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Ams Jendob Moff
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Posted: Sat, August 13th 2011 12:44am Post subject: A Slightly Belated Birthday |
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For Unity! We've been at it for two years. We've had a few rough patches, but we've always pulled through in the end. And now things are on the upswing, with some new blood coming and participating.
So, here's to two years, and quite a few more! _________________ Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant
----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler---- |
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Tseneca Lowry-Fink Jess
Joined: 05 Aug 2009 Posts: 921 Location: Aboard the Blight Leaper
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Posted: Sat, August 13th 2011 12:55pm Post subject: |
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*does the "hey I committed to a role playing game for two years" dance*
Woooooooooppp!!!!!!!!!
I love how its only been, like, a month and a half in game time....
Tseneca is going to be pregnant FOREVER at this rate |
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Ams Jendob Moff
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Posted: Sat, August 13th 2011 12:59pm Post subject: |
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The original plan was Unity would just cover 41 ABY... then a sequel for 42... and a sequel for 43... we might look at changing that. _________________ Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant
----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler---- |
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Lucas Pallanén-Davad Alex
Joined: 01 Aug 2009 Posts: 1153 Location: Aboard the Blight Leaper
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Posted: Sat, August 13th 2011 01:16pm Post subject: |
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We could do seasons... break up the story in large chunks.
That way we can get some fresh air every year or so. |
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Ams Jendob Moff
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Posted: Mon, August 15th 2011 09:14pm Post subject: |
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Speaking of fresh air...
"When the virus finally activated itself within an infected organism, it congealed various bodily fluids into a gray oozing substance that was capable of independent locomotion. This ooze carried the Sickness throughout the body, and had emitted viral agents into the atmosphere when exposed to open air. Upon coming into contact with living flesh, the fluid coagulated and crawled over the skin in search of an opening or wound by which to enter the body."
...So SW invented a biological T-1000. And after Cray said I couldn't have one in VIII. Bastards. Then again, there's also this:
"For the Sith alchemist who created the virus in hopes of finding a path to immortality, their goal could be achieved only by completing a dark ritual within a Sith Temple. This ritual required that the alchemist first infect themselves with the virus, then capture a member of the Jedi Order who registered a high midi-chlorian count. The virus ensured that the Sith's body would live on beyond death, but the process of decay caused the alchemist to die, leaving the corpse to be controlled by the Sickness. By using a Sith sword to cut out and devour the still-beating, midi-chlorian rich heart of the Jedi, the Sith could retain the death-defying qualities granted by the Blackwing virus, but prevent the dissolution of their bodily tissue, thereby gaining ultimate immortality."
Remember when SW was about the kid and the rogue who go to rescue the princess from the Evil Space Nazis? And the kid flies a plane and blows up the big bad villains death ray? And everyone laughs and parties afterward?
SW could use some fresh air instead of trying to encompass science fantasy, military science fiction, hard sci-fi, Star Trek technobabble (and competing with Star Trek for technical superiority as Curtis Saxton did), space opera, and the new trends toward sympathetic villains, gray heroes, and making everything darker, edgier, grittier, sexier, and bloodier. _________________ Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant
----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler---- |
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Morgan ZIM Space Jawa
Joined: 01 Oct 2009 Posts: 536 Location: I am here -> *
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Posted: Mon, August 15th 2011 09:22pm Post subject: |
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Kind of. The Universe had already expanded to the point of the X-Wing games and beyond the first Zahn books by the time I first discovered it. _________________ Morgan ZIM: Bounty Hunter, Gun for Hire, Freelance Peacekeeping Agent, Cybernetic Scoundrel, and all around disruptor of the normal order of things. |
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Ams Jendob Moff
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Posted: Mon, August 15th 2011 09:25pm Post subject: |
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Still... it wasn't all "CUT OUT THE LIVING HEART AND EAT IT", either. _________________ Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant
----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler---- |
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Tseneca Lowry-Fink Jess
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Posted: Tue, August 16th 2011 10:40am Post subject: |
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I guess once you hit a limit, you can never go back. I'm stuck with surly protagonists, space pirates with cloudy backgrounds and me trying to put in as much romance as I possibly can cause that's what I liked about SW in the first place. Well... also the lazers and the aliens and the kick-buttedness; but it was the romance that appealed to me as a 7 year old barbie-loving disney freak. |
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Ams Jendob Moff
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Posted: Tue, August 16th 2011 12:01pm Post subject: |
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Clearly, we need to go all Ron Moore on SW. _________________ Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant
----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler---- |
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Tseneca Lowry-Fink Jess
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Posted: Tue, August 16th 2011 12:48pm Post subject: |
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Clearly. |
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Ams Jendob Moff
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Posted: Tue, August 16th 2011 01:02pm Post subject: |
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Then again, you could argue TFU already laid the stepping stones for it... just think of the intro...
"The Alliance was created by the Empire
They evolved
They rebelled
There are many copies
And they have a plan."
_________________ Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant
----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler---- |
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Lucas Pallanén-Davad Alex
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Posted: Wed, August 17th 2011 10:44pm Post subject: |
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She hasn't seen BSG, lol |
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Ams Jendob Moff
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Posted: Wed, August 17th 2011 10:54pm Post subject: |
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But it fits so well! _________________ Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant
----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler---- |
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Tseneca Lowry-Fink Jess
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Posted: Thu, August 18th 2011 01:02pm Post subject: |
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So many acronyms!!! I have no idea what you two are speaking of... |
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Ams Jendob Moff
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Posted: Thu, August 18th 2011 01:12pm Post subject: |
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BSG = Battlestar Galactica, in this case, Ronald D. Moore's reimagined series as opposed to the tacky Star Wars/Book of Mormon/Ancient Myth hybrid (I'm not joking or trying to be an ass... look into it ) created by Glen Larson in 1978. The old one had some good episodes... the new one was just raw awesome. So much raw awesome, in fact, that it should be taken nasally via rolled up hundred dollar bill... errm, I mean--
_________________ Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant
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Tseneca Lowry-Fink Jess
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Posted: Thu, August 18th 2011 01:23pm Post subject: |
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I know what Battle Star Galactica is, I watched the Glen Larson one. I just didnt get ur acronym. LOL. Im not good at short hand
Quote: | Star Wars/Book of Mormon/Ancient Myth |
An unoriginal concept, but continually used. |
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Ams Jendob Moff
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Posted: Thu, August 18th 2011 02:45pm Post subject: |
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I dunno, I thought the whole "Mormonism in Spaaaaaaaaaaaace" was rather... novel. Granted, Scientology wasn't popular yet, so it was new for the time, at least... _________________ Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant
----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler---- |
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Kalydon Skirata Kal
Joined: 08 Aug 2011 Posts: 6
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Posted: Thu, August 18th 2011 04:53pm Post subject: |
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Ams Jendob wrote: | the new one was just raw awesome |
Bored the hell out of me most of the time. Or just induced groans. _________________
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Ams Jendob Moff
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Posted: Thu, August 18th 2011 09:05pm Post subject: |
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Ah, you just say that because of all those Cylons we built in VIII. _________________ Emperor Ams Jendob, Ruler of the Imperial Remnant
----"Moff", CMAC Dreamcrusher, Official Administrative Waldorf and Statler---- |
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Kalydon Skirata Kal
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Posted: Fri, August 19th 2011 02:51am Post subject: |
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Ams Jendob wrote: | Ah, you just say that because of all those Cylons we built in VIII. |
No I don't actually. I didn't care much for the new series.
Only things I liked were some of the ships like the Mk II Vipers and the Pegasus, the battle sequences tended to be pretty good as well but overall it tried too hard. _________________
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