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TGW-993

Chapter: Faith and Future
Characters: Capt Chardis, capt ket'rrt, elias, H'Ab Sut (Matriarch), her own, Lt. gur'yan, Matthew, Teresa
Location: Catia's pride, Teresa's office
└ Tags: letters, she did what!

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  1. Dreamfox
    September 14, 2022, 20:45 | # | Reply

    An independent species as a loyal ally that is also probably one
    of the larger military forces within the Core Worlds?
    Add that to the Dogushians as a now former mercenary force?
    Now the question is, what kind of secrets are still buried within
    the Core Worlds. And is a game changer among them like the jump
    point independent FTL drive?

    • Scarsdale
      September 14, 2022, 22:45 | # | Reply

      Captain Ket’rrt was clear that they can’t share tech however
      that might change seeing how things have been going on.
      It will take time for all of the P’tera to learn of this decree and
      some may not like it, it’s risky at least for now until the Empire
      and the Catians prove themselves to all races.

  2. Scarsdale
    September 14, 2022, 22:57 | # | Reply

    I was hoping both story lines would merge at some point
    thanks PC!
    I can only guess how excited Teresa is about to become
    this is HUGE in the grand scheme! Thanks to the Catians
    little trick they now have a powerful core race supporting
    them. Combined with the friendships they have created
    in the fringe worlds plus how many have joined the Empire
    they will be able to spread prosperity to all in a few years,
    once the nay-sayers are “ignored” of course. My mind boggles
    at all those races out there building ships based on the Empire’s
    design, it will be a sight to behold….

    • Petercat
      September 14, 2022, 23:35 | # | Reply

      Oh, Teresa is about to get excited all right. Heh-heh.

  3. Scarsdale
    September 15, 2022, 10:18 | # | Reply

    I think Borogrov needs a new title because she was the first one and
    being in the Empire’s original fleet, to go overall commander it would
    make sense. That would make her brother admiral of the earth’s fleet.
    It was brought up in TNG during another one of Q’s “lessons” but I’m
    drawing a blank. Downside of being retired I don’t have to get up early
    but when I do my brain’s mush…

    • Petercat
      September 15, 2022, 12:28 | # | Reply

      Rob has suggested that she be called Grand Admiral.

      • Scarsdale
        September 15, 2022, 12:32 | # | Reply

        True, A Marshal is crossing the army/navy boundaries.

    • Scarsdale
      September 15, 2022, 12:29 | # | Reply

      Ok I found it, a French army Marshal is what outranks an admiral.
      TNG S1-E10 Data stated he was wearing the uniform and Riker
      said as much.

  4. Wandering the Galaxy with a forgotten Avatar
    September 15, 2022, 11:46 | # | Reply

    Status quo can be boring and damaging.

    Time to improve the space neighborhood.

    • Scarsdale
      September 15, 2022, 12:34 | # | Reply

      Stagnation, it’s a problem we are facing in real life now.

  5. Scarsdale
    September 15, 2022, 12:00 | # | Reply

    I just had a thought. What if the “secret of FTL” isn’t a device but the stealth
    systems? Captain Ket’rrt’s ship flew into Xanadu space and parked 300
    km from the Pride and NO ONE noticed? At all? Seems to me if the stealth
    systems are that good they could cross a jump point, recover, and provide
    cover fire for any other ships that enter the system. An entire fleet could
    come and go with care and the only tell-tale would be a flare in the portal.
    Any unaware system might miss those events, especially if it’s brief and
    spaced out enough to not see them.

  6. Petercat
    September 15, 2022, 13:53 | # | Reply

    Since the Imperial military, following the lead of the Legion, has been kept
    top-light in the officers’ ranks, Admiral Mistrial Borogrov is Grand Admiral,
    with five stars. She also commands Home Fleet, (First Fleet). Admiral Ariste,
    Third Fleet, is a Fleet Admiral, with three stars, as is Admiral Viktor Borogrov,
    as he commands the construction fleet. Squadron commanders within the
    fleets are Commodores, with one star. Then there are Captains, Commanders,
    and Lieutenants. The Navy, like all other branches, relies more heavily
    on it’s NCOs than our modern military.
    They choose the best person for the job or mission, without regard to
    non-warfighting distinctions.
    The Marines, for example, are all male to keep logistics simple, and are
    primarily Terran, except where an alien species can, due to their
    physiology, fill a special role, such as Cat-Terran scout teams.
    Due to physiological differences, ships crews are not deliberately
    integrated. For example, due to different environmental requirements,
    Aquatane and Terran can not serve on the same ships for very long.
    First Fleet, or Home Fleet, is, in reality, commanded by it’s own Fleet
    Admiral, the Grand Admiral has other things to worry about. But she
    keeps the white beret, as she is still technically the captain of the
    first ship to go to the moon, which is in a museum, but still carried
    as “active” on Navy rolls.

    • Scarsdale
      September 15, 2022, 16:46 | # | Reply

      There are some races that depend on clans or packs like the Cats
      and the Dogs, so forcing them to man a deep space ship for
      weeks or months could cause un-necessary stress for a mixed
      crew. Mirel was suffering at first when she joined flight school
      but in her case as a scout she was used to being out of touch
      with her clan now and then. I for one would not want to serve
      on a Shitbat ship heh..

      • Petercat
        September 15, 2022, 17:15 | # | Reply

        Not to mention spaceship design, where interior space is critical. The
        Ratians, for example, are small and don’t mind cramped quarters, so
        Navy fast scout ships will be designed with Rat crews in mind. Every
        time I see a model of a starship with huge interior spaces with high
        ceilings I cringe. It might be necessary in some spaces for mental health,
        but working spaces? If you have that much room, add more life
        support, weapons, or just consumable storage! You can never have too
        much food, water, or oxygen packed away.
        And nobody has ever come away from a battle thinking, “I wish I hadn’t
        brought so much ammunition along!”

        • Scarsdale
          September 15, 2022, 20:56 | # | Reply

          So very true about ammo and I agree TV shows like wide open spaces
          simply because it gives them room for the crews behind the camera. I
          think it was Patrick Steward that said the same thing about the
          Enterprise D bridge. I always wondered if you designed that much over
          head space why not add more shielding and LOOSE THAT STUPID WINDOW!
          jeez….
          At least the TOS era the hallways were barely big enough for 2 people
          to walk side by side. Plus the quarters were small even the captains.
          Babylon 5 did a much better job of practical set design and even they
          had huge bridges etc. I think the best one was the Alien movie; small
          screens, each crew member had their own console, and the only rooms
          that were large was the hypersleep chamber, eating area, and the
          launch bay.
          You’d think they would figure out that most cameras can be as small as
          an old 8mm video camera with high quality video and terabytes of storage.
          The Pride is very close to what you were wanting and still have space for
          the Toby crews. I had a chance when I was young to get on that captured
          U-boat in Chicago talk about cramped! I banged my head twice on the
          pipes hanging down and I felt bad for the bridge crew if anyone ate
          bratwurst and sauerkraut! HAH!

          • Petercat
            September 15, 2022, 21:15 | # | Reply

            I remember how long it took for Spock to cross from one station to another.
            And how Captain Kirk, the one man who had to be aware of everything,
            couldn’t see anyone’s console without twisting around or getting out
            of his seat.

            • Scarsdale
              September 15, 2022, 22:42 | # | Reply

              That never made any sense, why couldn’t the captain have a
              redundancy console? The one man/woman that has the final
              say on what needs to be done has to wait on verbal reports?
              To enable something on the ship that might save everyone’s
              lives? “Captain! An object dead ahead, moving at us head on!”
              “Well what is it?” ” A miss…” BOOM!” yeah no…

          • rob stanley
            September 15, 2022, 22:20 | # | Reply

            the U-505,, i went on it when it was still above ground..

            • Scarsdale
              September 15, 2022, 22:46 | # | Reply

              Yeah same here it was like ’72 or ’73 I remember the
              warning talk about how some of the systems still work
              and he blared a klaxon to demonstrate. Class trip.

          • rob stanley
            September 15, 2022, 22:34 | # | Reply

            filming,, this was the 60’s,. cameras were as
            big as a human,. then you have/had ‘blocking’ ,
            no character could block or obscure another,.
            the original bridge was to only have 3 posts..
            but,, because the director wanted em all in one
            spot they added the others,, which is why the
            weapons station was else where in early episodes .

            • Petercat
              September 15, 2022, 22:38 | # | Reply

              I often have to make walls invisible to get the camera positioned
              for the shots I want. It can be a real pain.

            • Scarsdale
              September 15, 2022, 22:49 | # | Reply

              yeah I know what you mean but look at Strange new worlds,
              the Captains “cabin” is basically a reman’ of 10-forward! A grill?
              Fire place? A bar? jeez… TOS never had that much space!

              • Bill Mullins
                September 16, 2022, 03:57 | # | Reply

                I watched the 1st episode of SNW and it was okay. I like Anson Mount. I enjoyed his work in
                “Hell On Wheels” and he makes a good Christopher Pike. I do NOT like the ship. At first glance
                it looks pretty much like the TOS ship but it is too damned big. Way too kuch interior space.
                I have visited the battleship U.S.S. Texas and while it is quite large the interior is anything but
                spacious. There used to be a former WWII fleet submarine adjacent to the Texas and I
                went on it also. Definitely not for claustrophobes but then from the pictures I’ve seen
                of modern submarines they do not exactly impress me as being roomy I have also been
                on the U.S.S. Lexington parked at Corpus Christi. With the exception of the hangar deck (which of nacessity was
                fairly spacious) the thing is pretty cramped. They have set up some of the original crew
                berthing areas as they would have been in wartime and I guarantee they were damned cramped.
                I have also seen videos of current generation U.S. supercarriers and they aren’t much
                roomier. I suspect that part of the reason the TOS sets were so tight was to keep costs down
                but I also believe that part if it was that Roddenberry and Matt Jeffries were both WWII veterans
                and were acquainted with how a ship might actually be built. I don’t figure anyone who
                helped design the sets in SNW has ever been with a mile of a real ship.

                • Scarsdale
                  September 16, 2022, 15:54 | # | Reply

                  As a mechanic I truly feel I missed out on SO much just because my
                  back had “too much curvature” to carry a field pak… I’m not into ships too
                  much but I would of loved to work on those types of machinery. Heck
                  I’m seriously thinking of building my own 3D printers from scratch just
                  for the fun of it!

            • Scarsdale
              September 15, 2022, 23:17 | # | Reply

              Yeah they moved it to the pilot’s station for most of
              the show and the first movie then when they were
              fighting Kahn it was to the right of the turbo lift.

              • rob stanley
                September 16, 2022, 12:38 | # | Reply

                first movie ,, yes .. V-ger
                second movie was Kahn..
                also yes.

  7. notStanley
    September 15, 2022, 19:48 | # | Reply

    Queen Ann’gijn weary of status quo? The Wolf Empire is certainly
    going to be turning all that inside out and upside down! Such an
    opportunity to make changes that normally would not have gotten any traction :}

    • Scarsdale
      September 16, 2022, 01:27 | # | Reply

      I still wonder if the Dragons will make a showing on Xanadu it
      would shut up quite a few people and worry more. Granted the
      Empire will do most of the work but a show of support at some
      point would end a lot of opposition. Plus with their power only
      the really dumb or panicked might try something. Which has
      already happened a few times. I just hope things don’t get
      too bloody.

      • Bill Mullins
        September 16, 2022, 03:58 | # | Reply

        I wouldn’t bet the mortgage payment on that happening.

  8. Kiddeagle
    September 15, 2022, 19:50 | # | Reply

    I’m sure that will be Ptera-ble news to the Core Worlds

    (Runs)

    • Scarsdale
      September 15, 2022, 20:04 | # | Reply

      RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT….. missed….

      • Kiddeagle
        September 15, 2022, 20:14 | # | Reply

        NYAH!

        • Scarsdale
          September 15, 2022, 21:12 | # | Reply

          (pulls out the extra long banana mag) heheh…

          • rob stanley
            September 15, 2022, 22:38 | # | Reply

            looks at mag 🙂
            an gives em the hold nine yards..
            belt fed backpack ammo carrier..

            • Scarsdale
              September 15, 2022, 23:09 | # | Reply

              LOL nice… my 223 was just my playing nice
              hang on I’ll borrow my son’s 50 Beawolf 😉

              • JasonAW3
                September 16, 2022, 11:57 | # | Reply

                I WANT ONE!!!

                • Scarsdale
                  September 16, 2022, 16:07 | # | Reply

                  I remember when he first fired it my brother-in-law recorded it
                  and posted it on YouTube even though he braced himself, it rocked
                  him on one leg and he yelled out a WOOOO! LOL you had to see it….
                  Took him 20 minutes to dig in enough to recover what was left of
                  the slug from our range 🙂

              • rob stanley
                September 16, 2022, 12:44 | # | Reply

                so.. with my M82A1 range record
                1 mile 8 yards thru a target car
                AP tungsten core,. thru the block,
                out thru the rear..

                • President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal B Woodman Domestic Violent Extremist SuperStraight
                  September 16, 2022, 14:04 | # | Reply

                  (shut up. you’re giving me a chub)

  9. Scarsdale
    September 15, 2022, 23:19 | # | Reply

    Sigh… I’m such a trekkie….

    • rob stanley
      September 16, 2022, 09:09 | # | Reply

      hailing channels open…
      live long, an prosper.
      i’m giving her all shes got..
      dammit Jim…
      don’t call me Tiny.
      nuk lear wessels?

  10. JasonAW3
    September 16, 2022, 11:56 | # | Reply

    Headed home today, but still have the feeding tube.
    Seeing the ENT surgeon Tuesday to see where we go
    From here.

    • rob stanley
      September 16, 2022, 12:45 | # | Reply

      hope & luck..

    • Scarsdale
      September 16, 2022, 16:00 | # | Reply

      Yeah it sux I had 3 drains in after mine luckily I didn’t need a feeder.
      Good luck and best wishes Jason.

  11. herekittykitty
    September 16, 2022, 15:56 | # | Reply

    Still lurking Cat.

    • Scarsdale
      September 16, 2022, 16:01 | # | Reply

      Hey Rob! More target practice! heh

      • Petercat
        September 16, 2022, 20:08 | # | Reply

        No! No shoota da kitty!

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