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quote: And while Im here, I may as well recomend the Orion Fleet as an excellent choice...Oh, how shocking. I suggest choosing a fleet and side that may suit your beliefs well.

quote: Originally posted by HAL Beta: How can you know you'll get more pre-orders than the number of units made in the first production run? Unless you've already sold out...? btw, I think it's amazing that the President of a software company actually communicates with his fanbase. I don't see any other companies doing that! Because he can safely manufacture the appropriate number of units when the game goes "gold". He can't be sold out yet due to the fact that he hasn't finished the game.

quote: Originally posted by Jigoku San: Hows it? after reading the forums for a little bit and discovering that all the fleets liked to do is show off all there gittering medals. I have desided to become a merc or a cop but don't know which. ah so many choices...I love it! Ah, yes. You must be speaking of Orion Fleet. Fair 'nuff.

Gonna move this over to the appropriate forum, as the rules in the fleet forum are very strict. In fact, for awhile only the fleet commanders themselves could start a thread in here.

If 10-15 hours translates into one day for any of you guys, you REALLY need to get out more. That's like two weeks for me.

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Some of us have been complaining about this since the beginning of time. Nothing you can do about it.

Vultures. If you want a real fleet with real comraderie, take a look at the four available Insurgent fleets. That is, only if you and your buddies can handle being the underdogs. The Insurgency is not for the faint of heart. If you can't handle that, I suggest Orion Fleet. They're great for newbies that like to talk tough but never face a real challenge. Not to mention a JUST challenge.

quote: So what am I? Chopped liver?. I'm still here. You aren't alone. (grins maniacally) My bad. quote: LOL! Aramike has been working too hard.You have *NO* idea. quote: Because of the unknown status of the Vice Admiral and seeing that I am the next senior ranking officer of the fleet, I will take over command of Bishamon until he returns. Good idea. Until Rattler or Akira returns and figures this mess out, edit your sig accordingly. Make sure to use "Interim" or "Pro-tem Fleet Commander", though. quote: That's with the blessing of the other Vice Admirals, of course! Someone has to lead the fleet!Of course. Charles, you have any problem with this? quote: it should be Commander Hellbinder(CE) I don't believe he has been promoted. Correct. Sho, he's a Commander until he warrants promotion to Captain. Anyway, until the rest of the Insurgent brass returns all Insurgency matters should go through Charles and myself.

Houston, we have a nitpicker.

As a matter of fact .... Considering that I'm the only Insurgent Fleet Commander around here right now, I'll assign you. Your interim boss will be ShoHashi, until your normal FC returns and takes care of it. Sho, what is going on with Bishamon anyway? Where's your boss?

quote: Huh? I thought Ballinger (Du Sandau) was commanding Bishamon.Yeah, you're right. I forgot about that change. quote: application awaiting your approvalApproved.

Go to the Fleet Database and sign up for Bishamon fleet. Akira is your fleet commander, however, once you sign up let me know. Assuming that everything is in order, I'll go in and approve you. Welcome aboard, Commander!! [ 07-26-2001: Message edited by: aramike ]

quote: Also, were any of the shades of blue changed? Background seems less cold of a tone.Nope. However, I added the light blue you seen in the headings. It does seem to brighten things a bit, I think. EP5: Its no different. Just click on the Battlecruiser Online Forum link, rather than General Topics. The only difference is that categories were added. [ 07-26-2001: Message edited by: aramike ]

Glad you like it.

OK, guys, for now, just contact me when you need something done. I'll take care of everything regarding representation, etc., for now at least. It doesn't make sense to name a merc leader, really. However, at some point, we may want to discuss giving one of you guys control of at least the database issues. However, that doesn't seem very urgent right now, so we'll discuss it later, I think.

Well, if you want some tips, here you go: -Get rid of references to a "viewscreen". That is WAY overdone in sci-fi these days. Change it to something new and interesting or get rid of it altogether. I mean, I just can't see why any futuristic ship would have a screen to show them, well, absolutely nothing. You'd think they'd be using more technological methods rather than relying on sight. -Story-wise, I can't really help you there. You more or less just posted a random scene. -More physical detail. When the ship was shaking (consider using the word "jolt" or some varient thereof), there was plenty of detail regarding what was happening to the personnel, but not to their environment. The best way to incorporate physical detail is to tell it from the eyes of the charactor. For example, I'll take a line from your story and add some surrounding to it: Her voice sounded strange, then he saw the short-range communications headset that she was wearing. He had one as well. She was whispering for some reason. Then, without warning, the entire ship jolted sharply around them. Lance was instantly alert. Coming to his feet and preparing to bark his first orders, he noticed blood rushing from his head. The gaping wound made him feel dizzy, though not sure if it was real or imagined. Goodin steadied him, then sat him down gently. “We’re in the nebula, sir. All main systems are shut down and we’re holding position about two minutes past the perimeter.” Lance could hardly hear him. The pain from his head only added to the confusion that surrounded him on the bridge. He watched as crewmen scurried about, assuring that no major damage was incurred. "Distance?" Lance finally managed with a whisper. He felt a rush of memories invade his mind. Goodin shook his head. "Unknown. I had to clock it. Sensors are useless with this new shielding." That should help a little, I hope. All I really did was add some surrounding to the characters. You don't want to be insanely verbose about it, however, you don't want to neglect it either. You should also add some expression to the dialogue. You'd be surprised at how a brief "He nodded" can bring a character to life. You don't want to be too liberal with it, but don't be too conservative either. Just play the scene out in your mind when you're writing it. Whenever a character makes an expression worth noting, try to work it in. If you want to get the novel published, here are a few things of note: Keep it around 120,000 words. There's NO way you'll get a first-time novel published at a higher word count. This is due to shelf-space considerations. Publishers usually rent shelf-space at retailers. So, they will warm more to risking putting out 5 copies of your 100,000 word book on the shelf rather than 3 copies of your 150,000 word book. Get a professional critique before submitting your work. Or, even better, find a good editor. Most literary agents prefer works that have been refined. Don't bother going to a major publisher. They won't even touch your work unless it is submitted to them by a litarary agent. Well, there are a few tips. Hopefully they help! [ 07-22-2001: Message edited by: aramike ]

quote: (because it makes YOU look like the idiot)Yeah, he does look like the idiot. I'm still trying to figure out how he missed this: "This is program is unsupported and is not a patch to the DOS version. Use at your own risk.", ESPECIALLY considering that it was in his own damned post. Maybe I just missed something, though, due to the serious grammatical flaws in his post.

Some of you may have noticed that I haven't been around all that much lately. I've got a lot going on right now with my business that requires my attention. So, I'm just letting everyone know that I'll be away from here for awhile in order to devote all my time to business concerns. I should return within a couple of weeks, so leave the light on for me! I can still be found on ICQ most of the time although don't be offended if I ignore you.

...it takes so long because I'm about the only one that ever checks the damned thing. I'll go in and clear out the recruits tonight.

Adjust the "hspace" values on the image. Set it to 0. Then the images will be closer to the text.

Send me coordinates again. I can never find the thing.

You know, I don't think it matters. Trek shows have sucked for years (anything after TNG, really). I mean, how predictable was the plot? Here's a typical Trek episode: *Opens with light-hearted melodrama or techno-babble* *Ship shakes* *Crew engages in more techno-babble, trying to figure out why ship is shaking* *Something odd happens, usually involving a flash of light or some other overdone "special" effect* *Plot is revealed. Same thing everytime: return things to normal* *More techno-babble referring to how they've never encountered this phenomena before* *Ship shakes again* *Crew tries first techno-babble option. It invariably fails* *Ship shakes* *Captain informs a varying member of crew that the ship doesn't have much time so they had better come up with new techno-babble fast* *Ship shakes* *One of two things: Crew saves ship at last moment, employs techno-babble to explain how they did it at the end of show, or; they explain first and then save ship. Either way, they are sure to explain at some point just in case anyone of us ever gets attacked by the [insert fictional race or disease here]* *Melodrama* *Show ends*

quote: Originally posted by Commander Hamblin: Who said I didn't want to participate in the thread? Let me rephrase that ... if you're simply going to DETRACT from what someone else is saying, don't participate. No need to argue or call anyone an "asskisser". That should be clear enough, I think.

quote: Originally posted by Game_Ender: I thought it was a very good movie but it ended with a both kubric and Speilberg. The homerace dies (kubric) but the boy is happy (Speilberg). Gee thanks. Anymore movies you want to blow for me? Nah, j/k -- wasn't planning on seeing it anyway.