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    A Question Of Honor

    Years ago, I read a cool magazine article on the subject of Klingons and Honor. I have mentioned it a few times here on these boards, and have recently rediscovered it. Since it is not game-system...
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    Thanks very much for pointing me to that group:...

    Thanks very much for pointing me to that group: the file you mentioned wasn't the one I sought, but that group did lead me to it, and now I know why I couldn't find it all these years: it was a...
  3. Thread: Be a winner!

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    An interesting game. The only way to win is not...

    An interesting game.
    The only way to win is not to play.
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    I would not at all mind seeing some spoilers for...

    I would not at all mind seeing some spoilers for that. :)
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    I have known for some time that the Navy actually...

    I have known for some time that the Navy actually uses 4 hours shifts: they found that giving people a 4 hour break in the middle of their shift helps with attention and such. But I recently found...
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    Saw a pretty good review on Youtube that pointed...

    Saw a pretty good review on Youtube that pointed out that the overwhelming position of people in Star Trek, at least pre-Voyager, was that if someone from the future changes the present or the past,...
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    Pretty sure they'd call Temporal Investigations....

    Pretty sure they'd call Temporal Investigations. ;)

    They're not quite "fringe", but they tend to wind up there a bit. What they are is emergency engineers.
    That means that when the river is...
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    Ex Astris Scientia does not allow hotlinking,...

    Ex Astris Scientia does not allow hotlinking, folks.
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    (As I have said before, back in TOS it seemed...

    (As I have said before, back in TOS it seemed that phasers were FTL, while photon torpedoes were not. This isn't really important to what I'll say below.)

    As said above, the (SF Franchise A)...
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    Yes, but by the same token, a Nova with a crew of...

    Yes, but by the same token, a Nova with a crew of 78 has an "evac limit" of ... 234? That's what Spacedock would give it.
    The Sabre is twice as long as a Nova and roughly three times as wide: it is...
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    I just noticed something odd, that makes me think...

    I just noticed something odd, that makes me think that somebody made an enormous mistake about the size of the Sabre class:

    The Nova Class (like USS Equinox) has 20 escape pods on the dorsal...
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    A bit of thread necromancy here, but I have a...

    A bit of thread necromancy here, but I have a question about an old FASA Klingon book.

    Back in the 80s, I owned a FASA book on the Klingons, but I don't know what book it was. I only remember one...
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    Well, while we see Starfleet ships carry cargo...

    Well, while we see Starfleet ships carry cargo occasionally, we have also seen dedicated freighters. And none of those freighters were Starfleet vessels, IIRC.
    In contrast, when faced with a massive...
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    Yes, there will be private transportation, but...

    Yes, there will be private transportation, but everything we've seen would indicate that most private transportation flies.
    I mean, think about it: wouldn't you prefer a car that flies? There would...
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    Most of what we have seen suggests there are...

    Most of what we have seen suggests there are little or no land vehicles in the Federation: most every vehicle flies. People do seem fond of walking, though. :)

    I agree they have a niche, though....
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    This looks great. Personally, I'd fold this...

    This looks great.

    Personally, I'd fold this into Starfleet. Starfleet does lots and lots of things that in the modern US are part of seperate agencies. Starfleet is the Navy, the Coast Guard, the...
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    US Air Force to the rescue! :) One of the jobs...

    US Air Force to the rescue! :)
    One of the jobs that I thought would be handled by a Quartermaster in the Navy (based on old age-of-sail uses) was cargo management: the guy who decides what goes...
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    Cool stuff here, guys. It appears that a great...

    Cool stuff here, guys.

    It appears that a great many posts may be held by either a red shirt or a gold shirt, and I imagine the same goes for blue.
    For instance, at least one of the Chief...
  19. Thread: Crew Question

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    The crew positions on a Nova Class will depend on...

    The crew positions on a Nova Class will depend on a number of things, mainly what is it's intended mission. A science ship will have a very different crew from an explorer, obviously.

    If this ship...
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    Hi, folks. As I continue "porpoising" through...

    Hi, folks.

    As I continue "porpoising" through the internet (I appear for a few months, disappear for a few months, return unexpectedly) I have returned.

    No telling how long I'll stay this time,...
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    As others have said, when processing speed is a...

    As others have said, when processing speed is a big issue, distance is a big issue on processing speed. We have kind of hit a plateau for processor speed for personal computers, and the reason is...
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    Two other significant facts from Data's Day,...

    Two other significant facts from Data's Day, given that the Enterprise seems to run 3 shifts of 8 hours:
    Data is relieved in the morning by Riker.
    Data relieves Worf.

    This means that Captain...
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    S. John Ross also has an excellent article on...

    S. John Ross also has an excellent article on Adventure Cargo that was, I believe, intended for GURPS Space but is really quite useful for any setting.
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    As I see it, Kirk really only had 2 options for...

    As I see it, Kirk really only had 2 options for how he'd die.

    1) Doing something gloriously heroic. Whether he was ramming a ship down the throat of the planet-killer, or just holding the pass so...
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    Well, I strongly doubt that Air Force personnel...

    Well, I strongly doubt that Air Force personnel are doing anything very "infantry type". They are still doing the kind of thing they did before: providing security ro Air Force bases. It's just a...
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