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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:15 pm 
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Because I don't like phase pulse infections?

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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:16 pm 
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1) Assuming that, because one Andorian had that problem, all do, is stupid.
2) Enterprise isn't valid canon anyway. Stupid show. The homeworld of the Andorians is ANDOR, firmly established in a plethora of canon predating that awful show.
And seriously, did we really need an "explanation" for why TOS had crappy make-up (vis-a-vis Klingons)?

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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:20 pm 
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Allright, I'll admit it. I'm too lazy to rewrite my backstory.

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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:27 pm 
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Enterprise is a myth. Like Fallout 3 and Ron Perlman. Don't assume that anything on that show actually happened unless I reference if. And seeing as I didn't watch it, I wont.

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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:55 pm 
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I'm not sure I know enough about the Star Trek continuity to reliably play anything but a human. I keep meaning to rectify this, but for the most part I haven't found the time.

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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:59 pm 
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That is part of why we are playing in the reboot continuity. There is less of it.

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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:10 pm 
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Human-centric seems like standard Star Trek, honestly. TOS has one alien, and TNG two and a robot. Two of those weren't even full-blooded aliens. Starfleet is pretty human-centric.

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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:22 pm 
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If we need more diversity, I'm up for making Stone a robot.

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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:36 pm 
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No.

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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:41 pm 
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Sounds good to me!

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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:07 pm 
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Salamander wrote:
Human-centric seems like standard Star Trek, honestly. TOS has one alien, and TNG two and a robot. Two of those weren't even full-blooded aliens. Starfleet is pretty human-centric.

This is entirely due to budget constraints (and then, in the movies, continuity constraints). Every single Star Trek movie has tried to put more aliens on the crews, in Starfleet, in the Federation, and just around randomly, but since the series already had static casts, they couldn't just randomly add aliens.

TAS added two aliens precisely because it was easy to add aliens via animation.

And the reason why I suggested Andorian and Tellarite respectively to you guys is because you're already playing humans that would act exactly like an Andorian or Tellarite, and thus you wouldn't have to change anything.

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 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:27 pm 
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Science Ensign Shar, Andorian
Orgin: Born on Andor, raised in San Francisco

S: 0
P: 0
I: 0
R: 1
I: 2
T: 2

Skills: Science
Tachyon Harmonic
Science Team


Shar is the fourth son of the Andorian ambassador to Earth, and as such, his prospects of advancement in the highly-hierarchical Andorian society were limited. Always a bright and talented child, he elected to try his hands at the meritocracy of Starfleet, to see if he could make a name for himself in his own right. He tries to keep his ancestry quiet, doing his best not to ride his father's coattails. Besides, his father has other children to focus his attention on, so what help could he really be, anyway?

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 Post Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:40 pm 
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Ok, at present I have eight characters. Two tactical, three engineering, and three science. Three are non-humans, and five are.

I'm going to work on the first post and on paring down the case. I'll probably take six all told. I'm gonna try to balance things between classes and races. Half aliens, two tac, two science, and two engineers for balance.

But now I'm going to sleep, because I just got home from last night. I'll post either before I go out tonight or tomorrow after work.

I don't know why both of the tactical officers are Guy Fleegman. Nobody wants to be Sulu?

Oh, and no changing your characters at this point. I'm going to decide based ont he file I have with all your guys in it. If you change them here, not only will I ignore it, but I'll be annoyed that you ignored me.

Good night.

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 Post Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 3:46 pm 
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Skitzophrenik wrote:
I don't know why both of the tactical officers are Guy Fleegman. Nobody wants to be Sulu?


Heh. It appears that I need to work on character development, if that's the impression I gave you. Apologies. I will work to rectify that in the story.

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 Post Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:01 pm 
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Sulu was Tactical, and he flew and fought the ship. Tasha Yar and Worf were also Tactical, and they bossed around yellowshirts. You boss around guys with phasers, you're Guy Fleegman.

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