Proposal: Diane Daune & SFB>Berman & Bragga

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-12-13 09:05am

Just because her writting was more consistnat & intellegent then anything else produced by Trek since TNG started.

And Star Fleet Battles has at least some consistancy & ballence unlike real trek.

Yes, I know this is in violation of just about every rule,

It makes more sense and I am very sleepy, and ticked off at the main franchise anyways.

TheDarkling · Post by **TheDarkling** » 2002-12-13 09:20am

The two guys who live under the museum in the nearest town to me > B&B.

Its got to the point now where not only are fans crying for the beaten and bloodied corpse's of B&B but critics with little knowledge can pinpoint the problem.

When will the idiots at paramount learn, probably the same time as the other network execs, about 5 minutes after the earth plunges into the sun.

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » 2002-12-13 03:56pm

I play SFB. I love Diane Duanes Romulans.

Heck, I even tried for a vs. SFB/SW setup, but they ended up too apples v oranges to have an interesiting tactical engagement.

But, yes, for all that hes a cranky SOB, SVC has an excellent sense of whats interesting, and whats internally consistent. Would have bene a very different universe if the ideas from SFB had been in some way used to fertilize TNG.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-12-13 06:35pm

*Watches as Kzin warpcapable missiles overwhelm the Dominion Battleship.*

Gee, it was only a few scatter packs.....

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2002-12-13 08:34pm

That's "Mirak"... can't say "Kz*n" because Larry Niven might sue.

ViciousMink · Post by **ViciousMink** » 2002-12-13 09:07pm

The fun thing about SFB, is that if something can conceivably be used as a weapon, it CAN be. =)

"Captain, I'm reading transporter activity from the unknown ship, but our shields are still up."

"That's odd. Number One, what --" *FOOOM!* "What the HELL was that?!"

"Hail from the unknown ship, Captain!"

"It's called a T-bomb, you piker! What, don't tell me you guys never thought of that idea?!"

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-12-14 01:45am

Fuck and the romulons have their Nuclear T-Bombs that do 30 points of damage....

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2002-12-14 03:10am

It would be fun to watch TOS era Federation Ships smoke a Klingon Neg'Vhar with missiles, scatterpacks and T-Bombs

I've only played SFB a few times , but it rocks

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2002-12-17 01:48am

"Captain, they are preparing a probe for launch, and-" *thwakoom*"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!?!"
And in any case, SFB toned down some potential capabilities for game balance, there's no reason a scatter-pack couldn't have 50 drones filling its entire cargo space.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-12-17 02:32am

I would love to see Next Gen vs a Hydran fleet...

3 stingers per cruiser...POOF!!!

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-12-17 02:33am

Marcus wrote:I play SFB. I love Diane Duanes Romulans.

Heck, I even tried for a vs. SFB/SW setup, but they ended up too apples v oranges to have an interesiting tactical engagement.

But, yes, for all that hes a cranky SOB, SVC has an excellent sense of whats interesting, and whats internally consistent. Would have bene a very different universe if the ideas from SFB had been in some way used to fertilize TNG.

B&B need to tap SVC for some *real* battle sequences...

ViciousMink · Post by **ViciousMink** » 2002-12-18 08:14pm

Depends on what you call 'real.' For gritty, hard-hitting scenes that evoke images of 'Midway' and 'The Sands of Iwo Jima' and 'Victory at Sea' and other early-color movies depicting WW2, then, oh me oh my yes, SVC would trounce B&B seven ways to sunday. If you want something dramatic and pulse-pounding, something evoking thousands-of-kilometers-per-second speeds and 'dogfighting battleships', then SFB might not be the best thing to base combats off of.

Though, to be honest, if a thing is a battleship, it darn well should MOVE like a battleship on-screen. Even if it's going at an appreciable fraction of the speed of light, it should LOOK slow and ponderous!

So, my money would be on SVC and SPP scripting a space battle that would be well worth watching.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-12-19 03:25am

My defenition for something "real" would be something that would make sense. And no Treknobabble copout-save-the-day BS.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-12-19 03:26am

Something that SFB has in abundance. Heck, they even have a tactics manual for the game!

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-12-19 03:53am

Yeah, I would rather have a reinactment of Jutland then a B&B idiot story that makes absolutly no sense at all.