Goodness, what an honor roll.
To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)
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Goodness, what an honor roll.
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Used to play it a lot mainly as the gorn, still i think the ISC is a multi species polity and this one is not
AKuz
Been Better
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- A Rising Tide of Horrors
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Then you have a descriptor, The British Commonwealth, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the English Commonwealth (Protectorate, whatever). The Dominion of Canada. A bunch of states on the American continent that are currently united. The closest I can think in human history to pretend to that level of universality is Imperial china and the Soviet Union. Nations that didn't have good track record in their interactions with their neighbors.
UbeOne
Daydreaming CPU
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There's also the CIS, the Commonwealth of Independent States, which is made up of former Soviet Republics.
I don't see it. They're a commonwealth whose territory extends across interstellar distances. It's a perfectly accurate name, and there's nothing in there that makes it seem like they're claiming all of space. Interstellar /= universe. It just means between two or more star systems.
Interstellar Commonwealth has no sinister meanings to me either. It neither means all of space nor dominion over other species. It is, for example, the kind of name a species would give to a collection of colonies who were at one point independent but banded together for some kind of common good. Say, mutual defense, just as an example.
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- Dreiländereck
You did good Enterprise USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B, you did good. O7
I' m notreally concerned by the name of our newest peers, more by their standoffish attitude.
But there are several possible reasons for that, from bad relations or expiriences with others to a more xenophobic streak or different departements are responsible for first contact .
Also who are the Ashidi? I can't remember who they are.
I' m notreally concerned by the name of our newest peers, more by their standoffish attitude.
But there are several possible reasons for that, from bad relations or expiriences with others to a more xenophobic streak or different departements are responsible for first contact .
Also who are the Ashidi? I can't remember who they are.
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The Ashidi are a species to the south (rimwards) of the Seyek whose only characteristic we know of is "paranoid". As a species smack in between us and the Ashalla Pact there will be some competition to get them on-side, hence some urgency in diplo-pushing them, or if not urgency, we can't really let it wait for years and years.
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Night_stalker
Slava Ukraini!
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She upheld the traditions of the name Enterprise.
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- Peterborough, NH, USA
I agree. I've also come up with an alternative reason for their odd reaction. Each planet in the IC is only loosely bound by a central government, and while they have their military ships work together, no one group may contact any races they encounter, in order to prevent political infighting to at least some degree. The seventh ship was the representative for the IC as a whole, and the first 6 were representatives for their colonies, at least their major ones.
It may simply be that they take civilian control of the military very seriously and that the military can't perform first contacts. Of course this makes little sense in this setting but hey.
I'll note that they rushed the Ambassador in from what must have been a civilian world - there would be no other reason to have a civilian vessel handy if there wasn't a colony within a few days travel.
I'll note that they rushed the Ambassador in from what must have been a civilian world - there would be no other reason to have a civilian vessel handy if there wasn't a colony within a few days travel.
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Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
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- Dancing on wires!
Still funny
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Thors_Alumni
Proud member of Thors Class VII from Liberl
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- Liberl Zemuria.
When did Enterprise blow up a moon!?
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My inner Trekkie never ceases to be amused at that title.
edit: And ya, when did Enterprise blow up a moon?
Doomed Wombat
Let's go Darling!
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- Dancing on wires!
Early on.
In the first 5 year mission if I remember correctly.
It was hollow they flew in an it collapsed.
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It was an irreplaceable, apparently natural crystalline construct inside the moon that collapsed because Nash flew the Enterprise inside it. It was an "Oh right, that's why she has that political points malus" moment.
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- Patriarchova
I still want to understand what's up with these crystal monsters, btw. Was the one the Seyek and Konen fought the same species as the others? If not, which kind was the big one that Chad just fought? Was one type created by the Licori? Etc.
Turns out the reason the crystalline entities keep showing up is because the Enterprise stepped on one of their eggs once.
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- Peterborough, NH, USA
Huh, wonder if the egg's larvae just barely survived but went into some kind of stasis while it repaired itself off of space flotsam and jetsam, then it woke up just as they were abandoning the ship while trapped backwards in time. As I assume the crystalline entities reproduce by calving off miniature versions of themselves, we could then be looking at a causal loop.
Derek58
Rocket Punch is Best Punch
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- Getter Valhalla
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- Dreiländereck
So you say that they are giant, crystalline crows that remember people (starships) who harmed them and hold a grudge?
Huh?