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By popular demand... another OOC thread.

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Shui Tiesi
player, 1485 posts
Quiet doctor,
helpful Steward.
Thu 1 Jan 2015
at 13:40
  • msg #583

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Happy new year, indeed!  :)

I'll resume my more-or-less normal posting schedule as of Monday.  In between, I'll try to get stuff in here and there.
Jago Lanza
player, 621 posts
Sat 3 Jan 2015
at 22:34
  • msg #584

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!


Happy new year everybody.

Shui Tiesi
player, 1492 posts
Quiet doctor,
helpful Steward.
Wed 28 Jan 2015
at 12:08
  • msg #585

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Loved this.

quote:
The waiter takes Saskia's order, and makes suggestions for side dishes and drinks that work well with bochok sausage. With the order finalised, he heads of and returns a short while later with a plate of salad and a glass of something blue and steaming...

Shui returns to her cabin and calls up an inventory of the ship's stores.  All of the basics are there, freeze-dried and compacted for reduce storage requirements, and she has small, but adequate, supplies of seasonings, spices and herbs to liven up the menu.  A quick search of the ship's library data doesn't provide much information on the local cuisine, beyond a quick mention of something called bochok sausage, with a recommendation to avoid it.  Phlume's lack of any kind of accessible network makes it impossible to contact local data sources.


Emphasis mine.  :)
Shui Tiesi
player, 1506 posts
Quiet doctor,
helpful Steward.
Mon 27 Apr 2015
at 12:51
  • msg #586

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Apologies for my lack of being around.  Things have stabilized, mostly.  I should be here on a more consistent basis.

Am just catching up in all my games today.
Traveller Referee
GM, 1014 posts
In space nobody can hear
you swearing at me.
Sat 9 May 2015
at 19:14
  • msg #587

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Ash Tescali:
a militaristic, xenophobic, ultra-conservative, fanatical vegan hexapod that is a K'kree

Fixed that for you...

These guys really are fanatical.  If you've eaten any animal products within the last three or four days they can smell it on you, and they will kill you for being a carnivore...

Luckily they live beyond the far side of the Imperium, and are currently sitting about, sulking, because the pacifistic Hivers managed to beat them in a war, simply by scaring them.

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The Hivers demonstrated that they were able to manipulate K'kree society on a single colony world, in such a way that that specific population deviated from what other K'kree would consider "normal".  The K'kree realised that, if they kept pushing, the Hivers would, eventually, change enough of their society to make it significantly different from what they were used to.  The Hyper-conservative K'kree were so horrified by this idea that they promptly backed off, nuked the "tainted" world from orbit (it's the only way to be sure) until it became a glowing cinder, then quarantined the cinder.

Ash Tescali
player, 504 posts
Traveling through J-space
isn't like dusting crops
Sat 9 May 2015
at 19:55
  • msg #588

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Hmmm.... I was trying to be charitable. But your way works, too!  So, thank you, BBR!   And yeah, Hivers do actually scare me more; that whole 'unknown known' thang.
Traveller Referee
GM, 1015 posts
In space nobody can hear
you swearing at me.
Sat 9 May 2015
at 20:07
  • msg #589

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

I was also being charitable.  See how I generously gave them all those extra descriptive bits?  :p

Droyne always scared me.  They're weird.  And mysterious.  And they have a warrior caste.  And super weapons (even by TL 15 standards).
Ash Tescali
player, 505 posts
Traveling through J-space
isn't like dusting crops
Sun 10 May 2015
at 17:00
  • msg #590

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Traveller Referee:
I was also being charitable.  See how I generously gave them all those extra descriptive bits?  :p

'Tis why we love you, BBR.  You go that extra mile!  :D

Traveller Referee:
Droyne always scared me.  They're weird.  And mysterious.  And they have a warrior caste.  And super weapons (even by TL 15 standards).

If only they could remember how to make and maintain them.  Hell, if only the Droyne could remember that they were (potentially) the Ancients.  Or the slaves of them.  Or whatever... Hell, we could have all be the slaves of the Ancients.  Or just an afterthought/failed experiment...

EDIT:  Oh, and Happy Mother's Day everyone.  Best wishes from our family to yours!
This message was last edited by the player at 17:01, Sun 10 May 2015.
Tylen Orgesh
player, 1027 posts
Darrian--Former Scout
Age: 34
Sun 10 May 2015
at 17:50
  • msg #591

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Oooh.  I just saw Jago's offer of a meal, and it reminded me of this ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e...bucks-herts-32605972
Jago Lanza
player, 629 posts
Sun 10 May 2015
at 18:22
  • msg #592

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

So sausage, egg and chips all round, with a mug of tea and a Yorkie bar each it is then...
Tylen Orgesh
player, 1028 posts
Darrian--Former Scout
Age: 34
Sun 10 May 2015
at 20:23
  • msg #593

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!


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This message was last edited by the player at 20:24, Sun 10 May 2015.
Shui Tiesi
player, 1508 posts
Quiet doctor,
helpful Steward.
Mon 11 May 2015
at 11:31
  • msg #594

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Traveller Referee:
Ash Tescali:
a militaristic, xenophobic, ultra-conservative, fanatical vegan hexapod that is a K'kree

Fixed that for you...

These guys really are fanatical.  If you've eaten any animal products within the last three or four days they can smell it on you, and they will kill you for being a carnivore...


...there's something wrong with this?
Traveller Referee
GM, 1016 posts
In space nobody can hear
you swearing at me.
Mon 11 May 2015
at 17:35
  • msg #595

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Yes, yes there is something wrong with it.  They apply the knowledge that you ate a chicken sandwich for lunch three days ago to the entire species - "Shui ate a chicken sandwich, therefore all humans are carnivores."

Worse yet, they assume that a carnivore can't change it's spots - "What's that you say, some of these humans never eat meat and we should spare those ones?  Preposterous!  What if they revert?  Kill them all, then kill all the other carnivores on the planet, destroy those pesky forests, and seed the whole world with our favourite blend of grasses and shrubs."
Ash Tescali
player, 506 posts
Traveling through J-space
isn't like dusting crops
Mon 11 May 2015
at 17:46
  • msg #596

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Traveller Referee:
Yes, yes there is something wrong with it.  They apply the knowledge that you ate a chicken sandwich for lunch three days ago to the entire species - "Shui ate a chicken sandwich, therefore all humans are carnivores."

Worse yet, they assume that a carnivore can't change it's spots - "What's that you say, some of these humans never eat meat and we should spare those ones?  Preposterous!  What if they revert?  Kill them all, then kill all the other carnivores on the planet, destroy those pesky forests, and seed the whole world with our favourite blend of grasses and shrubs."

Hmmm... I thought the 'worse yet' part was (as you previously noted) that K'kree aren't the aliens that are the truly worrisome of the lot...:D
Shui Tiesi
player, 1510 posts
Quiet doctor,
helpful Steward.
Tue 12 May 2015
at 15:25
  • msg #597

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Traveller Referee:
Yes, yes there is something wrong with it.  They apply the knowledge that you ate a chicken sandwich for lunch three days ago to the entire species - "Shui ate a chicken sandwich, therefore all humans are carnivores."


See, that falls apart right away.

Shui would never eat a chicken sandwich.

quote:
Worse yet, they assume that a carnivore can't change it's spots - "What's that you say, some of these humans never eat meat and we should spare those ones?  Preposterous!  What if they revert?  Kill them all, then kill all the other carnivores on the planet, destroy those pesky forests, and seed the whole world with our favourite blend of grasses and shrubs."


Well...on the one hand, it's extreme.

On the other....

^_^

No, Shui would never endorse killing people who didn't eat a plant-based diet.
This message was lightly edited by the player at 14:27, Tue 19 May 2015.
Yasmine Crow
player, 1170 posts
Gunner and ex marine
''Fire at Will!''
Sun 17 May 2015
at 14:59
  • msg #598

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

They can only try, not do.  :p

Plants react too, you know.  We should all eat synthetic, bland protein.  Or better yet, genetically alter us so we don't need to consume anything, merely absorb sunrays and radiation...

Yeah, right.  I'll eat what I want, just be glad I'm not a cannibal.  :p
Shui Tiesi
player, 1511 posts
Tue 19 May 2015
at 14:18
  • [deleted]
  • msg #599

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

This message was deleted by the player at 14:37, Tue 19 May 2015.
Traveller Referee
GM, 1018 posts
In space nobody can hear
you swearing at me.
Tue 19 May 2015
at 14:32
  • msg #600

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Talking of straw men... may I point out the Llellewyloly.  A minor race in Traveller, living on a single world (Junidy, in the Spinward Marches).  The Llellewyloly are, in fact sentient plants.
Shui Tiesi
player, 1513 posts
Quiet doctor,
helpful Steward.
Tue 19 May 2015
at 14:36
  • msg #601

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

And one probably shouldn't eat them...

Straw men.  Hee hee hee.  Good one.
Tylen Orgesh
player, 1030 posts
Darrian--Former Scout
Age: 34
Tue 19 May 2015
at 15:50
  • msg #602

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Shui Tiesi:
Straw men.  Hee hee hee.  Good one.


Indeed.

However ..

Llellewyloly (pronounced "Chlay-chlew-i-lolly") have five multi-jointed limb ...

Are you really sure they aren't some sort of Welsh candy in disguise?
Ash Tescali
player, 508 posts
Traveling through J-space
isn't like dusting crops
Tue 19 May 2015
at 16:29
  • msg #603

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Please forgive me for the Monty Python reference.  I couldn't resist.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYkbqzWVHZI
Shui Tiesi
player, 1514 posts
Quiet doctor,
helpful Steward.
Wed 20 May 2015
at 11:31
  • msg #604

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

quote:
well, all of the women-folk


:(  I defended poor Jago.

^_^
Shui Tiesi
player, 1515 posts
Quiet doctor,
helpful Steward.
Wed 20 May 2015
at 11:31
  • msg #605

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

...and nothing wrong with Monty Python.
Shui Tiesi
player, 1525 posts
Quiet doctor,
helpful Steward.
Thu 18 Jun 2015
at 16:37
  • msg #606

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

I'm not sure if there's anything I can do right now...will look through the back posts to see if Shui has any jobs that require accomplishing.
Traveller Referee
GM, 1026 posts
In space nobody can hear
you swearing at me.
Fri 19 Jun 2015
at 21:35
  • msg #607

Re: Happy New Year, Everyone!

Don't worry about it.  I'm planning to move things on tomorrow anyway.
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