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New Space Monster

Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 2:39 am
by wedge_hammersteel
Lurking in asteroid fields, crunching rocks with their large claws, and eating the tasty minerals found inside.

I give you the Space Crawfish.

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Since their hard shells are made up of the same substance as an asteroid, the Space Crawfish are hard to identify even with sensor scans.

A Federation Destoyer returning to Starbase after a border patrol is ambushed by a Space Crawfish. The Space Crawfish prefers that metals that make up the ship's hull over the minerals of the asteroids.

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Luckily, two other Federation Starships are in the sector and come to the Destroyer's aid. After 8 overloaded photons, the Space Crawfish is no more.

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I think this would be a cool monster to add to the ranks of the Space Manta and the others. I made up a Ship card for the Space Crawfish if SVC would like to see it.

Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 4:28 am
by Krellex
Imagine the havoc this creature would rain down upon some unsuspecting Jindarian caravan.

Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 4:09 pm
by mjwest
Email it to Steve as a submission. Do try to work out its rules, though. For example, its movement, damage, and such. Even better, make the rules so that it doesn't require a player.

Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:36 pm
by Dan Ibekwe
Now we just need to find a water-ice comet nucleus, and phaser it to boiling point...

Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 6:07 pm
by koogie
Well, there was a space Crab in Module P6

Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 7:31 pm
by djdood
The only "mini" I've seen that becomes good eatin' when the game is over.

Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 10:48 pm
by wedge_hammersteel
MJ, I will submit it to SVC after Origins when he will have more time to look at it.

Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 11:12 pm
by mjwest
wedge_hammersteel wrote:MJ, I will submit it to SVC after Origins when he will have more time to look at it.
Good plan.

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 1:00 pm
by Scoutdad
wedge_hammersteel wrote:MJ, I will submit it to SVC after Origins when he will have more time to look at it.
Or, for a better plan - Serve it to SVC at Origins! :shock:

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 2:14 pm
by Steve Cole
They used to have the GTS trade show at the Orleans, and Monday was seafood night at the buffet. They had fifty gallon buckets of crawfish all over the place, and I'd pass tables with mountains of empty shells. I could never get anybody to explain to me what part of the thing to eat, or how to eat it. I tried to take one apart and figure it out, but still wasn't sure which parts were edible. I finally just stuck with the snow crab legs. One year, I quit at 50 snow crab legs.

Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 5:56 am
by STAREMPIREUS
Dan Ibekwe wrote:Now we just need to find a water-ice comet nucleus, and phaser it to boiling point...
With an assist from the galley replicators for two overload volleys of butter .

And they all rejoiced .

:P

Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:06 pm
by Dan Ibekwe
Just make sure you cook the damn thing...

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/dangerou ... ce+Blog%29

Ugh. Parasitic worms that can invade the lungs or the brain or can show up as moving nodules beneath the skin. Gross. The wretched creature has its own boarding parties... Now I'm getting Cloverfield flashbacks.

Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 10:23 pm
by Lars Porsenna
Who the heck would eat raw crayfish to begin with???

THis seems like a Darwinianism in action...

Damon.