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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Well, since Prakesh has given up on that one, I'll be doing the next.

25 Questions. Go for it buster.

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

Is it humanoid?

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Nope. 24

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Posted by Fructose (Member # 309) on :

Is it an artificial?

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Nope not artificial, 23.

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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

Is it from TOS?

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Definitely not.

There, that should make things easier.

22 Questions Remaining.

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

Is it larger than me, if I were a Defiant-class ship?

Is it from TNG?

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Posted by Justin_Timberland (Member # 236) on :

Is it a celestial body?

If it is, is it single or have an available brother...LOL

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

No, Yes, No, I can't really say.

18 questions remaining.

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Posted by Fructose (Member # 309) on :

Is it alive? (In the sense that we use today.)

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

I can't answer that question, Fructose.

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

What? No More questions?

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

Is it breathing?

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

So then it's not larger than 120 or 170 meters?

Is it from DS9?

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Does it appear in more than one episode?

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Altair: I can't answer that question either.

Hobbes: No, not from DS9

AndrewR: No, the SSA appears in only one episode or movie.

Summary:
It is not Humanoid
It is not Artificial
It is not from TOS
It is not larger than Hobbes, assuming that Hobbes is a Defiant-Class Starship
It is from TNG
It is not a celestial body
It is unknown if it has a brother
It is not from DS9
It appears in only one episode or movie

16 Questions left.

psst: where is Omega anyway?

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

Is it the Nanites from 'Home Soil'?

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Think about that question for a minute, GA. The SSA isn't artificial. Nanites are...

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

Note: this is not a question.
I thought that the nanites were an indigenous form of life on the planet - mechanical yes, but artificial?
Well, maybe.
I define "artificial" as something made for a specific purpose, which IIRC (probably not!) the Nanites weren't. They were just there on the planet, playing holy hell with the terraformers.

Re Omega: he's probably still prowling around, pissed off at 'The Raid!!' topic and the hiding he received over at the Flameboard - not that he lost, or anything!!

Q: Was the SSA as pissed off with something as *I* presume Omega was with that Topic?

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Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :

Is it a lifeform?

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Gas: Fabrux has a point. If the Naanites was the SSA (which it isn't), I would have said that the SSA was artificial. Like Data, they are Artificial Lifeforms with Artificial Intelligence.

No, the SSA was not pissed off......

Prakesh: I can't answer that question either......

Summary

It is not Humanoid
It is not Artificial
It is not from TOS
It is not larger than Hobbes, assuming that Hobbes is a Defiant-Class Starship
It is from TNG
It is not a celestial body
It is unknown if it has a brother
It is not from DS9
It appears in only one episode or movie
It was not pissed off......

15 Questions remaining.

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

Okay, fine. I suppose I was just being awquard.

Q: Could *it* kill you if it wanted to?
Q: Who would win if Worf went up against it with a batt'leth-shapde barstool?

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Remember the gallant men who drowned
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Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :

A bat'leth shaped barstool?
*lol*

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

No, it could not kill you, and Worf would win if he took it on with a bat'leth-shaped barstool.... *L*

13 questions remaining.

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Does it appear in the first 4 seasons of TNG?

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Gaseous: I think you're thinking of the microbrains. Nanites are tiny robots. The ones in question were ones that Wesley Crusher was experimenting with, but they got loose and evolved into sentient tiny robots.

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

Oh yeaaaaah...I think you're right.

$*spoiler warning*
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NOT

'Home Soil': tiny organic organisms, indigenous to the planet, protecting their home.

Wesley's nanite experiment ep: the nanites achieve sentience and are given their own planet.

I get it now - sorry about the mix-up.

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Remember the gallant men who drowned
On the lifeboat, Mona was her name.

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Posted by The Talented Mr. Gurgeh (Member # 318) on :

Is it a life form?

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Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :

Hey Gurgeh, that question was already asked.

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

No, it did not appear in the first 4 seasons of TNG.

12 Questions remaining.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Was it in seasons 5 or 6?

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

I've been around. I just got a new compy, and have spent way too much of my free time playing Jedi Knight and Birth of the Federation.

"Re Omega: he's probably still prowling around, pissed off at 'The Raid!!' topic and the hiding he received over at the Flameboard"

*ROTFL*

That's the funniest thing I've heard in quite some time.

'K, back to the SSA...

This is just thinking out loud.

The creature from "Darmok" comes to mind, but it's questionable whether it was humanoid or not, and whether a bat'leth would kill it.

There was a crystal in "Man of the People", and another in Aquiel...

The dogs in "True Q", but they might be artificial, since Q apparently conjured them into existance. 'Course, that would depend on whether they were the actual dogs Amanda had, or just duplicates.

The aliens from "Timescape", "Interface", "Phantasms", "Emergence", and that Ronin thing from "Sub Rosa", but again, would a bat'leth kill them?

Q: did I list it above? Feel free to disallow the question.

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Yes, it did appear in seasons 5 or 6.

Omega: None of your guesses adequately match the criteria that you mentioned. In many cases, they can actually kill you if they wanted to (unlike what was shown in the summary). The possible exception is the dogs in "True-Q". If the dogs were big dogs like Rottweilers, then yes, they can kill. Otherwise, well, they're not it.

As for the crystals, the one in "Man of the People" nearly killed Troi, and the one in "Aquiel" could theoretically kill you via Telepathic Overload.

Because you mentioned so many things in your post, it somehow narrows the search criteria quite a bit. I will have to count this question.

10 questions remaining.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Okay... Is it from season 5?

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

No, it is not in Season 5.

Summary:
It is not Humanoid
It is not Artificial
It is not from TOS
It is not larger than Hobbes, assuming that Hobbes is a Defiant-Class Starship
It is from TNG
It is not a celestial body
It is unknown if it has a brother
It is not from DS9
It appears in only one episode or movie
It was not pissed off......
It can't kill you if it wanted to
Worf would win if he used a bat'leth-shaped barstool against it.
It is not in the first 4 seasons of TNG.
It is in Seasons 5 or 6 of TNG.
None of Omega's guesses are correct.
It is not in Season 5.

9 questions remaining.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Natural, non-humanoid, not a celestial body, and from the sixth season...

And can't kill you...

This is a good one...

That egg-thing Madred gave Picard in "Chain of Command" comes to mind.

In fact, it's the only thing that comes to mind.

Q: Was it before "Face of the Enemy"?

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Taspar Egg... hmmmm

Does this SSA contain any metallic parts?

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Yes, it was before "Face of the Enemy", and no, it does not have any metallic parts.

7 Questions remaining.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Is it, in fact, a Taspar egg?

Was it before "A Fistful of Datas"?

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

No, it is not a Taspar Egg (though, I must admit, it's a very good guess. I would have never thought of that).

Yes, it is before "A Fistful of Datas"

5 Questions remaining.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Narrowed it down to seven eps.

Q: Before "Schisms"?

There were the transporter beam creatures in "Realm of Fear", but they were created by a transporter, and thus not natural. And they were really human, anyway, and thus humanoid.

The rift in "Schisms", but it was artificially created by the subspace aliens.

Neither could be killed by a bat'leth.

That reef triggerfish shown on the screen in "Rascals" couldn't possibly count, but failing all else...

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

Ugh, tough one... it's been a while since I've seen TNG, so my guess is Livingston, the tiger fish in Picard's fish tank. *lol*
(okay, so he was seen more than once, I am out of ideas)

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Can't be Livingston he appears in more than one episode or movie.

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

Actually it's a lion fish, not a tiger fish and very poisonious.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

According to the Companion, it was the state fish of Hawaii, the reef triggerfish, Rhinecamthus aculeatus, or in Hawaiian, humuhumunukunukuapua'a.

Unless, of course, you're talking about Livingston...

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

First up, I will give you an extra question. I feel that counting Omega's ton-of-guesses question was a tad bit unfair........

Yes, it is before schisms.

And no, it is not Livingston, the tiger fish. I will have to count this one though, for reasons that will be apparrent later. Besides, I never knew that Livingston was poisonous.........

Summary:
It is not Humanoid
It is not Artificial
It is not from TOS
It is not larger than Hobbes, assuming that Hobbes is a Defiant-Class Starship
It is from TNG
It is not a celestial body
It is unknown if it has a brother
It is not from DS9
It appears in only one episode or movie
It was not pissed off......
It can't kill you if it wanted to
Worf would win if he used a bat'leth-shaped barstool against it.
It is not in the first 4 seasons of TNG.
It is in Seasons 5 or 6 of TNG.
It is not in Season 5.
It was before "Face of the Enemy"
It has no metallic parts.
It is not a Taspar Egg.
It was before "A Fistful of Datas"
It was before "Schisms"
It is not Livingston, the Tiger fish.

4 questions remaining.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Q: Before "Man of the People"?

There was a horse in "Time's Arrow", but a horse could kill you...

But that's all it could be that I can think of...

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Yes, it is before "Man of the People"

Summary:
It is not Humanoid
It is not Artificial
It is not from TOS
It is not larger than Hobbes, assuming that Hobbes is a Defiant-Class Starship
It is from TNG
It is not a celestial body
It is unknown if it has a brother
It is not from DS9
It appears in only one episode or movie
It was not pissed off......
It can't kill you if it wanted to
Worf would win if he used a bat'leth-shaped barstool against it.
It is not in the first 4 seasons of TNG.
It is in Seasons 5 or 6 of TNG.
It is not in Season 5.
It was before "Face of the Enemy"
It has no metallic parts.
It is not a Taspar Egg.
It was before "A Fistful of Datas"
It was before "Schisms"
It is not Livingston, the Tiger fish.
It was before "Man of the People".

3 Questions. You're getting close......

But here is a clue: Consider Worf's Bat'leth-shaped Barstool, and how the SSA would be beaten by it.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Is it that funky snake-on-a-cane?

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

I didn't think that was natural...

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

It's called an Ophidian, and according to my little source, it's a lifeform that exists in a different plane of the universe, and thus natural. Whether or not it can kill you, I don't know.

And no, it is not the Ophidian.

Summary:
It is not Humanoid
It is not Artificial
It is not from TOS
It is not larger than Hobbes, assuming that Hobbes is a Defiant-Class Starship
It is from TNG
It is not a celestial body
It is unknown if it has a brother
It is not from DS9
It appears in only one episode or movie
It was not pissed off......
It can't kill you if it wanted to
Worf would win if he used a bat'leth-shaped barstool against it.
It is not in the first 4 seasons of TNG.
It is in Seasons 5 or 6 of TNG.
It is not in Season 5.
It was before "Face of the Enemy"
It has no metallic parts.
It is not a Taspar Egg.
It was before "A Fistful of Datas"
It was before "Schisms"
It is not Livingston, the Tiger fish.
It was before "Man of the People".
It is not the Ophidian.

2 Questions remaining.

Clue number 2: Consider Livingston, Picard's PET

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

Would it be Data's cat?
I know it was seen more than once, but wasn't there an episode where Spot gives birth, but had already been established as being male.
So I'm thinking that it's the female version of Spot, portrayed by Monster (I think) that's only been seen once.

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Remember December '59
The howling wind and the driving rain,
Remember the gallant men who drowned
On the lifeboat, Mona was her name.

Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

No, it is not Data's Cat, Spot

Summary:
It is not Humanoid
It is not Artificial
It is not from TOS
It is not larger than Hobbes, assuming that Hobbes is a Defiant-Class Starship
It is from TNG
It is not a celestial body
It is unknown if it has a brother
It is not from DS9
It appears in only one episode or movie
It was not pissed off......
It can't kill you if it wanted to
Worf would win if he used a bat'leth-shaped barstool against it.
It is not in the first 4 seasons of TNG.
It is in Seasons 5 or 6 of TNG.
It is not in Season 5.
It was before "Face of the Enemy"
It has no metallic parts.
It is not a Taspar Egg.
It was before "A Fistful of Datas"
It was before "Schisms"
It is not Livingston, the Tiger fish.
It was before "Man of the People".
It is not the Ophidian.
It is not Spot, Data's Cat

I'm adding another question to the list, plus the third and final Clue.

Here is the clue. Use it Wisely.

Aguilera

2 Questions remaining.

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Crappy Plastic MTV trash?
(This was not part of the game

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

No it's not, but it is a clue, nonetheless.

Consider the first name.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Christina. Yeah, so? How does that help?

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Posted by thespaceboy on :

ahhh, O'brien's spider...

d'oh! and I was so happy to just lurk....

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Damn. After that clue, I could have gotten this, if this lurker here hadn't. "Realm of Fear" was just on this past weekend, so the spider was fresh in my mind... *L*

Oh, and if that is the answer, I'd say one of the clues was misleading. How do you know it couldn't kill someone? They never said what type of spider it was. It might be fatally venomous to humans, when it wants to be...

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Yes, it is Christina, O'Brien's Spider. During the scene in which O'Brien and Barclay are sitting together, O'Brien "introduces" Barclay to Christina. Just before O'Brien goes to get a drink, he says to Barclay "Don't worry, she's not poisonous". So even if she bit, Barclay wouldn't die. If Christina WAS poisonous, O'Brien wouldn't risk leaving Barclay to be pumped full of Spider Venom..........

So there you go. Spaceboy wins, do you care to do the next one?

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

::Looks up thespaceboy's profile::

Wow, only 1 post since July 14, 99.

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Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :

quote:
If Christina WAS poisonous, O'Brien wouldn't risk leaving Barclay to be pumped full of Spider Venom..........

Unless he actually wanted too. Wouldn't surprise me if he really hated Barclay deep down inside.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Dang! Now THAT was an SSA!

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Posted by thespaceboy on :

yikes... OK, I think I can try this out....

*thinking*

ah-ha!

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Where was Christina on DS9!?! Maybe she was eaten by a Vole!?! That is my next Question on a DS9 chat to Ira Behr or someone

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Well, like I said, "Realm of Fear" was just on here this past weekend, and I seem to recall that O'Brien said "she won't bite", not "she isn't poisonous".

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