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Old 03-05-2007   #471 (permalink)
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I say no FTL, we have taken a big step away from our plausability bringing aliens into the story - FTL IMO is even further..


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Ok Fine if the crew doesn't want it, who am I to argue.
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Yeah, I'm not real down with the aliens even.

How the HELL do they end up looking like orange people?

I'm gonna need some serious science backflips here.

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Okay guys, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

This "alien" twist to the plot is my fault. Maybe LLanea suggested she wanted to be an alien, but I was the one who "made it happen". I am sorry.

It's not *too* late to fix this. If you want, LLanea and KAlesh can be "redshirts" who just never were mentioned before. After all, we got a crew of several hundred to choose from. They can be specialists in any area they like. I will go back and edit a dozen or so posts and straighten out the "timeline".

Show of hands.

I am really, really sorry. Sorry.


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Actually, I can dig aliens, but I think the description needs to be "more alien."

The language should not be a simple cipher, for instance. The big thing for me is that they are basically furry orange people. That's a little "Star Trek" for me - "See, I have this thing on my forehead, you can tell I'm an alien..."

I want them to be six legged arthropods who don't have a past tense and reproduce by budding or something.

I don't know. I could also believe there are no aliens.

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Remember, I am passed out. This could all end up being a horrible dream.

But I won't do that to you again, Stone.

I don't like the FTL idea. The aliens?

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Re: Space Voyage #1 Chatter

Okay, no FTL, it is.

If you will accept aliens, then I suggest something like the aliens in "Mission Critical" by Hal Clement. Perfect for a world under a brown dwarf: large Infrared eyes, long "hairs" coming out of their head fur that actually comprise an optical interferometer so they can see in almost lightless environments. Etc.

Or, a compromise alternate requiring minimum editing: Llanea and Kalesh were two of OUR crew setting up an exploration station on Europa and something went wrong. We went out and rescued them. The "clamshell ships" become just other Prophecy taxis. The dreamsicle appearance becomes just artificial skinjobs 'cause they are into roll-playing games.

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That first one, I think.

I don't mind aliens, but I flippin' hate furries.

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I dont mind so much.. but we have to keep it 'realistic' (something we abandoned on liftoff )


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