[quote who="danielost" reply="359" id="2945169"]the federation military is just that the federation military. the federation military is not bound by the prime directive. the marines that archer takes on board when he goes to stop the weapon was military not starfleet, they stated so. by the way i am a trekkie. the federation military ships are slower but more powerf
[quote who="danielost" reply="355" id="2945075"]and what you and most trekkies fail to understand, is starfleet is not the federations military at all. starfleet is nasa[/quote] Then who, pray tell, is the Federation's military, hmm? [quote who="danielost" reply="356" id="2945078"]the phaser is a laser that is run through a dilithum crystal. the only size restriction on photon torpedoes is the shell. i am fairly sure that the federation know
[quote who="Sinperium" reply="353" id="2945050"]The Federation is very equivalent to today's Western militaries--precise targeting with the minimal energy needed for effect in order to avoid civilian casualties. It isn't a question of could the Federation make planetary WMDs but it's simply they don't wish to do so. The Enterprise class of vessels were exploratory cruisers. The Federation just didn't want an "Imperial Fleet"--it wanted to proje
[quote who="Craig Fraser" reply="2932" id="2945032"]I would update you on the upcoming Sins expansion but I'm out of karma [/quote] Then I will have to devise some method to rectify this. [quote who="master1a" reply="2933" id="2945040"]I would give you Karma but I only have 2 [/quote] I would give you karma, but you lied- you have 3 .
[quote who="Theophantus" reply="348" id="2944841"]I couldn't find the re- size tool. Can anyone post a link to it please? Sinperium, how you doing on the pictures?[/quote] I'll see if I can find a link; if not, then I'll simply use alternative methods to find it. [quote who="Sinperium" reply="349" id="2944898"]Here's some generic samples and a couple of simple effects. Suggest changes/additions/selections from here as a starting point. I can change/a
[quote who="Craig Fraser" reply="2930" id="2944641"]I would give you Karma, but all I have is antimatter [/quote] I would give you karma, but I'd prefer to have your antimatter instead. Because then I can build an ANTIMATTER REACTOR!! to power my LAZ0RZ!!1! OF DHUUM and my FUZHIN TORCH OF POWAH!!1! to run amok across the galaxy. EDIT: Addendum- I would give you karma, but I require greater supplies of information on the upc
[quote who="Hausser0815" reply="339" id="2942580"]Whiskey, what makes you belive the industriual growth would be more linear then exp. ? At least they *add* the technical distincitivness to their own, including shipyards and workers, i would say.[/quote] Oh, I'm not saying industrial growth is in any way linear; it's just going to have diminishing returns in comparison to the amount of territory that you're opening up. Eventually, you hit a bottleneck with how
[quote who="morpheas768" reply="925" id="2943343"]Whiskey: Go get the ladiez! Remember, summer time, is flirting time, yo![/quote] For me, summer time is actually worky time, so I can pay for mah new Toshiba Qosmio series gaming laptop. Oh, and a few new games, like: Half-Life 1/2/Ep1/Ep2, Mass Effect 2, Mirror's Edge, Section 8:Prejudice, The Ball, Sanctum, and Audiosurf. The last especially since I've just recently been dethroned as Casual Champ
Note: While I'm quoting people, I'm editing some of the quotes to read "*snipped for length*" for the simple reason that I don't want this post to become an immense Wall of Text that is scientifically and medically proven to cause ocular hemorrhaging. It's not in the least bit meant to be derogatory to the people who made these posts. [quote who="Hausser0815" reply="331" id="2942396"]*snipped for length*[/quote] The disadvantage of the Borg is primari
[quote who="Theophantus" reply="326" id="2942279"]Once these portals are opened they stay open. I really like the SpiderWeb analogy. What about "SpiderWeb Jump portal". Maybe my first attempt with the XSI Mod tool should be a spiderweb jump portal.mesh? The twist could be you don't know what universe your jumping into. Galactica would attack the Empire because the Empire are the bad guys also. [/quote] WRT the XSI idea, probably not; it'd actually be a great idea in that the s
[quote who="Hausser0815" reply="323" id="2942242"]But if thats the story of the mod, how should the galactica guys attack the starwars guys, if the borg are the only one who has the tech for interuniverse travel ? And i dont get it, what would that make the Q ? Pakistani Nuclear Forces in Space ?[/quote] It makes the Q stupendously irresponsible, and the entire conflict their (the Q's) fault . Wouldn't you agree that the ultimate faulty party in q
[quote who="Hausser0815" reply="321" id="2942018"]http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Picard_Locutus_Sound.aspx And the Q as reason for the whole war is a very great Idea, but if only the Borg would have stumbled upon a Qs mess, then it would be "Sins of a multiverse Borg Invasion".[/quote] Ah, but it would illustrate the "sins" of the Q because the Q have become so complacent and lax to the point of leaving around their toys for other, less powerful polities/species to pick
Hmm, I like it. Very interesting. However, IMO, it should be instead be "random Q-person #54657845 leaves dimension-portal-opening doohickey laying around, which is then found by the Borg who use it to start giant war(s)". Has more flavor and less authorial fiat than "Q give Borg tech". It's also more plausible background wise; the few members of the Continuum shown are habitually shown to be fairly irresponsible individuals.
[quote quoting="post"] It really saddens me to see torrents to full cracked downloads of Sins. Just curious though, not that the piracy would stop, but why isn't there any piracy protection?[/quote] There's no DRM for the simple reason that Stardock, the publisher of Sins, published the Gamer's Bill of Rights and they basically said "we don't put DRM on our games". OTOH, the "DRM" is that a cracked version cannot access future patches or online multiplaye
[quote who="CmdrNilles" reply="922" id="2941495"]Didn't the Tyranids come from another galaxy though? Or do you mean all the tyranids in the imprerium galaxy Also I didn't mean they'd over biotech, but simply they looker more evil and dangerous than the others.[/quote] All the 'Nids in the Milky Way. It's known that Tyranids are extragalactic (from another galaxy) predators, as they entered the Milky Way from a vector that brought them into contact
[quote who="Hausser0815" reply="313" id="2941355"]But i still prefer a version where the borg are running around unnoticed on basestars, (see, i learned something ... or wasted storage room, not sure yet) like some insects walk freely into an ant colony and wreak havok there because the ants cant distinguish them from their own folks, so clearly[/quote] Oh, just because the Cylons and Borg are in an alliance doesn't preclude Cylons or Borg drones being on each others' ships. I
[quote who="Hausser0815" reply="310" id="2941193"]And I'm still convinced that to let the borg ally with someone would be to anthropomorphize them, so i can't aqquire the taste of it.[/quote] TBH, it wouldn't anthropomorphize them. It would indicate that the Borg are 'adapting' to the problem of being unable to assimilate a species that they are unable to effectively defend against. And the Borg are pretty much all about adapting, wouldn't you say
WRT the analogue quote of mine, I'm not saying that "Star Destroyers=battleships". What I am doing is saying that an SD is a combat warship that represents a combination of battleship and carrier era design philosophies. [quote who="Hausser0815" reply="307" id="2941034"]About Data, they are capable of beaming him, arent they ? So they can locate and manipulate every part of him and his positronic circuits at any given time (suck on this, heisenberg).[/quote]
1. Science and Technology. Everything else will experience a cascade-effect of benefit. 2. Large military fleet. For one thing, it provides excellent standing defence. For another, it also provides excellent in-space infrastructure, which will be crucial to an interstellar-capable polity, which I assume is what we're discussing. It also provides a basis for a merchant marine, commercial transit, and rapid colonization prep. 3. Infrastructure is key.
[quote who="Haiyooo" reply="111" id="2939579"]goal is a June 15th release date on the next version (.06Alpha).[/quote] QUICKLY. Just don't release a day late. I never could get used to Thursdays.
[quote who="Hausser0815" reply="305" id="2940903"]Wasnt the reason for 7o9 beeing stuck on voyager that the borg handled the alliance as an "let them research now, and assimilate later" - concept ? But im not talking about canon facts or stuff, just that the borg how i see them (some high tech copy of ridley scotts aliens) have the same word for learning, conquer and ally - assimilation. About the Base- and Battlestars, was that the reason George Lucas called his Battleships S
[quote who="myfist0" reply="301" id="2940560"]Theo, start a New thread in the mod section and somewhere in the OP post a link to this page for all the arguments and express that the mod page IS FOR MODDING questions and answers. I will help any way I can with getting it working and will ignore all this my dad can beat up your dad stuff. [/quote] "My dad can beat up your dad" is unquantifiable, unless the two dads you know, actually fight . In contrast, SWvsST i
[quote who="CmdrNilles" reply="919" id="2940475"]I don't see a video That's where I bring my Halo rings and simply wipe all the life in the system out Oh and the Tyranids should win for two reasons 1. They are the race I know the best 2. They are amazing 'cause they can change forms and are overhelming horde or the Tau since they are awesome[/quote]
[quote who="Theophantus" reply="298" id="2940495"]To the Trekies, Star Warsies, Babylonians, Galacticans & Star Gaters. You all know this is non- canon right? I'm just learning to mod and to find my way around Gimp and the XSI mod tool. I'll be honest, but you lost me in your discussion about at least 5 pages back. It was then that I decided to have a go myself. Can you not bring some useful information with you aswell, like myfisto, Zombie & harpo. Back to the Mod. Who wants
Nuclear Launch? Pah, with my Revelation Space -verse suit, I can do a 5-gee boost to orbit, and wait it out. And even carry a single beautiful woman of my choice, to provide me friendly company (and also save her life, duh). EDIT: and Morph was totally right about the awesomeness of Freeman's Mind. Here's a delicious embedded version of Episode 1: [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J80KD4BG7M&list=SL[/video]
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