Block gone... New game setting coming...

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Originally posted by AslanC
As I am not overly versed in the running of these types of games, I have no idea how long it will take or what level of comittment is needed. Expect to post once or twice a week I would assume.

As to your character, send me the specifics again. Penelope Cruze as I recall, no?

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That rate I can probably sustain. For a while at least.;)

I'll take a quick jaunt through your Ultimate Trek recent history, hammer her background into shape, and shoot you a PM with all the info. I'll probably have to negotiate a few of the details with you, depending on how thoroughly you've covered them so far.

And yes, Penelope Cruz is who I used for my Empok Nor photomanip. For those interested, here's how she would have looked...

http://www.users.qwest.net/~landmark...tCdrRomero.jpg

-Chris Landmark

Just a note, I had to make some minor fixes to the UST Timeline, and have not uploaded the proper txt file yet.

So use the html pages as the current and accurate timeline :)

Love that pic BTW, she would look even better all UST style :)

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Originally posted by Sea Tyger
Y'know, maybe it's just me, but I think you may want to round the face out a little bit...like by replacing some of the cheek fur that give cats that distinctive look.

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Well, I am no expert on cats, so you may have a point, but what I wanted to do with this image was not make it look like I just stuck a cat's head on a uniform, but preserve at least the basic shape and some features of the actress hidden under the fur.

Oh and if anyone thinks I haven't succeeded with that, just give it a try yourself. :p;)

OKay I need characters submitted to me by Monday.

aslan_collas@yahoo.com

I would like to start ASAP :)

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Originally posted by AslanC
OKay I need characters submitted to me by Monday.

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Just on a verification, my submission was okay, except for the background change you suggested. Right?

BTW, other than the CMO and my character (Savanna Fields - chief engineer), how many women will we got on board?

Also, did you make a final decision on station or ship?

Decision went for Starbase (with support ship)

I believe there is one other female, the Flight Officer.

Everything should be cool for your character, with the changes I requested :)

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Originally posted by AslanC
From 2258 - 2259 Starfleet Intelligence begins "removing" particular undesribales from the station and upgrading the station and the sensor systems needed to monitor the Romulans (and to some degree the Gorns as well).

In 2260 Starfleet is ready to transfer staff into place.

This is where the game will begin.

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Now, if you want to start ASAP, let me get a few questions about the actual in-game starting situation out off the way.

(1) Will we all be part of the staff that is just transfered to the station (except the Bannockburn CO of course), i.e. will all characters be newcomers to the station?

(2) Will we all arrive on the same ship (or at least in small groups on only a few ships), giving us a chance to get to know each other before we reach the station?

(3) What basic information can we get (in-game) about the station before we arrive, e.g. layout, some info on the staff assigned to our departments, etc. Just want to get an idea what kind of knowledge I can assume my character has.

Now if you want to address all these questions during gameplay that's fine by me, but the sooner we get the basics worked out the sooner we can get down to some serious gaming. ;)

Northampton-class Specifications for Ultimate Star Trek

Production Data
Origin: United Federation of Planets
Class and Type: Northampton-class Heavy Frigate
Year Launched: 2247 {2260}

Hull Data
Structure: 35 {30}
Size/Decks: 6/20 decks
Length/Beam/Height: 300/150/75 meters
Complement: 325

Operational Data
Atmorspheric Systems: No
Cargo Units: 60
Life Support: Class 3 (D)
Operations System: Class 3 (D)
Separation System: No
Sensor System: Class 3 (+3/D)
Shuttlebay: 1 stardrive aft
Shuttlecraft: 6 size worth
Tractor Beams: 1FV, 1AD
Transporters: 6 standard, 6 emergency, 6 cargo

Propulsion Data
Impulse System: RSM (.75c) (D)
Warp System: LN-64 Mod 3 (wf 7/9/12) (D)

Tactical Data
Phaser Banks: Type VII (x3/C) {Type VIII (x4/C)}
Penetration: 4/4/4/0/0 {5/5/4/0/0}
Photon Torpedoes: Mk 22 DF (x3/C)
Penetration: 4/4/4/4/4
Deflector Shield: PFF 3 (B) {CIDSS-2 (C)}
Protection/Threshold: 14/3 {14/4}

Miscellaneous Data
Maneuvering: +1C, +1H, +2T
Traits: Hardened System (Warp)

Initially launched in 2247, the Northampton incorporated many lessons learned from the Constitution refit of 2241 and the Andorian-designed Andor-class missile cruiser and Thufir-class destroyer.

The 2260 refit upgraded the ship's phasers to Type VIIIs, allowing for greater penetration at point-blank and short range. Extra structure was removed in favor of the more reliable CIDSS-2 deflector shield. USS Bannockburn (NCC-2028) is the first ship to complete the refit.

Twenty-two Northhamptons have been built so far, and another eight are planned over the next nine years. Five were lost during the Genesis War, and three others have been lost in peacetime. Three Northamptons have recently entered spacedock to undergo the new refit, and Starfleet plans to refit the remaining 10 at a pace of two per year.

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Originally posted by Lancer
Now, if you want to start ASAP, let me get a few questions about the actual in-game starting situation out off the way.

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Shoot!

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(1) Will we all be part of the staff that is just transfered to the station (except the Bannockburn CO of course), i.e. will all characters be newcomers to the station?

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All newcommers.

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(2) Will we all arrive on the same ship (or at least in small groups on only a few ships), giving us a chance to get to know each other before we reach the station?

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I suppose. If someone really wants it, othersise you are catching lifts on the various Starfleet vessels along the various routes that will connect and drop you.

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(3) What basic information can we get (in-game) about the station before we arrive, e.g. layout, some info on the staff assigned to our departments, etc. Just want to get an idea what kind of knowledge I can assume my character has.

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Hmmmm... I can't think of anything off hand, send me an e-mail when I can think about it :)

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Now if you want to address all these questions during gameplay that's fine by me, but the sooner we get the basics worked out the sooner we can get down to some serious gaming. ;)

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Agreed.

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Originally posted by Sea Tyger
[B]Northampton-class Specifications for Ultimate Star Trek

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Do you have one for the station as well?

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Originally posted by Prompt Critical
Do you have one for the station as well?

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I believe we're going with a K-type station. If that's the case, go here. Of course, since Aslan has reimagined the Star Trek universe, ignore the listed dates in the text.

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Originally posted by Sea Tyger
Y'know, maybe it's just me, but I think you may want to round the face out a little bit...like by replacing some of the cheek fur that give cats that distinctive look.

Given that she's a female, you don't want to make them too pronounced, but a little more of a rounded cheek line might help.

Just my thoughts.

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Y'know, the more I think about it and try experimenting with it, the more I start to think that "more cat-like" might not be such a bad way to go, especially after finally getting my hands on a TAS episode with M'res in it.
What do you (and everyone else) think of this one?
http://hometown.aol.de/ABodensohn/images/Rrssar.jpg

Is the feline model a shorthair?

The picture looks very good, although it just lacks a true feline roundness to the face. I've always envisioned a bipedal feline race to retain the more squat, round, longer skull shape that is common to all cats (big and small).

Of course, when you're trying to conform the cat's fur, nose and eyes onto a human head, it's extremely difficult to find the appropriate actress to fit that unusual (for a human) structure. All-in-all, I think you did a pretty good job.

One suggestion, though, is to move her right ear further laterally (away from center). It's current location makes her look a little off axis. :)

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Originally posted by Sea Tyger
Is the feline model a shorthair?

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The original cat is some sort of african wildcat and pretty shorthaired.

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The picture looks very good, although it just lacks a true feline roundness to the face. I've always envisioned a bipedal feline race to retain the more squat, round, longer skull shape that is common to all cats (big and small).

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The biggest problem with using a cat's head on a human body is the diameter of the neck. You can either reduce the size of the neck and head of a cat to fit the uniform colar (which would result in a ridiculously small head) or deform the head to a more human-looking shape.
Adding fur to the original body's neck and using the cat's head as it is would be another option, but the head just looks too big for the neck that way, at least to me it does.

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One suggestion, though, is to move her right ear further laterally (away from center). It's current location makes her look a little off axis. :)

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You are of course right. :)
That's just one of the things that fall into the "noticed it myself ten seconds after uploading the image" category. Happens all the time. :o;)

Once we start playing I'll post a corrected version in the actual game tread, but apart from moving her ear it should be very close to the one shown above.

Aslan, another question:
You have compressed the timeline so much I am not sure if I should envision the setting in the TOS "bubblegum button" style or the "touchscreen style" of the E-B bridge or something in between.
You don't have to go into any details - just a rough outline of the "visual" aspects of your universe would be more than enough for me. Knowing how to visualize a setting always helps me get in the mood for a game.:)

Well that is a good question.

We have a mix to say the least on this one. The K-Type station (not sure I will use that appleation since the K in K-7 maye have simply refered to Klingon, as in the border it was near) has old TOS style lite-brite controls. :)

The bannockburn, having just undergone a refit would have Trek VI style controls.

You would use flip out communicators and the Phasers from V & VI.

In the UST world I like the Phaser Rifles from First Contact so those owuld be par fot ehc ourse.

Transporters can beam to a location, but not inbetween decks on ships. From ship to ship, most times would be transporter room to transporter room.

Replicators exist as food replicators, that make flavoured colored cubes, not violins and watches, etc...

Hmmm... what else? Suggestions? Questions?

Confirmed Characters

Captain Matthew Elias Grimm - CO USS Bannockburn (Sea Tyger)

Commander Theodore Rostoff - CO DS6 (GandalfOfBorg)

Lieutenant Commander R’rssar - CMO DS6 (Lancer)

Lieutenant Commander Alejandra Cecilia Xenia "Alex" Romero - Flight Control Officer DS6 (Chris Landmark)

Lieutenant Savanna Fields - Chief of Operations/Engineering DS6 (Prompt Critical)

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Two more players are on the plate as wanting to join in, but haven't finalized character ideas. As one of them is undergoing a personal issue, I am extending the deadline to the end of the week (say Saturday) with a proposed start of next Monday, the 24th.

One is leaning towards Strategic Ops and the other towards Security, since these are not the same departments, it should work out well.

If I have left anyone out, please contact me immediately via PM :)

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The bannockburn, having just undergone a refit would have Trek VI style controls.

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Where does the name Bannockburn come from?

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Replicators exist as food replicators, that make flavoured colored cubes, not violins and watches, etc...

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Flavored colored cubes? Sounds like a Jello commercial. No "Tea, Earl Grey, hot"? I guess as long as meals aren't a major part of the role-play.

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We have a mix to say the least on this one. The K-Type station (not sure I will use that appleation since the K in K-7 maye have simply refered to Klingon, as in the border it was near) has old TOS style lite-brite controls. :)

The bannockburn, having just undergone a refit would have Trek VI style controls.

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So the station is TOS style and the Bannockburn has the "movie styling". *shrugs* Works for me.

As an aside to the "K-type station": You called it a Kepler-type station earlier in this thread, which works just fine IMHO.

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You would use flip out communicators and the Phasers from V & VI.

In the UST world I like the Phaser Rifles from First Contact so those owuld be par fot ehc ourse.

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R'rssar couldn't care less about the looks of the weapons, but I bet the security guys will be interested if you are using the "23rd century phaser" rules or the more modern phaser settings, despite all the visual mish-mash (see Coda PG, p. 182).

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Replicators exist as food replicators, that make flavoured colored cubes, not violins and watches, etc...

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I must admit it's been quite a while since I saw any TOS episode, but couldn't those food dispensers provide real food, instead of just "flavoured cube meals"?
Ye know, I bet the station's CMO would write R'rssar a medical certificate that real meat is a vital part of her dietary requirements. :D:p;)

And no violins? Be thankful for that. A Caitian playing a violin could end up with a real "cat"erwaul. :D

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Hmmm... what else? Suggestions? Questions?

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Can you tell us a little more about the civilian population of DS6?
I don't need any details about specific individuals (at least not now), but I think I have a slight tendency to envision any Trek station like DS9.
A rough breakdown of species onboard (mostly humans, mostly Orions, equal mix of several species, etc.) and a list of some services the civies provide (restaurants, bars, tailor-shops, etc.) would be nice and could help spur your own imagination.
If you want to tell us during gameplay that's fine by me, but the more of the "small details" we get out of the way first, the more we can concentrate on the actual game later on.

OTOH, that could just be me. :)

And another question has just occured to me:

The SOM mentions that surgery in a starship sickbay should be treated as "well equiped", i.e. with a -5 TN modifier. Does the same go for DS6's medical facilities as well?

And what about other skills that might be affected by modifiers for good/bad equipment, e.g. engineering?
Will there be any TN modifiers in place, as long as we are on the station and if so, for what skills?

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Originally posted by Prompt Critical
Where does the name Bannockburn come from?


Flavored colored cubes? Sounds like a Jello commercial. No "Tea, Earl Grey, hot"? I guess as long as meals aren't a major part of the role-play.

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1. Bannockburn is the location of a1314 battle in which Robert the Bruce led the Scots to victory against England (and relieving Stirling Castle), effectively ending any English "pretentions to control the northern British kingdom" (quote is from the BBC website). This victory led to the eventual securing Scottish sovereignty (in 1328) until the unification of the two kingdoms in 1707.

If you think of the movie Braveheart, it's the battle that's about to begin at the end of the movie, where the Bruce says, "You bled with Wallace. Now, bleed with me."

I want to use "Bleed with me" as the ship's quote. :)

2. The colored cubes are one of the meals produced by "food processors" (look at a number of the TOS episodes to find them. However, the processors are also able to produce recognizable meals (chicken soup in the episode "Tommorrow is Yesterday"). They may be able to produce a three-course steak dinner, but basic meals are certainly viable.

Also, on the ship, it's probably safe to say that there's a full-sized galley (like the one seen in Star Trek VI) for meals (especially for officers).

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Originally posted by Sea Tyger
Also, on the ship, it's probably safe to say that there's a full-sized galley (like the one seen in Star Trek VI) for meals (especially for officers).

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Now this almost makes me reconsider my vote for a station-based game, but only "almost". ;)
OTOH, you are stuck on your ship, while we station officers have all the ammenities available that a station - with all it's civilian shops - can offer. :p;)

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Originally posted by Sea Tyger
2. The colored cubes are one of the meals produced by "food processors" (look at a number of the TOS episodes to find them. However, the processors are also able to produce recognizable meals (chicken soup in the episode "Tommorrow is Yesterday"). They may be able to produce a three-course steak dinner, but basic meals are certainly viable.

Also, on the ship, it's probably safe to say that there's a full-sized galley (like the one seen in Star Trek VI) for meals (especially for officers).

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No steak dinners, just liquids and cubes. :) Yes the ship has a limited galley (This ain't no Connie after all ) and the station has a replimet, and at least one or two restaurants. :)

Spoiled by Next Gen you all were ;)

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Originally posted by Lancer
Now this almost makes me reconsider my vote for a station-based game, but only "almost". ;)
OTOH, you are stuck on your ship, while we station officers have all the ammenities available that a station - with all it's civilian shops - can offer. :p;)

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It is a K-7 stype station, ain't that many "ammenities" since most of it is cargo space. In fact if you look at the model, the large metal disks are nothign but cargo space. :)

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It is a K-7 stype station, ain't that many "ammenities" since most of it is cargo space. In fact if you look at the model, the large metal disks are nothign but cargo space. :)

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Which would be fine for the K-7 station that was supposed to serve as a supply base for coloinzation efforts, but DS6 has quite a different role (or maybe not, but at least it doesn't have to be like K-7).
And all the "cargo-station" thing aside, this place has been used by civilians/smugglers/pirates for about 20 years, so I figured there would be a lot of businesses making use of that 'cargo space', even after Starfleet cleared out the worst of the troublemakers.
Now this may just be me, but with the background you set up for the station I figured it would have a lot of civilian operations on board, regardless of the type of station.

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Originally posted by Lancer
As an aside to the "K-type station": You called it a Kepler-type station earlier in this thread, which works just fine IMHO.

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Fan based name, not sure I would use it as it bothers me.

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R'rssar couldn't care less about the looks of the weapons, but I bet the security guys will be interested if you are using the "23rd century phaser" rules or the more modern phaser settings, despite all the visual mish-mash (see Coda PG, p. 182).

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And if you ever have to get into a phaser fight I will make that decision, that is the kind of minutia that escapes me. Shouldn't they be more worried about the weapons being fired back at them? ;)

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Ye know, I bet the station's CMO would write R'rssar a medical certificate that real meat is a vital part of her dietary requirements.

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Mmmm... Would you like some cheese to go with that whine? ;) I kid, I kid :D

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And no violins? Be thankful for that. A Caitian playing a violin could end up with a real "cat"erwaul.

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And don't get her started on the whole "cat-gut" strings thing!

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Can you tell us a little more about the civilian population of DS6?
I don't need any details about specific individuals (at least not now), but I think I have a slight tendency to envision any Trek station like DS9.

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It is a trading station, folks come from all over. Rewatch Trouble with Tribbles and Trials & Tribbleations and you will be fine :)

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A rough breakdown of species onboard (mostly humans, mostly Orions, equal mix of several species, etc.) and a list of some services the civies provide (restaurants, bars, tailor-shops, etc.) would be nice and could help spur your own imagination.

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There is one restuarant/bar and one trading post (owned by the same guy). Your choices are limited to say the least :) This is a long cry from DS9.

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If you want to tell us during gameplay that's fine by me, but the more of the "small details" we get out of the way first, the more we can concentrate on the actual game later on.

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Seems fair.

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OTOH, that could just be me.

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Probably is ;)

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Now this may just be me, but with the background you set up for the station I figured it would have a lot of civilian operations on board, regardless of the type of station.

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It is not a bustling environment. Also the smugglers and illeagal traders weren't creating a casino in space, they were using it as a trading station for illeagal stuff. Sure there might have been a dicing hall or two opened in the cargo area, but Starfleet has cleared that stuff out for the most part.

Stop thinking DS9, this is nothing like that. This is not a city is space. It is a small town. A frontier outpost. There are the following businesses on the station...

1] Bar/Restuarant
2] Trading Post (In the back of the bar)
3] Cargo Facilities
4] Minor repair facilities, designed for small ships.
5] Replimat (all the food cubes you could want, for a price).

Other than station quarters, there aren't that many places for rent to sleep even. Most traders simple sleep on their ships. The place can't even dock ships either. Look at the model. It is not that big a place.

http://nzcabac.future.easyspace.com/...tionK-7_05.jpg

Well it is and it isn't. As Spock says, most of it is uninhabitable, storage without even life support.

I jsut want this clear, since as you said you have a view of DS9 as your ifluence.

I might also add, the above reasons are why I dropped using a K-7 type station the first time around, too limited.

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Originally posted by AslanC
And if you ever have to get into a phaser fight I will make that decision, that is the kind of minutia that escapes me. Shouldn't they be more worried about the weapons being fired back at them? ;)

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You know, I couldn't care less.
If the security guys want to care about weapons thta's fine by me. All I have to worry about is that those same security people are aware of who is going to put them back in one oiece after the firefight. If they remember that I shouldn't have to worry about protecting myself. :D

just wanted to point you to a question that may come up sooner or later. :)

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And another question has just occured to me:

The SOM mentions that surgery in a starship sickbay should be treated as "well equiped", i.e. with a -5 TN modifier. Does the same go for DS6's medical facilities as well?

And what about other skills that might be affected by modifiers for good/bad equipment, e.g. engineering?
Will there be any TN modifiers in place, as long as we are on the station and if so, for what skills?

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I won't give you a negative modifier for the medical facilities, but they are not considered "well equiped" by any stretch of the imagination. Basically treat your sick-bay as the kind of place you NEED to upgrade. Starfleet promises to get you the stuff, you just have to keep at them :)

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Originally posted by AslanC
Other than station quarters, there aren't that many places for rent to sleep even. Most traders simple sleep on their ships. The place can't even dock ships either. Look at the model. It is not that big a place.

http://nzcabac.future.easyspace.com/...tionK-7_05.jpg

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Okay, but how much of that cargo space is actually used for cargo, or will be used for it in the foreseable future?
And if not all of it, how much of it could possibly be converted to useful space, considering existing life-support cpacitiy?

And just one other thing...
Among the civilian enterprises you mentioned, you forgot about the gym you mentioned to me off-forum.

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Okay, but how much of that cargo space is actually used for cargo, or will be used for it in the foreseable future?
And if not all of it, how much of it could possibly be converted to useful space, considering existing life-support cpacitiy?

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Well that is a good question and will have to come up during play :)

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And just one other thing...
Among the civilian enterprises you mentioned, you forgot about the gym you mentioned to me off-forum.

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Whoops, I forgot that one. Thanks for reminding me :)

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Originally posted by AslanC
No steak dinners, just liquids and cubes. :) Yes the ship has a limited galley (This ain't no Connie after all ) and the station has a replimet, and at least one or two restaurants. :)

Spoiled by Next Gen you all were ;)

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No, I was just spoiled by the Connie. :p :D Next Gen who? ;)

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No steak dinners, just liquids and cubes. :) Yes the ship has a limited galley and the station has a replimet, and at least one or two restaurants. :)
Spoiled by Next Gen you all were ;)

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Well, I don't remember seeing many colored cubes on the banquet table in "Undiscovered Country".

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Well, I don't remember seeing many colored cubes on the banquet table in "Undiscovered Country".

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That's cause the Enterprise had a galley :) A big one too. Remember when Chekov fired the phaser at the pot?

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That's cause the Enterprise had a galley :) A big one too. Remember when Chekov fired the phaser at the pot?

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Actually, that was Valerus who quick cooked whatever was on the stove with the phaser in UDC.

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Actually, that was Valerus who quick cooked whatever was on the stove with the phaser in UDC.

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It looked like a dough of some kind. :) Maybe mashed potatoes?

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Actually, that was Valerus who quick cooked whatever was on the stove with the phaser in UDC.

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Oh crap, you are right. I stand corrected, but it doesn't change the fact that there was a galley with a staff :)

Do you have any graphics of the ship or can you compare it to the Reliant or Grissom?

http://www.shipschematics.net/startr...orthampton.jpg

There was a half finished 3d model somewhere on the web, but for the life of me I cannot find it anymore.

Anywho, that pic will have to do for now.

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Wow, that's a lot of structure just for two nacelles. A lot of distance for plasma conduits to travel. Looks like Savanna's crew will have their hands full on Field Day.