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    When the PCs are lower ranked crew...

    I started a campaign featuring recent academy graduates, and it is not working well. They always "kick problems upstairs" for their superiors to solve unless I contrive ways to isolate them from such...
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    I would add Return to Tomorrow (classic love...

    I would add Return to Tomorrow (classic love story) to the Season 2 list, but otherwise those are pretty much my choices.
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    Poll: The key is to recognize that utopia is the goal...

    The key is to recognize that utopia is the goal and that it has not been achieved - and may never be - but that it is a goal worth striving for. I felt that in the original series. In Next...
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    Poll: I enjoyed it a lot while I was watching it. I...

    I enjoyed it a lot while I was watching it. I felt the actors did a good job, the plot moved quickly and the effects were spot on. I understand why there are so many differences, and I understand why...
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    Another possibility: the players eventually...

    Another possibility: the players eventually discover that the station wasn't created to wall off a group of systems. It and the gravitational anomaly are the remnants of an alien operation that moved...
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    Blood and Fire (1) - December 20

    The first part of the next "Phase II" episode, entitled Blood and Fire, will premiere on 12/20.
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    Poll: I... disagree. I kind of like 4e, as a game that...

    I... disagree. I kind of like 4e, as a game that essentially emulates something like World of Warcraft or Magic: The Gathering for roleplaying. It's got a different and sometimes nice feel to it, and...
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    I have chosen to implement a Federation that...

    I have chosen to implement a Federation that doesn't necessarily lay claim to the space between member worlds. It watches the "borders" by which I mean those areas where member worlds are near...
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    My rule of thumb is that they can create most...

    My rule of thumb is that they can create most mundane equipment used by Starfleet. This is done by reading a template into replicator memory and using that to alter the crude matter from which the...
  10. Rest in peace, Gary, and thanks for all of it.

    Rest in peace, Gary, and thanks for all of it.
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    Not at all. Just say that Gallifrey is the...

    Not at all. Just say that Gallifrey is the mysterious planet that sponsored Gary Seven. The one they can't find. It's true HE doesn't use a capsule to travel across space, but THEY might.
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    I bought "The Ultimate Arcane Spellbook" back in...

    I bought "The Ultimate Arcane Spellbook" back in the day and can attest that Mongoose has always had terrible quality control. Their editors... don't. The PDF of errata for that book ran to forty...
  13. Thread: Netflix

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    This isn't quite my experience. Most of the time...

    This isn't quite my experience. Most of the time they send me what's at the top of my queue. Occasioanlly, that movie has a wait (because all the copies have been sent to others); when that happens,...
  14. Thread: Netflix

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    If you're asking what the magic number is, I...

    If you're asking what the magic number is, I don't know. I do know that I've experienced all the things I described, as have others.

    Their huge advantage is that you will get the movie you ask...
  15. More (but not much more) about Trek XI - from Abrams

    Abrams drops a few hints here.
  16. Thread: Another One?

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    Congratulations! May your family remain happy and...

    Congratulations! May your family remain happy and healthy... and geeky... through it all! :)
  17. Thread: Netflix

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    I've been using the service for about half a...

    I've been using the service for about half a year. I have received several discs I had to clean before they'd play, two broken discs and one scratched disc that wouldn't play at all.

    If you turn...
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    I would agree with this statement - I would have...

    I would agree with this statement - I would have involved fewer mutants in the final confrontation and probably fewer soldiers as well.

    True, but at least the portrayal is consistent with Magneto...
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    Considering that it got some mediocre reviews and...

    Considering that it got some mediocre reviews and some downright poor reviews, I expected to be disappoint. But the film was fine entertainment.

    I will refrain from further comment on the matters...
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    Check out the sticky thread at the top of this...

    Check out the sticky thread at the top of this forum for website status.

    I generally check the site a few times a week - less frequently than I once did - and on many of those occasions, don't...
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    Those relays would also be among the first things...

    Those relays would also be among the first things replaced; a government is far more efficient when it can contact all of its holdings and allies quickly.
  22. In "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" (TOS episode where the...

    In "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" (TOS episode where the Enterprise visits 1969 and abducts John Christopher) Kirk tells Christopher there are only "twelve like it in the fleet" when discussing the...
  23. Thread: Star Trek 2.0

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    The Corbomite Maneuver (of course). The basic...

    The Corbomite Maneuver (of course). The basic plot was redone on other occasions but at the time it was novel.

    Balance of Terror

    Journey to Babel, but fleshed out as a two-parter with more...
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    I, too, have found that for more combat oriented...

    I, too, have found that for more combat oriented games it's easier to "wing it." That's not to say that such games lack more sophisticated plots - that's up to the GM. But a show like Trek is more...
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    A post Dominion war arc could easily incorporate...

    A post Dominion war arc could easily incorporate political elements as a sharper Federation attempts to find its way back to its idealistic roots - in fact, I'll bet that could be a good premise for...
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