Star Trek: ...And The Neckbeards Shall Post

The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > TV IV > Star Trek: ...And The Neckbeards Shall Post

«‹›1001 »

Wungus: Mar 5, 2004

I'm a pretty heavily tattooed, bearded, rear end in a top hat and that poo poo is 100% my style; I'm jealous.

# ? Dec 31, 2013 16:29

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? Jun 12, 2024 06:59

elcapjtk: Mar 14, 2005; Some people say I am a terrible person.

Apple Jax posted:

Holy poo poo, wow, mine is way smaller then that large one you've got there. Yours looks freaking rad. My model's package says 1:1000 scale (12 in long). I actually took that picture of the parts yesterday and I've already put it together and now I'm starting to paint it. Yeah, the stand kinda sucks, but I'm planning on hanging this beauty from the bedroom's ceiling just like my middle school self.

This is all sort of driving me crazy, because in between making this, I've also been digitally 3D modeling for a different project. So, I've been building and texturing in real life and on my computer

The 1701 Refit is a 1/360, which puts it at almost 3 feet long.

On a side note, one thing I am super happy about is that I can do 3d modeling as a hobby now and not "for reals".
I can make stuff like this:

and never actually finish anything!

# ? Dec 31, 2013 16:40

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

I have a bunch of models I need to get around to painting and building some day.

I actually focused on getting them all in the same scale though - 1:1400 - partly so that I could have the Enterprises next to each other at scale, but mostly so that they would be at scale with the Arcadia model kit I have. :3:

Tony Montana posted:

Haha no I have not. Possibly due to my lack of a mainframe.

Well, I only called it that because that's where it first appeared; it's been re-iterated on basically every PC platform ever since, but there's no real definitive name for it because it was usually just called "Star Trek".

Arglebargle III posted:

Has nobody played the Starfleet Command games? That should satisfy your need for spergy real-time spreadsheet management.

Seen here balancing the need to charge my torpedo tubes and power the warp drive. I would have caught it in a more power-hungry state but the phaser capacitor had already finished charging. The Constitution series has a pretty forgiving power curve except for the massive phaser capacitor.

Some Klingons trying to miscegenate all over my pure Federation freighters.

I remember playing a lot of Starfleet Command. Actually, hell, I think Starfleet Command was the first game I ever played multiplayer over the internet!

# ? Dec 31, 2013 17:14

Writer Cath: Apr 1, 2007; Box. Flipped.; Plaster Town Cop

A Final Unity had such a great storyline, it felt so Trek like.

# ? Dec 31, 2013 17:20

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

Writer Cath posted:

A Final Unity had such a great storyline, it felt so Trek like.

That still is the only truly great Trek game to me. There have been other fun ones but most have been such poo poo, and even the fun ones don't really capture Trek very well.

Wasn't that Genesis game basically the same story? I remember my friend having a Genesis Star Trek game and it being super weird that it was sort of the same thing as A Final Unity but not exactly, we could never figure out what the relationship was.

# ? Dec 31, 2013 18:00

Thom12255: Feb 23, 2013; WHERE THE FUCK IS MY MONEY

Grand Fromage posted:

That still is the only truly great Trek game to me. There have been other fun ones but most have been such poo poo, and even the fun ones don't really capture Trek very well.

You must be forgetting 25th Anniversary

Best Trek Games;

25th Anniversary + Judgement Rites
Final Unity
Starfleet Command 1 + 2
Klingon Academy
Elite Force 1
Armada 1
Bridge Commander

Special shoutout to New Worlds for best soundtrack.

Armada 3 is top notch for a mod for an unrelated game though.

# ? Dec 31, 2013 18:20

elcapjtk: Mar 14, 2005; Some people say I am a terrible person.

The 25th and 30th (Judgment Rites) anniversary games are fun as hell and have all sorts of Star Trek in them.
You had to dog fight Trelane who was attacking the Enterprise in a bi-plane
You got to battle wits with a energy being
You got to use the COMMAND CONSOLE code of another starship to disable her so you could beam onto it
Harcort Fenton Mudd
Enterprise Vs "Enterprise" dogfight

# ? Dec 31, 2013 18:26

Delsaber: Oct 1, 2013; This may or may not be correct.

Grand Fromage posted:

That still is the only truly great Trek game to me. There have been other fun ones but most have been such poo poo, and even the fun ones don't really capture Trek very well.

Wasn't that Genesis game basically the same story? I remember my friend having a Genesis Star Trek game and it being super weird that it was sort of the same thing as A Final Unity but not exactly, we could never figure out what the relationship was.

Spectrum Holobyte developed both games, so that explains a lot. Especially considering how they were released within a year of each other; that's not much turnaround time, so a ton of the same people probably worked on both. Chances are that Echoes From The Past became a rough draft for A Final Unity or they were both in development simultaneously.

I don't remember much about Final Unity's story, but the Unity Device and the IFD serve basically the same narrative purpose I think. The Chodak also appear in both games, so they're probably the strongest single connection, even if they weren't as important in Echoes.

# ? Dec 31, 2013 18:43

Owlbear Camus: Jan 3, 2013; Maybe this guy that flies is just sort of passing through, you know?

"Jellico is coming onto the Enterprise, everyone get the S word out of your system"

"Man, Picard let us wear sports jerseys on the bridge on Friday."

"Picard always let me wear my cape on the bridge!"

"Picard always gave a trigger warning before using gendered pronouns. Also, I don't think Jellico knows about Taco Tuesday Taco Bar."

"He doesn't understand how much it does for morale. Jellico is very much a warship captain."

"Jellico gave me my performance evaluation and he didn't write any smileys on it like Picard usually does. Like, it wasn't any worse or better, but I miss the smileys."

"PICARD DIDN'T CARE THAT I WAS 7 MINUTES LATE TO MY SHIFT"

"Jellico gave me a nasty look when I said 'everypony' instead of 'everybody.'"

# ? Dec 31, 2013 20:08

Trickjaw: Jun 23, 2005; Nadie puede dar lo que no tiene

Well, Happy New Year, I guess. Bah.

# ? Jan 1, 2014 00:59

bobkatt013: Oct 8, 2006; Youâre telling me Peter Parker is ...... Spider-man!?

Trickjaw posted:

Well, Happy New Year, I guess. Bah.

It is no Picard Day

# ? Jan 1, 2014 01:01

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

bobkatt013 posted:

It is no Picard Day

Every day is Picard Day!

# ? Jan 1, 2014 01:16

Wee Bairns: Feb 10, 2004; Jack Tripper's wingman.

kelvron posted:

Every day is Picard Day!

There's just something about those two being such good friends that makes me so goddamned happy.

# ? Jan 1, 2014 01:21

bobkatt013: Oct 8, 2006; Youâre telling me Peter Parker is ...... Spider-man!?

Wee Bairns posted:

There's just something about those two being such good friends that makes me so goddamned happy.

It is amazing

# ? Jan 1, 2014 01:22

Trickjaw: Jun 23, 2005; Nadie puede dar lo que no tiene

kelvron posted:

Every day is Picard Day!

Whilst this is marvellous, and makes everyone better (it may well sort those chaps in Syria out), Picard Day is 16th June. Nerds have worked this out with honest to goodness maths.

e: And there is no Magneto day. He knows why. *rips sideburns off*

# ? Jan 1, 2014 02:10

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

I really, really liked that first Vorta. What ever happened to their telekinetic whoopdeedoos?

# ? Jan 1, 2014 04:16

Kibayasu: Mar 28, 2010

Trent posted:

I really, really liked that first Vorta. What ever happened to their telekinetic whoopdeedoos?

We don't talk about it with outsiders.

Actually I think the staff decided that wasn't really what they wanted to do with the Vorta and just hoped everyone forgot about it.

# ? Jan 1, 2014 04:30

Arglebargle III: Feb 21, 2006

The telekinetic whoopdeedoos died on the way back to their home planet.

# ? Jan 1, 2014 04:37

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
Ya need sumthin'?

Haha the Bonding was a great look at what happens when a redshirt bites it. But Geordie is getting hella creepy with this holodeck lady in Boobietrap.

# ? Jan 1, 2014 04:38

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Arglebargle III posted:

The telekinetic whoopdeedoos died on the way back to their home planet.

Along with Trill foreheads, Cardassian moustaches, and Ferengi laser whips?

edit: and Defiant Romulan bridge officers

# ? Jan 1, 2014 04:51

DrSunshine: Mar 23, 2009; Did I just say that out loud~~?!!!

Trent posted:

Ferengi laser whips?

Hey hey, that came back in Enterprise!

In that one, Ethan Phillips plays a Ferengi again. Really, they should've made Neelix a Ferengi and been done with it. He makes a great Ferengi!

# ? Jan 1, 2014 04:56

WampaLord: Jan 14, 2010

Shoehead posted:

But Geordie is getting hella creepy with this holodeck lady in Boobietrap.

Oh you have no idea how far that particular rabbit hole goes.

# ? Jan 1, 2014 04:57

Iprazochrome: Nov 3, 2008

Arglebargle III posted:

Has nobody played the Starfleet Command games? That should satisfy your need for spergy real-time spreadsheet management.

Seen here balancing the need to charge my torpedo tubes and power the warp drive. I would have caught it in a more power-hungry state but the phaser capacitor had already finished charging. The Constitution series has a pretty forgiving power curve except for the massive phaser capacitor.

Some Klingons trying to miscegenate all over my pure Federation freighters.

I remember having so much fun with Starfleet Command as a kid, I sunk hours and hours into it, but I tried going back and playing it earlier this year and it felt like the most incomprehensible boring slow as poo poo gaming experience I've ever had. I guess 13 year old me had a lot more patience than 26 year old me.

# ? Jan 1, 2014 05:12

Jonas Albrecht: Jun 7, 2012

Trent posted:

I really, really liked that first Vorta. What ever happened to their telekinetic whoopdeedoos?

Huh. This whole time I thought she was just bullshitting them about it. Like she needed a thing that would let them escape and came up with psychic powers because why not.

# ? Jan 1, 2014 05:17

The Dark One: Aug 19, 2005; I'm your friend and I'm not going to just stand by and let you do this!

Trent posted:

Along with Trill foreheads, Cardassian moustaches, and Ferengi laser whips?

edit: and Defiant Romulan bridge officers

You forgot the little Bajoran forehead ridge. :smug:

# ? Jan 1, 2014 05:34

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

^^^ clearly, Ensign Ro is just displaying her medical training :v:

y'all posted:

psychic didgeridoo

There's really nothing to suggest Weyoun (or Iggy Pop) couldn't cast Psionic Missile at will (3x daily, DC10).

# ? Jan 1, 2014 05:40

Delsaber: Oct 1, 2013; This may or may not be correct.

I'd like you all to come see my new band Psychic Didgeridoo, playing this Saturday at the Civic Centre.

# ? Jan 1, 2014 05:48

Writer Cath: Apr 1, 2007; Box. Flipped.; Plaster Town Cop

Delsaber posted:

I'd like you all to come see my new band Psychic Didgeridoo, playing this Saturday at the Civic Centre.

Do you play Nightbird?

# ? Jan 1, 2014 06:18

Sash!: Mar 16, 2001

Trent posted:

and Defiant Romulan bridge officers

I hope she got thrown out an airlock and they never bothered to call back to Romulus for a replacement. Garak just sent fake status reports for the rest of the series.

# ? Jan 1, 2014 06:30

Delsaber: Oct 1, 2013; This may or may not be correct.

Writer Cath posted:

Do you play Nightbird?

Depends on our trombone player! Thankfully, we're a ska band, so we can get away with a lot.

# ? Jan 1, 2014 06:31

Knormal: Nov 11, 2001

Jonas Albrecht posted:

Huh. This whole time I thought she was just bullshitting them about it. Like she needed a thing that would let them escape and came up with psychic powers because why not.

That's what I always figured, she was faking them with Dominion tech or something to make the Dominion races seem more powerful. I can't remember any now but it seems like there were some times in the series when Vorta were under threat and would have used their powers if they had them.

Thom12255 posted:

You must be forgetting 25th Anniversary

Best Trek Games;

25th Anniversary + Judgement Rites
Final Unity
Starfleet Command 1 + 2
Klingon Academy
Elite Force 1
Armada 1
Bridge Commander

Special shoutout to New Worlds for best soundtrack.

Armada 3 is top notch for a mod for an unrelated game though.

Klingon Honor Guard was a good game for its time, I think it was the first released non-Unreal Unreal Engine game. It may not have been very Star Treky, but it was very Klingon. DS9: The Fallen was pretty good too, it had a good amount of exploring vs. combat, though it suffered from a fake Sisko voice and not particularly good game recreation of the sets. The Defiant setpieces were huge, just look at the console behind Worf in this screenshot, and the Promenade suffered from a giant mysterious wall to keep you in the quarter of it they modeled.

# ? Jan 1, 2014 06:59

Brawnfire: Jul 13, 2004; 🎧Listen to Cylindricule!🎵
https://linktr.ee/Cylindricule

Trent posted:

Along with Trill foreheads, Cardassian moustaches, and Ferengi laser whips?

edit: and Defiant Romulan bridge officers

# ? Jan 1, 2014 07:20

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

quote:

"Jellico gave me a nasty look when I said 'everypony' instead of 'everybody.'"

There's no loving way Riker would tolerate that poo poo

Otisburg posted:

"Picard always let me wear my cape on the bridge!"

Oh, have I got a treat for you...

# ? Jan 1, 2014 07:37

Binary Badger: Oct 11, 2005; Trolling Link for a decade

Everyone else on bridge duty suddenly had to take a bathroom break, leaving only Picard to withstand the onslaught of the Bickleys. Also dig the crazy capes which were probably regulation in the comic book TNG universe.

Makes you wish DC had just reprinted the Gold Key stuff with Al Williamson.

Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 07:54 on Jan 1, 2014

# ? Jan 1, 2014 07:52