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Jimbone Tallshanks posted:What're the odds that Leah is related to the composer, aka Flint from "Requiem for Methuselah?" Pretty good, Picard is distantly related to the balloonist and oceanographer Piccards and Riker's great great grandpa was the prison
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Sash! posted:It already gets confusing when you include World War 0 or apply the standard of "most major military and economic powers fighting on multiple continents" and you end up at WWXI Spanish Succession? and Napoleon?
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Sash! posted:It already gets confusing when you include World War 0 or apply the standard of "most major military and economic powers fighting on multiple continents" and you end up at WWXI I'm a veteran of the flame wars and food fights of WWIV.
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Apollodorus posted:Spanish Succession? and Napoleon? 7 Years War? I guess we would be up to 5 then
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Feldegast42 posted:7 Years War? I guess we would be up to 5 then Oh of course. And yes. Also I just learned about the Paraguayan War, holy poo poo
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Jimbone Tallshanks posted:What're the odds that Leah is related to the composer, aka Flint from "Requiem for Methuselah?" She is Flint
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A.o.D. posted:I'm a veteran of the flame wars and food fights of WWIV. Or WW2 in the US
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Until there is armed conflict on Antarctica I don't count any of these regional conflicts as "world" wars
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Boxturret posted:Until there is armed conflict on Antarctica I don't count any of these regional conflicts as "world" wars so things would have to really go south
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Apollodorus posted:Spanish Succession? and Napoleon? Seven Years War and The General Stuff with Napoleon I would also combine the Seven Years War and the American and French Revolutions as one continuous war because they're so dependent on each other, but then you sort of have combine WWI and WWII. Sash! fucked around with this message at 04:42 on May 10, 2024 |
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When are we gonna move on to space wars so we have something akin to the age of sail where wars are fought over long periods of time and you may not hear news for like a month
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TOS sometimes tried to evoke that era, although to a lesser degree. I think they should've kept it around more, a lot of Picard's dilemmas would make more sense if they were ages away from being able to talk to Starfleet HQ because of how far out they were.
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Sash! posted:Seven Years War and The General Stuff with Napoleon eons ago someone hit someone else with a rock and its just kept going and going.
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Boxturret posted:Adam Soong Funeral City 600 Million Dead
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MikeJF posted:TOS sometimes tried to evoke that era, although to a lesser degree. I think they should've kept it around more, a lot of Picard's dilemmas would make more sense if they were ages away from being able to talk to Starfleet HQ because of how far out they were. Picard was several hours out of range. But only sometimes when the script required it
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Accipiter posted:Holy poo poo I don't know how I've never thought about this before, but I haven't and now I can't think of anything else. I think it would have been fun and silly, but I also think it's important thematically - the federation is all about holding hands and being buddies, but they aren't gonna force you, and every species is able to choose their own path to how they get there. So if the Klingons becomes more accepting and tolerating of outsiders then *obviously* they're gonna do it through their idea of Honour and family ties.
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Honour and family ties. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTWv42djoJg
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MikeJF posted:Nah one of the fun things about that idiocy is that in the event of a massive global armageddon New Zealand would absolutely nationalise all the assets of those bug out ranches, they're pretty leftie in NZ.
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Jadzia didn't have any extended family to get tied into the broader House of Mogh did she? That could've added to the culture mixing. Although I'm not sure the Trill have any culture beyond the brain slugs.
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Tunicate posted:so things would have to really go south 
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SlothfulCobra posted:The Eugenics Wars made plenty of sense as something bad that there could be a big war over, but when TNG started, it was making a big deal about drugs being the great evil and source of WW3. Which I'm a big square and no fan of drugs, but TNG just seemed weird about it. Especially with Roddenberry's personal drug use. I don't think Encounter at Farpoint was saying that WW3 happened because of drugs, just that the armies fighting it had gone all-in on drugs as a form of controlling/enhancing their military. ("nuhhhhhh soldiers/pilots already use a bunch of uppers/amphetamines/etc" okay well then 10 times as bad as that)
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:I don't think Encounter at Farpoint was saying that WW3 happened because of drugs, just that the armies fighting it had gone all-in on drugs as a form of controlling/enhancing their military. Q even says controlling. Although I'm not sure that's something that would actually work. I'm skeptical of the quality of soldiers you're getting out of a bunch of guys just looking for their next hit. At least the drug logic behind the Jem'Hadar made sense: a religious ceremony for a material that keeps them alive.
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Sash! posted:Q even says controlling. Although I'm not sure that's something that would actually work. I'm skeptical of the quality of soldiers you're getting out of a bunch of guys just looking for their next hit.
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Sash! posted:Q even says controlling. Although I'm not sure that's something that would actually work. I'm skeptical of the quality of soldiers you're getting out of a bunch of guys just looking for their next hit. " Q: Rapid progress, to where humans learned to control their military with drugs." This is trek, could just be mind control drugs and not addiction
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One would expect nothing thing but perfectly rational, highly optimal actions from the powers that fought World War 3 and nuked half the planet
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Tunicate posted:" Could be both! 
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Sash! posted:Q even says controlling. Although I'm not sure that's something that would actually work. I'm skeptical of the quality of soldiers you're getting out of a bunch of guys just looking for their next hit. Yeah the white wasn't really a drug in that sense, it was a fast acting lysine contingency
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It's insane how quickly Worf replies that he can't go through with the "blood transfusion" after Picard literally begs him to. His understated reaction is intense. Picard even tried flattery. It's a well acted scene, but Worf should have lost a lot of respect that day. I'm surprised Picard goes on to be his cha'Dich and stuff.
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We control our military with Redline and Burger King already, I can't imagine thinking real powerful future drugs wouldn't do an even more effective job
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The journey begins now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKXIFpdSK8s
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Mister Kingdom posted:The journey begins now! The more of these they make, the more obvious it becomes how limited the gimmick is, as well as how much poo poo these AI companies have ripped off copyrighted art and actors' likenesses to feed into their heretical machine minds.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:The more of these they make, the more obvious it becomes how limited the gimmick is, as well as how much poo poo these AI companies have ripped off copyrighted art and actors' likenesses to feed into their heretical machine minds. And there's like 5-6 different accounts that have to be the same source.
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Which explains why that Doctor in that is waaaaay more Kelly than Picardo.
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But not why they keep getting posted
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Soul Dentist posted:But not why they keep getting posted Some mysteries are best left unsolved
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Soul Dentist posted:But not why they keep getting posted People think they're a good  but the mods haven't caught up yet.
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The WWIII drugs could be an mkultra kinda thing, which is a real thing that the USA military tried. I guess remove the conscience and make the soldiers unable to question orders. Maybe remove the pain circuitry? That's not how brain chemistry works, but as a sci-fi thing, it's fine. And in this scenario, they're also on steroids, amphetamines and whatever else. Because why wouldn't they be?
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