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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#51: Jun 24th 2013 at 9:39:47 PM

Wait a sec. Raz from Psychonauts?

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FirockFinion THE SLORG! from The Red Desert Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
THE SLORG!
#52: Jun 24th 2013 at 9:41:15 PM

That would be the Raz I'm referring to, yes.

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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#53: Jun 24th 2013 at 9:41:46 PM

Hell yes. That game was awesome. [tup]

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FirockFinion THE SLORG! from The Red Desert Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#54: Jun 24th 2013 at 9:47:51 PM

Indeed it was. cool

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GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#55: Jun 24th 2013 at 9:53:08 PM

Not quite sure how to do this. Do we just post like we would in the thread, only in quotes?

Cloud spontaneously combusts.

And then someone would reply, or...?

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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#56: Jun 24th 2013 at 9:54:02 PM

Hmmm...

We could do it like that. I'd be up for that, at least.

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stephanreiken Since: May, 2010
#57: Jun 24th 2013 at 9:54:13 PM

A thought occurs. Due to Meta-Knight's biology his uniform is going to be notably different in form. He'll have negotiated to keep the Mask, namely that it is a good piece of Armor and he isn't comfortable not wearing it. His Com Badge could be affixed on the bottom of his mask and with his Dimensional Cape banished he can have a semblance of the uniform on the rest of his body.

thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#58: Jun 24th 2013 at 10:02:54 PM

Wait, we get uniforms?

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nman Since: Mar, 2010
#59: Jun 24th 2013 at 10:05:39 PM

[up]Yeah, it was brought up a while back in the signups. Let me get the link. Here ya go.

thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#60: Jun 24th 2013 at 10:06:31 PM

Ooh, nice, I like the looks of those.

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GimmeMoreToro! Gimme Toro, Gimme Some More from Driving to the Joshua Tree Since: May, 2013
Gimme Toro, Gimme Some More
#61: Jun 24th 2013 at 10:15:04 PM

So which of those roles is most likely to end up as the equivalent of Red Shirt?

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GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#62: Jun 24th 2013 at 10:27:33 PM

We do have a lot of security officers...

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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#63: Jun 24th 2013 at 10:30:53 PM

Hmm... is the list of characters going to be everyone aboard the ship? Or will there be, like, ensigns and such? Those guys will be the redshirts.

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Stratofarius huzzaaaaaaaah Since: Aug, 2011
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#64: Jun 25th 2013 at 1:50:46 AM

Now that I think about it, mightn't a Predator be more suited to a role as a forward scout or reconnaissance officer of some sort?

That'd still be security, wouldn't it?

@Mini-RP: So, we doing it in quotes?

[up] Well, of course there's going to be ensigns... right?

edited 25th Jun '13 1:51:08 AM by Stratofarius

FirockFinion THE SLORG! from The Red Desert Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#65: Jun 25th 2013 at 2:46:15 AM

-shrugs-

Quoteblock just seemed more appropriate for the kind of thing I was writing there, so that's why I used it.

@Recon: Arguably, Intelligence would be better suited for it than Security.

edited 25th Jun '13 2:46:34 AM by FirockFinion

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Stratofarius huzzaaaaaaaah Since: Aug, 2011
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#66: Jun 25th 2013 at 4:21:17 AM

[up] I'm game.

Jim would hear a screech, followed by a gentle tune of beeps and boops indicating a message from Engineering. An older voice emanated from the console. "Captain, this is Radigan." It said, followed by the sounds of chairs rolling around. "You asked me to report to you the current state of the engines, and they're fine. Still recovering from our first FTL jump, but I'll be damned if I don't say even I would want a few days in bed after doing that jump. How's everything up there?"

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Wizard of science.
#67: Jun 25th 2013 at 4:32:12 AM

Though, so far we've got a firebender, a Predator, a soldier with turrets and all the guns, a Jedi...

Not yet a firebender. tongue

@Recon: Intelligence consists most of exchanging information between the ship and the Earth Alliance, so I don't know if a Recon character would be at home there.

I'm kinda sleepy, so I'll jump in the RP later today- after I post all these posts I wrote yesterday but didn't post. As a note, by Thursday the applications will close and we should begin.

GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#68: Jun 25th 2013 at 12:53:53 PM

Cloud sat in his chair, keeping his eyes on the screen in front of him, idly half-listening to the conversation behind him. First day. Can't mess up the first day. Never live it down.

He spared a quick glance over his shoulder and tugged at his sleeve. It felt strange to be wearing this uniform. Everything felt strange. Every few moments he would realise with another jolt that he was aboard the Einstein, and would be for the next few years...

He chanced another glance over his shoulder.

Whoops. Dat autocorrect...

edited 25th Jun '13 3:55:23 PM by GameSpazzer

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Fusionman Since: Nov, 2009
#69: Jun 25th 2013 at 1:00:37 PM

Shepard is standing near the captain's chair on the bridge, hearing Radigan's report. He smiles. One small jump for man, one large jump for the Alliance. I think. That sounds like the cliche stuff I read in the reports. "Good work, Radigan. There's still a few more hours on your shift, but for now at least, you can relax a little. Stay calm until the Captain gives his next orders." He turns to the captain. "Any objections, sir?"

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#70: Jun 25th 2013 at 2:22:50 PM

Alright, I'm willing to give this mini R Ping thing a go. Tell me if my limited knowledge of Star Trek spaceships is wrong.

"Six years in space, huh...?" Pan said quietly, standing in the Observation Lounge to watch the ship's progress. Not being an officer, she saw no reason to stay on the bridge and had wandered off by herself after the A.E. Einstein had launched and the ship's flight had stabilized. If the Chief Science Officer needed assistance, he would call, right? Her boss was a strange one, and she wasn't entirely sure if he was sane or not, but she still had to follow his orders. Who wore a giant exosuit inside an airlocked ship anyway? She could hear the faint sounds of the others' conversations now, even from here. All was well for the moment. Being in deep space with nothing but stars and darkness outside was almost humbling. Sure, Pan had been on starships before, but not ones of this scale. And even then, it was still dwarfed by the vast emptiness around them. Just a tiny speck in the universe. Pan frowned before turning away from the sight. Not even a day had gone by and she was already waxing philosophical from cabin fever.

"I need to find something to do." Her voice was louder this time, echoing slightly off the metal walls. She stretched before walking back to the Main Bridge's direction. Maybe she could find Officer Rizzrack and bother him for a job.

edited 25th Jun '13 2:23:40 PM by ScorpioRat

Locoman Since: Nov, 2010
#71: Jun 25th 2013 at 2:40:20 PM

Unnatural.

After two days of living on this human vessel, that was the only real conclusion that Nen Yim could possibly draw about the Einstein. How could humans stand to travel on these ships, devoid of life and energy? The walls did not resonate with the soothing bass rhythm of a pumping heart and the dilating membranes that automatically assured the Shapers that all was well aboard ship. Instead, unfamiliar things whirred and buzzed and beeped and clicked and rattled in a grating symphony that ranged from discomforting to downright irritating. Like all human craft, the furniture and consoles were hard and angular rather than smooth and soft. She had even been forced to trade in her elaborately dyed silk tunic in favor of a "standard-issue" Alliance uniform while on duty, a clingy sort of suit unlike anything she had worn before.

Even so, she had still begun to adjust. Most Vong of her generation had already begun slowly acclimating to alien technology as their progressive leaders attempted to reopen links with neighbouring empires- even though the handful of crumbling old fanatics left in power denounced them as heretics. And that was how Nen Yim had found herself as the Chief Medical Officer aboard this human ship, crewed mostly by humans. She had already finished looking over the medical records of her crewmates; most of them had already submitted themselves for a brief preflight examination. Most- including the captain - had given her a slightly suspicious look. For many people, the Vong's invasion of the galaxy and almost conquering the human homeworld of Earth probably still resonated quite loudly in their minds. Even so, humans and Vong were not so different on the inside- they both had skeletons, and roughly analogous body parts, and even most organs in roughly the same places, however improbably that was.

They lacked the vast array of bioimplants that an average Vong possessed, of course, and none of them had the riotously elaborate network of tattoos that curled up and over her face and adorned her arms and legs. Unconsciously, she twitched her own main implant, a replacement hand; an exquisitely engineered cephalopod bred to look exactly like a Yuuzhan Vong's own hand but concealing a wide variety of bladelike claws for surgery.

Several decks below the bridge was the medical bay, a pristine and sterile bay of beds, quarantine wards, and a huge variety of medical tools and scanners- both human and Vong in origin. Not that the vast array of humans and occasional alien would ever want to pick up a Vong tool, of course, but Nen Yim would not be denied her caste's tools of the trade even if she was the only Vong for light-years around. She lightly stroked the oggzil perched on her shoulder, a specially bred organism that was intimately connected to the ship's communication system.

"Nen Yim reporting from the medical bay," she said, walking toward the turbolift that would take her up to the ship's bridge. "I understand that we have left your Alliance's zone of influence and are heading toward uncharted territory?"

Yeah, I got carried away. bite me

edited 25th Jun '13 3:44:07 PM by Locoman

Flanker66 Dreams of Revenge from 30,000 feet and climbing Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
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#72: Jun 25th 2013 at 3:36:27 PM

Whoops, I somehow managed to forget to add this thread to my watchlist!

I would join in with the mini RPing thing but... hm.

Also, quick question - I'd be correct in presuming that helmsmen would have a lot of downtime in scenes set on the ground (since they're not needed), right? What should I do during those periods?

Also also, I liked how Jim picked up on the fact that we've got three guys who are great flyers.

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GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#73: Jun 25th 2013 at 4:02:00 PM

My post looks kind of shitty next to everyone else's...

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thespacephantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#74: Jun 25th 2013 at 4:02:44 PM

Well, Sulu went on away missions sometimes, right? Heck, maybe they'd just bring Atton along for, say, his skill at hacking stuff, or something. I don't think you guys are gonna be left out, don't worry. smile

Kyle scanned his console for the fourth time. Everything was in order. Something would be seriously wrong if they were missing supplies already. He looked around the bridge. Boring up here. Maybe he could step out for a bit. They already had a bunch of seasoned officers here. It's not like the whole ship would fall apart if one security officer left the bridge for a while. Heck, he could just call up an ensign or something to watch the console. Put them in the eyes of the higher-ups here, get them in line for a promotion.... all in all, he'd be doing them a favor. Everybody wins.

Or... he could just stay up here. Socialize with the rest of the bridge crew. It'd be nice to actually get to know the people he'd be spending the next six years of his life with. He looked out the window.

"Nice view, huh." he said to no one in particular.

[up]Hey, it's not bad. It's just as good as the rest of them. After all, it's not like there's any prizes for writing a whole page worth of text. Which is fine too, there's really no right or wrong way to write a RP post.

edited 25th Jun '13 4:05:03 PM by thespacephantom

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FirockFinion THE SLORG! from The Red Desert Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#75: Jun 25th 2013 at 4:08:55 PM

@Strato: Just so you know, if we're keeping most of the Star Trek tech, then our ship's FTL wouldn't be an A to B "jump", but rather a simple "warp speed" that ranges from 1 to... well, that depends on what era we're going with.*

TOS had the upper limit Federation ships could go at as around 6 if I remember correctly. TNG, DS 9, and Voyager had the limit at around 9 I think. Going too fast can make the engines overload and the ship start to break apart from inertial stress.* I only bring it up because your post seems to imply the former, so I just wanted to clarify.

"@Recon: Intelligence consists most of exchanging information between the ship and the Earth Alliance, so I don't know if a Recon character would be at home there."

Well, I intend to play Raz less like a desk jockey and more like a secret agent/super spy kind of position. Since SIB clearly can do their own operations in person, it wouldn't make sense for the ship not to take advantage of having SIB members on board.

Besides, who ever said that anybody in a given position had to be good at only that kind of work?

@Flanker: It's not like only the people who are involved in the primary thing going on would be allowed to post; and we have enough players that it would be pretty impractical to take everyone on every single away mission. In fact, I intend to try and play Jim in character and send the people who make sense for the job at hand.

So the easiest thing to do in the meantime would be interact with the other people who didn't go on the away missions, and do some character development.

"... there's really no right or wrong way to write a RP post."

Some people would beg to differ... After all, you could metagame and autohit and ghost and completely misunderstand what's happening in the RP/where characters are located.

But other than that, yeah. It doesn't really matter if your post is long or short, an intelligent philosophical debate or a simple action.

Jim looked away from the personnel files he was reading, honestly happy to get a distraction from paperwork, but tried not to let it show. He didn't like paperwork. He looked to Shepard and held up a finger. "Hold on mister Shepard. Radigan, all I felt when we went to warp was a minor bump. Are you saying things were rockier down in engineering?" Jim asked through the comm, then heard Nen's voice over the comm before Radigan responded.

"Yes doctor, we just left Alliance space about five minutes ago" Jim answered, then awaited responses.

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