14||0|3928|0| 0|0|0|||||Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|Droken||14:31:18|01/15/2015|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Jan-15-15 AT 03:24 PM (EST)]What a marvelous surprise to see this piece this morning. Loved to see more of B%27Elanna coming into her own%2C as well as punting Kraal off to a fiery death.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C rigging a Bird of Prey for remote control by an omnitool%3F That%27s a damn mean wrench she%27s learned to swing.%0D%0A%0D%0ATyping from phone%2C so may come back with more later%2C but good times%21 The legacy oh house %5Bi %5DtenjoH%5B%2FI%5D grows %3A%29 1|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|jonathanlennox||16:26:24|01/15/2015|Very nice%21 %0D%0A%0D%0AIs it parallel invention%2C or am I hearing echoes of Bujold%27s %5Bi%5DBorders of Infinity%5B%2Fi%5D in the prisoners%27 organized food call%3F 5|2|1|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|BZArcher||20:45:06|01/15/2015|All I%27m going to say for now is that will be discussed in the annotations%2C when they are released. %3B%29 2|1|0|||1||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|SpottedKitty||19:17:21|01/15/2015|Neat tie-in of the Klingon gene-augment situation.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyone else read %22Visit To A Weird Planet%2C Revisited%22%3F It%27s a sequel to the original fanfic VTAWP in which Kirk%2C Spock and McCoy materialise in the Transporter Room set of a 20th century TV studio. The sequel shows what happened to Bill Shatner and friends on the actual USS Enterprise. At one point there%27s a discussion of just how well Fred Phillips%2C the studio%27s makeup supervisor%2C created the %22TOS style%22 Klingon look.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 3|2|2|||1||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|Peter Eng||19:50:20|01/15/2015|%3ENeat tie-in of the Klingon gene-augment situation. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAnyone else read %22Visit To A Weird Planet%2C Revisited%22%3F It%27s a sequel %0D%0A%3Eto the original fanfic VTAWP in which Kirk%2C Spock and McCoy %0D%0A%3Ematerialise in the Transporter Room set of a 20th century TV studio. %0D%0A%3EThe sequel shows what happened to Bill Shatner and friends on the %0D%0A%3Eactual USS Enterprise. At one point there%27s a discussion of just how %0D%0A%3Ewell Fred Phillips%2C the studio%27s makeup supervisor%2C created the %22TOS %0D%0A%3Estyle%22 Klingon look. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C good. I didn%27t hallucinate that story.%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here. 6|3|3|||1||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|SpottedKitty||21:22:11|01/15/2015|Both of them are varyingly difficult to find. The original %22Visit To A Weird Planet%22 was%2C I think%2C only published in fanzines%3B %22Revisited%22 was also printed in the first %22Star Trek%3A The New Voyages%22 story collection %28which I have%29.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 8|4|6|||1||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|BobSchroeck||09:14:03|01/16/2015|%3E %22Revisited%22 %0D%0A%3Ewas also printed in the first %22Star Trek%3A The New Voyages%22 story %0D%0A%3Ecollection %28which I have%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AAh%2C yes%2C my first exposure to fanfic%2C circa 1977. Come to think of it%2C I still have it in my collection somewhere%2C too. And that particular story stuck with me through all the decades since. %28As I recall%2C I was also rather fond of the story called something like %22The Enchanted Pool%22%2C too... To the best of my recollection%2C it could have slotted into UF quite nicely.%29%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. 4|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|BZArcher||20:44:22|01/15/2015|As was mentioned%2C the Omnitool rig really wasn%27t able to DO much. Cloak%2C in-system navigation %28sorta - they parked the ship almost on top of where she decloaked it%29%2C and some very rough handling of the weapons. If she%27d tried to perform true ship to ship combat without having the %5Bi%5DnoDwI%27s%5B%2Fi%5D computers to help with the heavy lifting%2C it probably wouldn%27t have gone well at all.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt also helps that the %5Bi%5DPredator%5B%2Fi%5D class was already designed for a single person to operate them in a true emergency%2C and a lot of that capability was preserved in the various Klingon knockoffs. %3A%29 7|2|4|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|Droken||04:12:26|01/16/2015|Well%2C ok%2C yes%2C that%27s all true. But it%27s still a pretty badass upgrade on the combat drone that an engineer is -normally- able to call to the table. I don%27t ever seem to recall being able to remote-rig the Normandy to show up and intimidate the opposition%2C is all I%27m sayin%27 %3A%29 9|3|7|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|BZArcher||09:22:19|01/16/2015|This is true. %3A%29 10|1|0|||1||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|Offsides||19:17:50|01/16/2015|I just noticed the designation of the captured ship. Nice to see 3com make an appearance by proxy %3A%29 Now off to actually read it...%0D%0A%0D%0AOffsides%0D%0A%0D%0A%2391%3B...%2393%3B in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.%0D%0A -- David Ben Gurion%0D%0AEPU RCW %23pi%3B%0D%0A%23include %3Cstdsig.h%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A 11|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|BeardedFerret||16:44:57|01/18/2015|This was great%2C I%27m really enjoying the Klingon Civil War stuff as well as Matt%27s contributions in general. 12|2|11|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|BZArcher||17:01:52|01/18/2015|Thank you%21 %3A%29 13|1|0|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|Dwaggy||21:38:30|01/20/2015|I find that all I want to read about is B%27Elanna. It%27s the best story I%27ve read lately.%0D%0A%0D%0AYes- I like the others%2C but these just drag me in.%0D%0A%0D%0AWonderful. 14|2|13|||||RE%3A Technical Difficulties - Retaliation|BZArcher||22:32:35|01/20/2015|Thank you so much for the compliment. %3A%29