Emmett.hendrick

I have watched the first series of Andromeda( I think we're a bit ahead over here ) and I like the series, the humour adds to the series, the acting is good, I agree Harper is a great carachter I think he is hilarious at times. Can't wait for the next series.....

Shots pounded the hull as the Andromeda leveled out, shields were failing and on the bridge smoke billowed as one of the power relays gave out from the strain. Smyth Grabbed a fire extinguisher and ran to put out the flames. The tactical officer turned from his station,"Sir, sargearnt Adams reports the intruders are Insurgents." Jackson's heart sank, "Tell the sargeant to try and capture at least one of the intruders." Jackson paused a second and barked more orders."Tactical, arm the missiles and recalibrate the scanners to scan for atmospheric disturbance," Jackson stood up from his chair as he spoke his concentration fixed on the view screen,"Pipe the display to my station." The display on Jackson's desk flashed into life Jackson scanned what he saw and then seemed to fix on one area on the screen,"Prepare to fire," his voice was calm and clear. "Missiles ready sir!" Jackson feed targetting instructions to his panel the sargeant at tactical looked at the information bewildered, but he followed orders. Jackson waited, Smyth held his breath the seconds seemed to drag on forever........"FIRE!", Jackson yelled the Sargeant at tacops punched the fire button still unsure were the missile was going, everbody turned to the viewscreen and watched the missile trailed away from the Andromeda leaving a white streaking trail behind as she went, making her easy to track. everybody watched as the missile streak towards it designated target but nothing was there, Suddenly a flash and an explosion as the missile struck home. An insurgent crusier light up as the missile struck head on, Jackson turned to the Tacops station,"Target that explosion, and Fire!" Another 4 missiles leapt from the Andromeda in quick succession Three stuck their target one flying off wildly after an attacking fighter, but the job had been done the Insurgents cloak failed as the ship became totally visible sitting less than 5 NM from the Andromeda's nose. "Commander to all weapon stations new target all firepower." Within seconds the tides had turned the insurgent ship was taking heavy fire from the Andromeda's weapons even the IOD system now had a bear on her, but with her cloak down she was free to return fire and fire she was. Shots hit home as the Andromeda felt the brunt of the insurgent retaliation, explosions rocked the bridge but even damaged as she was the Andromeda was gaining the upper hand. The insurgent ship turned and made course to leave her fighters following in her wake. checking the Perscan Jackson saw the intruders had been withdrawn also and the marines were in the process of cleaning up one or two straglers that were unfortuante enough to miss the beam out. Relieved Jackson slumped back in his chair he sighed heavily,"Give me a damage report," Smyth returning to his station checked the damage report coming in....."PTA station 2 is damaged, as is launch bay 1 and shields are at 10%",Jackson sighed again anymore delays and they would miss their mission windows, thumbing the comlink he was connected to engineering,"Engineering this is the bridge, get the Hyperdrive working asap other repairs to be completed en-route." "Resume course to target we'll engage the hyperdrive when it becomes available again." The Andromeda raised her battered hull and resumed course with a little luck their should be no more surprises. [ 05-21-2001: Message edited by: Emmett.hendrick ]

Talk about take my breath away, those shots are georgeus(spelling?) SC and the team are doing a GREAT job.

I think the SC was saying that currently only EB in the US have the offer but he/they were looking into doing the offer elsewhere aswell. I know I went into EB over the weekend and they had no idea what I was on about they didn't even have a release date.

MS have announced a release date for Windows XP I quote from PC Zone "Microsoft has announced a date for its long-awaited, next-gen OS which could finally put the boot in to the current crop of ever-crashing operating systems, plaguing PC gamers. October 25th is the date for your diary, but what exactly does it mean for us?" find more info at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/ enjoy

[/rp] The Andromeda dived like a hawk diving for its next meal, having broken through the atmosphere she was now a prey for standard weathar conditions she was buffeted and rocked by the wind shearing by outside. Jackson held fast in his command chair unshaken by the violent motion of the ship around him. "Altitude", he barked accross the bridge. "50,000 feet and descending sir!", came the reply,"stay on course, we need to be lower, Helm bring us down over a body of water please." Just as Jackson finished his sentence the Andromeda rocked sharply and an explosion was heard,"REPORT". Smyth check the systems on his post,"were under fire sir!, shields are holding," Jackson turned to check the Perscan it showed the intruders onboard, a firefight was ensuing on the engineering deck, two medics and an engineer were already lost but marines were converging on the area, he noted Sargeant Adams was in engineering and allowed himself a wiry smile. This was out of carachter for standard raiders usually, they would board and head for the cargo bay to steal some cargo, then they'd try and steal a shuttle to escape, something was not right! As he finished his thoughts another shot struck home pounding the Andromeda's shields but they held. "Increase speed to maximum LT," Jackson calmly noted to Smyth, "Helm take us to 50 above sea level and assume level flight" "Sir, we're detecting fighters....", Lt shields had been monitoring external transmissions to try and get a track on their attacker. "Are they ours?" "Negative Sir, they're closing for attack" "Activate the PTA system and continue descent", Jackson re-settled himself in his chair as the PTA system opened fire. As the Andromeda hurtled towards the surface one of the PTA turrets found its target as one of the attacking interceptors exploded in a ball of fire. The others however were still a threat. [/rp off] Bumpy enough for you marine?

quote:Originally posted by Soback: What would be the best card right now for no more than $150. What about Hercules Prophet? Also, if voodoo 3 with 1.7 drivers works with DX 8 but doesn't support all of the DX 8 functions, will it play BC:M or not? I'm not going to advise on a new vid card because I could do with some advice myself(have a V3 and will need to upgrade soon) but yes it should run BCM I have had no problems with the demo with my V3 so you should be safe..

I played the ST v's SW mod for homeworld fun for a while a BC mod would be interesting alright....

have a look here its a general discussion on the non-fleet castes http://www.3000ad.com/cgibin/ultimatebb.cg...ic&f=2&t=000609 Alternatively you can search the forums for previous threads on the subject...

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: You're kidding. Right? WIN2K was supposed to be NT5. Its not just an upgrade to NT4, regardless. Even if it was called NT5, it would still have been a gaming OS (for all the reasons, and then some, that Emmett mentions). NT is not and never was, a gaming OS. DOS and WIN95 were both gaming OSes Sorry bout the double post on this missed this post. Admittedly NT is not a gaming OS, but 2000 is and a damn good one too, in about a year 95/98 and ME will be dead and XP(whistler) will be out and It is based on the NT kernel so it will be NT but also a gaming OS(as far as I know it will be 2000 with a few more bells and whistles)

quote:Originally posted by Menchise: OK. I'm completely satisfied except for one issue. If Windows 2000 is a combination of the capabilities of NT and WIN95/98, then what was the point of making Windows ME (apart from wanting more money )? Isn't that just an upgrade of Windows 98? Security, flexible as 2000 is. it is basically geared towards the business end user so it has the NT security Kernel built in which I suppose MS believed would be to much of a hasstle for Joe user so ME is basically an update to win 98(and not a very good one either) ME has the interface and stuff of Whistler(or XP if you prefer) but it is really 98 underneath....

Don't worry as you'll find out in MP we will never be far away!

Jackson sat in his chair on the bridge tapping his finger nails on his console, they had been sitting dead in space for over an hour, however now the repairs were in their final phase problem was engineering had to take the main power systems offline to re-align the repaired coolant system, Jackson had ordered the Andromeda enter a low orbit around the planet and use the planet as cover however that was 20 minutes ago and his anxiety rose with every passing minute, Smyth paced the bridge stopping intermitantly to check the display on whoevers console he was passing, he was uneast to and he was constantly checking ships status to reassure himself all was in order.......... The minutes ticked on.............. "ALERT ...ALERT INTRUDERS DETECTED", Jackson jumped in his seat at the sudden break in the silence on the bridge he turned to his console and checked Perscan, showing 10 intruders in various sections of the ship, jackson was relieved they had a full compliment of well trained marines on board and off course Sargeant Adams would be glad to see some action, even if it was earlier than expected...."James, Perscan shows 10 intruders begin standard border defence", Jackson Barked, immediatly Smyth turned and started issuing orders to the various departments on board, the Andromeda's standard response to intruders was already swinging into action even as Jackson thumbed the coms to Engineering, the bridge was being sealed and power to launch control was being shut down, as Jackson glanced at his Perscan display he could see the marines moving out in a standard search pattern."Engineering we're breaking orbit bring the main power on-line," not waiting for a response he cut the com line. "James, there is cloaked ship out there somewhere we've got to get out of here." "Yes sir but we have no hyperdrive even with main power we can not leave the system"..... "Then take us down! Start Planet fall procedures, power up the shields and prepare the weapon systems...." "Bridge, this is engineering main power is restored hyperdrive still off-line," Fine Jackson though we'll just have to get along without it,"Start Desecent!" The Andromeda Hummed to life as power systems returned to full power all over the ship lights came back on and systems whistled and burped into operation again.

shouldn't be a problem I have a V3 3000 with the 1.6 drivers and I run DX8 (on win98 and 2K) with no problems...

quote:Originally posted by Rm: Buggy OS??? So, when's the Linux version going to be released??? Now you don't want to stir up that hornets nest of trouble.... quote:Originally posted by Menchise: Hey! Don't knock NT. It may not be able to run most games but it's a good system and one of the most stable around. In fact, Windows 2000 (which BCM supports) is just a fancy name for NT 5. Windows 2000 is a lot more than just NT5 for a start it includes direct X support, Plug and Play and other features that NT wouldn't touch, don't get me wrong I like NT (I have all the MCP's to prove it) but 2000 is a much more capable and more general purpose OS.

A beauty only rivalled by the mythical Mermaids. Luck man indeed!

quote:Originally posted by Charles Lindsey: Are you absolutely sure of that? [/rp] You know I am but no matter how many I down you guys are just to stupid or ignorant to learn and I'll eventually have to go to reload..... [ 05-14-2001: Message edited by: Emmett.hendrick ]

Smyth left the commanders quarters taking a copy of the current orders with him, returning to his quarters he read through the orders again, something wasn't right rising from his desk he walked down the corridor, Wandering he found himself in the marine barricks area, he found Sargeant Adams quarters and he knocked on the door. after a few moments the sargeant opened the door, Greeting Smyth he invited him in. Smyth stood in the Sargeant's quarters looking around he commented to himself that the room was extremely functional and that was probably the best he could say about it. He turned to face Adams as he retook his seat,"This mission worries me Sargeant, I have been reviewing the orders, the drop is into the largest insurgent site on Tau Ceti and we are not to stick around once the package is delivered, its in cargo bay at the moment but is classified we are not allowed open it. Thats not what worries me though resistance will probably be heavy and if we can't cloak till we enter orbit they will probably know we are coming." "Lets just say I'm uneasy about this op, I have read your service record, very distinguished, We'll be relying on that, don't let us d.....", before he could finish his sentence the alarms sounded in the hall and the ship rocked violently struggling to his feet Smyth ran to the coms panel, punching the button the Comms came to life, "Bridge this is Smyth, What the hell is going on?" "Shields here sir the Hyperdrive has failed engineering is complaining about some faulty equipment in the manifold, Commander Jackson is on his way to engineering and requests you meet him there.! "I'm on my way!", Smyth replied turning quickly he gave one last look at the sargeant and left the room for engineering..... Smyth arrived in engineering to find his commander and the chief engineer, Rob Faulker arguing, he decided not to intervene and waited for them to finish. The commander finished and walked over to Smyth,"Problem Sir?" enquired Smyth. "Yes, The Hyperdrive is down Faulker says something about the manifold and faulty cooling unit blaming rushed repairs.", Jackson replied sounding a little unnerved. "How long till its repaired sir?" "Acording to Faulker about 2 hours", turning from Smyth Jackson thumbed the com panel on the wall,"Bridge this is Jackson whats our current location?" "We're currently in the Tramis system sir sensors show no local ship activity beyond traders" "Good", jackson relaxed a little at the news all they needed was to get caught crippled by an insurgent patrol or the like,"Engage the cloak and shut down none esential systems we'll run silent while repairs are carried out, Jackson out...." Jackson and Smyth turned and left engineering heading for the bridge as they did so lights and systems shut down and the ship went silent and the cloak system hummed to life....

Now I wish I'd waited a little while I spent 6 hours on a 56k dial up downloading the demo and now this...... Ah well patience Emmett learn Patience

I've had a chance to use XP its not a bad OS a bit memory intensive but good all the same, I believe it probably will run BCM as it supports 95/98/nt4 and 2000 applications. but as far as the AMD 's INTEL debate goes check some of the other threads as the debate has been raging their for a little while at this stage....

[/rp] Destiny station check your scanners you should be picking up the fragments of a transport ship entering planet orbit now...... A warning try smuggling any more contraband through and I won't just attack the courier!

quote:Originally posted by Tekrebel: software. Windows XP doesn't sound very appealing to me: ugly interface, higher ram usage. I have had the chance to use XP its not that bad you can turn the interface off and the memory requirements are excessive(64mb min) but the compatibility mode works well(it allows you to emulate 95/98/NT4/2000) and I have been able to run most software on it with no problems..

ROTFLMAO that is very good I got to go compose myself

quote:Originally posted by LordDavid: Voyager just dosen't have the space battles that DS9 did. Thats not really fair voyager doesn't really have the amount of ships that were available to DS9 at the time but even then I was dissapointed with the final ending on DS9 it seemed like it was rushed. I'm not going to defend voyager either though as the series never really appealed to me I will watch the last episode(s) just to see if they get home but other than that the only redeming feature is Seven of Nine.....

Nice! Just had a quick look some nice information on the site, I especially like the information on all the ships. Wish I could do web design that good!