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Ah, true. But my post was funnier, therefore better.Not quite. Going off his page on Memory Alpha, he got 3 people killed because of a piloting error that he covered up, and they threw him out.
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Ah, true. But my post was funnier, therefore better.Not quite. Going off his page on Memory Alpha, he got 3 people killed because of a piloting error that he covered up, and they threw him out.
I don't want to punish the romulans. I was only asking what happened to them afterwards. The fact that the Biophage brought them out of their shells and talking to the Federation is impressive given how insular they were before the Biophage struck and caused them so much havoc for the reasons you explained.I love it.
Well, what it comes down to is that if they try to make demands on behalf of a political entity that has a life expectancy measured in days...
1) They look stupid for backing a blatantly losing team. Like, seriously, you were really prepared to even pretend to be willing to go to war on behalf of a woman whose 'nation' is one half of a burning city guarded only by zombies?
2) Related to being made to look stupid, but slightly different: They are also made to look weak for having said 'we will protect the Republic of Celos,' only for the Republic of Celos to immediately fall. It devalues future claims of Cardassian protection.
These are the reasons that a guerilla movement fighting for independence USUALLY has to inflict some significant defeats on the government forces before foreign powers start paying any attention (e.g. the American Revolution and the battle of Saratoga).
Yes, that's mostly because we may really need militarization in the near future. And because we don't want to bring militarization close to Threat if we can reasonably help it. It's the one currency we cannot easily replace; buying down a point of militarization costs something like 50-60 political will.
Some day we may really, really want to spend +3 militarization on something we think we need (say, pushing the Federation to keep fighting Cardassians until Bajor is liberated). When that day comes, our overall effort to keep militarization as low as possible is going to pay off big-time.
The Romulans were "punished" by suffering worse losses to the Biophage than the other two major powers. They lost a major capital ship and a number of other ships. They had to evacuate just as many colonies, if not more.
And afterwards, the Federation in particular did NOT seek to punish them, because frankly the Romulans even telling us about the Biophage at all represented a huge step forward in mutual trust for the Romulan-Federation relationship.
Look at how Romulan-Federation interactions look in either the TOS era or the TNG era. The Romulans grudgingly getting around to actually telling us about a massive threat we need to work together in order to stop... that's an improvement! Romulan-Federation relationships as a result of that crisis are much better than in canon. Not just 'in canon as of the early 2300s." Better than they EVER were, at any point whatsoever, in the roughly 220 years the two nations were interacting in canon.
So for the Federation, being bitter towards the Romulans would be spiteful and foolish. They came out of their shell for literally the first time ever and were willing to work with us, peaceably and honestly? And you want to punish them for that? On account of how things could hypothetically have gone better, if they had (totally against their national character and culture) been even more forthcoming?
The Klingons, by contrast, may be harboring some resentment. For all we know that's one of the reasons they're now planning for war with the Romulans. But we don't have the kind of detailed information on Klingon/Romulan internal politics that would tell us what's going on between them.
Plenty of views! Are those the impulse engines mounted on the side?
Plenty of views! Are those the impulse engines mounted on the side?
Sounds dangerously Star Wars...Yep. I'm thinking they can turn on their pylons to help the ship take off and land on planets, and for extra maneuverability in combat.
It's great to hear that people like it. I've not done any modelling for a long time and never gotten as far as unwrapping and texturing. Getting feedback is great for perseverance. I've been enjoying your artwork too! Is there one of your designs in particular you'd like to see rendered? I might give one a try.And damn I love that Renaissance. I've had a pretty good idea of what its supposed to look like from our discussions, but its nice to finally have a detailed image (and for that image to be pretty close to what I was picturing). Mars in the background is indeed a nice touch.
Mate, I love it, great stuff.Plenty of views! Are those the impulse engines mounted on the side?
Here's my latest render: A shot of the Renaissance under construction at Utopia Planitia. No windows yet. Assume they haven't treated the aluminium to make it transparent yet, or something. It's not my starship berth model, but one I downloaded years ago, probably from trekmeshes.ch*. I need to update the materials on it to blend better with the starship.
I've finished unwrapping the saucer section. Lots of calculations to avoid excessive face stretching:
* A quick check leaves me inclined to credit it as Nico Weigland's Drydock model, converted to Blender.
Edit: not actually Mars in the background, but close enough!
And also, the other organs take their share of our pool. The Member World fleets, infrastructure, and other organizations: Yoyodyne, Catian Frontier Police, Amarkian Gendarmes, Andorian Guard, Vulcan Central Inspectorate, etc.
Explorer Corps is a tiny fraction of the starship faring part of Starfleet. The spacefaring part of Starfleet is the tiny teeth to an almighty big tail.
Peacetime Starfleet might be but WarTime Starfleet comes with mono-molecular teeth and spits bees.
It's great to hear that people like it. I've not done any modelling for a long time and never gotten as far as unwrapping and texturing. Getting feedback is great for perseverance. I've been enjoying your artwork too! Is there one of your designs in particular you'd like to see rendered? I might give one a try.
There's nothing wrong with enjoying both.
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Hey boss, been reading through the omake archives, and found your Five Years In Review meta review of Star Trek: To Boldly Go.
Reading it then, the speculation about how the Orion Syndicate stuff would play out, as well as how everyone thought Sulu would become Admiral of Starfleet, I have to ask.
Is there any hope of a meta review of how this entire season spiraled off into its current form and how what is apparently the season finale is going to play out?
Because your meta review was amazing to read, and I'd love to see it back again.
Obsidian Order is currently in ascendance, it's likely that withdrawing because you're not interested in a futile battle gets you shot.Jaldun vs. Excelsior? I'm surprised the Cardassians didn't retreat sooner.
As per the end of the Apinae Foxtrot Extraordinary Council Session:
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USS Kumari - Combat 6.00/6, Shield 10.70/50, Hull 40.00/40 - Crew 6-5-5/6-5-5 - Ships killed: 0 - Status:
Fired: 26, Fired On: 23, Hits Received: 22, Damage Dealt: 57.47
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CDF Karnack - Combat 3.10/4, Shield 0.00/40, Hull 30.96/40 - Crew 3-4-3/3-4-3 - Ships killed: 0 - Status: Retreated
Fired: 23, Fired On: 26, Hits Received: 23, Damage Dealt: 43.30
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For reference this is what her stats should be:Hey @OneirosTheWriter why did the Kumari only have combat of 6 and shields of 50? It looks like you forgot it's a Blooded ship and therefore should have had +1 to all stats other than D, including Shields.
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