Exploding Consoles of Doom (tm)

[Dave Biggins]

Has anyone found any rules yoet for the Exploding Consoles of Doom (tm) yet?

[admrsam2]

i belive in the players hand book, it has exploding consoles, damage etc...

hope i could help

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Quark - "The more things change, the more they stay the same."

[Steve Long]

Dave, you'll find that in the Hit Location chart on page 115, under "The Bridge."

Of course, as Narrator, you can always toss in a few explodin' panels whenever you want, regardless of what the dang hit location table's tellin' ya...

Steve Long

[SIR SIG]

Gotta love those exploding consoles. Almost a guaranteed death everytime especially if your the man with no name
I had a feedback loop for this when the shields were breached, when you rolled the extra damage either went to the underlaying system after the shot or the feedback when to someone's console in that system, damage was always severe.
Now every one say SIR SIG is a nasty Narrator 3 times quickly and it will never happen to you

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SIR SIG a Aussie TREK Narrator

[Dave Biggins]

Thanks Steve!

And Sir Sig, the word is not nasty, it's "Old School"

[Liquidator Queeg]

"Broken glass everywhere,
people p***ing on the stairs, y'know they just don't care
I can't take the smell, can't take the noise,
got no money to move out I guess I got no choice
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back..."

Oh! Sorry, Dave. Wrong "old school".

BTW, what kind of fees did you pay to trademark Exploding Consoles of Doom? Inquiring Ferengi want to know.

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"No one controls me. I'm uncontrollable. The only one who can control me is me... and that's just barely possible!" -John Lennon

[Paul]

Exploding Consoles of Doom (TM) are a great way of reminding the PCs of their own mortality - especially if you damage one (or more) of them in a battle...

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In spite of the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains?

[Karg]

But i have one question, Havn't Starfleet Engineers(TM) figured out the Fuse Yet?

>>>:-)

Karg

[Dave Biggins]

The fee? Well, I had the most wonderful talk with a fellow from the Department of Commerce and it seems that he's quite the ladies man and I'm quite the shutterbug. The fee was waived and his wife knows nothing.

Oh and fuses, Karq, are pieces of technology lost to the post nuclear holocaust

[Anomaly]

Originally posted by Karg:
But i have one question, Havn't Starfleet Engineers(TM) figured out the Fuse Yet?

C'mon Karg! Everyone knows that fuses make for bad TV.

[SIR SIG]

How about a circuit breaker, jeesh that would suck during a battle
"What we've tripped the breaker again, someone get down to main engineering and open the fuse box and reset them."
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SIR SIG a Aussie TREK Narrator

[This message has been edited by SIR SIG (edited 12-04-2000).]

[Dan Gurden]

Originally posted by SIR SIG:
How about a circuit breaker, jeesh that would suck during a battle
"What we've tripped the breaker again, someone get down to main engineering and open the fuse box and reset them."

Great Dramatics though... Imagine the cliff hanger at the end of Best of Both Worlds Part 1...

Acting Captain Riker on the bridge of the Enterprise closing for range on Locutus's Cube.
"Fire at Will"...

The bridge goes black as th lights go out due to the tripped circuit breaker...
"...Bugger" A voice says in the darkness...




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Dan.

"A couple of thoughts froma random mind!"

[ZytelST801]

I think Fuse and Breaker are too non-treknical. Prehaps:

Fuse:
1)Expendable Energy Surge Disapation Linkage.
"Blade Fuse"
Handels surges in tricorders, hand-phasers, positronic brains, and the wonder-widget-of-the-week and such.

2)Ablative Surge Diverter Module.
"Screw-in Fuse"
Designed for larger loads, such as computer consoles and other small scale energy systems.

3)Large-Scale Exponential Power Excursion Diffuser Array.
"Tube-Fuse"
Handels power-surges in warp-drives, phaser banks, Nav-deflectors, Shield Arrays, Anti-Matter Containment Pods, and the Holodeck.

Breakers:
1)Resetable Surge Isolation Switch
2)Automatic Drama-Inducing Energy Control Module Type II

And so on....

[Dave Biggins]

Originally posted by Dan Gurden:
The bridge goes black as th lights go out due to the tripped circuit breaker...
"...Bugger" A voice says in the darkness...

LOL!

Somehow, Dan, I think Riker pulling out a Zippo may have detrimental effect to the overall ambiance...

[Karg]

Yea i know, but i couldn't help the nit pick.

Karg