My version of the Mirror Universe, which ignores the DS9 version.
http://www.coldnorth.com/owen/game/s...ror/mirror.htm
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My version of the Mirror Universe, which ignores the DS9 version.
http://www.coldnorth.com/owen/game/s...ror/mirror.htm
See the timeline on the page for the differences in the history from that used in DS9. I figure, based on Parallels, that there are also an infinite number or Mirror Universes. Note the Section 31 uniform, worn by political officers. These guys are seriously twisted, a cross between Stalin-era Zampolits and Gestapo. The image of Tiberius I is Kirk from the orbital skydiving sequence cut from the opening of Generations.
Nicely done. :)
Good thinking. I'd always figured that if I wanted to do a Mirror Universe adventure I could pick a parallel MU where the Empire was still kicking (or is the DS9 MU the parallel MU where the Empire fell?), so your thesis meets with my full approval.
I agree. While the DS9 episodes were fun and all, playing the Mirror Universe is more fun with the Terran Empire intact.
I like to think the MU is actually a Lazarus-initiated anomaly which spins out an entity's Jungian shadow into a sort of inverted puppetshow acted out around them.
I always thought that the point of it all is that BOTH exist... (I will be going with a DS9 led mirror myself, in which Regent Worf was the minor leader to the Pah Wraith Emissary; Emperor Dukat! Which I hope to play as a Star Wars Vader/Palpatine type relationship...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Owen E Oulton
That's the beauty of Parallels! One size need not fit all!
I have the Mirror Universe supplement by Decipher which includes a lot of material.
I've never GMed or played in a Star Trek Mirror Universe scenario but I think it would be a lot of fun.
But I've always wondered whether in reality soomething like the Terran Empire could ever exist. Sure there are many examples of totalitarian, aggressive, & draconian dictatorships throughout earthh history but the Terran Empire in the Mirror Universe takes that to an extreme.
I mean how could you have a society progress & advance if it's OK to assassinate your leaders, assuming you can get away with it? And how can a civilization be stable if every single person is selfish, conniving & violent towards even their friends & allies? You'd have to watch your back all the time.
Regardless of whether it's realistic to have a technologically advanced society w/ the kind of deviousness & treachery in every person like the Mirror Universe, it's certainly fun to watch & read about.
Agreed, Jem'hadar. So do you have the whole Mirror Universe supplement? Or just the preview (11 pages or whatever it is)?
It's like that first episode of 'Ripping Yarns.' More excuse for it to be a vast pocket-dimension or externalized schizophrenic episode, a la 'Remember Me.'
Doug, I dunno what Jem'Hadar has, but I have the full book in .PDF, all 160+ pages. Even though it's a CODA book, it's refreshingly free of system-specific crunch, and can just as easily be used for ICON.
I have both the .pdf books both Worlds and Mirror Univrese. But have found it really difficult to read them on the 'puter... I really miss books :(
Actually both of those are pretty system-specific crunch-free...or, in the case of Worlds, the crunch is all self-contained. Good readin'. (And I know what you mean...it still doesn't seem quite natural to me to read a "book" off a screen. But hey, it saves trees...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Gurden
A pictorial history of Mirror Universe uniforms.
http://www.coldnorth.com/owen/game/s...oruniforms.pdf