So is this going to be the 'Area 51' of the Flare Sci-fi forums?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Look at this... *flash* You saw no UP3 board. It's just a board dedicated to CC's sheep. You have no interest in it.
Funny I should be using that on you, of all people... *L*
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
LOL. Ummmmmm. Excuse me. It seems you have forgoten why we MIBs wear these sun glasses, other than for stylish reasons. Are you keeping illegal aliens in there? The OTHER kind of illegal aliens?
Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :
And speaking of UP3, those associated with the project really should frequent the UP3 Forum and comment on stuff there. Oh, and uh...
GET TO WORK!
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
I wish to be a part of UP3 develpoment. I'm no good at drawing schimatics, but I am fairly well versed at techno-babble. And I think I can write fairly good summeries.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Well, hallelujah. A volunteer. I do know the Defiant is up for grabs. . .
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
ahhh yes. Quantum torpedos, pulse phasers, ablative armor. It was first designed to combat the borg, but when they became less of a threat to the Federation, the Defiant was shelved only to be revived later to deal with the Dominion. It also features an oversized warp core to power those pulse phasers with which I would NOT wanna be on the recieving end of those things! The prorotype was also equiped with a cloaking device on loan from the Romulan Empire in exchange for intellegence on the Dominion. It is unclear weather ALL Defiant class starships are equiped with cloaking devices or weather it was just the prototype.
FEAR MY VAST KNOWLEDGE!!!! MUHAHAHAHAHA!!!
[ May 31, 2001: Message edited by: MIB ]
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Down boy. 8)
How about it, Krennychops? Can we use him? Give him access, let him see the required style of writeups, then let him get on with it. . .
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
I would love to be a part of this. In all honesty, being home-schooled and all, I have WAY too much free time on my hands. Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
That's what masturbation is for. Go rent porn like the rest of us.
Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :
uh...
Posted by The_Evil_Lord (Member # 256) on :
Speak for yourself, Shikkyboy.
(No, I don't feel offended by his remark at all )
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
*uses Dr. Evil voice* right.........
Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :
MIB: Check your private messages. Reply ASAP.
Posted by The_Evil_Lord (Member # 256) on :
Hmm, I'd like to help out as well if you need a hand... and my middle names are Techno and Babble.
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
I checked my mail. I got your E-mail. And best of all, I understood your e-mail! Especally that bit about the Defaint's length. Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :
Then I take it you've agreed to said terms?
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
The terms sound good to me. I already log on to this forum every day to check messages so I have no complaint about them. Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Actually...(he asked quizzically) what exactly is there that needs to be done for UP3? If there's crack-filling scut work that needs to be done, I might be able to lend a hand...
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
While your recruiting me to be a part of your evil scheme towards Tchno-babble domination, you might as well recruit The_Evil_Lord too. Yo Evil! The Defiants mine!!!! Mine I tell you! MIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
Posted by The_Evil_Lord (Member # 256) on :
Uhm, she's all yours. Take her. Really. I mean it!
Oh, and may I recommend the 170m. variant? It's much more spacey 'n such
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
OHHHHHH. CC!! Get Frank! Point him in the direction of The_Evil_Lord's home. He needs to have a talking to! lol. Evil_Lord! You really did it now!
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
I don't think I'm giving anything away here, but each ship is written up in two sections, Canon and Conjectural.
The latter is what Utopia Planitia I was known for, good well-thought-out descriptions of the class and its developmental history.
The Canon section is intended to prevent some of the errors that have propagated from the above (Steamrunner as super-Defiant, anyone?). It is a much shorter section detailing known information - ie as seen on-screen. Tech Manuals are often taken with a pinch of salt (especially the DS9TM). So the whole 120m versus 170m thing will likely be only a single paragraph. . . if anyone can condense 3 years of argument in about a hundred words!
Posted by Daniel (Member # 453) on :
*raises hand and jumps up and down* Ooh! Ooh! Can I help too? I can write! I can write very well! And I can draft pretty well too! (Although you all are probably sick of hearing me say that.) Two weeks from now (after the Regents are over) I can write stuff!! And then after the 22 I'll be drafting for a living, so please, use me!
Posted by Matrix (Member # 376) on :
I would help but I'm devolping my own website that I have a feeling that might be similar to UP3 in terms of techn-babble. However if you see my own write up on the Defiant I might have to kill you...
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
I can't draw for shite, and I'm no good in technical matters.
BUT, if you need fitting ship names, or a fictionalized background story surrounding the history or important events of certain ships or classes, I'm your man.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Oh no! Matrix is doing a site that's a bit like Utopia Planitia! We'd better scrap our efforts immediately.
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
YAY! I'm glad to be a part of UP3 devlopment. So let me get this straight. I'm not supposed to talk about the cloning experiments, the technology exchanges with the aliens OR the super secret spy aircraft we're testing there right?
Oh shit. Damn it! Everyone!!! Look at this!! *flash* You never heard me say anything about UP3. You we're just moving on in your daily lives......
Posted by Dr. Jonas Bashir (Member # 481) on :
How ironic... I originally came to these Boards to see how the UP3 project was going, and to see if I could take part of it... and now I barely got the time...
...temptation's too big... ...remember pending assignments...
...bah, could you throw me a writing schedule?
[ June 05, 2001: Message edited by: Dr. Jonas Bashir ]
Posted by akb1979 (Member # 557) on :
I never got that - how could the Borg threat become less urgent? It's the Borg for Christ's sake! They'll assimilate you! The only reason the Defiant was shelved was because the stupid engineers rushed things and cocked up!
My few pennies on the subject.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
"So the whole 120m versus 170m thing will likely be only a single paragraph. . . if anyone can condense 3 years of argument in about a hundred words!"
Yes.
According to the tech manuals, the drawings of the ships internals seen on the show, and the tech people, the Defiant is 170m long. However, when it is actually shown on screen (in SFX shots), it is usually 120m.
Are you keeping illegal aliens in there? The OTHER kind of illegal aliens?
