contact with that file for a few days so I missed its posting :(

Great post Eric, my mouthed dropped when k'tan said Ryla instead of tara. Brilliant.

LOL, I just read your post Eric. Ouch. I guess Ryla's hopes to befriend Tara, just blew out the bay doors with that slip. :D  

BTW, great descriptions...I was able to picture that scene perfectly.

Great work everyone. The season is wrapping up nicely! Keep it up.

I loved the 'Ryla' slip. Classic!

Nice D'Callan interjection into our turbo lift conversation too. Slipping that little scene between the two halves of our post set it off nicely.

Thanks Mike, great post by you and Crystal there, really nice flow and i couldn't help but throw the old chief of security into the centre having a strop lol. Great stuff everyone.

Great Post Allen and Crystal. Burst out laughing with some of those slip ups. I'm sure he'll get a breast of the situation ha ha. Great fun.

It's always fun to write with someone else but I do it far too infrequently. It was nice to have the chance :)

Hey guys and ladies, great jobs on the recent posts!

Just a little reminder: Once the ship docked with the station, the romulans we rescued were all transfered to the station. I don't think that there are any left on the Arabella at this point unless it's by the captain's invitation or something like that.

Good job everyone. FYI, I'm hoping to wrap up this season ASAP. If you have something to finish, character wise, please let me know...I would like to end on Weds or Thurs at the latest, but will make accommodations for individual story lines. I plan to end the season with a murder cliff hanger at the gala...don't move us from that scene. Thanks.

BTW, since the ship is now at the base, there's no reason Nalah has to remain aboard Arabella. To fit in with what you have going on right now, I would suggest there is some sort of red tape the Arabella's security department  is working to get through, to transfer Nalah aboard the Romulan station. Maybe the station is doing a background check.

My characters are pretty much settled into their break so I'm happy to run with whatever works. Tolok is forgoing the gala to work out some of his personal demons regarding the Romulan race while Galdar's having a whale of a time with Ryla which has now been somewhat spoiled by his father turning up.

As an aside, I don't care whether anyone reads the last few Galdar/Ryla posts or not but I had a great time writing them with Jen and really enjoyed bringing some of the backstory interaction we got going between these two characters into the mainstream story.

Really fun!

I've  had a blast this season and the next one is going to be awesome.  Been loving all the stories, well done all.

Yes, there's beean a lot of character work going on while still managing to keep the story fairly tight. It's been an impressive season all round.

Quote from: Feathers on October 06, 2009, 01:13:56 AM
My characters are pretty much settled into their break so I'm happy to run with whatever works. Tolok is forgoing the gala to work out some of his personal demons regarding the Romulan race while Galdar's having a whale of a time with Ryla which has now been somewhat spoiled by his father turning up.

As an aside, I don't care whether anyone reads the last few Galdar/Ryla posts or not but I had a great time writing them with Jen and really enjoyed bringing some of the backstory interaction we got going between these two characters into the mainstream story.

Really fun!

Quote from: Feathers on October 06, 2009, 03:21:35 AM
Yes, there's beean a lot of character work going on while still managing to keep the story fairly tight. It's been an impressive season all round.

I've enjoyed writing those with you too. The mental image of Galdar's backflip always makes me laugh.  I couldn't stop myself from bringing a little Shindig/Kaylee to Ryla in those scenes..."there's some sort of hot cheeeeeeese cookies over there...Hot cheeeeese cookies". :D  

I'm happy with this season as well. Good job and keep it up everyone. We're nearing the home stretch. If no one speaks up with regards to their individual character stories, I'm going to begin closing the door on this chapter. Allen, I know you said you had something up your sleeve for Herm. If you're going to write it, hop to it Hopsing. ;)  Let me know so I can postpone the ending.

Hey guys, I'm working on the final post for the season now and I'd like to get it up on sunday. Does anyone need more time for their posts?

I'm finished Chris. :)

Cool! I just set up part of the lead in, and I'll wrap things up on sunday.

Welcome back folks. Good to see you all back.

Awesome work so far, looking forward to seeing posts from those who have not yet jumped on board. Keep up the good work :)

It seems like a very polished episode so far. Well done everyone! Remember we do this to have fun and to stretch our writing muscles. Lets continue to work together and encourage one another.  ;)

Did you know the RPG will be three years old on February 5th this year! Yeah!!!!  :cheering

I wanted to thank Hawkeyemeds and Just X for taking the modding reigns for me. When I found out I was pregnant I knew I would not be able to spare the attention this RPG and its writers deserved, and I did not believe I would be able to come back and give the same amount of effort that I have been putting forth for the last three years. I haven't been on Trek SF very much lately and as such I neglected to post why I asked these two writers in particular, to step in for me. I really should go ahead I do that now... and since I feel like being a cheerleader today (yeah the RPG is almost 3!) I'll pass on a little 'writer to writer warm and fuzzy advice' and moderator insights you may not have known about. (sorry for the long post, but when have I ever posted anything short and sweet? :D )

I recruited Meds for Season 6 in March of 2008. He said he had never written anything other than a script and was not sure he could write a story in an RPG, but true to form he quickly added that he would be glad to 'give it a go'. In the almost two years he's been writing with us, Meds has been energetic about the stories and extremely consistent as a writer (from beginning to end). He's always encouraging, always eager, always in good spirits, always gets along with other writers and never gives less than 100 percent to this game. Since day one, I have found his energy to be infectious and I love writing with him. He has learned much about writing since the day he made his first post and I think he will be a great example and help to new writers.

Chris (Just X) joined this game in Season Three (Aug 7, 2007). Like Meds he has been an eager and consistent writer every season since he joined. The first thing that struck me about his writing were his ideas, perspectives and approach to the story, which were new and interesting. He had an eye for important details and the ability to aid confused newbies or lost writers with their characters, helping them work their way into the story. I have enjoyed writing with him. Sevryll use to dislike Aeric (he stole her DNA to make a clone of their daughter from an alternate time line :D ) now they're an old married couple. It has been fun to work with Chris to develop our two characters over the past few years. Chris also helped me last season when Kenny could no longer mod this game. I tried doing it alone and found it overwhelming. He helped me direct the story and keep it on track and organized, which is very important to a game with so many writers participating.

Aside from all of that, Chris and Meds work well together. They've had their differences, as have all of us at one time or another, but they know the importance of keeping the game going, keeping it on track and organized and making sure it's fun and not an ego trip to any one character. What one moderator lacks, the other makes up for...it's a ying/yang situation that seemed to work well for Kenny and I.  Any-hoo, that's my long winded reason for why I asked them in particular to take over. They're great guys, great writers and great leaders. When you encourage each other in this OOC section, please don't forget to encourage them too. I can tell you modding an RPG can be frustrating and discouraging and we need to pat them on the back too.

Modding is not easy, especially if there is conflict between writers, which usually happens off screen (it did when Kenny and were mods because we wanted to keep the boards complaint and gripe free so as not to turn away potential writers). Dealing with spats quickly makes modding a stressful and thankless job that pays absolutely squat. Try not to give the mods a hard time...ask yourself if the beef you have will ruin your character forever or if you can find a work around that will suffice. Work together, not against each other. Kenny and I didn't talk a lot about this on the boards, because most of this happened off screen (attitudes and negativity), but know that in the past a few writers have been asked to leave the game due to their belligerent approach to the moderators and their craptastic attitudes about the game. One of those writer's had a character that was air locked in Season 5...it made for an entertaining scene, but it didn't have to be if he had been respectful to others.  Remember this game should be fun. The second it becomes a chore, or a stressful task to you, please take a step back...take a break, but let the mods know when you do.

The mods in this RPG act as the 'directors' of a show. Some people may not like direction they give, but if you want to know what chaos is like, read Season One. WOW...that was nuts!  :wacko   There was no direction and no real authority to speak of. Many people dropped out that season and it was never completed. Kenny and I took over after that and in the three years that followed we actively recruited people to either try the RPG or come back. We developed the use of an outline to guide people who felt lost in the first season. It worked well and tried to included everyone in the story in addition to helping them know the goal they should be writing towards. Hopefully that will be something that remains apart of this RPG.

Thank you again, Meds and Chris. Great job on the outline and direction. Keep up the good work and if you need anything from me, don't hesitate to ask.  Also, thanks to Kenny for all his hard work and dedication to this game. I've made many friends here, but the RPG seems to cultivate good friends through the cooperation needed to put forth a story. I will miss working with you as a mod and as a co-host on the Ready Room...luckily we're still pals off the boards. :) I hope you will come back as a writer.

Great job writers. Don't forget to post your complements for one another.

I love the whole parental overtones of the second of the Aeric/Sevryll two-parter.

Yes, keep the boys away for as long as you can! (OK, I'm a father with daughters. We haven't reached that stage yet but still...)

I think Ryla ought to ditch the guards :)

Naming a Romulan Gertrude ought to do it...

Quote from: Feathers on January 14, 2010, 04:17:50 AM
I think Ryla ought to ditch the guards :)

Naming a Romulan Gertrude ought to do it...

Nah, she wouldn't do that...though it would be fun. :D  She might talk them into playing cards or something. I'm still considering what I should do there. Just because she's confined to quarters doesn't mean I can't contribute to the story from her quarters. :)  I'm thinking of playing Nurse Caine in Sickbay too.

As far as the rest of the story, I'm enjoying it very much. Great job everyone. I loved Galdar's reaction to his promotion.

Poor D'Callan. What a mess he's in now. :)

Shelby is reminding me of Ro Laren. Especially now—remember Ro's last episode: "Preemptive Strike"?

Looking forward to seeing what happens next.

We should all start working together on the investigation so we're on the same page. I sent the moderators a list of the people last season that were written into the story on purpose, so they could be included as suspects after the murder. That should make it's way to the board soon.

That's up in the OCC season 11 section now :)

Yay! Herm's back!

I've been waiting for him to come back.

Thanks, I'm a little slow, but I'm here!

Welcome back Allen great post. Well done everyone, brilliant work.

Great posts everyone. Awesome stuff.

Great work guys and ladies! I've been slammed with the new job, but the story you are coming up with is excelent. Keep up the great work and expect me to get something up tonight or tomorrow.