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Star Fleet Universe Discussion Board: Captain's Log: CL55 Double Nickel Edition: Archive through May 10, 2022
By Nick Samaras (Koogie) on Thursday, March 10, 2022 - 10:06 pm: Edit

Class history of the Federation starliner pod.

By Jay Gustason (Jay20) on Friday, March 11, 2022 - 07:43 am: Edit

Class history on the Gorn pods

By Mike West (Mjwest) on Friday, March 11, 2022 - 09:52 am: Edit

If I may be so bold, rather than suggesting over a half-dozen ships, pick the one or two that most interest you.

Also, keep in mind what will make an interesting article. Are you just worried about when the base and subsequent variants are made? Do you want more explanation of why design choices and variants were made? Do you want details on how the class was intended to be used, and how it was actually used (if different)? Be sure to make that clear in the request, too.

In addition, what is possible depends on which ship class is chosen. So, for example, the Orion CA was a rare enough ship that you can talk about most of them specifically. On the other hand, there were so make Orion LRs that only a very few exceptional examples can be described.

Finally, keep in mind how interesting the suggestion likely to be. The Orion CA is going to be viewed as interesting because people like pirates and bigger ships. It is a powerful ship designed to fight other Orions as much as foreign powers. This means that they are going to be involved in a lot of very interesting battles. On the other hand, the Orion LR will have had some interesting battles on their own, but those will mostly be much smaller in scope and much less frequent. (The Orion CA is designed and intended to have interesting battles. The Orion LR is designed and intended to have distinctly uninteresting battles.) And ships that are simply targets probably aren't going to be as interesting to most people.

Again, just some thoughts on things to consider when making suggestions so that they can be more likely to be considered and used.

By Jay Gustason (Jay20) on Friday, March 11, 2022 - 12:51 pm: Edit

I would like to. See class history of the orion CA

By Jay Gustason (Jay20) on Saturday, March 12, 2022 - 07:52 pm: Edit

What would be the best way to use Dracula in a SFB game

By A David Merritt (Adm) on Saturday, March 12, 2022 - 08:06 pm: Edit

As part of a tri-video retrospective on Christopher Lee's Acting Career.

By Jay Gustason (Jay20) on Saturday, March 12, 2022 - 10:15 pm: Edit

I liked him in the man with the golden gun

By Jay Gustason (Jay20) on Sunday, March 27, 2022 - 01:07 pm: Edit

Class history on the romulan condor dreadnaught

By Jay Gustason (Jay20) on Sunday, March 27, 2022 - 06:33 pm: Edit

Weird name for a federation heavy cruiser uss Ersnst Stravord Blofeld

By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Sunday, March 27, 2022 - 11:10 pm: Edit

Respectfully, Jay, I don't see a Heavy Cruiser being named for him.

HOWEVER, I have long seen another character in the 007 franchise having a ship named after him; a Federation Q-ship named the Major Boothroyd.

(ducking the expected frying pan...)

By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 12:31 pm: Edit

Help me out here, Jay. Why, exactly, would the Federation (or anyone else other than possibly the Orions) name a ship for a Bond villain?

By Jay Gustason (Jay20) on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 01:21 pm: Edit

It was all hypothetical question

By Jay Gustason (Jay20) on Monday, March 28, 2022 - 03:30 pm: Edit

Just trying to be funny’s

By Jay Gustason (Jay20) on Saturday, May 07, 2022 - 09:48 am: Edit

Like to see a story with Deth okay

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, May 07, 2022 - 04:37 pm: Edit

Not going to happen. Steve Kay stopped writing and I will not touch his characters without him.

By Jay Gustason (Jay20) on Sunday, May 08, 2022 - 12:40 am: Edit

Could I use him in my story

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Sunday, May 08, 2022 - 12:57 am: Edit

Out of respect for Steve Kay, No.

By Jay Gustason (Jay20) on Sunday, May 08, 2022 - 11:44 am: Edit

Okay thank you

By Jeff Anderson (Jga) on Sunday, May 08, 2022 - 01:46 pm: Edit

Hey, Jay, something I've done (on occasion) has been to have an "Observer" character* whose name is a play on my own.

(* I don't know what the proper term is, but to me, an "Observer Character" is one who bears witness to the events transpiring in the story, but who does NOT take an active role in the progress of the story.)

If not using Deth O'Kay, what about using a character with some take on your OWN name in his place?

(Two favorites of mine are the characters of Jeffrey Michael Sinclair and John Montgomery Sheridan from "Babylon 5," created and written by Joseph Michael Stracynzki...)

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Monday, May 09, 2022 - 07:34 am: Edit

Kommodore Ketrick is the archeotype

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Monday, May 09, 2022 - 07:34 am: Edit

Kommodore Ketrick is the archeotype

By Mike Dowd (Mike_Dowd) on Monday, May 09, 2022 - 05:47 pm: Edit

Hey Mike, I *know* that Steve Petrick is *old*... but to make Ketrick an archaeo type is a bit much...

(I'm guessing that you meant "archetype", but it makes for a good bit of humour...)

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Monday, May 09, 2022 - 07:34 pm: Edit

With Mike Grafton, you never really know...

By Mike Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - 07:42 am: Edit

Ah, you got my subtle dig. I am probably as old as SPP. But I also crack me up.

By Jeff Wile (Jswile) on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - 01:04 pm: Edit

Oh, I don’t know Mike...

You always struck me as just being a little bit cracked.

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