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0|0|0|||1||Technical Difficulties|Nova Floresca||01:39:42|11/12/2014|%22So long screwy%2C see ya in St. Louie%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m guessing the cr500 at the end was to see if B%27elanna would clean house on the Hwacha%27%2C or was it to see if she would come back with more goodies than she left with%3F %28Now there would be an interesting ploy%2C to keep dangling B%27elanna out there and see just how much of Klayvor%27s fleet she can bring home before his puppetmasters tell him to knock it off%21%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is probably a stupid question%2C but . . .%22
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|Matrix Dragon||02:00:48|11/12/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Nov-12-14 AT 02:01 AM (EST)]%3EI%27m guessing the cr500 at the end was to see if B%27elanna would clean %0D%0A%3Ehouse on the Hwacha%27%2C or was it to see if she would come back with %0D%0A%3Emore goodies than she left with%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AShe%27s a Duelist. It%27s kind of what they do %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m more curious as to where she picked up Karn in all this.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter
4|2|1|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|BZArcher||08:02:03|11/12/2014|You may have noticed that the OOTR page now has a coming soon entry called %5Bi%5DRetaliation.%5B%2Fi%5D %3A%29 Watch this space%21
2|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|drakensis||06:39:53|11/12/2014|Zargh... is laughing.%0D%0A%0D%0AZargh%3F Zargh Thalekh%3F _Laughing_%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AStone-face has a sense of humour now%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AKai the engineer%21
5|2|2|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|BZArcher||08:03:03|11/12/2014|%5Bi%5DIf a Klingon cannot laugh at the misfortune of his enemies%2C he is truly dead.%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%5Bu%5D-Thought Admiral James epetai-May%5B%2Fu%5D
3|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|BZArcher||08:01:23|11/12/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Nov-12-14 AT 09:52 AM (EST)]%3EI%27m guessing the cr500 at the end was to see if B%27elanna would clean %0D%0A%3Ehouse on the Hwacha%27%2C or was it to see if she would come back with %0D%0A%3Emore goodies than she left with%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AOne way or the other Krattak didn%27t think it would take very long for B%27Elanna to deal with the problems aboard that ship. The battlecruiser was something of an unexpected bonus%21
6|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|eriktown||09:47:55|11/12/2014|Oh hell yes. This was hilarious%2C fun and action-packed. More%21
7|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|zwol||12:38:19|11/12/2014|I really enjoyed this.  Fast-paced nonstop action was just what I needed last night as a break from editing an article.  At the same time I appreciated the view provided of the cultural divide within Klingon society that led to the civil war%E2%80%94it%27s much clearer now how Klayvor managed to scrape up as much support as he did.  %28I do wonder why Jurdak was on the Klingon Union side in the first place%2C given all that.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s nice to see the younger generation of Duelists get a chance at the spotlight.  Krattak is clearly going to fit in very well around here with that problem-solving approach.  The Science Gorn is just as awesome as we expected.  And I%27m definitely looking forward to finding out how B%27Elanna met Karn.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m a little sorry Sub-Commander Karodis got killed off before she had a chance to do anything%3B she seemed like she could have been an interesting character.
8|2|7|||1||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|Gryphon||12:57:29|11/12/2014|%3EI do wonder %0D%0A%3Ewhy Jurdak was on the Klingon Union side in the first place%2C given all %0D%0A%3Ethat.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AKlayvor%27s side didn%27t even try to recruit him.  Unreliable.  Lazy%2C stupid%2C and borderline cowardly.  Only when word reached them that the %22Emperor%22%27s wayward niece had been posted to his crew did they take any interest.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI%27m a little sorry Sub-Commander Karodis got killed off before she had %0D%0A%3Ea chance to do anything%3B she seemed like she could have been an %0D%0A%3Einteresting character. %0D%0A%0D%0AMm%2C I feel a little bad about that myself.  %28And for poor tlhamaH%2C come to that.  He was clearly not a bad guy%2C just way the hell out of his depth.  He%27d have been better off being born into a culture that valued farmers or office workers.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
10|3|8|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|BZArcher||14:09:34|11/12/2014|%22The One has recharged the tea and coffee making facilities%2C My Lord.%22
12|3|8|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|zwol||14:40:34|11/12/2014|%3EKlayvor%27s side didn%27t even try to recruit %5BJurdak%5D.  Unreliable.  Lazy%2C %0D%0A%3Estupid%2C and borderline cowardly.  Only when word reached them that the %0D%0A%3E%22Emperor%22%27s wayward niece had been posted to his crew did they take %0D%0A%3Eany interest. %0D%0A%0D%0AMakes sense.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%3EI%27m a little sorry Sub-Commander Karodis got killed off before she had %0D%0A%3E%3Ea chance to do anything%3B she seemed like she could have been an %0D%0A%3E%3Einteresting character. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EMm%2C I feel a little bad about that myself.  %28And for poor tlhamaH%2C %0D%0A%3Ecome to that.  He was clearly not a bad guy%2C just way the hell out of %0D%0A%3Ehis depth.  He%27d have been better off being born into a culture that %0D%0A%3Evalued farmers or office workers.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AIn the end%2C perhaps this is why the Klayvorites are on the wrong side of history.  There%27s so many %5Bi%5Dother%5B%2Fi%5D things you need to be good at if you want to be good at interstellar war.  If you think starship design is a job for %5Bi%5Dkuve%5B%2Fi%5D%2C don%27t be complaining to us when the torpedo loader can be repurposed as a way to sneak onto the bridge%2C amirite%3F
9|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|Arashi||14:02:41|11/12/2014|It seems to be an emerging tradition that the %27Emperor%27 looses ships to Duelists. First to Utena on his first attempt at getting B%27Lanna and again to B%27Lanna herself. You would think he would learn not to stick his hand in a fire. Oh well%2C he still has plenty more ships to loose to children.
11|2|9|||1||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|Nova Floresca||14:14:55|11/12/2014|There was a line in a Star Wars novel once that went %22TIE Fighters are the third-most abundant resource in the universe%2C after human stupidity and free-floating hydrogen%22. In this amalgamated universe%2C I would expect that D-7s also have a place in the top 5.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is probably a stupid question%2C but . . .%22
13|3|11|||1||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|BobSchroeck||16:48:40|11/12/2014|%3EThere was a line in a Star Wars novel once that went %22TIE Fighters are %0D%0A%3Ethe third-most abundant resource in the universe%2C after human %0D%0A%3Estupidity and free-floating hydrogen%22. In this amalgamated universe%2C I %0D%0A%3Ewould expect that D-7s also have a place in the top 5. %0D%0A%0D%0A%22We have %5Bi%5Dhow%5B%2Fi%5D many ships left in the fleet%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Three%2C my Lord.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22%5Bi%5DThree%3F%5B%2Fi%5D  How%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22There have been Duelists everywhere we%27ve gone for the last year%2C my Lord.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
14|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|TheOtherSean||20:22:38|11/12/2014|I thought it quite enjoyable.  It was a nice%2C thrilling action piece that just flows nicely.  The bit with the Third Lieutenant was especially enjoyable.  %0D%0A%0D%0AIt did leave me wondering if Zargh expected trouble with Jurdak and assigned her there hoping she%27d deal with it.  An alternative thought was that the ship needed an engineer%2C she was the best available of appropriate rank%2C but that Zargh and his chief-of-staff had a bet on whether there%27d be more trouble with Jurdak after the initial bit of trouble.
15|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|Dwaggy||07:46:53|11/13/2014|Read it once%2C then listened to it once. I should listen to recordings more often- helps me know how things are pronounced%21 Gotta admit that laugh at the end was very well done. %3A%29
16|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|Willard||19:48:37|11/16/2014|D-7M%5Bi%5D3C509%5B%2FI%5D%3F I see what you did there. %3A-%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AWhat%27s Klingon for %22ethernet%22 anyway%3F Good for B%27elanna%2C to resist the pun. %0D%0A%0D%0AWillard 
17|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|Willard||21:11:34|12/07/2014|A little more seriously%2C  the Hwacha%27 seemed officer-heavy to me. A captain and 5 Lieutenants out of a crew of 12%3F Is this normal%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AWillard%0D%0AWhy no%2C I don%27t play STO why do you ask%3F %3A-%29
18|2|17|||1||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|Gryphon||21:25:52|12/07/2014|%3EA little more seriously%2C  the Hwacha%27 seemed officer-heavy to me. A %0D%0A%3Ecaptain and 5 Lieutenants out of a crew of 12%3F Is this normal%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AThe exact staffing of a bird-of-prey is a bit of a muddle in the canon %28there%27s a surprise%21  %5Bi%5DStar Trek%5B%2Fi%5D weak on details%3F  The devil you say%2C sir%21%29%2C and the %5Bi%5DHwacha%27%5B%2Fi%5D has a roster informed by a combination of a couple of different sources and simple plotting expediency.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo wit%3A The Haynes %5Bi%5DKlingon Bird-of-Prey%5B%2Fi%5D manual %28which was one of the main references for the story%3B the %5Bi%5DHwacha%27%5B%2Fi%5D is a different class from the one depicted in the book%2C but their overall configuration and%2C we can assume%2C the deck plans are similar%29 puts the crew complement of a bird-of-prey at 36%2C of which six are officers and the rest %5Bi%5Dbekk%5B%2Fi%5D %28enlisted crewmen%29.  That%27s a little more in line with general expectations about this sort of thing%2C and allows for the ship to be fully operational 24-7 with three complete watches rotating %28like a real-life naval warship%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn the other hand%2C the crew complement of the bird-of-prey in %5Bi%5DStar Trek III%5B%2Fi%5D%2C the first one to appear in the canon%2C is explicitly stated in the film as %22about a dozen%22%2C and Commander Kruge appears to have only two lieutenants %28Torg and Maltz%29 - but there is never a single indication in %5Bi%5DStar Trek III%5B%2Fi%5D that Kruge%27s ship even %5Bi%5Dhas%5B%2Fi%5D an engineer or science officer%2C and he might%27ve had a third lieutenant before he disintegrated the weapons officer%3B there%27s no indication of whether that guy was an officer%2C or even if the Klingons of that era even had them%2C as such%2C but he was the one operating the weapons on the bridge%2C which in UF%2C at least%2C is an officer%27s job.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%2C we have a situation where I wanted Jurdak%27s ship to have a %22night shift%22 where not much was happening%2C which argued for the smaller %22skeleton crew%22 staffing of movie-Kruge%27s ship%2C but the way the KDF is organized in UF meant there would have to be at least four lieutenants%2C five if you include the first officer %28and Jurdak needed one because he could barely be bothered to operate the ship himself%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf it helps%2C you may consider that Jurdak was well-known as one of the worst captains in the Seventh Fleet%2C and people would do almost %5Bi%5Danything%5B%2Fi%5D to avoid having to serve on his ship.  It may therefore be that %5Bi%5DKoloth%5B%2Fi%5D-class ships are %5Bi%5Dsupposed%5B%2Fi%5D to have 30 or more %5Bi%5Dbekk%5B%2Fi%5D aboard%2C and Command simply couldn%27t find that many who couldn%27t get out of it.  Like jury duty in sparsely populated counties. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
19|3|18|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties|Willard||21:47:24|12/07/2014|You did mention it was a skeleton crew%2C I just missed the hint. %3A-%29%0D%0A%0D%0AWillard%0D%0A