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  1. quote: There was a famous sculpter the said" he's not carving a statue out of the stone, hes merrly chipping away the rock that was surrounding the sculpture inside..that would imply someone Put it there and didnt want him to find it till he started chipping:) Leonarda Da Vinci said this when carving the statue of David from a single block of marble. quote: Im thinking more along the lines of PULLING power from the air Theoretically, You can do this. It's called zero point engergy and may be the force that's keeping the universe from collapsing in upon itself. Basically, a particle and an anti-particle pop into existence and destory each other. When they do this there is a burst of energy. If you could harness this power you'd get something from nothing literally from the air around you. Paper on Zero Point Energy
  2. I don't know if this is offical Galcom strategy but I love to transport myself to the top of some tall building or other then order in a couple of marines to blow something up. Then I get to act as sniper to cover my guys
  3. Thanks for the kind words!!!!! **PART TWO** Macleod went to the bar for only one reason, Scuttlebut. The bartender was ex military so he knew how to keep a secret. He also knew a secret or three so Macleod always liked to spend a few hours in the bar at Galcom just so he could keep up with the latest official (and unofficial) news. As always, the bar was dimly lit, smoke hung in the air, which was quite impressive considering the air recirculation system thoroughly removed all such pollutants, a few military uniforms merged into the gloom along with the coveralls favoured by the traders, from a corner seat come the sound of a stifled laugh. He found a seat at the end of the bar and slipped into it. Within a few seconds Joe the bartender was in front of him. "Hey Donald, How's it going? Not seen you here for a while" "Hi Joe, well you know how it goes, been keeping busy" "Yeah heard you got married, surprised to see you back up here" " Me too, but when your personally asked for it's kinda hard to turn it down" Joe grinned and poured Donald a small helping of something light blue. Donald looked at him and asked "How the hell did you get Gammulan brandy here of all places?" Joe just grinned and winked at him and said "I hear Galcom is trying to get as many ships out on patrol as possible." "Any idea why?" "No, but rumour has it that last months insurgent stunt has them rattled." "The mars stunt?" he asked, before Joe could answer his commlink beeped. "Yes?" he answered tersely. "Logistics Commander wants to see you, Sir" "I'll be right up" He finished off his drink. He walked into the chief logistics office and was surprised to see the calm and ordered atmosphere that surrounded the room. He was used to the office being a mess with data sheets scattered all over the place. As he looked around the room a young woman passed a data sheet to him, he looked at it and saw all the logistical information about his ship listed. "how did..." he started "I keep on top of things and run a tight ship commander" He took another look at her and noticed her rank of tacops commander, he automatically stood to attention. She waved a hand at him to motion him to take a seat, she sat opposite him and said "your vessel will depart day after tomorrow at 1400, maintenance crews will finish by 1000, fuelling will be complete late this evening ." He nodded impressed. "I must say youÔÇÖre much more organised than bilko" "COMMANDER HARRISON" she admonished "has been reassigned to a position that better fits his um... Unique skills". Commander Ian 'bilko' Harrison was the previous logistics commander. One of the junior officers had given him the Nickname after some obscure 20th century television programme. No one really understood the reference behind it but nevertheless the name had stuck. There were many rumours surrounding the previous logistics commander. One of the wilder ones concerned the GCV AESTROM pathfinder vehicle that would bear the name of the class breaking down less than 5 kilometres outside of Galcom HQ after Harrison 'forgot' to assign his engineering team to finish off refitting the hyerspace engines. It probably wasn't true but it was a good story and highlighted many commandersÔÇÖ desires to have him removed. "Commander?" She said as she offered him a datapadd. He took the Padd, placed his hand firmly on it. "Commander Donald Macleod, GCV Edinburgh" "Acknowledged." announced the computer. On the digital schematic diagram of the Edinburgh one of 14 red lights winked from red to green. The ship was now his. "Thank you Ma'am" Macleod said. She stood and he did as well. "Don't launch before we open the dock doors commander and have a good one". He saluted, walked out of the office and along the main airlock tunnel that held HIS ship firmly tethered to Galcom HQ. As soon as he stepped on board he was hit by the SILENCE. Normally a military vessel had a lot of activity, people bustling around with datapadds, marines doing patrols, medical staff on hand, engineers doing repairs but right now there was nothing. The senior staff officers were not due to arrive until the next day and then after that the other crew would show up to complete final checks. THEN the adventure would begin. He started to walk towards his quarters and then stopped. He took in a depth breath of the ships filtered air, turned around and walked towards the bridge. The doors on the bride slid open noiselessly and he stepped out onto the bridge of his ship. Bridge layouts and been fairly standardised for over a century but there was nothing like knowing it was your ship, your bridge. Absolutely NOTHING in the universe compared to it. He walked down the small ramp to the command chair and sat down. Ahead of him was the massive viewscreen that dominated the bridge. It looked wrong because it was off. Whilst docked at Galcom there was nothing to display and so the whole bridge was in standby mode. He sat there and remembered previous missions, thought about up and coming ones and then allowed himself a small smile. "Soon" he announced to the empty bridge around him. He stood up and headed off to his quarters. As he walked down to his quarters there was a loud 'BUMP' from outside the ship, he checked his datapadd and saw that another red telltale was now green. The refuelling connection to the ship had been broken, Another milestone had been reached and the ship would soon be ready for action. He reached his quarters and was pleased to see his bags had already arrived. he was too tired to unpack and decided to put a quick call through to his wife before bed. The commanders quarters on a Battlecruiser were quite spacious, a large double bed dominated one ide of the room whilst a sofa and table with a personal computer linked to the ship was off to one side. The adjoining room was a personal head and he had his storage area for his uniform and personal belongings. He sat down on the sofa and activated the computer. "Open channel, Personal Contact, Helen Macleod" he announced to the computer. The computer bleeped once and then there she was, his breath always caught in his throat when he saw her. "Hello Helen, How are you?" "I'm good" she replied with that smile that always made his heart miss a beat. "How's Edinburgh?" He asked. "Cold, Wet, Normal" she replied with a smile. "I'm sorry, hun" he said. "I need to do this tour". Again, she smiled. "I know. It's who you are. I understand that. I don't LIKE it but you wouldn't be who are you, if you DIDN'T go". Now it was his turn to smile. "Now I know why I love you" he said She gave him a big smile. "And it's a good thing too" she said. "I wouldn't want you running off with some green semi naked alien slave girl!" "No chance of that, We haven't discovered any yet!" he retorted. She frowned a little. ÔÇ£I mean it Donald, It took a long time for us to find each other. I want you to look after yourself out there. We both know how dangerous it isÔÇØ. He nodded. "I know and I promise.ÔÇØ ÔÇ£I love you Helen and I'll talk to you very soon" he said in a heavy voice. "Take care Donald, Talk soon.". She gave him a brief smile and broke the connection. He sighed, Got up from the sofa, shrugged off his uniform and went to bed.
  4. OK Folks. Here you go. My attempt at a short story. Note it's in several parts and at this time I have no idea which way it will go. I'm planning on having the story revolve around my own experiences in the UC universe, starting the story just before the ship launches. Please feel free to criticise (politely!) or PM me with any comments/suggestions **Two Days to Launch** Sunlight gleamed off the shuttlecraft as it hurtled into orbit and towards it's destination of Galcom HQ. "Where is she?" growled Commander Donald Macleod from the back of the shuttle, He was a short but stockey man in his mid fiftes with a deep scottish accent, whislt nortorisouly short tempered he was also know as a reliable and capable commander. "Just a few klicks away Sir, You won't be able to see her visually yet because of the scaffolding" "How long until she's ready for launch?" he asked "About 2 days, Sir" the junior officer replied Macleod glanced down at the radar display in front of the two pilots and noticed they were coming up to the large construction area at the base of Galcom HQ. It was here that the mightly Galcom fleet was built, repaired, rearmed, refueled and upgraded ready for the fight against the never ending numbers of Radiers, terrorists and other scum of the galaxy. Macleod loved it all. Having been in the military for the past 30 years he always itched to get back into space, get out there and DO something. He loved to tell people he had space in his blood, his wife who was formally the chief medical officer on board a science vessel delighted in reminding him that if that were the case then he would turn into a desicatted husk rather quickly. He missed her, but he missed space even more which was one of the reasons that he was itching to get back into space, that and the local sector Commander had actually asked for him by name. "here you are Sir, The GCV Herm--", Macleod looked down at him and sharply cleared his throat. "the GCV EDINBURUGH, Sir" the junior officer rather hasitly said. Macleod allowed himself a small grin of trimpuh. For this tour he'd been assigned the GCV Hermes a Mk III battlecruiser. He loved the class but hated the name, It had taken some doing to get the ship renamed to Edinburugh but eventually he'd managed it. The shuttle touched down with barely a bump. Macleod grudingly admitted that the two junior officers, young though they looked were actually excellent pilots. The port side airlock hissed open and Macleod walked through into a brightly light corridor that led to the inspection area. From here it was possible to see the Edinburugh beingreadied for service. All along the hull were various cables and interconnecting pipes. The ship looked like it was in an intensieve care ward waiting to wake up. "I'm going to the Bar" Macleod annonced to the room at large. "Tell the logistics officer I want to see him the minute he is onboard" "you mean she, Sir" the junior officer corrected him. Macleod gave him a baleful look and walked out of the observation area.
  5. I only had the one. Rescued it from a destroyed insurgent. It was nice and shiny and everything! Figured it would teach the insurgent scum a lesson when their own OTS hit them. I had the site all lined up, launched the OTS. Beamed down to a few klicks away from the starbase. Watched this missle come down - Beautiful sight it was, then saw this evil, green PTA slice right through it! I was so upset I dropped my popcorn! Resnig thought was funny which didn't help at all.
  6. quote: As stated earlier PTA systems engage missles (though they don't do enough damage in time to kill the missle, of course that is what EMD is for.) Try launching an OTS missle at a starbase and watch as the starbase tears it to shreads.....
  7. I had that on the same video card as yours and as SC says it's the video drivers.
  8. OK, This one any better? View Great view from there! quote:But ... asking advice from Resnig?Resnig is OK, Just misunderstood!
  9. Is that bored or boring?......
  10. quote: Second, from reading your post, the way I understand it then is if we put the main booster rockets on the moon with their noses in the ground, then they could move the moon??? Depends WHERE you put them Any space probe that is visting other worlds in our solar system needs to build up speed, the easist way to do this is by orbiting the Earth in the same direction that it rotates, by doing this it gets a speed boost from the rotational speed of the Earth (there is probably some newtonian term for it but I can't recall my Physics that well). By doing this speed boost process the space craft is now travelling faster. As every action has an equal and opposite reaction so the Earth is, in turn, spinning ever so slightly slower and orbiting just that little bit further out from the sun than it was. Going back to the moon, Those booster rockets WILL have an effect, no matter where they are, however that effect will be minute.
  11. Hey you go, A few pics from my missions: Returning Home after a successful Mission Let's See What's Out There! PTA's in Action What did Resnig say I needed to do to reboot this thing? Leaving Galcom Lonely CAP
  12. quote: aerodynamics means nothing in a space vacuum True, but MASS is still very important. Bigger drives are needed by bigger ships as they have that much more mass to start moving through space. Whilst real physics is not in the game it makes sense that the bigger ships are slower than a shuttle. Think of the main ship as a Frigate or Aircraft carrier, Not the fastest thing around but it serves as home base for the main fighting force.
  13. UCV Feral Solnar Crusier Competent Crew led by a natual commander. Pirates, Raiders and anything else they makes money. Commander Markus Allias [RP] It was quiet, too quiet. The Feral was clinging to one of the support struts of the Luna jumpgate, all systems running in silent mode, passive sensors sweeping the inky blackness........ 'I don't like this' muttered the helm officer under his breath, 'Galcom seem to be out in force today' 'Part of the game, my friend' replied Markus from his command chair. He looked far too relaxed, if the truth be known he enjoyed these cat and mouse games with Galcom. In five years of raiding ships around the SOL and neighbouring systems only once had the Feral suffered severe damage and he didn't have any plans on repeating that incident any time soon. 'Just hold it real steady and keep all systems in hot standby, Galcom don't even know where are here, we are just part of the jumpgate'. [/RP]
  14. Battlecrusier Mark III. Fast enough to run rings around Storm Carrier and Quick enough to get to the scene of a fight and take part. Of course, the ship is part of the story. A good crew helps - especially once you space Resnig......
  15. Any ship is vulnerable for the 10 seconds or so it takes to fully emerge from Hyperspace and start moving. As soon as I hear 'Warning, Acquired' I point the nose of the ship and the incoming attacker and so soon as they emerge from Hyperspace blast them with three or 4 STS missiles and follow up with the main guns. At this point, if the enemy is still in action then you need to get away from the main guns and PTA's - PTA's never seem to miss! Simplest way to avoid a lock is to cloak even if its for a few seconds, sneak up close and let rip! Oh, and I'm flying a Battlecruiser Mark III. Great ship, solid, reliable, fast, manoeuvrable and packs quite a punch!
  16. Is this when you are on a planet? Simple - Crouch down and fire. Watch the marines in action and see how they do it.
  17. Try this: 1. Do this First 2. Apply the Patches 3. Read the manual 4. Read the boards here 5. Read the manual 6. Have a play around in UC 7. Keep that manual close at hand
  18. Guilty as charged SC! Your fault for making us want to explore those huge worlds you put into UC!
  19. With such poor spelling I just hope he isn't writing the manual.....
  20. quote: Keep it off unless you need it for an emergency since it uses up some of the power that it produces (based on power level?). Makes sense....... but what happens if you run out of Radine and aren't orientated in the right position to pick up sunlight? How do you start the solar collectors? Hmmm..... Off to do some testing
  21. Why not stick Resnig with the bill? He's daft enough to hang around when all the other officers have other places to be!
  22. Maybe thats something some gamers can't get used to? The fact that they are NOT the most important thing in this games universe? I had a recent battle near Pluto, Saw a transport getting picked on so I thought I'd hyperjump over and help. The distance was a lot more than I thought so i watched the fight on TacOps when all of these TER/POL craft beat the hell out of these two raiders. By the time I get there the TER/POL craft are saying 'Nothing to see here, move along!'. In most games the choices the player makes will determine how successful the overall mission/war/campaign goes, but with UC the universe doesn't care. Sit there and it will do it's thing, take part and it still doesn't care! Sometimes I think things are going on inside the UC universe when I'm not even playing the game......
  23. Trash? There is normally a good STO or OTS floating around out there and even though I'm one the Galcom Good Guys sometimes you get there *just* too late to stop a transport being destroyed.....
  24. quote:I'm still slightly uncomfortable telling you about the time I decided I needed a holiday, jumped into a shuttle and flew down to a pretty-looking beach, just to stand by the water and look back at my cool ship parked up by the trees. Did the same here, Except I took the CC down to the beach. Still remeber walking around it and being amazed at the sheer SIZE of the ship! I have a pic somewhere that I'll have to put up on the net I recall Elite, Frontier and Frontier First Encounters. With those games I always really wanted to get out of the ship and stretch my legs and now that I can I'm making the most of it! Last night I played UC and had an amazing experiece of fighting both a ground war and a space battle at the same time, was a very immersing experience! UC is a game that takes a LONG time to get into and just when you think you know it all something else will pop up and tap you on the shoulder! It's a game I will be playing for sometime yet!!
  25. Interesting thread..... I played Bridge Commander and enjoyed for about 5 minutes. Everything in the damn game was about shooting things and I got sooo bored! With UC, you can have so much fun exploring the galaxy, going on raids, defending conveys, visiting strange new worlds and new civilizations and it's soooo much better. Sadly though, there will be a good chunk of people who don't get it. They don't want to think for themselves they just want to be lead around by the nose. Shame really but there you go....
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