No. That was Riker.
To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)
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That was Riker. Data was the Second Officer.
If more people like the "maximize cruisers" strategy, here's how it might play out.
Seven Constitution-Bs started in 2309. Seven. Plus one Excelsior. Two Excelsiors started in 2310, plus the -refit of our remaining unrefitted Centaur.
They look like this:
So basically, anime space elves. If anything, longer, pointier ears than Vulcans.
Seven Constitution-Bs started in 2309. Seven. Plus one Excelsior. Two Excelsiors started in 2310, plus the -refit of our remaining unrefitted Centaur.
They look like this:
So basically, anime space elves. If anything, longer, pointier ears than Vulcans.
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Nope, that was Riker. Data's a Lieutenant Commander.
Edit: Double Tal Shiar'd
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Right now all of those would be red. TOS movie era uniforms.
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Oh. I'd been reading XO as "chief of operations," ie, "the guy who sits at ops," rather than first officer.
Will post new version tomorrow.
That's funny, because in addition to being second officer Data was also Operations Officer (aka Chief of Operations) and basically the de facto science officer.Oh. I'd been reading XO as "chief of operations," ie, "the guy who sits at ops," rather than first officer.
He wore a lot of hats.
Already ahead of you.
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Edit: Double Tal Shiar'd
Given their showing in this quest, I'd say "Tal Shiar" should be a euphemism for slowpoke rather than ninja.
aledeth
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Rather than poke fun at them, I'd much rather be incredibly happy that they aren't giving us hell at the same time as we're dealing with Cardassians.
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Not intentionally giving us hell. I seem to recall a certain eldritch abomination getting loose almost entirely because of their incompetence, so I'm not convinced that them deliberately messing with us would make things any better or worse.
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I like how, in the stick figure portrayals of the Enterprise command team, Commander Zaardmani is basically on the receiving end of ALL THE PHEROMONES... except for a few molecules that drift Nash's way.
EDIT: Also, I'm not sure if Zaardmani's a sensor officer or a science officer. It's a bit ambiguous what roles exist in the TOS/movie era, partly because Spock tended to do so many different things (he was the de facto first officer and the sensor operator and the de facto science officer).
EDIT: Also, I'm not sure if Zaardmani's a sensor officer or a science officer. It's a bit ambiguous what roles exist in the TOS/movie era, partly because Spock tended to do so many different things (he was the de facto first officer and the sensor operator and the de facto science officer).
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I will accept the euphamism being "Amarki'd" if it means I get those
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I like how, in the stick figure portrayals of the Enterprise command team, Commander Zaardmani is basically on the receiving end of ALL THE PHEROMONES... except for a few molecules that drift Nash's way.
That's actually just an artifact from when I moved the characters around. Nash doesn't need pheromones, she's like that naturally.
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Wow. I'm not sure, but that would probably solve our cruiser shortage for pretty well, or at least put a nice fat dent into it. ... I just know that there's a downside here, I just KNOW it!
Hm. When do you deduct crew from the sheet? I see that it's predicting a massive drop of crew at '11Q4, and the best explanation I can come up with is that that's when the Con-B's deduct their crew, but I don't normally pay enough attention to the mechanics to now that off-hand.
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Maybe they're residual traces of Orion pheromones from some other incident?
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Hmmm. That could actually explain a lot.
It's lingering on Nash's clothes from a diplomatic visit earlier that day.
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As you said, Nash needs no explanations.
I deduce crew when the ship reaches the first quarter of its last year of build, because that's when crews are deducted (to give them one year training time). We may have a deficit that quarter or maybe not; the future is hard to predict. If we do have a deficit, we can either choose to mothball some ships or we could choose to put the ships on "pause" for one quarter and deduct the crew when we get a fresh academy infusion in Q1 of the next year, effectively delaying a couple of the ships by 1 quarter.
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It should be fine as long as we do a recruitment drive or two before then. Especially if we also pick up the Caitians and/or Rigellians.
EDIT: speaking of Rigellian membership, we are going to get some sweet Starship tech teams out of those guys.
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aledeth
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Aren't recruitment drives restricted to Explorer Corps? There's no Snakepit option to just buy more crews there.
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That seems odd. You'd think "increase recruitment" would be one of the most basic things Starfleet can ask from the government.
If its not though, we'll do an Academy Expansion either this snakepit or next. More expensive than a recruitment drive should be, but also permanent effects so still worth it.
If we get the Dawiar situation sorted out quickly, we might also just get enough extra crew from Caitian membership anyway.
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Possibly, possibly. Just remember that crew income is a cumulative thing. A "huge" increase like +1 per category still means you need it 5 years out in order to crew an extra Excelsior (approximately).
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If more people like the "maximize cruisers" strategy, here's how it might play out.
Seven Constitution-Bs started in 2309. Seven. Plus one Excelsior. Two Excelsiors started in 2310, plus the -refit of our remaining unrefitted Centaur.
Nice chart! However, I suspect that after the first two, each member race will start trickling in for 'their' turn. If we keep building an Excelsior dock after each request, we'll eventually have more docks then we know what to do with - not that it's a bad thing
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